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Interfuse Effigy Ideas
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Effigy submissions
It’s hardly a burn if we don’t burn something down Saturday night, is it? Well we’ve determined the theme to be Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. We open the floor for build plans. We’re going to run them by our FAST team to determine which would be the best to safely burn down.
Keep in mind we want our effigy to be interactive for the community during the event, and additionally, we don’t want it terribly tall as then we have to plan a lot more for its safe burn with a lot more people on perimeter.With those key points in mind, please join the fun and steal the show so to speak. It’s the main event.
General Interfuse art
Have you wanted to get involved with Interfuse, but didn’t know who to talk to or what department you’d need to interface with? Well, the truth is we don’t want to need that much bureaucracy. If you want to create an event banner for the Facebook event or our website – we wont say no. It’s come to our attention that some people have wanted to get involved like this but didn’t feel like they had the permission to just jump right in.
Consider yourselves permitted. An excellent way to reach out to the entire EC team is our collective email of InterfuseECs@
MidwestBurners.org
Our departments, and what they do exactly
Front Gate Handout: If you want the rest of the community and participants to know about your camps events make sure to let Beth know in advance so we can include it in the handout – Beth Hillary
Sanctuary: A vital component of the InterRangers, sanctuary provides a safe place to remove ones self from the over stimulating environment of a burn if needed, while also providing emotional support and attention when necessary – Brian Tosenthal
Gate: Get in line, have your ID ready. Sign your waiver. You know what we do here. -Felix Blackwell
Kitchen: Providing a hot meal for our volunteer staff. No event comes together without hundreds of hands, and half as many mouths. – Mother Unit
Placement: Tasked with making the event map and sculpting how the event comes together once theme camps have been submitted. – Shawn Summers
Sign Shop: If you want some signage made for the event Beth is our go to girl – Beth Hillary
Sound Marshal: Works alongside placement when it comes to the layout for our Sound camps, and then monitors those same camps for their noise levels. – Sound Marshal
Earth Guardians: LEAVE NO TRACE. It’s what we do, and the E.G. makes sure we do it. One of the very last departments on site, tasked with making sure the place is exactly as it was when we got here, if not better. –
City Watch: While the effigy burns and the community is gathered in the field the city watch volunteers to patrol the rest of the burn and make sure nothing is stolen or vandalized at our camps – Amanda Schroeder
Parking: Fitting over a thousand burners on our land takes some organizing with all those cars. Parking will help you park in way so that we make the most out of our space – Uno
Exodus: Look, you don’t have to go home, but the event ends at 5:00PM Sunday. Your entire camps should be packed in and gone by then. Exodus will be around to check in on you and see if you need any assistance –
Medic: Seriously, don’t die. We’ll make sure of it. –
Rangers: The backbone of our InterRangers, we are your knowledgeable burner community members here to be seen, and be helpful. Rangers operate based off the F.L.A.M.E. acronym; Find out, Listen, Analyze, Mediate, Explain. If you have any emergency the Rangers will be your first line of responder helping to marshal any specific needs to you. –
DPW : There’s a lot of work that goes into putting on a burn. Lucky for us it can be a labor of love for the Department of Public Works. Anything from digging ditches, hauling lumber, or telling bad jokes and drinking beer. -Lace Scott & Emily Webb
Perimeter: Fire is cool and all, but when we light up that big structure we’re going to establish what is a safe distance to keep the crowd at. Helping them out and standing on the line also guarantees one of the best spots to watch the effigy burn – Trent Tucker
FAST: Fire Art Safety Team. Any flame effect or burnable art needs to get the stamp of approval.
