Roofing ceremony - ideas? | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Robin Allison (ecohousingxtra.co.nz) | |
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 02:13:46 -0700 (MST) |
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C09086.083544A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Here at Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood the rammed earth walls are nearly = finished in our first three houses, the bond beam, upstairs floor and = timber walls will follow in the next couple of weeks, and the builder = plans to get the roof on shortly after that. We've started planning an = event (or maybe two) to celebrate the completion of the first roof, both = as a celebration for our members and the builders, and as a media event = to sell more houses. As the standard kiwi "roof shout" consists of the clients buying several = crates of beer and the builders drinking it, we feel the need to be = culturally creative and invent something a little more celebratory. Is this an event that has significance in the States? I'd love to hear = how other communities have marked this milestone in the construction = process. All ideas welcome! Robin Allison Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood P.O. Box 70001, Ranui, Auckland, New Zealand www.ecohousing.pl.net ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C09086.083544A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here at Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood the = rammed=20 earth walls are nearly finished in our first three houses, the bond = beam,=20 upstairs floor and timber walls will follow in the next couple of weeks, = and the=20 builder plans to get the roof on shortly after that. We've started = planning an=20 event (or maybe two) to celebrate the completion of the first = roof, both as=20 a celebration for our members and the builders, and as a media event to = sell=20 more houses.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As the standard kiwi "roof shout" = consists of=20 the clients buying several crates of beer and the builders drinking = it, we feel the need to be culturally creative and invent = something a=20 little more celebratory.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Is this an event that has significance = in the=20 States? I'd love to hear how other = communities have marked this=20 milestone in the construction process. All ideas = welcome!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Robin Allison</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood<BR>P.O. Box = 70001,=20 Ranui,<BR>Auckland, New Zealand<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.ecohousing.pl.net">www.ecohousing.pl.net</A></FONT></D= IV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C09086.083544A0--
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Roofing ceremony - ideas? Robin Allison, February 6 2001
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