James L. Bianchi, Esq. is among the first graduating students from the oldest public interest law school in the country, New College of California, School of Law and is best described as a community activist. Over the years he has been on Boards and Commissions, or founded non-profit corporations, that operate homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, sexual assault programs, drug treatment programs, legal aid offices, and after school programs for elementary school children. Jim practices law in the town of Benicia, California. He is also a professor at the Cherry Hill Seminary for the professional pagan ministry, were he teaches a course on Pagans and the Law. James L. Bianchi is a Druid in the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids of East Sussex, England, and is the leading Ovate of Taliesin in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is presently Board president of the local Pagan Alliance.

Heather is a full time variety performer who has performed her one woman show "Lady Magician" at San Francisco’s Venue 9 Theater. She as worked with the Pickle Family Circus and the San Francisco Mime Troupe as well as performed with the Ellen Webb Dance Company. Heather has taught clowning, acting, improvisation, magic and circus skills to children at Oakland Parks and Recreations’ Clown Mobile, Children’s Fairyland, Edna Bruer School, Presidio Hill School, and Paul Revere School.

Mushrafali draws on many sources for inspiration: jazz, classical, West African, North Indian, and Sufi. He founded the Mirabai Ensemble and has performed and recorded with members of Bobby McFerrin's Voicestra. Accompanying Sufi zikhrs is one of his passions as well as setting Sufi poetry for the earPlay Jazzquintet and stage magician Heather Rogers. Mushrafali is working on his eighth CD and has been teaching since l974.

Picture is of Shana and Jim Fish at the April 2005 BASC ritual

In the muggle world, Terence uses black magic for good – by providing P.R. and marketing mind-control to grassroots, national, and global nonprofits. After more than a decade serving environmental and health nonprofits, he returned to his first love: theater. Now he’s the director of public relations at a nationally respected theater company and literary manager for an ambitious new playhouse in SF. When he first encountered the fire circle, Terence fell in love with its mix of motion, emotion, spontaneity, connection, magic, and song. It felt like sacred, earth-based theater games – and he knew he was home. Terence is proud to have midwifed a memorable mirror ritual for Fire Tribe Hawaii and Spark’s shape-shifting ritual at the first Phoenix Fire, in which he embodied the bear of courage. He’d love to talk to you about the four portals, and particularly his journey through the portal of voice.

DJ

Deborah "DJ" Hamouris has recorded, performed, directed & taught music in the Pagan community for more than two decades. She founded Gaia's Voice, conducted the Reclaiming Spiral Dance Chorus & now directs Women & Song. Her song "Who is the Goddess," recorded by Moonrise, was recently chosen for Reclaiming's CD "Witches' Brew". With 6 CDs, a BA in music, 3 bands & a solo performing career, DJ also teaches private voice & mountain dulcimer students. In her spare time, she knits. For more info go to www.djhamouris.com.