Past, present, and future Combustizans and Mysterians,

At long last, we are able to greet you with a letter of positivity and good news. 
Thank you, the community of participants and volunteers, for your patience and for keeping the flame alive while we have not been able to join together.   Also many thank yous to the Planning Committees, the Ignite! Planning Association (IPA) and Transformus Leadership Caucus (TLC) for continuing their meetings and planning throughout these two years.  

We are all moving forward with both Ignite! And Transformus while continuing to monitor developments regarding COVID and how they impact our events, but we are hopeful and optimistic that we will be able to gather this year—in fact, the first round of Ignite! ticket sales just occurred on February 27th, and their second round is coming up on March 30th.  Transformus ticket information is included in this newsletter. 

Several BOD and Planning Committee members attended Frostburn, and we can report first-hand that the burn spirit is alive and well. With two years off, it is a strange and exhilarating feeling to allow ourselves to feel hopeful and excited for these events, with almost two calendar years since we were last gearing up for this season. For many of us, these events are so much more than just a party.  They have the ability to recharge, inspire, and give us a little more hope for the future from gathering with so many like-minded individuals. We are so looking forward to seeing all of the creations, volunteers, camps, and all of your shining faces.

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Want to know more? Fill out the Community Participation and Collaboration Form

Interested in a different team? Let us know in the form! Have questions about these teams or others? Email us at ipa@ignite-burn.com 
 

 

It's work/play weekend time! We're headed up to Spirithaven April 1 through April 3 to help prep the land for our burn and generally spend some time in that beautiful spot. You should come too!

Paperwork Time! Theme Camp Registration! Accessibility Placement! RV & Large Things on Wheels!

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Do you have a hobby, skill, or weird talent to share? Maybe you developed a new passion during quarantine? If so, think about hosting a playform and help Combustia learn while it burns! You don’t have to be an expert; just have some knowledge and a passion for whatever you share. 

 

The first 30 hosts get a dedicated ticket code to purchase a ticket! This guarantees you a ticket and frees up tickets for others!

 

Playforms are a major part of what makes Ignite! such a special burn, and they only work if YOU make them and participate. A playform is a platform for playful learning - a way for our community members to come together and share knowledge, experiences, skills, and ideas. Playforms can be an art form or craft, a skill you’ve developed, experiences with burns you think others would find valuable, or just a time to discuss a topic you love. Playforms usually take place at one of our designated playgrounds located around the property.

 

Dance parties, happy hours, giving out food, showing movies, etc. are theme camp events not playforms. Those take place in theme camps. We love and encourage events as well, as they are part of what makes our burn fun. If you’ve exceptionally planned ahead, you can go ahead and use the same form to register your theme camp event, but don’t worry there will be other reminders as we get closer. 

 
Playforms and Kids 

Anyone can host a playform, and we would love to see more playforms created by young burners. Hosting a playform is a great way for kids to become more involved in creating their burn, and a great way to meet fellow burners.  What would the children in your life like to share with the community? Sign up today! 

 

We can't wait to Learn 'n' Burn with you! Please follow this link to fill out the form.
 

Ignite! is now using Discord! 

That’s right! We’ve set up our own Discord server and will be using that platform too for relaying information, community engagement, volunteer team information distribution, and general tom foolery. You can join our Discord using this link!
 

Discord is available, for free, on a mobile platform of your choice, on a PC via an application install, or right in your browser with nothing to install. Signing up is free and doesn’t require tons of personal information.

 

Don’t worry, we’ll still keep the facebook page and group around, but will reduce our engagement there. Why? Because of the lack of control facebook gives for the community, the constant advertisements, its general inefficiency, and we just don’t like being so beholden to that corporation. 

 

Why Discord? Many reasons actually, here’s just a few:

 

So hop on over to our discord channel using the link above! When you first join you’ll need to read the community rules in the “Community-Rules” channel, and then give the rules a thumbs up to show you agree. Once you’ve done that all the channels are open to you! Say Hi! Set up notifications as you see fit, chat about topics in appropriate channels, and generally enjoy a better managed space for our burn community.

 

Also, don’t forget, we are still figuring out how to best build community space. Do you have thoughts or ideas for our Discord? Channels we should create? Ways to better use our space? Let us know (in discord) and we’ll see what we can do. We want to make the space accessible and usable for everyone for productive discussion and memes and foolishness too.

 

 

As we mentioned previously, the Transformus Leadership Caucus is full steam ahead in planning for Transformus 2022. We are beyond thrilled to be able to gather again on Marvin’s Mountaintop in beautiful West Virginia after a multiyear absence and cannot wait to see your faces. 

Here are some important dates to remember

• Transformus will take place from July 13-18, 2022 
• Round 1 ticket sales are scheduled for April 10th, 2022 at 2:00 PM EST
• Round 2 ticket sales are scheduled for May 18th, 2022 at 7:00 PM EST
• Ticket sales end on June 30th, 2022.

 

We are still determining ticket cap and pricing for the event, but we are discussing a slight hike in ticket pricing to adjust for rising costs associated with renting port-o-potties, golf carts, lights, and dealing with other expenditures. 

 

Effigy and Temple Applications

As we collectively prepare to gather on the mountaintop once again, we are looking for 2 groups of visionary artists to build our effigy and temple and create magical experiences for our community to center around.

 

Are you interested in building large-scale art and burning it to the ground? We want you.

So, dream big, get a proposal together, and fill out the above applications. As usual, we have set aside a budget for materials and related expenses to help you get your project to the mountain. 

Effigy application - Due April 10, 2022

Temple application - Due April 10, 2022

 

Team Leadership Applications

We are still looking for a committed group of volunteer leaders to head up some of our most crucial teams! If you’re up for the challenge check out our Community Participation and Collaboration form to indicate your interest

 

Tell Us Your Stories!

As it’s been a few years since we all got together, we thought it would be a nice touch to collect and share some Mysterian magical moments in future newsletters and on the Facebook group.

 

So, use this form to tell us your favorite Transformus stories that give you that warm and fuzzy feeling inside. We are well aware this could backfire massively, so use your collective best judgment!

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