2024-12-21 Christmas Salon & WEFreedom Soiree
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Flyer
What
Christmas Salon & WEFreedom Soiree
When
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Time to be determined. [1:00pm to 1:00am - or - 7:00pm to 1:00am ?]
Where
Drouillard Road, near Tecumseh Road.
- More soon.
Noteworthy
- Artists will present some of their work (perhaps some is for sale?)
- Currie Soulliere - illustrations (in town December 7th onward)
- Emma Odrach - will read from Wave Of Terror, her translation of, her father, Theodore Odrach's book
- Jason Carswell - Janglers demo reel of animated television commercials, graphic design, and fire poi performance
- another artist needed? (sell your art!)
- another musician or musical group needed?
- another performer needed?
- got a talent or skill to share?
- You or someone you know? Let us know!!!
- December 21st is the solstice.
- Santa will be there from [1pm?] to [9pm?].
- Then Santa will then change into civilian clothes and spin fire poi (if all goes well).
- "Memory Lane" will be a corner to honour folks and remember those who have passed, think about those who are not well, and consider helping those who need our support.
Organizing
- Contact Jason@Projex.Wiki or Emma with help, ideas, suggestions, etc.
- More soon.
This section will soon be moved out of the way to 2024-12-21 Christmas Salon & WEFreedom Soiree/Organizing so the public won't be confused and deterred with unnecessary noise.
Christmas party ideas
- ☐ look up Christmas party activities
- ☐ look up Christmas party ideas
- ☐ look up Christmas party organizing
- ☐ look up Christmas party things to do
Christmas party food
Who's bringing what?
Let's add your name, what you're sharing, what's noteworthy (ie. gluten-free, warnings for alcohol, nuts, pot, etc.), and Jason will print up nice signs.
- ☐ Colleen: cupcakes?
- ☐ Popeye: spinach
- ☐ Yentl: lentils
Christmas party projects
We need folks to lead and/or help on these projects:
- ☐ Activities
- ☐ activities for adults
- ☐ activities for children
- ☐ Art
- ☐ Fire play performances by Jason
- ☐ Musical performances by ???
- ☐ Illustrations by Currie
- ☐ Video by Jason
- ☐ Christmas carol lyric rewrites to be freedom-focused - to be collected and printed as a page or few.
- ☐ look up Christmas carols that have been re-written
- ☐ look up Santarchy/Santacon/Santa Rampage carol booklets (often crass and rude)
- ☐ Decorations
- ☐ Christmas tree? (Secret Santa gifts can go under it.)
- ☐ Jason now has a bunch of random Christmas stuff rom Vicki, Winton's wife - but it's not remotely enough
- (Also, Jason is seeking paying and/or charitable Santa gigs.)
- (Also, Jason is collecting Christmas stuff to decorate a Santa Libertas podcast set.)
- ☐ Mistletoe
- ☐ Donations box ?
- Determine discretionary use and/or transparent accountability, and at what level?
- For party expenses (food, drinks, ice, plates, decorations, lights, etc.) ?
- For development of Projex.Wiki and LeverMind.net and other domains (Welcome.Wiki, WEFreedom.ca, etc.) ?
- For future meeting expenses (ie. hall rental) ?
- For development of the 2025 May WE Awaken event ?
- ☐ Csaba drive? or more anonymously "lawyer fee drive for the freedom trucker(s)"?
- ☐ Food drive?
- ☐ Toy drive?
- ☐ Memory Lane will be a corner to honour folks and remember those who have passed, think about those who are not well, and consider helping those who need our support.
- ☐ Ride-shares
- ☐ Secret Santa - Everyone that wishes to participate may bring an anonymous wrapped gift that's under $20. It can be freedom-related, funny, handmade, sentimental, witty, or whatever. Avoid boring junk.
