Indigenous Cultures Day at Seattle Center - Saturday, August 18th 2012 from 10am-7pm

 

Celebrate the many indigenous communities of Seattle in the heart of the city! The Seattle Indian Health Board invites you to join us at Seattle Center on August 18, 2012 for a family-friendly day of cultural events featuring:

Food

Art Market

Film Festival

Traditional Dance

Contemporary Music

Skateboarding Workshops

Native Youth Theater Performance

and more!

Here's the schedule:

Armory Stage
10:00 Japanese Taiko Drummers
10:30 Welcome - 3rd Annual Indigenous Cultures Day
10:45 Parade of Colors -Indigenous Dance Groups
11:15 Ameyaltonal -Aztec Dance Group
11:45 Filipinas Performing Artists of Washington State (FPAWS)
12:15 Haida Laas -Alaska Native Dance Group
12:45 Filipinas Performing Artists of Washington State (FPAWS)
1:15 Guelaguetza Mayan Zapotec Dances
1:45 Hawaiian and South Pacific Dances
2:15 Our Name Is Panama -Panamanian Dance Group
2:45 Te Fare O Tamatoa -Tahitian Dance Group
3:15 Soyaya -African Dance Group
3:45 Thai Temp -Thailand Dance Group
4:15 Alaskan Dance Group
4:45 Coast Salish Story Telling
5:15 Classic Piano

Mural Stage
10:00 Welcome - 3rd Annual Indigenous Cultures Day
10:10 Traditional Ojibwa Songs -Jacinda Aleah Herrera
10:20 Hip Hop Dancers
10:30 Alternative / Reggae -Antar Ali
11:00 Break (Painting with Andrew Morrison begins)
11:10 Guitarist -Blue Meadows
11:30 Chamoru Spoken Word -Dåko’ta Camacho
11:50 Jazz Singer -Julia Keefe with Barney McClure
12:30 Rap Group -Savage Family
1:10 Presentation of Painting
1:40 Violinist and Flute Player -Swil Kanim & Peter Ali
2:20 Acoustic Guitars -Daisy Chain

Rep Your Rez (Seattle Center Skate Park)
11-12:30 Skate Clinics
12:30-1:30 Skate Jam
1:30-3pm Games of SKATE

Seattle Center House Theatre
2pm - Red Eagle Soaring Presents : SUPER INDIAN a musical comedy

Upstairs Armory Rooms
Film Festival - Featuring APACHE 8
(Film Schedule TBA)

For more info. go here.