Preburn: Fire spinners come one and all! Join the conclave in a fire spinning set before the effigy burns. Just attend the safety meeting in advance and have a safety equipped with a towel to join the perimeter
Drummers: We would love to have drummers accompany the effigy as it burns
Art Grants: Art grant stopped accepting new applications on the 18th. But their work is vital to our entire organization. We exist to create art and put it on display at our event to inspire and prompt dynamic interaction. – Cree
DMV: For those who wish to create and operate a Mutant Vehicle we need you to coordinate with our DMV as for the most part we don’t want cars driving around the property without a good reason. Mutant Vehicles get a pass, provided they’re safely operated and approved in advance – Ken Girard
Greeters: Get yourself a burner hug, orient yourself with our unique event culture, and review the 10 (+1) principals – Jon Asher
Effigy: That big thing we burn Saturday night. Someone’s going to build it. Could be you if you provide FAST with a plan and have the desire to put it together on site a week before the event with the help of your friends and anyone in DPW that may be around. TBA
Lastly, if you would like to become more involved in any way shape, or form – please reach out to any of the Event Coordinators to help you get involved. It takes an army of artists, creative spirits, and organized adults to make this event happen. We need your help in all kinds of ways. Many unexpected gifts come from participants make the magic of a burn happen.
Just a reminder of when this goes down
May 16th – May 19th, 2024
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HullabalU 2023 After Burn Report
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The Three Little Pigs
Basic Details
Happened on October 6th, 2023 – October 8th, 2023 in Wooldridge, MO for the second year at this location.
2023 EC Team: Marlene Stevens-Hanson (Marmageddon), Sami White, Shawn Summers
HullabalU has been described as the “family” burn, as we focus on our community as a whole, from the babies to the elders. We put a great deal of emphasis on Community building, skill sharing, department training, and events that are inclusive of all our Burn community. This is the burn where those of us who work other Burn events during the season come together to recharge and relax with our families and Tribe.
This year HullabalU had 128 people, 117 attendees were adults and 11 under 18yoa.
List of departments and brief descriptions
- HQ: the volunteer hub and emergency department headquarters.
- Rangers: our Community resource.
- Medics: available for any medical issues that may arise.
- Gate: check in and ticket verification.
- Greeters: Welcoming our Community home and education regarding the Principles and event guidelines.
- Sound Camp: the only amplified music for the event, and serves as a community gathering place.
- Parking: placement for campers and RVs, as well as organizing where all the vehicles are stashed for the event.
- InFUNstructure: land prep, building our city, signage, organizing community work days. This department builds our effigy as well.
- Fairy Tale Village: where the Sparks work and play! Sparks are trained on how to work the event departments, and have their own! Our community kitchen is also included in this department’s space.
- Pre-Burn: organizes our fire performances.
- F.A.S.T.: directs all things involving burning the effigy, and the scheduling of the Effigy burn night.
- Perimeter: organizes and staffs the effigy perimeter rangers.
Volunteering
Not including leadership we had a total of 55 volunteers helping before, during, and after the burn.
104 hours were available for volunteers to sign up from all departments.Participation
- Theme Camps – 7
- Estimated Displayed Art – 10
- Estimated Performers/Performing Groups – 25
- Mutant Vehicles – 0- our current property location is not really friendly to vehicles other than necessary department golf carts.
- Structure Burns – 1
- Scheduled Events – 19
Art Grants
Total number of art grants funded this year was 7.
We had 2 spaceships on property this year, one complete with lights and an alien driver! Grants were also given for other static art projects, including a heart pyramid, a decorative burn barrel for the cold nights and a stage set for the sound camp. We had a 3 hour mask making workshop that was a hit with everyone from youngest to oldest. Stickers and Three Little Pigs medallions were sponsored and given to every participant.
Additional Information
- 2% estimated first time attendees.
- We strongly encourage our community for Hulla to limit single-use plastics, such as water bottles, by having water refill stations at various locations.
- Our top 3 challenges:
- Securing Emergency Department volunteers and Leads has been a struggle for us historically, and solving this problem is our #1 focus for next year.
- Google maps takes participants to the wrong location, and that is a frustrating issue as we have no service onsite to redirect those that are lost!
- We have an EC with a life-threatening latex allergy, and keeping latex off property and educating participants about the importance of this is a real challenge.
Financial Summary
Revenue Ticket sales $6,515.00 Donations $159.00 Total Revenue $6,674.00 Expenses Art Grants $1,890.00 Land Rental $2,000.00 Storage $0.00 Equipment Rental $675.00 Insurance $436.00 Security $0.00 Departmental Expenses $758.57 Ticketing Fees $141.00 Association Overhead and Regional Development $651.50 Total Expenses $6,552.07 Net Income $121.93 -
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