Audio/Visual
Audio + Video
Jason's audio + video to do list:
- ☐ borrow large speakers from Winton
- ☐ bring 1 large monitor and some small monitors
- ☐ bring 3 computers to play audio/video
- ☐ bring cables
- ☐ get 2 speaker systems from storage
- ☐ set up the day before or earlier
Lighting
Jason will light all areas: basement, garage, main floor, and the yard.
Jason's lighting to do list:
- ☐ borrow light strings from Winton
- ☐ borrow spotlights from Winton
- ☐ bring lighting gear
- ☐ buy laser lights?
- ☐ buy lighting gels
- ☐ buy spotlight stands?
- ☐ get strings of lights from storage
- ☐ get coloured bulbs?
- ☐ get light fixtures and stands?
Live music
- ☐ To be determined. Know someone talented?
Music
To be played in the basement, garage, and/or main floor...
- YouTube playlist, compiled by Jason : ♪♫ Unconventional Christmas Music ♪♫
Recommendations are welcomed!
Recommendations to add to the playlist:
- Bessie Smith's 1930s Christmas music
- Nightmare Before Christmas tracks
- Spirit Of The West Home For A Rest
See also:
Promotion
- ☐ Jason will draft up WEFreedom event templates anyone may use
- ☐ We will settle on the final versions
- ☐ We'll progressively roll out 3 or 4 flyers over 3 or 4 weeks, each containing more and more information
- ☐ 1) Name of the event and save the date.
- ☐ 2) Same, plus some more details - ask for RSVP.
- ☐ 3) Same, plus most/all details - demand RSVP to get address.
- ☐ 4?) Address included?
- ☐ Everyone may share on Facebook and beyond, reaching out to fringe groups like Leamington, Maidstone, Puce, Sanctuary, London Druthers Boys, etc.
Space preparations
Basement : WEFreedom Zone
WEFreedom Zone will include:
- ☐ button-pin making machine to learn how to make your own
- ☐ computer and printer for special requests?
- ☐ Druthers, current and back issue compilations
- ☐ banners, decorations, posters, V for Vendetta masks, etc.
- ☐ bedsheets to divide room?
- ☐ furniture
- ☐ bed for Bruno to pass out on
- ☐ chairs?
- ☐ long table (Kathy?)
- ☐ present-wrapping table?
- ☐ WEFreedom developments:
- ☐ new meetings?
- ☐ new plans
- ☐ new web domains (Welcome.Wiki, WEFreedom.ca)
- ☐ WEFreedom pamphlets, as seen on the Welcome page
- ☐ invitations to everyone to help develop future pamphlets in the planned series
- ☐ Windsor ACTION Group
- ☐ 2025 May WE Awaken event project in May
- ☐ other freedom information and stuff
- ☐ setup wifi?
Garage
Hot box smoke room (and dance floor?).
- ☐ chairs (+ table?)
- ☐ coolers?
- ☐ decorations
- ☐ setup audio/video + lighting for Janglers and more?
- ☐ space heaters
- ☐ setup wifi?
Main floor
- ☐ chairs + tables
- ☐ coolers?
- ☐ decorations
- ☐ food + drink
- ☐ Jason get picture frames from storage
- ☐ Jason get red velvet and velour curtains from storage
- ☐ Jason get Santa's chairs from storage
- ☐ music + video screen
- ☐ setup audio/video + lighting
- ☐ setup wifi?
Yard
- ☐ chairs? + tables?
- ☐ Jason get tables from storage?
- ☐ coolers?
- ☐ decorations
- ☐ setup lighting
Weather conditions
We may consider various scenarios that may impact preparations.
- Blizzard / Wet
- ☐ Jason: get 3 (or more?) wet-shoe mat-trays from storage
- Cold
- ☐ Jason: get 2 space heaters
- Dry
- Warm
Shopping to do
- ☐ not done
- ☑ done
Wrap up
- everyone helps clean up as we go
- ? get festive coloured paper/plastic dishes and utensils ?
- ☐ Jason: get 4+ garbage pails from storage
Gallery
- More soon.