IT’S A GO!

Well, we received a reply from a very “green” company the other day who is willing to donate a trailer for our participation in the Ormond Beach Carnevale of Colors (parade) on Saturday, February 7th at Destination Daytona.

David Schroeder of Evolving Landscapes specializes in native and edible landscaping and we are so very enthused to have the participation from someone so committed to the same ideals as our little green group.

Also, “sponsoring” us is our very own Volusia-Flagler Natural Awakenings Healthy Living Magazine, and Green Guild Outfiters (formerly Eco Depot) of Deland, Florida.

We are calling ourselves THE GREEN UMBRELLA as we are a group of nonprofits (some of which are members of the newly forming daytona green group) who are gathered together with one common purpose…

The groups are

• Green Halloween (of course),
• Think BioSmart
• Community Problem Solvers (of Flagler/Palm Coast High School)
• and ever illustrious THE GIRLS GONE GREEN

SO NOW THE PARTICIPATION REQUEST!

The idea is..
to meet as a group of volunteers at Destination Daytona to decorate with a bunch of stuff that we don’t want or wish to recycle, look at the “stuff” and design and make a very eco-friendly float.

We only have a limited supply of recycle items at this time, so it would be great if you could donate your “junk” to us for the event and stay to help construct it.

It should be a lot of fun hanging with so many creative “out-of-the-box” thinkers.

Well, that’s it.

We look forward to meeting all of you, creating and having loads of fun.

If you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact me, Ciana, at 386-676-0011 or dbgreenhalloween@gmail.com

Green Wishes!

Help us promote and support Green Halloween of Daytona’s local beneficiary of 2009.

JOIN US at…

Globalfolks

Happy Holidays

Fair Trade Crafts

SALE!

Saturday Dec. 20^th

10a.m. to 5p.m.

211 Fairview Avenue

(Between Ridgewood and the Main St. Bridge in Daytona Beach)

Join us on the front porch for this year’s

alternative holiday shopping experience!

Browse around the porch to the beat of World Music… enjoy a cup of Globalfolks blend Fair Trade Organic coffee…

and discover Fair Trade gift items

hand-crafted by artisans in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean!

joel@globalfolks.org

386-451-9003

All proceeds support FAIR SHARE, our Daytona Beach urban community garden project.

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Yay!

It’s been a pretty exciting week.  As of Tuesday night we are all filled up, but I do have some very good news for those of you who still want to attend but didn’t have the time to RSVP.

I have been given permission to accept “straglers.”  Meaning if you have not been able to RSVP you can still attend The Merry Gala if you MEET US AT HALIFAX HISTORICAL MUSEUM at 1:00 p.m. located at 252 S. Beach STreet in Downtown Daytona Beach (at the corner of Orange Avenue and Beach Street, next to Stavro’s).

See you there!

Ciana 386-676-0011 dbgreenhalloween@gmail.com

Hello fellow “Greenies:”

Just a little note to remind you all that THE MERRY GALA is just around the corner.

This is a small scale event and limited spaces are available.

We currently have 18 spaces left, so if you are still interested in attending make your reservation now, before it is too late.

Because after those 18 spaces are filled.  That’s it!  No more reservations will be accepted.

To RSVP please either call or email Ciana at 386-676-0011 or dbgreenhalloween@gmail.com

Well, that’s it for now.

See you at The Merry Gala on Saturday, December 6th from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. in beautiful, historical, turning “green” Downtown Daytona Beach.

It seems pretty natural that a woman with a family history of cosmetologists would become one herself, but what makes Carol Solaas so progressive is her unique set of interests and talents.

Carol Solaas, owner of Salon Solaas, has studied fashion design, makes many of her own clothing, or costumes if the occasion calls for it, hones a passion for organic ingredients, and has been a cosmetologist for 31 years.

“It all ties together…If I wanted to do fashion shows, I could take a look at the people and what they are doing and immediately know, ok, you need this kind of hair, this kind of makeup. This would go great with that outfit…it all ties in together.”

She even makes many of the products she sells from organic ingredients, as she explained in her enthusiastic yet classically composed manner,

“All of my skin care products are organic.”

“My facial scrub is the best. I love it. It’s a glycerin (sugar) scrub, or a glycerin-salt scrub.”

“I have rosacea and I used it for a week. My rosacea just faded down to nothing. No breakouts, nothing.”

Salon Solaas is currently endeavoring to become an all organic/all natural full service salon.

“I am trying. It is very hard to go all natural 100%, but a lot of the products, even the big name products like Chi, which is Farouk, they have an organic line, now.”

“If they have colored hair, I do use the Redken, but every one else, I use the Chi. It’s great. Olive oil is great for the hair.”

Carol makes a point of trying products prior to stocking them in her salon.

“I can take two products from one line, and like them.”

