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The Pagan Festival:
Performer/Speaker Application Information for 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008 10:00 am – 5:30pm
MLK Jr. Civic Center Park, Berkeley CA
Theme: We Are Change

Check-In (All Performers and Speakers)

Please check in at the STAGE NO LATER THAN 12:30 pm. There will be a sign-in sheet at the stage. Please check the posted schedule to verify your scheduled performance time. Please arrive at the stage NO LATER THAN 15 minutes prior to your scheduled performance.

Check-In (Soundtracks, Music or Audio Special Needs)
Our goal is for you to present the highest quality performance possible. Our Stage Manager and our Audio Engineer are there to assure that you and the audience will experience the highest quality performance as possible. Therefore, if you have a sound track that is required to be played during your performance or speech, or have special audio needs, please check-in between 10:00 am to 11:30 am the day of the Pagan Festival with Brian Spore, Stage Manager, at the stage ,and John Adams (retina sound), Audio Engineer, at the Sound Booth in front of the stage. Special requests cannot be accepted past 11:30 am. This will allow time for you to participate in the Procession and assure that the Public Ritual is not interrupted.

Sound Checks
Sound checks are between 10:00 am and 11:00 am. You are required to indicate on this application that a sound check is required.

Performance Times
The City of Berkeley has granted the Pagan Festival a sound permit not to exceed four hours from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. It’s important that city permit requirements are followed. To be fair to the other performers, the audience and the Pagan Alliance staff, please arrive at the stage 15 minutes prior to your performance. To be fair to other performers, you will be removed from the schedule if you are late.

Set-up/Take-Down
Our volunteer stage crew is small. Please bring assistance to setting up/taking down your equipment. You are responsible for load-in and load-out of your own equipment. We also suggest that you organize and pack-up your equipment after you have left the stage; not on-stage. Since we have a tight schedule, please follow these requests which will allow the next performer(s)/speaker to have ample time to set-up and perform.

Green Room
A secured changing tent is located adjacent to the stage. The changing room will have a full-length mirror. Refreshments, including food and beverages, will be provided. To be fair to the next performer(s) you are required to remove your belongings after the performance to assure ample room for the next performer(s). You may hang out in the backstage area, however, we suggest that you can take advantage of the Performer Meet and Greet Canopy available to you to meet your audience and sell your merchandise.

CD/DVD/Book Sales – The Pagan Alliance provides a table to you to sell your CD/DVD/Book. You or your representative is required to staff the table during the time that your merchandise is to be sold. If requested, you will be included in the Meet and Greet schedule. An announcements will be made during the festival directing the audience to the Performers/Speaker’s Canopy adjacent to the stage. This area is designed to allow Performers and Speakers to promote their merchandise and meet the audience. If you are an author, we recommend that you schedule a time in the Authors’ Circle to autograph your literature (this is a separate application).

Please bring your inventoried merchandise, a receipt book and your own cash box. You will be responsible for these items. Please consider placing an ad in the program if you wish to advertise your CD/DVD/Book.

Program and Resource Guide Ads
Please visit www.thepaganalliance.org/advertising.asp to find out about ad rates and requirements.

Stage Manager and Stage staff
Like you, our Stage Manager and his team are volunteers. Please follow the instructions of our Stage Manager, Brian Spore, and his staff. He and his staff want to make sure the day goes smoothly. This is to assure that the Festival will be enjoyed by all while meeting the requirements of our City of Berkeley Special Event Permit and Sound Permit.

Television/film coverage
Please be advised that you will be filmed and photographed by staff photographers, the media, and television news stations. Please make sure that the members of your troupe are advised of this. Also, due to insurance reasons pyrotechnics are not allowed unless your troupe wishes to extend the parade insurance policy. Animals and performing props, such as swords and knives are permitted, but must be disclosed.

Vendor and Non-Profit Organizations
Please register and pay on line at www.thepaganalliance.org

The Pagan Alliance reserves the right to remove any person or group from the staging area, festival site or the procession, who is, in its sole discretion and opinion of our security staff, a hindrance to the safety or progress of the procession, public ritual or festival or who places other participants or spectators in physical danger, or whose participation is inconsistent with the purposes and objectives of the event as set forth above.


Application

  
Contact Information  
Name or Group Name:      
Number In Group:   Day Phone:  
Contact First Name:   Cell Phone:  
Contact Last Name:   Email Address:  
Address:   Web Site:  
       
City, State, Zip Code:           
   
Will you have instruments? Please Describe type and number:
 
Audio Special Needs: Soundtrack to be provided between 10:00 am and 11:30 am
  Sound check required between 10:00 am and 11:00 am
  Please specify the number and type of microphones and/or audio connections needed:
 
 
SPECIAL NEEDS-Do you or anyone in your group have special needs? If yes, Please Describe:
 
Do you want to sell your CD/DVD/Book at the Performers and Speakers Table? If Yes what merchandise will you be selling? Please Describe. In addition, would you like time scheduled for you to meet with people in addition to your 30 minute window after your stage performance?
 
Please Describe your performance/your topic: Media and many of the audience members may not be familiar with who you are. Before your performance or speech, you or your group will be introduced by our MC. In addition, a description of you/your organization will be included in the free Pagan Festival Program, in media packets and on the website. Since the Pagan Festival is taped and maybe seen on TV, in print, or on the website, our goal is to communicate positive and accurate information and descriptions. Please briefly describe what you want said about you or your group (please use descriptions that could be understood by the general public.)
 
The stage performances are planned in 15 minute blocks of time. Not all performances or speeches will be 15 minutes. Time can vary either way. Knowing that, what is the length of your performance/speech? And would you be willing to adjust this time?
 
Booths are Available
For Vendor booths and Information Tables, please register and pay using our vendor application
 
 


An email will be generated confirming this transaction.

Upon approval, you will be receiving an acceptance package detailing schedules and other information.

Thank you for your interest in this celebration!

The mission of the Pagan Alliance is to educate our Communities and the general public, to promote acceptance of our faiths and traditions, to connect our Communities, and to celebrate our spiritual diversity.

This Event is a non-profit community service. Your Presence is most welcome. We do accept donations to help defer the costs of putting on a large public Festival and Parade, however, do not let this request deter you from joining in the celebration.

For more information, please email us at performers@thepaganalliance.org.

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