At ConVocation this year, Feb. 22-25, there were a plethora of programs – rituals, drumming, a masked ball, drumming, ceremonies, drumming, vendors, drumming, a raffle, and a panel discussion. It was a well-organized, friendly, open event. We performed the Mari Lwyd, gave a workshop on making talismans, and had a discussion about the differences and similarities between British Isles Folkloric Traditions, Gardnerian Witchcraft / Wicca, and Traditional British Witchcraft with up-and-coming Crossed Crow author, Nathan King. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of British Witchcraft History.

https://mec.convocation.org/ The event is sponsored by the Magickal Education Council of Ann Arbor MI, a tireless board of organizers who put on this 4 day event, as well as Pagan picnics and educational programs.

Thanks to Rhiannon and Shad and Dave, my offspring, grandson, and my long-suffering husband, respectively, for all of their assistance.
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Here’s some highlights:

Nathan King is holding the Stang on the right. Watch for his book coming this summer from Crossed Crow, entitled Awakening the Witch Blood.

This penile rock carving was done by soldiers on Hadrian's Wall between England and Scotland. It was likely a kind of middle-finger aimed at the Picts, whom the Romans were fighting.

 
The whanger on the left is believed to be a dildo, again Roman, found in the British Isles. My theory is the Romans were rather sub-par in the endowment area, so to match up with the Celtic men whom they were replacing as husbands, , they had to build something a little bigger, to satisfy their British wives...

The Dong on the right is from the Roman collection in our own University of Michigan Archeology Dept. in Ann Arbor, Michigan. That's right, an authentic Roman D*ck  is only a short drive away. Get it? A "short drive"? hahaha