And sometimes those “two products” are the only products of a line she will recommend, but this seems to service her well, and she is proud of her reputation for integrity and credibility.

“I’m open and honest with people, and they like that.”

Salon Solaas has been a feature of the Kress building since August of this year, and Carol has plans to stay a long time and even expand the salon in the future.

“We are a full service salon…and will be soon offering massage as well.”

Salon Solaas sells organic lip balms, bath balms, lotions, cleansers, masks and other skin care products that are made by Carol, herself. Custom orders are available. And most of the hair products are organic.

Fellow cosmetologist at Salon Solaas is Tyrone Brown who has been a licensed cosmetologist for five years. Tyrone has traveled extensively in his career as a cosmetologist, stylist, teacher and manager of such corporations as Regis Hair Salons.

Tyrone had his first experience using organic hair products during his time at Salon Solaas.

“I have used the organic Chi oil and I loved it…I noticed the comparison between the shine of the other stuff and the organic…the organic is less oily and really holds down the frizz.”

“It does more of what it should do. Which is why I like it. It works very very well.”

He is also the director of “A Taste of Flavor”—a fashion show for hair, nails and more.

“The first year was in Orlando in 2002. I wanted to do something different. I had never seen a hairstylist who had put on a hair show to show ALL of their creativity…I wanted to take my sense of fashion, because I love to do hair, makeup, everything.”

“A Taste of Flavor” opens on January 17^th at the “Top of Daytona” in the Daytona Inn.

“It’s $15 to attend the show and we are currently recruiting for models, talent, as well as makeup artists, nail techs, estheticians, all that great stuff for the show if you want to participate in the show as well.”

And of course, Tyrone is now toying with the idea of featuring the organic products from Salon Solaas.

Visit Carol & Tyrone at Salon Solaas in the Kress Building located at 140 Beach Street, Suite 105 in Downtown Daytona Beach, or call 386-675-0774, also on the web at http://salonsolaas.com/.

Be sure to meet Carol & Tyrone at the Merry Gala on Saturday, December 6th in Downtown Daytona Beach.

For more information contact Ciana Maglio at 386-676-0011 or dbgreenhalloween@gmail.com.

Hello Everyone,

Just wanted to let you know that I have been given permission to extend the RSVP date for The Merry Gala to Friday, November 28th.

But hurry soon, because reservations have already been made and as soon as we hit the maximum allowed, that’s it.

Remember this is a family friendly event, but with plenty of activities to keep the adult crowd happy and the children busy.

Join us!

To RSVP for the Merry Gala event (December 6th, from 1-5 p.m. in Downtown Daytona) please contact Ciana at 386-676-0011 or dbgreenhalloween@gmail.com

Celebrate Green!^TM is the book written by the authors of Green Halloween^®. It has been claimed to be “the book that will launch a revolution in how America celebrates,” and has nothing but rave reviews from Amazon.com.

Celebrate Green!^TM events are not actual Green Halloween® events, although they are affiliated.

All Celebrate Green!^TM events of the Daytona will be listed on the Green Halloween® of Daytona website

These events are used to bring awareness to the people of how much fun in can be to Celebrate Green!^TM and the ease in which change can be facilitated.

The Merry Gala is one of these events.

The Merry Gala is four-hour interactive day of fun perfect for the whole family. A (”G”-rated) fun event open to the public (as long as they RSVP by Nov. 25^th) located in Downtown Daytona Beach, Florida.

Details of are listed below:

1:00 p.m. Attendees meet at Halifax Historical Museum (252 S. Beach Street) for an hour-and-a-half tour of the Victorian themed “Halifax Holidays” exhibit. Kelly White of Jack White Land Company will be providing the musical entertainment for this part of the event.

2:30 p.m. Attendees are taken on a tour of Beach Street (in Downtown Daytona) on their way towards the next destination Nicole’s Beach Street Antique Mall (14 N. Beach Street). Tour is conducted by Jack White of Jack White Land Company (www.bedowntowndaytona.com)

3:00-4:00 p.m. Attendees may peruse the wares at Nicole’s Beach Street Mall (Lay-a-way available) or go upstairs for crafts, food, and a magic show

All crafts are geared towards entertaining and educating children. Some of the crafts provided will be:

· How to make a “Towel Bunny” (Malou’s Gifts)

· How to make Organic Bath Balms (Salon Solaas, www.SalonSolaas.com)

· How to make All Natural Non-toxic Face Paint (courtesy of Green Halloween^®/Celebrate Green!^TM volunteers)

Award winning classical guitarist, PATRICK RAFFERTY, MM, will be performing in the downstairs portion of Nicole’s Beach Street Mall. (Resume and Bio are available upon request).

