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BodyFest 2010 - The Body Freedom Festival

Sunday, October 3, 2010    

(photos are from BodyFest 2009)

This is a festive nudist social event with beach contests, games and activities. The overall winners get $600, $400, and $200. Various contests challenge your creative and physical abilities. This promises to be a day of pure fun! Compete in some or all of the events, or just watch and/or help out. Anyone registered with us can come to this nude festival if they want to; it can hold 50 people, 100 people... or more! The beach will be within reasonable distance of San Francisco but not often used by the public. The exact location will be determined about a week before and then given to those who have confirmed back to me that they are coming.

❂ WHO CAN GO?
Normally the people who go on a particular small, paid excursion are chosen by me from the pool of applicants and I discourage the use of too many props and/or body decorations. The BodyFest is different. YOU choose if you want to go and you can bring anything fun you want to and wear anything you want to (as long as you are still basically nude). You are not paid to attend but you can win one of the three money prizes. There are no upper age restrictions and no other restrictions as long as you have completed the Photonaturals application and then completed the current Registration after I invite you to do so. If you are new to the group I still expect you to prove to me that you have the right spirit for this through the words you write in your application. There is just one other thing I will control - there are far too many new single middle-aged males applying and if you are one of these just get a female partner to bring along if you want to come to the festival.

Bring friends on the day, if you like, but let me know first. They can register upon arrival. This process is OK as long as they understand how everything works - that it is a nude event and there is photography. Please do not bring anyone who has hesitations about this.

If you are new and you do not register, and you do not have a friend who has registered you will not be able to go because you won't know where the event is happening.

❂ HOW DO WE GET TO THE BEACH?
If you do not have your own car, depending on your location, we can have one of the car pools pick you up. If you have a car you can volunteer to pick people up, provided that I know you. I will pay a gas grant to each car-pool-car. We will also have at least one bus or mini-van picking up from a central spot in San Francisco.

I have a few possible locations in mind. It will not be Baker Beach. It will not be a popular spot that will likely draw a lot of public gawkers. The event is private and will not be publicized to the media.

❂ WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS?
Many of you will want to do all the contests, collect as many points as possible and hopefully win one of the prizes. But you can also just compete in a few of the events for fun, or help in other ways. I will need three judges who will choose the winners of each event. And I need a "List-Meister" who will sign in the contestants and keep track of the points they win in each event. One or two people could do some simple food and drink preparation. I also need some general helpers throughout the day. Maybe you just want to relax and cheer people on.

❂ THOSE PRIZES SOUND FANTASTIC!
I have devised a few contests that will hopefully not give unfair advantage to those who are athletic. No one is likely to do well in every event. So figure out how you can excel and then plan to participate.

The way it will work is that you collect points at each event you participate in. You get one point for just participating, more points if you are judged to be among the best. At the end of the day all the points are tallied and the three top overall winners are awarded as follows:

1st place $500
2nd place $300
3rd place $200

Some of the events are done in couples or groups and points are shared. Payment will not be with cash on this occasion as it is too iffy to carry that much money around (for the winners and for me!). Winners will be offered several choices of payment. I would hope that after 3 years of running these events people will trust me to carry through with this promise. In terms of the monetary prize amounts, please read my provisos at the bottom of the page.

❂ THE CONTESTS
Here are some proposed contests for the day. If you have any ideas and suggestions please let me know. I am still working on this part of it.

♦ The Clothes Free Race. This is a short-distance running race I thought up and we played once a year ago with hilarious results. It is a running race that involves a couple of check points where you have to remove or put on your clothing as fast as you can and then run trying to get to the finish line first. More specific rules to follow.

♦ The Show-off Show. We will set aside a performance area and each competitor can "perform" some kind of talent or ability. You have 1 to 3 minutes to do your thing. Suggestions: Dance, sing, recite poetry, martial arts moves, gymnastics, comedy, play music, magic (without sleaves),...

♦ Back to Nature Fashion Show. Small groups will each decorate an individual with natural materials and present their "haute couture" creation. We will provide some materials (leaves, flowers, grasses etc) but you might want to bring your own as well. Hemp string could be used to help attach things. You can prepare materials in advance and bring it on the day. You may use imitation elements like fake flowers etc. More guidelines to follow.

♦ The No Running Nor Walking Race. Get from A to B as fast as you can by crawling, rolling, jumping, cart-wheeling etc. You may walk on your hands if you can!

♦ Most Distinctive Body Parts Contest. The point of this is to not necessarily use "Playboy" criteria but other reasons to admire or make note of someone's body part. This will be divided into 5 sub-contests: legs, back, torso, breasts, buttocks. There is no separation between male and female.

♦ Sand Sculpture Contest. Groups of 3 will work together. Buckets and shovels will be provided but you can bring your own as well.

♦ Belly-Paint Contest. Contestants will pair off into painters and models and you will have 10 minutes to create a masterpiece on the model's belly.

♦ Body-Art Contest. Groups of 3 or 4 will have 5 minutes to work out a creative arrangement of their bodies as if they were a single sculpture.

♦ Feast Fest. Each contestant will either eat something or drink something in a creative manner that may or may not involve fully consuming their chosen condiment. Show some attitude, personality, passion or creativity. Keep it to a minute or two.

♦ Please send me any additional ideas for contests as I am not committed neccessarily to the list above.

❂ VISUAL DOCUMENTATION
Photography and videography will be done only by certain individuals designated by me. Please leave your cameras at home.

❂ SCHEDULE
There is a chance we will have to restrict the number of contestants so make sure you get there by noon!

10 AM some of us will get there early to set up
12 NOON Registration begins for the competitions
1 PM Competitions begin
4 PM Winners announced


❂ PROVISOS
There must be 20 or more people competing otherwise the cash prizes will be reduced proportionally.

❂ DETAILS
I will publish more details about the contests and the overall event later in September. In the meantime, if you are thinking of participating please contact me at nomad@photonaturals.com and I will let you know what you need to do. If you are new here you should start by completing the application page.