I try not to use this column to advance a personal agenda, but since this is about a large monthly gathering that involves pagan rituals on a beach, I'll make an exception.
Against my better judgment. I've always feared that full disclosure would ruin it, either because of the yahoo principle that anything good eventually brings a bunch of drunks who destroy it, or because the glare of the media would bring the inevitable jealous saboteurs who would resent not being at the party and bring the full force of the nanny state of Laguna upon us. Either way spelled doom.
I'm talking, of course, about the sublime monthly tradition of drumming and dancing like savages under the moon to release every endorphin in the body, the celebration known as the Aliso Beach Full Moon Drum Circle.
It's been going on for a dozen years now, with nary a hiccup. It's just about the only local festival that is absolutely free and devoid of commercialism. It is an organism that has grown and morphed and spread through word of mouth and is now a famous brand in Orange County more broadly referred to as the Laguna Beach Full Moon Drum Circle. That should make us proud.
