APOGAEA

What are you likely to experience at Apo this year?

• For a full list of Art Installations, Theme Camps, Performance Schedules and the like, click here.
• For the Apo 2010 Placement Map, click here.
• Official Who What When Where

And of course whatever YOU bring! Remember, YOU are the gift, and Apogaea cannot happen without the participants. Travel safe, and we will see you in the mountains!

Final notes:

Review the Survival Guide

Print and bring your waiver

Get there before dusk!

Corrections:

Hoop it Forward will be at noon, not 2pm

What’s New / Changes for 2010

Personal Boundaries

• No means no, ask first, and respect personal boundaries. See B.E.D.

Car Camping / Parking

• Park only in designated areas.
• Car camping is very limited and only permitted in car camping designated areas. You can register your car camping needs ahead of time with email hidden; JavaScript is required

Sound Policies

• Sunrise set – Sunday’s quiet hours don’t start until 8am to allow for a Saturday night / Sunday morning sunrise set.
• Quiet hours are from 6am to 11am on Friday and Saturday and from 8am to 11am on Sunday. Of course this means that since sunrise is technically at about 5:30am there will be a sunrise set every day!
• Reduced sound hours are every day from 4am until the start of quiet hours.

Greening

• Apogaea discourages the use of non-reusable glow sticks. Use battery operated devices instead.
• Grey water shouldn’t be dumped on the ground.
• Recycling will include aluminium cans and composting. Please bring home and appropriately recycle or dispose of everything else.

Admission

• The gate will be open from 9am to midnight.
• Plan on arriving before dusk or you will have to wait until the morning to drive in. People arriving after dark with camp infrastructure may be escorted to their camp at the gate’s discretion.
• Ticket sales end at 7pm on Saturday June 12th at the gate.
• Tickets are limited so get yours early.
• Print and sign your waiver ahead of time http://apogaea.com/tickets/waiver/

Fire Policies

• All generators must be supplied with a single standard fire extinguisher, type ABC dry chemical (the regular red ones).
• Check with the Emergency Services tent or any Ranger to inquire about current burn ban status.
• For burn barrels or Emergency Services approved fire pits, bring a 5 gallon bucket of water, a way to secure it to the ground, your own wood, and a way to clear the vegetation around the barrel.
• Don’t move the Apogaea burn barrels and wood.

GPS coordinates:

• Gate is at N 38.9727 W 105.4771

Read the full Survival Guide

Apogaeans!

The deadline for getting things into the Who What Where When guide for Apogaea 2010 is 11:59 p.m. Sunday May 23!

Got a theme camp and want to promote an event?

Got a workshop and want to let people know about it?

Got a special DJ set and want people to boogie to it?

Burning a giant, community-built effigy and want to be sure people don’t forget to come?

The sooner you get your information in, the sooner we can let the community know about what you’ve got to contribute!

Please include:

1. Is your submission a continuing thing (e.g., a theme camp, art piece), a repeating event, or a one-time-only thing?

2. The day(s) of your event (Apogaea runs noon Thursday June 10 through Sunday June 13)

3. The time(s) of your event

4. A SHORT description (one to three sentences)

5. Location (if you know it. If you’re not sure yet, we can add “stop by the Info Booth for more information.” If that’s the case, please be sure to LET THE INFO BOOTH KNOW your event location/time!)

6. A contact e-mail or phone number (not for the WWWW, but for me to call if I have any questions)

Also, know that Saturday late morning/early afternoon is when many people want to hold their events. Choosing another day or time will increase the chances that people will be able to come to your event as well.

E-mail email hidden; JavaScript is required with submissions or questions! See your Happy Asses at the ranch!

Johnny One

Apogaea 2010 is happy to announce that our location has been secured.  Join us at Happy Ass Ranch for Apogaea from June 10-13 and for the work weekend the evening of June 4-June 6.

Happy Ass Ranch is located in the beautiful Rocky Mountains: 202-CR 368, Lake George, CO 80827.

Please see this page for driving directions.

The GREATEST Colorado BURNER event of the new DECADE!!!

