InterFuse 2010
Midwest Regional Burn
4/29 - 5/2
Ozark Avalon,
Boonville, MO
The oddest space you'll ever camp in!
STITCH 'N BITCH
For InterFusers
Kansas City, Missouri
Bring your thread, fabric, and sewing machines (or use ours)!
Burner Potluck Meetup and Stuff!
Kansas City, Missouri
While KC was in winter lockdown, we partied all night at made several new friends!
With Friends Like These:
A Weekly Burner Get2getha
Downtown, Kansas City, Missouri
Every Tuesday!
InterFuse 2010 Kickoff
Things went very well again this year and we managed not to get kicked out of the tavern.
Event planning is now in full swing.
Become a formal member of the Midwest Burners Association.
it's fast, free, and online!
Burner Potluck Meetup and Stuff!
Kansas City, Missouri
Bring good things to eat (or drink) and hang out!
Welcome to Midwest Burners,
a Burning Man inspired recreational group based in Lawrence/Kansas
City. We socialize frequently, keep in touch through our active
Yahoo Group, meet, throw parties, make
friends and have a great time camping.
We also organize two annual members and guests camping events, InterFuse (the Midwest Regional Burn) and HullabalU.
Here's the official list of valuable MOOP we found at InterFuse '09. It's a pretty amusing collection of schtuff. Holler if any of this belongs to you, otherwise, MWB is going to adopt some stuff and pitch others:
- 2 old school metal frame and plastic weave folding chairs
- Black easel
- Silver easel
- Giant can of pork and beans
- Red and green plastic water jugs
- Large blue cooler with wheels
- Blue and white playmate lunch cooler
- Inflatable seahorse
- Red plastic seahorse
- Silver metal fold-up table
- Mini sledge hammer
- Wood handled hammer with duct tape on it
- Mocassin boots
- Purple and green striped polo shirt
- Red Marlboro back pack with ramen noodles in it
- We heart Vonzell mini-binoculars
- Black nylon polarod camera case
- Green bandana
- Blue cloth baby papoose thing with clear plastic window on it
- Red stocking cap
- Canada wallet that had chocolate coins in it
- Pink blinky anemone
- Blue coat
- Grey hoodie
- Black hoodie
- Black long sleeve girl’s shirt
- Light saber
- Sliver and black muddy-as-fuck sandals
- Tan and grey sleeping bag
- Clear weekly pill box
- 1 black cloth glove
- White plastic rimmed sunglasses with purple lenses
- 1 blue furry glove
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HullabalU
Updated 8/09
HullabalU is our yearly, outdoor Afterburn party - organized and run by our very own members. The Hullabalu section of this website was expanded in 2009 to meet the needs of the event participants and the volunteer infrastructure. -
Event Theme Archive
Updated 5/09
This is where MWB keeps track of event theme ideas submitted by its members. You can submit a new theme idea, read other people's submissions, and browse the used themes. -
Volunteer Halls Of Fame
Updated 6/09
Did you volunteer to help out at InterFuse or HullabalU? Find your name on our commemorative plaques. Updated with new volunteer plaques for Hullabalu 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and InterFuse 2009. -
Group History
Updated 7/09
How Midwest Burners grew from an idea in the desert to a 501(c)(7) social and recreational association with hundreds of members. Updated event descriptions, new stats, links to event photos and videos... -
How To Host Your Own Burner Event
A do-it-yourself guide. Jam packed with useful MWB event planning and hosting tips. -
Minors At MWB Events: Issue Resolved
Complete documentation of the issues, laws, concerns, options, and final resolution concerning our new minors policy. Four years in the making! -
MWB Rideshare (Yahoo! login required)
Need a ride to or from a Midwest Burners event? Have some extra space in your vehicle? Want some company on the trip? Post a message on the MWB Rideshare database.
Maintained by Rae.
InterFuse ‘08 was an amazing and wild 5th year anniversary! Our numbers only modestly increased this year. However, from Theme Camps to art installations, to effigy participation, to creating whole new volunteer crews, to spontaneous shenanigans, there was a serious increase in quality! We were even graced with a bunch of Burners visiting from other regions with Regional Burns and they were very impressed with what we have going on here!!
We had the usual visit from the rain but we were ready with our spankin’ new Rain Plan! The weather was actually very playa-like this year with high winds and cold nights. It was a good preparation for those journeying to the desert in August!
The giant Television was a wonderful performance stage and projection screen! We filled the TV with our own Burnervision prime time content in ultra-high definition for 3 days. Then we burned the big TV down in a dynamic fire performance and dramatic pyrotechic display! The Pre-Burn Ceremony was beautiful, intimate, and personal! A UFO even stopped to circle the festivities!
The Volunteer Team Leads coalesced into a solid backbone of InterFuse. The ticket art and graphic art were ridiculously cool this year! Everyone handled the parking changes fairly well and parking at InterFuse changed for the better, thanks to the Parking Wranglers, a completely new volunteer crew! The Greeters had their own village, the G-Spot, TLA created legends with their SexyBack, InterRangers kept everyone cared for from their cozy new dome home, the Effigy teams smoothly handled each phase of the complicated TV, the Earth Guardians became even more of a fixture and processed mad recyclables, and the LNT team snagged those last bits of MOOP! Speaking of MOOP, this InterFuse was one of least moopiest, even with the wind! It was a huge improvement over last year! All of the clean-up comradery and laid back afterglow on Sunday were excellent!
The Ozark Avalon staff were again key friends and hosts. Planning in tandem with OA helped InterFuse go off smoothly! The OA Express was up and running during the muddy times but the new gravel helped immensely. OA folks also took time out from celebrating with us to provide everyone with ice during the hot sunny parts of the event! Thank you Ozark Avalon!!
Big thanks and applause for everyone who pitched in to make InterFuse 2008 happen! Much love to you all!
— Zay,
Midwest Burners Association Chairman
Burning Man Regional Contect
Volunteers Rock!
Who volunteered their time and efforts to make this amazing event happen? Check out the InterFuse 2008 Volunteer Hall Of Fame.
Feedback
What did you think of InterFuse 2008? How would you improve it? What theme should we use next year? Send your thoughts to the Event Planners.