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The Warwick Gombey Dance Troupe
Drums Along the Hudson / Shad Fest – Program 2008
Program is subject to change.
11:00 am: Area 1 – Main Stage
Opening Ceremony
Sandra Bookman—WABC TV Weekend Anchor
Thanksgiving Address with Tom Porter
Mohawk Singers and Dancers, St. David’s Island Native Community,
and Cacibajagua Taino Cultural Society
11:00 am: Area 2 - Tent Area (Environmental Tent)
Exhibition of Environmental Art supplied by Casa Frela Gallery
All Day Long
11:40 am : Area 1 - Main Stage
Harambee African Dance Troupe
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12:00 pm: Area 2 – Tent Area (Storytelling Tent)
Corn Husk Doll making for Children by Nitchen
With Ann Mullins
12:05 pm: Area 1 – Main Stage
Shad Planking Demonstration
By Christopher Letts, Hudson River Foundation
And Tom Lake, NY Dept. of Environment & Conservation
12:15 pm: Area 2 - Tent Area (Environmental Tent)
Demonstration and talk on Iroquois Stone Carving
by Cayuga Stone Carver, David Greene
12:20 pm: Area 1 – Main Stage
Carioca Capoeira Arts – Brazilian Drummers & Dancers
12:20 pm : Area 2 – Tent Area (Storytelling Tent)
Storytelling with Nitchen
Christina Bryant
12:45 pm: Area 1 – Main Stage
Bermuda’s Warwick Gombey Troupe
1:00 pm: Area 2 – Tent Area (Environmental Tent)
Captain Planet Foundation
See Captain Planet at 1:30, 3:30 and 5:30 pm
&
Parrots for Peace
Throughout the Day
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1:15 pm: Area 1 – Main Stage
Introduction of elected officials by Sandra Bookman
Honoring: Mohawk Chief Jake Swamp, Founder, Tree of Peace Society
&
Xernona Clayton, Founder, President and CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation
1:50 pm: Area 1 – Main Stage to Pow Wow
Planting of the White Pine
Tom Porter, Mohawk Elder
Kamala Cesar, Artistic Director/Founder, Lotus Music & Dance
Jennifer Hoppa, Director, North Manhattan Parks & Recreation
Xernona Clayton, Founder & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation
Sandra Bookman, Weekend Anchor, WABC-TV
Carl Nelson, Producer, Drums Along the Hudson
2:00 pm: Area 3– Field
Pow Wow
Honorees: Mohawk Chief Jake Swamp and
Xernona Clayton, Founder, President & CEO of Trumpet Awards Foundation
introduced by Louis Mofsie
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Pow Wow Dancing, Drumming and Singing
with the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, Native Performers
and Audience Participation
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3:00 pm: Area 2 – Tent Area (Storytelling Tent)
Corn Husk Doll Making by Nitchen
3:20 pm: Area 2 – Tent Area (Storytelling Tent)
Storytelling with Nitchen
Christina Bryant
4:30 pm: Area 2 - Tent Area (Environmental Tent)
Demonstration and talk on Iroquois Stone Carving
by Cayuga Stone Carver, David Greene
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4:00 pm: Area 1 – Main Stage
Along the Caravan Route
Flamenco, North Indian Kathak and Middle Eastern Dancers
4:30 pm: Area 1 – Main Stage
Trinayan Odissi Dance
With special guest Guru Durga Charan Ranbir
5:00 pm: Area 1 – Main Stage
Mohawk Singers and Dancers with Special Guests
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5:20 pm: Area 1 – Main Stage
Closing Remarks Tom Porter – Mohawk Elder
5:50 pm: Area 1 – Main Stage
Drummers, Dancers and All are invited for the
Unity Stomp
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