Apogaea Dates announced: June 10-13, 2010

Yes, come all ye Burners to Apogaea the second weekend in June 2010!

Bring your inspiration, love, art and passion to the skies of Colorado (location TBD).

If you are new, please check out the “Survival Guide.”

Veteran? then join our Apogaea Family once again. We Miss you!

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Weather is warming, weeks of snow thawing, AND the Apogaea Board of directors has elected new Officers for the 2010 Event!

Please join me in welcoming the latest additions to this year’s fantastically funky team:

-Caroline Kert, PRESIDENT, email hidden; JavaScript is required
-Funcan Lee, VICE PRESIDENT, email hidden; JavaScript is required
-Julie “naughty nurse” Osborn, SECRETARY, email hidden; JavaScript is required
-Shutterbug, TREASURER, email hidden; JavaScript is required

We on the Apo Board are excited to have such a great bunch of talented folks join our efforts in helping present Colorado’s largest muti-day artistic burn!

We would also like to thank our departing Apogaea Officers for years of dedicated service…you WILL be missed!

Hey all you artists and graphics gurus, Do you have visions of fancy floating through your mind? Want to share? Once again, the Apogaea Creative Committee is hosting a ticket and flyer design contest. Get your brilliant ideas in front of hundreds of artists and fellow burners.

Yes, “Artopolis” is the selected them for Apogaea 2010. We are calling for ticket and flyer artwork for this theme, so get your juices flowing and create away!!

Submissions should be sent to email hidden; JavaScript is required for entry into the competition. Deadline for all entries is no later than 12 AM February 8th 2010.

We will be using ONE design for both tickets and flyers. Winner will receive ONE free ticket to Apogaea 2010.

Art Guidelines*:

• Flyer Design Size – final size 5.5″ x 4.25″ + .25″ bleed on all 4 sides = 6″ X 4.75″
• Ticket Design Size – final size 5.5″ x 2″ + .25″ bleed on all 4 sides = 6″ X 2.5″
• File Formats – tiff, eps, pdf, and high quality jpg files accepted
• Resolution – 300 dpi is ideal, but files must be at least 200 dpi
• Submissions will be judged based on concept, execution & image quality

Both tickets and flyers should use the same design. On each, you must include:

• The name of the event, “Apogaea”
• This year’s theme name, “Artropolis”
• The Apogaea logo, which you can download here in EPS, JPG, and PNG formats
• The tentative date of the event, June 10th – 13th 2010

*Please note that it is very important to stay within the developing guidelines. Pulling images off of the internet is usually not a good idea because of the low quality issues and copyright violations!

Deadline: 12:01 a.m., February 8, 2010. Send your Questions and/or your submission to email hidden; JavaScript is required. The Apogaea Creative Committee would like to wish you the best of luck!

By popular vote from the community and the Apogaea board, there will be mandatory “Quiet Hours” for sound/theme camps at Apogaea this year.

• Quiet hours will be 6am – 11am on Friday and Saturday and 8am – 11am on Sunday.

This means turn off all generators, and subsequently all amplified music. A few glorious hours of peace and quiet – well, at least a few hours without the megawatts thump of amplified music. That’s enough to get a good nap in. That’s enough to get a good nap in.

Sound levels will be enforced with decibel meters.

Also don’t forget we will be enforcing enclosed generators. Generator noise must not exceed 70dB at 10 feet – that’s about as loud as an average passenger car. Any generator that is found to be in violation will be turned off until the noise issue is remedied with better enclosure techniques. We’re not trying to be Nazis about this, we just need to make sure everyone is being respectful in such a limited, but beautiful space.

In an effort to keep waste down and follow the path of self-reliance, we are encouraging everyone to bring their own cup to Apogaea this year. Let’s try to avoid any kind of disposable cups. Let’s also try to avoid plasticware. Second hand stores are a great place to pick up sets of silverware that you can use or better yet…gift!

There will also be recycling bins set-up around Apo Town. Please use these ONLY for recycling materials. Self-Reliance is really your own responsibility and so is your trash. Help keep Apogaea and the Planet magnificent!