CIRCLE OF LIFE INTERTRIBAL POWWOW

EVENT SCHEDULE &

INTERPRETIVE AREA SCHEDULE

*GLASS CONTAINERS (BOTTLES) ARE NOT ALLOWED AT MANSFIELD PARK*

EVENT SCHEDULE

  All times indicated are subject to Indian time.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

9:30am – 12:00pm                      Visiting Schools

4pm                                                 Gates Open

5 – 6pm                                         “Blessing of the Circle”

6 – 7pm                                         Gourd Dancing

7pm – Closing                               Grand Entry

                                                     Intertribal & Exhibition Dancing

                                                      Drum Quitting Song

                                                     Retrieval of Colors & Closing

8:30pm                                       Announcements of Silent Auction winning bids

9pm                                                 EXHIBITION HOOP DANCER

                                                        Lyndon Alec

9:30pm                                          50/50 Raffle winning numbers called

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

10am                                               Gates open

                                                        Art & Food Vendors Open

11:45pm                                        Open Powwow

            with prayer in “Lakota” by Dennis Eagle Horse; spiritual advisor

12 – lpm                                        Gourd Dancing

1 – 5pm                                         Grand Entry

3pm                                                 Exhibition Hoop Dancer

5-6pm                                              DINNER BREAK

6 – 7pm                                         Gourd Dancing

7pm – Closing                               Grand Entry

8:30 pm                                         Announcements of Silent Auction Winning bids

9pm                                                 Exhibition Hoop Dancer

9:30                                                 50/50 Raffle winning numbers called

 

SUNDAY – SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

10am                                               Gates Open

10:30 – 11:30am           Sunday morning prayer service at the powwow circle

                                              by Kathy Lynn; Cherokee

11:45am                                        Open powwow with prayer in “Lakota”

                                                        by Dennis Eagle Horse; spiritual advisor

12 – lpm                                        Gourd Dancing

1 – 4pm                                         Grand Entry & Closing

4pm                                                 Giveaways; awards;

                                                        acknowledgements & THANKS

Because we have been fortunate to have received gifts from special people, during the course of the powwow there will be special exhibition dances with a monetary award. The Emcee will decide the times that these occur. So stay around and cheer for your favorite dancer.

 

INTERPRETIVE AREA SCHEDULE

SEPTEMBER 4 & 5th, 2010

 

 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th,2010 and SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th, 2010

 

1:00pm – 1:30pm                 Virgie Ravenhawk

                                            flute/stories

1:30pm – 2:00pm                 Emma Ortega

                                            stories

2:00pm – 2:30pm                 Will Harjo

                                            flute/stories

2:30pm – 3:00pm                 Juan Villareal

                                            stories/survival

 

along with all the above, you can still find more history while visiting the Aztecs; the Water Beetle Cherokee Program; the Germans with the Comanche Treaty and stories of that time; the horses with markings and what they mean; and of course, the Mountain Man area.