Veteran’s Pow Wow August 2012
Kwantlen First Nation/ Seyem’ Qwantlen Group of Companies LLP and the Langley Arts Council
2nd Annual Traditional Pow-wow
August 24th, 25th & 26th 2012
23690 Gabriel Lane, Fort Langley British Columbia
P.O. Box 1023, V1M 2S4
Phone: 604-888-5556 ext. 228
Email: brandongabriel_@hotmail.com
Schedule of Events
Friday August 24th 2012
8am- 5pm
- Stage, lighting, audio, food vendor, and artisan vendor tables set up
6pm
- Dinner Hour
- Doors open to the public
6:30pm
- Drum Registration
- Roll Call
7pm
- Grand Entry
- Opening Prayer (Lekeyten from Kwantlen First Nation and Dean Sam from Katzie First Nation)
- Welcome Song: Kwantlen First Nation Drummers and Singers
- Welcoming words by Chief Marilyn Gabriel, Township of Langley Mayor Jack Froese, City of Langley Mayor Peter Fassbender
8pm
- Intertribal Singing/ Dancing
10pm
- Social Dancing, Round Dance, Owl Dance
- Intertribal Singing/Dancing
10:30pm
- Closing of the Colours
Saturday August 25th 2012
7am-9am
- Breakfast for community volunteers, drummers, campers, singers, dancers, and Kwantlen First Nation Community Members and Staff.
10am-11am
- Doors open to Public
- Breakfast available
11am-12pm
- Presentations
- Announcements
Press conferences
12:30 pm
- Drum Roll Call
1pm
- Grand Entry
- Opening Prayer by Lekeyten from Kwantlen First Nation
- Welcome by Christopher Thomas and Rosemary Wallace from the Langley Arts Council
2pm
- Competitions Begin
- Tiny Tots
- Teen Specials
- Junior Division Boys (Traditional, Grass, Fancy)
- Junior Division Girls (Traditional, Jingle, Fancy)
- Teen Boys (Traditional, Grass, Fancy)
- Teen Girls (Traditional, Jingle, Fancy)
- Intertribal
- Social
5-6:30pm
- Dinner Break
6:30pm
- Drum Roll Call
- One push up per group
- Drum Song- Floor Blessing
7pm
- Grand Entry
- Opening Prayer
- Welcoming- Dean Sam, Katzie First Nation and Christopher Thomas, Kwantlen First Nation, and KFN Hand Drummers
8pm
- Competitions Continue
- Men’s Traditional Special
- Intertribal
- Golden Age Men’s and Women’s
9pm
- Women’s Traditional (Traditional, Jingle, Fancy)
- Men’s Traditional (Traditional, Grass, Fancy)
10pm
- Social
- Limited food service
11pm
- Closing of the Colours
Sunday August 26th 2012
7am-9am
- Breakfast for community volunteers, drummers, campers, singers, dancers, and Kwantlen First Nation Community Members and Staff.
10am-11am
- Doors open to Public
- Breakfast available
11am-12pm
- Presentations
- Announcements
Press conferences
12:30 pm
- Drum Roll Call
1pm
- Grand Entry
- Opening Prayer by Lekeyten, Kwantlen First Nation
- Welcome by Cecelia Reekie, Langley School District School Trustee, Christine MacIntosh, President Lower Fraser Valley Aboriginal Society, and Brandon Gabriel, Marketing and Special Projects Coordinator, Seyem’ Qwantlen Business Group and Chair of the 2nd Annual Kwantlen Traditional Powwow
2pm
Final Competitions
- Tiny Tots
- Junior Division Boys (Traditional, Grass, Fancy)
- Junior Division Girls (Traditional, Jingle, Fancy)
- Teen Boys (Traditional, Grass, Fancy)
- Teen Girls (Traditional, Jingle, Fancy)
3pm
- Committee and Volunteer Honouring Ceremony
5pm-6:30pm
- Dinner Break
6:30 pm
- Drum Roll Call
7pm
- Grand Entry
- Opening Prayer
- Welcoming by Chief Marilyn Gabriel and Kevin Kelly, Kwantlen First Nation
8pm
- Final Competitions
- Women’s Golden Age
- Women’s (Traditional, Jingle, Fancy)
- Men’s Golden Age
- Men’s (Traditional, Grass, Fancy)
10pm
- Payouts to Champions
11pm
- Closing of the Colours
Thank you to all the volunteers, staff, sponsors, floor officials, dancers, drummers, and to the general public for supporting the Kwantlen First Nation, Seyem’ Qwantlen Group of Companies and the Langley Arts Council’s 2nd Annual Traditional Pow-wow.
Safe Travels!!!!!
We will see you later!!!!
