Invitations on Sale!

Invitations to the 3rd annual Alchemy festival went on sale on April
3rd. Tier 1 invites are still available, and you can get yours at
http://www.alchemyfestival.com/essentials/invitations.html. For the
third year straight, Tier 1 invites are only $35 per invite. That’s
$7 per day, or only .35 per hour of the event! We are still one of the
most inexpensive burns in the country to attend!

You may have noticed that the invitation purchasing process is a
little different this year. After you purchase your invite, you can
log in to www.alchemyfestival.com to change your mailing address and
retrieve your gate keycode. Be sure to update your mailing address
quickly if it changes, because you won’t be able to update your
address after we’ve mailed your physical ticket. If you lose your
physical ticket, you can retrieve your keycode at any time. Just make
a note of that keycode and bring it to the gate with you instead of
your ticket.

The new invite process should help alleviate complications from
previous years, such as how to transfer an invite if you choose to
sell yours.

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Team Leads for 2009.

Alchemy would like to introduce to you the Team Leads for the 2009
burn! You can contact each of these teams at the email addresses
below.

APW (Alchemy Public Works): Puzzle, Tunna and McGruff.
APW@alchemyfestival.com

Rangers: TryMe!/Joshua. Rangers@alchemyfestival.com

First Aid: Bubba John and GBear. Firstaid@alchemyfestival.com

Connexus: Pauly and Scarlett. Connexus@alchemyfestival.com

Lamplighters: Kat and Age. Lamplighters@alchemyfestival.com

Fire Safety: Lo and the FNP. Firesafety@alchemyfestival.com

Event Coordinator: Runaway/Troy. Event@alchemyfestival.com

Art: Clove. Art@alchemyfestival.com

Center Camp: Amber. CenterCamp@alchemyfestival.com

There are still three teams that need leads for the 2009 burn: LNT
(Leave No Trace), Internet and Gate/Greeters. For descriptions of what
each of these teams do, please visit
http://www.alchemyfestival.com/participation/volunteering.html. If you
are interested in leading a team, or co-leading a team that already
has a lead, please email board@alchemyfestival.com and tell us!

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2009 Art Fundraiser

You may remember our art fundraiser from last year. We're doing it
again this year, on June 27th, at Blue Tower Gallery (675 Metropolitan
Parkway, #1113 Atlanta, GA. 30310). Interactive art is one of the
beautiful things about a burn. The Alchemy Art Fundraiser gives YOU
the opportunity to decide what kind of art you want to experience at
Alchemy. Artists who would like to bring their art to Alchemy, but who
need help from the community to make it happen, will have examples of
their ideas on display for you to examine. It is $10 to get in, and
literally every single dollar raised goes directly to Alchemy artists!
There will also be music, interesting entertainment, FIRE, and tons of
fantastic burners.

Watch the website and future Alchemist issues for start time and
other details about the event. For now, save the date and plan to be
there!

Artists: If you are interested in displaying your ideas at the Art
Fundraiser this year, you need to submit a summary of your idea to the
Art Team by no later than June 14th, at 3pm. You can submit it via
email to art@alchemyfestival.com, or by contacting any Art Team member
prior to June 14 to arrange an alternative way to submit your idea. We
are requiring everyone who is interested in displaying their ideas at
the fundraiser this year to submit their ideas in advance. No walk-in
artists will be accepted at the fundraiser! Get your ideas to the Art
Team NOW!

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Upcoming Events and Calendar

There are several events coming up that might be of interest
Alchemists.

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April 25, 6pm-1am: Sfumato: Art Beyond Borders

Keith Prossick, the designer of the effigy at Alchemy for the past
two years, is presenting "Art Beyond Borders" at Blue Tower Gallery.
Come out and support Keith, Ju^2, Karissa, Unga Bunga and the other
fantastic artists who are showing in this show! This will be the first
public viewing of Keith's work "Sunstone," the second in his

Masterworks series.

Price: $10 Presale www.keithprossick.com to purchase your tickets
early

Artists to be seen at the show:

Keith Prossick

John Faherty

Karissa

Preston

Nick Jowdy

. . and more . . .

Music:

Ju^2 and Spiralyst

Projection:

Exolume

Performances:

Eli & Jen Starr

and so much more! Come see all the special and gorgeous art these
Atlanta area artists are showing and have a great time while there!

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April 26, all day: APW (Alchemy Public Works) is doing an inventory
at Alchemy's storage unit in LaFayette, and they could use some
helping hands. If you are interested in helping, please contact them
at apw@alchemyfestival.com!

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May 3, 3pm: Team Lead BBQ at Runaway/Rebecca/Issa/TryMe!'s house.
Team Leads, contact Runaway (event@alchemyfestival.com) for details if
you don't already have them.

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There is a new calendar that lists events all over the southeast that
burners might find interesting. Check it out at
http://www.alchemyfestival.com/burnercalendar. If you use Google
calendar, you can easily add events from the calendar to your own
calendar. If you have an event that you'd like to see posted, or if
you would like posting rights to any of the calendars, please contact
rebecca.cobb@gmail.com.

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Useful Alchemy Links

Alchemy Talk: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alchemytalk

Main Alchemy website: http://www.alchemyfestival.com/

Get your Invitations:
http://www.alchemyfestival.com/essentials/invitations.html

How to Get Involved!:
http://www.alchemyfestival.com/participation/volunteering.html

BOD Minutes and Financials:
http://www.alchemyfestival.com/about/alchemy-llc.html

Burning Man: http://www.burningman.com