Schedule of Fall Festival for Saturday, November 5, 2011
HUMMINGBIRD MINISTRIES
PEACE THROUGH THE ARTS
INTER-CULTURAL FALL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Saturday November 5, 2011
10:30 – 11:00 am – Come have Coffee, Visit with a new Friend in the Foyer, Bid on Silent Auction items or Browse in the Arts Room, where Artists will set up tables to display their art for purchase.
SATURDAY – 11:00 am – 6:30 pm
11:00 – 11:05 am – West Coast Welcome Song, by Elder Ruth Adams (Tsawwassen FN)
11:05 – 11:10 am – Coast Salish Song, by Mavis Pierre (Katzee First Nation)
11:10 – 11:15 am – Prayer Song Kici-Manito by the Traditional Mothers and Grandmother’s Drum Group, (led by Cree Elder Margaret Harris)
11:15 – 11:25 am – Hummingbird Welcome & Blessing, Purpose, Announcements, Introduce MC’s Dean Sam & Colin Head, & Speakers by Mary Fontaine (Mistawasis Cree Nation, Sask.)
11:25 – 11:40 am – Speakers: Pat Dutcher-walls, Don Cowie
11:40 – 11:45 am – Going Home to my Native Lands, by the Stars of the North Drum Group led by La Donna Wiks & the Children, (Tlowtsis-Mumtigla Nation, Turner Island/Alert Bay, BC)
11:45 – 12:00 pm – Joanne Arnott (Metis, Manitoba), Poet, Author and mother
12:00 – 12:15 pm – Soohyun Clara Choi-Kim, (Korean) Singer, Director/Minister of the Vancouver Shepherd’s House
12:15 – 12:30 pm – Andre Aguiler (Columbia), Spoken Poetry re importance of family & community, activist for the Queer community, Social Work program, Langara University
12:30 – 1:30 pm – LUNCH BREAK and ARTS ROOM SHOPPING
1:30 – 1:40 pm – Announcements, Introductions by Dean Sam
1:40 – 2:15 pm – Intro and MC of the Grand Entry Pow Wow by Colin Head
1:45 – 2:15 pm - GRAND ENTRY of Pow Wow Dancers, Cree Dancer WilliamVisser and an array of First Nations & Metis Elders, Adults, Youth & Children and Friends from other Nations.
2:15 – 2:30 pm - Lisa Shepherd, Metis Dancer & Beader Artist (See the Arts Room)
2:30 – 2:45 pm – Gunargie O’Sullivan, Storytelling via Media, First Nations Radio Station announcer, multi-talented First Nations Artist
2:45 – 3:15 pm – BREAK TIME AND BROWSING IN ARTS ROOM
3:15 – 3:30 pm - Avital & Karmi Belkin, the Argentine Tango, a Russian Jewish couple, Immigrants to Canada for seven years. Both are in the medical profession.
3:30 – 3:45 pm - Brander McDonald, Cree songwriter/guitarist from Chilliwack, born in Winnipeg, Indigenous Relations Worker with the Mennonite Church. Married to Jil Sonia (Mohawk), a brilliant Interior Designer
3:45 – 4:00 pm – Ken Owen-Beaver, powerful A Capella performer, descendant of an African American slave family, born and raised in Edmonton Alberta
4::00 – 4:15 pm –Yvonne Chartrand, (Author & Dancer) with the Louis Riel Metis Dancers
4:15 – 4:45 pm – BREAK TIME
4:45 – 5:00 pm – Tim Corliss (Choir Director, Composer/Musician) & Sarah Corliss Music Therapist, Talented & genuine Friends of Hummingbird from the Mennonite tradition
5:00 – 5:30 pm – The Hummingbird Singers (led by Rennie Nahanee, Squamish First Nation) Includes numerous friends from various backgrounds.
5:30 - 6:00 pm – The Lori Barnson Band – Metis Gospel Singers, reside in White Rock BC. Their awards and nominations include: Best Gospel Performers of the year for 1999 by the BC Country Music Assoc.; Best Gospel Release for Road to Something More in 2001 by the Music BC Assoc.; Best Contemporary Album of the Year in 2006 for Goodbye Yesterday by the Canadian Gospel Music Assoc.
6:00 – 6:15 pm – Closing, Farewell,
6:15 – 6:30 pm - Clear Sanctuary for Church Custodians
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Thanks to all Performing Artists and all other Artists who make this Festival possible!
The MC’s are the Gifted Longhouse Caller Dean Sam (Katzee First Nation. BC); and talented Pow Wow Mc and Comedian Colin Head, (Mistawasis Cree First Nation, Sask.). Thank you!
The Volunteer Coordinator and Event Manager is the organization guru Charlyn McLean. Thanks to her and the many dedicated Volunteers, we couldn’t have done this without you! May God bless all of you for your help this day!
Donations from all sources are deeply appreciated. Thanks to all businesses in the South Delta and Richmond areas who contributed to this event through Advertising, Gifts of Food, monetary donations and gift items to the Silent Auction. Thanks to the S. Delta Baptist Church for this facility, to all church groups, faith organizations and individuals who contributed to this important healing and reconciliation community festival with Aboriginal people. Thanks to the Hummingbird Ministries Council! Thanks to the Presbyterian Church in Canada for funding this Festival through their Healing & Reconciliation Fund. Blessings to one and all!
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