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Hearths o’ Phyre (HOP) 2023 After Burn Report
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Creeping Through the Cosmos
Basic Details
Happened on September 21st, 2023 – September 24th, 2023, at Conesville Event Grounds & Dragway in Conesville, IA for the 8th year at this location.
2023 EC Team: Ashley Watson (Smashley), Kara Dornbusch (Slutcicle), Kandi Black, and Natalie Goodspell (Natty Light)
HearthsOPhyre is a hometown burn right outside of Iowa City, IA. The majestic property that we hold our burn at is Conesville Event Grounds & Dragway. We pride ourselves on being a family friendly event, with humble beginnings in the backyard of one of our beloved community members! We are a 4-day camping event where effigy burn is commenced on Saturday night!
This year HearthsO’Phyre had 636 people this year, 575 attendees were adults and 61 under 18yoa.
List of departments and brief descriptions
- Art – Art grants
- A.S.S. – Art (graphics), Signage, Swag.
- D.P.W. – Infrastructure setup/teardown, Event ground support, Effigy cleanup.
- Earth Guardians – Clean-up and MOOP patrol.
- Effigy – Planning and building of effigy.
- F.A.S.T. – Effigy and fire safety.
- Conclave – Fire Performance before Effigy Burn.
- Fluffers – Volunteer Support
- Gate – Entrance and waivers
- Greeter – Education
- Medic – First responder for medical issues.
- Mobility – Community Transport.
- Placement – Makes placement map and regular map, early entry list.
- Parking – Handles on-site parking.
- Rangers – Building Social Capital and De-escalation.
- Sound Marshall – Assure all sound camps follow Noise guidelines.
- Sanctuary – Handles emotional support.
- Town Cryer – Spread Community Announcements.
- Volunteer Coordinator – Make volunteer sign ups online, recruit volunteers for shifts before the burn and on-site.
Volunteering
This year we had a total of 331 department volunteers. 1,864 hours were available for volunteers to sign up from all departments.
Hours per department
- Medic = 528
- Greeter = 90
- Mobility =48
- Earth Guardian = 186
- Fluffers = 70
- Signage (ASS) = 42
- F.A.S.T. = 20
- Conclave = 30
- D.P.W. = 128
- Parking/Gate = 90
- Rangers = 436
- Sanctuary = 196
Participation
- Theme Camps – 18
- Estimated Displayed Art – 12
- Estimated Performers/Performing Groups – 20
- Mutant Vehicles – 2
- Structure Burns – 1
Art Grants
Total number of art grants submitted and funded this year was 9.
Additional Information
- How HOP is helping make our community more diverse and radically inclusive:
- This year we created a new Mobility, Town Cryer and Fluffers Departments to ensure inclusivity!
- Placement made sure that Theme camps were more accessible and provided the necessary accommodations (power, porto placement, water close by, etc).
- DPW assisted with Theme camp setup/tear down as needed, also distributed firewood to participants.
- Center Camp utilized for potlucks and community art projects.
- Fire lessons were held for humans of all ages to experience!
- HOP is contributing to environmental sustainability by utilizing structures already in place to host department headquarters. We started aluminum can collections on-site this year as well to help cut down waste.
- Challenges from this year include:
- Volunteering issues = We are hosting a training session this year to help combat this issue!
- Weather is temperamental = We host our burn in September so weather can be variable and hard to predict!
- Interpersonal Conflicts
- Solutions used this year:
- Sharing golf carts between departments that utilize at opposite times or combined efforts.
- Greeters helped incoming participants sign up for open volunteering shifts, emphasizing critical shifts first!
Financial Summary
Revenue Actual Sales Ticket sales $41,430.00 Donations Unknown (burner tickets down) Total Revenue $41,430.00 Expenses Art Grants $2,330.00 Land Rental / Storage $8,000.00 Equipment Rental $6,380.00 (Portos), $1,325.00 (Golf Carts) Insurance $401 Security 0 Departmental Expenses $5,921.24 Ticketing Fees $1,868.61 Association Overhead and Regional Development $4,143.00 Total Expenses $30,386.85 Net Income $11,043.15 -
Interfuse 2023 After Burn Report
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Through the Mushroom Ring
Basic Details
Happened on May 18th, 2023 – May 21st, 2023, at the Pulaski County Ft Wood Shrine in Waynesville, MO for the 13th year at this location.
2023 EC Team: Luci VonLumiel, Ron Ribiat (iRONic), Tara Dunmore (Tarabyte), Joshua Whitcomb (Dice), Jacqueline McKinney (Jac)
Otherworldly adventures await those brave or foolish enough to take a leap through a faire ring.
You awoke to find your camp surrounded by a spontaneous dusting of mushrooms, the default “normal” world you hailed from fading from your mind like the memory of dream. The name you once bore gone – traded away and replaced with a more fitting and descriptive cognomen in this preternatural gathering. Hardly alone in your adventure you find scores of other travelers – creative and stunning with their beautiful art and captivating engagement. Delightful treats and delicacies are offered – entirely free of course. There is no such thing as currency in this fairy tale world.
Burns have always been magical. In 2023 we want to leave the default world of mortals behind to escape; through the mushroom ring to a world of our own making. Fairies, magic, elves and pixies dancing in the moon; cottage-core tea parties; fire wrangling dragons, and glib goblin antics. All these and more to be found on the other side.This year Interfuse had 636 people for an intentional community camping event. 1,194 attendees were adults and 56 under 18yoa.
List of departments and brief descriptions
- Kitchen – Keeping volunteers fed.
- City Watch – No stealin’ when it burns.
