Welcome to Midwest Burners,
a Burning Man inspired recreational group based in Lawrence/Kansas City. We socialize frequently, keep in touch through our active Yahoo Group, meet, throw parties, make friends and have a great time camping.

We also organize two annual member and guests camping events, InterFuse (the Midwest Regional Burn) and HullabalU.

InterFuse ‘08 was an amazing and wild 5th year anniversary! Our numbers only modestly increased this year. However, from Theme Camps to art installations, to effigy participation, to creating whole new volunteer crews, to spontaneous shenanigans, there was a serious increase in quality! We were even graced with a bunch of Burners visiting from other regions with Regional Burns and they were very impressed with what we have going on here!!

We had the usual visit from the rain but we were ready with our spankin’ new Rain Plan! The weather was actually very playa-like this year with high winds and cold nights. It was a good preparation for those journeying to the desert in August!

The giant Television was a wonderful performance stage and projection screen! We filled the TV with our own Burnervision prime time content in ultra-high definition for 3 days. Then we burned the big TV down in a dynamic fire performance and dramatic pyrotechic display! The Pre-Burn Ceremony was beautiful, intimate, and personal! A UFO even stopped to circle the festivities!

The Volunteer Team Leads coalesced into a solid backbone of InterFuse. The ticket art and graphic art were ridiculously cool this year! Everyone handled the parking changes fairly well and parking at InterFuse changed for the better, thanks to the Parking Wranglers, a completely new volunteer crew! The Greeters had their own village, the G-Spot, TLA created legends with their SexyBack, InterRangers kept everyone cared for from their cozy new dome home, the Effigy teams smoothly handled each phase of the complicated TV, the Earth Guardians became even more of a fixture and processed mad recyclables, and the LNT team snagged those last bits of MOOP! Speaking of MOOP, this InterFuse was one of least moopiest, even with the wind! It was a huge improvement over last year! All of the clean-up comradery and laid back afterglow on Sunday were excellent!

The Ozark Avalon staff were again key friends and hosts. Planning in tandem with OA helped InterFuse go off smoothly! The OA Express was up and running during the muddy times but the new gravel helped immensely. OA folks also took time out from celebrating with us to provide everyone with ice during the hot sunny parts of the event! Thank you Ozark Avalon!!

Big thanks and applause for everyone who pitched in to make InterFuse 2008 happen! Much love to you all!

— Zay,
Midwest Burners Association Chairman
Burning Man Regional Contect

Volunteers Rock!

Who volunteered their time and efforts to make this amazing event happen? Check out the InterFuse 2008 Volunteer Hall Of Fame.

Feedback

What did you think of InterFuse 2008? How would you improve it? What theme should we use next year? Send your thoughts to the Event Planners.