Through
the years we have had many members come and go….and come back again!
Each and every person remains a part of our family. Each person has
brought their own special gift and has left their mark upon us
all.
Stay a
while and get to know us….
**Please
check back on this page often. As we comb though our archives and
reconnect with our past we will share those moments and memories
with you!**
Lori
 “Let’s do
Lori”
I
guess you had to be there…. I am the birth mother of this chaos
although a bit squeamish about taking responsibility for it. Not
that I get an option…that’s what I love about Wicca, no “Devils” to
blame my behavior on. It’s all on me baby. My musical influences
have been Fleetwood Mac, Pat Benatar and Robert Plant. I have been
Wiccan for 29 years and a Priestess for 19 of those (la de da-no tea
and crumpets for me.) Shining Wheel Pagan Chorus has enables me to
leave a happy legacy to my community in he form of awesome songs of
energy dedicated to the God and Goddess (and to personal growth of
course!)
Brian S.
 “You Sing
Now”
I
have been an audio engineer for how long? 10 Years?...as well as a
singer/songwriter/musician. I have extremely eclectic musical
taster, and I am influenced by everything, even sounds that aren’t
music. I got to Wicca sideways, though drumming, Mickey Hart, Tom
Robbins, and Robert Heinlein. I have always had a Pagan Pantheistic
world-view, but didn’t know what it was called. I discovered the
Tampa Bay area Pagan community in my m id/late 20’s, and after
solitary tinkering for a while I finally found a home and a
wonderful family of fellow freaks in Shining Wheel Coven. I get a
sense of personal power from my spiritual path that doesn’t have to
be “power over”, as well as moments of extreme fear which typically
lead to breakthroughs, growth, and personal evolution. Sometimes I
do my best growing through moments of extreme public embarrassment
which also leads to transformation. As the Chorus’ musical director,
one of the things I get off on is throwing new challenges at people
and watching them quickly rise above and meet my expectations. This
is truly a great crew.
Brian
M.
 “No, it’s still ok. I’m with the Band”
Father,
artist, composer, bard
Gentle
Spirit that’s occasionally hard
Piano,
guitar, rhythm and voice
Musician
by birth, Pagan by choice
Creator
of many images and sounds
Imagination
that has no bounds
Loves
all the members of the Shining Wheel
Band
Holli
 “Now, If we could just get me to shut
up!”
Blissfully
married to the love of my life, momma to our own little Sun God, and
staff to 2 feline Gods, I’ve been singing and playing music in some
form or fashion for as long as I can remember. Lyrically I’m influenced in
some way by nearly everything, right down to my sons bubbling
laughter; vocally my influences run from Etta James and Carole King
through Heart and Pat Benatar and Joan Jett (and everything in
between). I never had much spiritual/religious upbringing and did a
lot of searching before tripping over the Pagan path I’d been
walking all along. Singing with Shining Wheel is a laid back but
bliss-inspiring experience, perfect for finding the God and Goddess
within and Giving them voice…(the don’t call me the Goddess of
Communication for nothing!)
Maria
 “Peace
and Wahe Guru!”
About me?
Well, I'm a mother of three (my favorite thing to be). If
you want to find your way to my heart, you have to win over my
children first. I deliver the mail to pay the bills. I'm an
aspiring Kundalini Yoga instructor. I love singing with my friends,
traveling and meeting cool people. In the fall you can
find me playing co-ed softball for NFS in Land O Lakes.
(stands for No Flipping Sponsor!) And one of my favorite things
to do is
watch a thunderstorm from a covered porch.
Kestrel
 “Stroke
my Skin”
Stare
at my mesmeric head; I am the shine in "Moonlight Shines". I have
been musical since birth and my ultimate goal is to hit 3 octaves
below middle C; I make Godsmack sound like tenors. Gene Simmons, the
Wilson Sisters (Heart) and The Spinners were my musical
influences.
My path to Paganism was like a drunkard's walk - very
erratic and curvy. Paganism brings me peace. My favorite thing about
being in the band is to go to strange new places, meet strange new
people (emphasis on strange) and entertain them (and
ourselves)(mostly ourselves).
I am a drummer AND a musician –
Tygia
 “I like
Sausage”
I
have been walking this wondrous path of knowledge and growth for 16
years and in that time I have moved from Weekend Witch to Wide Eyed
Neophyte to Shaman Priestess-and I have been every where in between,
and each day I find I am challenged to rise to even higher heights.
I sing because I have no choice-every moment of my life is a single
note ringing through eternity…and when I feel the vibration begin to
rise, the only thing I can do is let it out. And who better to let
it out with than this bunch! My biggest musical influences have been
and still are Bruce Dickinson, The Doors, Joan Baez, Jim Croce and
Loreena McKennitt. More secrets will be revealed later. I’m not
saying if they will be mine or yours.
Vicki
 “Lady of
the Moon”
Growing
up in the '60's and the Woodstock era,
my musical influences are Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, and
Crosby,
Stills, Nash, & Young. I guess you can say I am the resident,
harmonious, flower child. I have always been a child of the Goddess
and as a girl would mark the time between full moons. For me,
finding Wicca was like "going home".
Eric
“Better
late than Never.”
aka
Eric of the East aka Phire Wunjo - resident clown and ham.
(Okay I'm not the only one, but I am the best!)
I’ve has been
singing since I was a youngling in the elementary school Christmas
pageant. In high school singing in the yearly musical was one of my
greatest joys. Shortly after finding Paganism I attended a Shining
Wheel Pagan Chorus concert and knew that this was what I wanted to
do!
Over the years, since that first concert, I have attend other
Shining Wheel concerts, I’ve performed with a shadow cast of the
Rocky Horror Picture Show, I’ve done a play and a musical at a
community theater, and I have even co-organized a Pagan Festival
which featured Shining Wheel as the musical special guest.
Ten
years after that fateful concert I have finally reached my goal! I
was invited to join the
Chorus. |
