--- In confest@..., "mambocat_mamboocat"
<andreabarton@a...>
wrote:

> David hi im new to confest this year will be my first time so im
> asking what is a godiva award andrea

Hi Andrea and everyone else,

ConFest is great!!! ++!! I went to my first one at Walwa upstream from Albury in
1989-90
and have been to many since. The people are great and a week camping by water is
good
relaxation. Workshops are interesting and there's plenty of opportunities to
share with
others by helping at the front gate, info tent, First Aid, Art Village, Massage
marquee,
doing the dunnies, .....

Godiva awards have been given to people who arrive at the gate wearing a smile
but
nothing else - see the previous newsletters on the dte web site and the photos
in the
galleries. It's a cool way to celebrate being a bit different to the mad society
out in the rest
of the country and to jump right into being part of the different community that
ConFest
is. It's hard to explain in words, but people who have been to ConFest know how
different
and refreshing it is.

Not everybody does and you don't have to go naked all the time - there's
sunburn,
nighttime cool temperatures and mossie bites to be careful about for starters,
but a good
layer of mud from the puddle fixes most of those, it's good for your skin and
it's free!

So hope you can get along Andrea, bring your friends too or make some there,
you're sure
to enjoy yourself.