- Earth Guardians – LNT
- Gate – Checking in tickets and ID’s.
- Greeters – Reviewing principles.
- Medic – Responding to emergent situations and dealing with injuries.
- Rangers – Watchful and helpful eyes.
- Parking – Helping vehicles get situated.
- D.P.W. – Move and build.
- Burn Perimeter – Make sure nobody gets too close to the fire.
- Sand team – Really make sure nobody gets too close to the fire.
- Sound Marshal – Monitor decibel levels,
- Spark patrol – Watching sparks making sure no fires start.
- Conclave – Fire Performers
- Sanctuary – Green Dot Rangers
- IFArt – Art grants
- Sign Shop – Signs & other printing
- D.M.V. – Dpt. mutant vehicles
- Placement – Setting up where things go
- Exodus – GTFO
- Volunteer Coordinator – volunteer sign ups
Volunteering
785 total volunteering slots were available to sign up, around 200 volunteers did sign up.
2,355 hours were available for volunteers to sign up from all departments.Participation
- Theme Camps – 28
- Estimated Displayed Art – 40
- Estimated Performers/Performing Groups – 20
- Mutant Vehicles – 12
- Structure Burns – 1
- Scheduled Events – 81
Art Grants
Total number of art grants funded this year was 24.
Financial Summary
Revenue Ticket sales $65,726.00 Donations $1,570.00 Total Revenue $67,296.00 Expenses Art Grants $21,823.00 Land Rental / Storage $11,150.00 Equipment Rental $3,917.20 Insurance $546.00 Security $672.00 Departmental Expenses $8,986.29 Ticketing Fees $1,125.00 Association Overhead and Regional Development $11,565.00 Total Expenses $59,784.49 Net Income $7,511.51 -
This Event Is Cancelled (T.E.I.C.) 2023 After Burn Report
Ad Astra Per Aspera
Basic Details
Happened on June 22nd, 2023 – June 25th, 2023 in Topeka, KS for the second year at this location.
2023 EC Team: Gary Bingham (GareBear), Kate Catlin (Friday), Rachel Katherine (CAPS LOCK)
“Ad Astra Per Aspera” is Latin for “to the stars through difficulties” and is the motto of Kansas. We’ve gone through some difficulties here at our little Kansas burn but we continue to strive on. Come celebrate our 9th burn with a theme about perseverance, our wonderful state of Kansas, and the beyond. Join us on our adventure to the stars!
We held our 2023 event on privately owned land in the Topeka area. This year we had a total of 78 attendees. Onsite we had multiple theme camps, art displays, open camping, quiet camping, RV camping, an effigy burn, and a temple burn.
All 78 attendees were adults, although all children tickets sold no one under 18 came this year.
List of departments and brief descriptions
- DPW – Land prep, infrastructure, and fluffers.
- Earth Guardians– Moop patrol, reporting emergent situations regarding land. ● Effigy- Make thing to burn.
- F.A.S.T. – Burn the things.
- Games Warden– facilitated onsite events in an organized fashion and lead the Show Hoes
- Show Hoes – Let people know about the onsite events
- A/V/ Club – Makes sure audio and light levels are in check.
- Gate– Checking in, reviewing principles, checking ID’s, ❤️hugs!
- Medic– Responding to emergent situations dealing with injuries or environmental hazards
- Burn Perimeter– make sure nobody gets too close to the fire.
- Placement – decides where the theme camps, quiet camping, and sound camps will be located.
- Temple – builds a temple for burning.
- Volunteer Coordinator– wrangles the kiddies and makes them do what they promised to do. Finds new kiddies without jobs and puts the to work
- Fire Performers Safety– Regulated fire performance areas and equipment to minimize fire hazards.
- Art Coordinator – Helps with Art Grant allocation.
Volunteering
Not including leadership we had a total of 49 volunteers helping before, during, and after the burn.
460 hours were available for volunteers to sign up from all departments.
Participation
- Theme Camps – 5
- Estimated Displayed Art – 11
- Estimated Performers/Performing Groups – 10
- Mutant Vehicles – 0
- Structure Burns – 2
- Scheduled Events – 6
Art Grants
Total number of art grants funded this year was 3.
1. I Wish That They’d Sack Me Stools – El
Sing about how you wish your boss would fire you while enjoying your time next to a good friend atop of this just barely comfortable toadstool chair.
2. Per Aspera Per Iris – Rainbow Brite
Under the net is a comfortable area to lie on your back facing up. Hundreds of soft pieces of glow in the dark yarn hang down from the net. These pieces of yarn are soft to the touch, glow in the dark, and bounce manually to create amazing visual effects for those lying underneath. This trap is a visual delight during the day as well as the night.
3. Walking Through The Stars Without Difficulty – Gare Bear
Walking Through The Stars Without Difficulty is a portable source of art and light that can be used to light up the lives (and walking areas) of those who are chasing the stars through difficulty! With all the difficulty that we face, darkness shouldn’t be one of them!
Additional Information
- 5.12% estimated first time attendees.
- New for this year, volunteers who completed 3 volunteer shifts will be offered directed and discounted tickets for T.E.I.C. ‘24
- Our top 3 challenges faces this year are
- Funding
- Property and owner negotiations
- Volunteering
Financial Summary
Revenue Ticket sales $3,350.00 Donations $1,015.05 Total Revenue $4,365.05 Expenses Art Grants $613.00 Land Rental $335.00 Storage $750.20 Equipment Rental $524.66 Insurance $354.00 Security $0.00 Departmental Expenses $123.04 Ticketing Fees $100.00 Association Overhead and Regional Development $334.00 Total Expenses $3,133.90 Net Income $1,231.15
