Schedule

The Stanford Powwow is free and open to the public. We welcome your donations to help fund our event.

Spectators may come and watch all dances.  Dances begin with the first Grand Entry (or first Gourd Dancing session) until the last dance of the day.  Generally, dances will run from 7pm-11pm on Friday, 11am-11pm on Saturday, and 11am-6pm on Sunday.

Dancer and Drum Registration Closes at 1pm on Saturday - NO EXCEPTIONS


Friday, May 8, 2009

5:00pm Dancer and Drum Registration Opens
Youth Pomo Dance Group
Hui o Hawai'i, Oli
Kaorihiva, Kahiko
7:00pm GRAND ENTRY
Invocation
Welcome Address
Introduction of Head Staff
8:00pm

Intertribals
1st Round of Dance Competition
– Tiny Tots (0-6 years)
– Junior Girls and Junior Boys (7-12 years)
– Teen Girls and Teen Boys (13-17)
– Women’s Golden Age (55+ years)
– Men’s Golden Age (55+ years)
– Women’s Categories (18-54 years)
   + Jingle, Fancy, Southern Traditional, Northern Traditional
– Men’s Categories (18-54 years)
   + Northern Traditional, Southern Straight, Grass, Fancy
– Intertribals

11:00pm Closing Song and Dance Out

Saturday, May 9, 2009

8:30am 13th Annual Fun Run
11:30am

Gourd Dancing
Dancer and Drum Registration Opens

1:00pm GRAND ENTRY
Invocation and Introduction of Head Staff
Dancer and Drum Registration Closes – NO EXCEPTIONS!!
Raven Dance Speical, Gene Tagaban – Intertribals
– Tiny Tots
Exhibition of Golden Age and Adult Categories
   + Golden Age Women
   + Golden Age Men
   + Adult Women
   + Adult Men
Intertribals
2nd Round of Dance Competition for Junior and Teen Categories
– Junior Boys
– Junior Girls
– Teen Boys
   + Grass, Fancy, Traditional
– Teen Girls
   + Jingle, Fancy, Traditional
Switch Dance Contest – Men and Women
Hand Drum Contest (1st Session)
Closing Song
4:30pm Stanford Native American Alumni Gathering -RSVP Only
5:00pm Dinner Break
Bay Area Aztec Dancers Hosted by Calpulli Tonalehqueh of San Jose
6:00pm Gourd Dancing
7:00pm GRAND ENTRY
Invocation and Introduction of Head Staff
Raven Dance Special, Gene Tagaban
7:45pm Chicken Dance Special Sponsored by the Stanford Powwow Committee
Exhibition of Teen, Junior, and Women’s Categories
– Teen and Junior Girls
– Teen and Junior Boys
Intertribals
2nd Round of Dance Competition for Men’s Categories
– Golden Age, Fancy, Grass, Northern Traditional, Southern Straight
Intertribals
11:00pm Closing Song and Dance Out

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Happy Mother's Day!

8:30am 1st Annual Maurice Morsette 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament
11:30am Gourd Dancing
12:45am Tsalagi Singing by the Stanford Cherokee Student Group
1:00pm GRAND ENTRY
Invocation and Introduction of Head Staff
Intertribals
Traditional Women's Special Sponsored by Head Woman Dancer Lindsey Windy Boy and Family
Honor Song for the 2009 Native Stanford Graduates
2nd Round of Dance Competition for Women’s Categories
– Golden Age, Jingle, Fancy, Northern Traditional, Southern Traditional
– Mother’s Day Honor Song
Exhibition of Teen, Junior, and Men’s Categories
– Teen and Junior Girls
– Teen and Junior Boys
– Golden Age Men
– Adult Men—All Categories
Hand Drum Contest (2nd Session)
Intertribals, Social Dances, and Hand Drum Singing
6:00pm Honor Song for Maurice "Mo" Morsette, Class of 2009, April 6, 1987 - April 12, 2007
Contest Winners Announced