4:00-4:30 p.m. Attendees are taken on a tour of Downtown Daytona. Tour is conducted by Jack White of Jack White Land Company (www.bedowntowndaytona.com) and Ciana Maglio (Green Halloween^® coordinator).

4:30-5:00 p.m. Attendees are given a 30-minute lesson on how to dance the “sexiest dance of the early 1900s” so provocative and risqué that it was banned. (Which shows how much our times have changed considering today this very same dance is considered a very “G” rated exposition or display…obviously it is the Waltz.) Lesson will be conducted by Quanita of Quanita’s Ballroom & Dance.

5:00 p.m. Thank you speech…THE END (Class dismissed J)

For more information or to RSVP please contact

Ciana Maglio at 386-676-0011 or

dbgreenhalloween@gmail.com

Have you every wanted to take a trip back to a place in time when life was simpler, more beautiful and “more green?” Well if you so we can help you travel there.

Join us on an outing featuring vendors and exhibits of Downtown Daytona.   Celebrate with us in the spirit of Victorian holiday traditions but with a beautiful “green” twist.

This event is a four-hour interactive family friendly activity and tour.

Saturday, December 6th from 1-5:00 p.m.

Participants will have a chance to:

Marvel at the Victorian Holiday exhibit (at the Halifax Historical Museum),
Purchase treasures from yester year (Provided by Nicole’s Beach Street Mall),
Delight in the period costume display (courtesy of Threads Vintage Emporium),
Take a tour of Downtown Daytona features (tour guided by Jack White of Jack White Land Company),
Savor the delectable goodies (Purchased from Love Whole Foods in Ormond Beach),
Make old-fashioned Earth-friendly crafts (organic bath balms, ornaments, origami…),
Be awestruck by a magician’s skill (Magic show provided by Daytona Magic),
Be enticed by the music of Kelly white & Patrick Rafferty, and
Learn the sexiest dance of the early 1900s.  (Seductive…yet surprisingly family friendly, and very “G-RATED.”  Courtesy of Quanita’s Ballroom & Dance). Join us to discover what it is…

Vendors and affiliates:
Halifax Historical Museum, Nicole’s Beach Street Antique Mall, Salon Solaas (A Full Service Salon going ORGANIC), Threads Vintage Emporium, Love Whole Foods, A Page in Time Scrapbooks, Malous Gifts, Daytona Magic, Jack White Land Company, Quanita’s Ballroom & Dance and the highly acclaimed classical guitarist Mr. Patrick Rafferty.

$5 donation* for adults &

$1 for children under age 13

(*Funds go to support the Halifax Historical Museum).

Attendees must RSVP by November 25^th.

Contact Ciana at (386) 676-0011

or

dbgreenhalloween@gmail.com

For more ideas on how to celebrate the “green” way visit http://CelebrateGreen.net

Children and adults (one and all),

It’s time to let your creative and thoughtful spirits shine!

BRING A HOMEMADE ORNAMENT TO HANG ON OUR Celebrate Green! TREE.

If you haven’t already guessed…it’s got to be GREEN–it needs to be made from recycled materials.

Bring them in anytime between now and December 31st.

The tree is located at Love Whole Foods, 275 Williamson Boulevard, Ormond Beach, Florida 32174 (386) 677-5236

Some ideas…

Make a fan by folding an old greeting card accordion style;

Decorate an old CD with markers, scraps of ribbon, etc;

Make a Santa or elf by cutting out a single egg carton compartment, and decorate with cotton, fabric scraps, etc. (Great made out of nuts, too);

Simply cut out a beautiful picture from an old magazine or calendar, and sprinkle with glitter;

Make a snowman from an old light bulb and use a baby sock for a hat;

Decorate shells by gluing on tiny objects you find,

BE CREATIVE…HAVE FUN!

Some great materials to use…

Old greeting cards

Egg cartons

Nut shells

Container lids

Aluminum foil

Popsicle sticks

Old light bulbs

Baby food jars

Packing peanuts

Scraps of fabric

Paper towel

Roll tubes

Bottle caps

Well, we gathered together sponsors information and samples and headed on down to the Volusia Mall this evening in hopes for the best, but wondering if we would be met with approval at all by the crowd of teenagers and children hungry for their Halloween savory traditions.  The response was overwhelming.  We actually had people ASKING us for more information on Green Halloween and we actually didn’t have enough items to give away to last the three hours of the event.

Actually, we didn’t even last one.

There were lines of people waiting to try the delicious Larabar minis and Glee Gum samples, and the Moby wrap minis were gone in less then 20 minutes.

It was phenomenal!

And, even more good news…many of the downtown Daytona area business owners have been asking me to coordinate a beach street trick-or-treat for next year.

Sounds good to me, but I think we are definately still going to make an appearance at the Volusia Mall next year as well, but hopefully next time with more information to give away…oh yes…and of course, more treats.