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Drums Along the Hudson Drums Alongthe Hudson Lotus Music & Dance presents the Thirteenth Annual DRUMS ALONG THE HUDSON® WABC-TV A Native American Festival and Multicultural Celebration congratulates t s Honorees u h c S n a l l th A y b His Holiness the 14 Dalai Lama, o T y b n g i s e d a Tenzin Gyatso n o d e s a B and Tichina Arnold, Sunday, June 14th, 2015 - 11 am to 6 pm - Inwood Hill Park Actress/Singer & Philanthropist 218 th Street & Indian Rd. New York City, at the north tip of Manhattan Honoring: at the Thirteenth Annual His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso Tichina Arnold, Award Winning Actress/Singer & Philanthropist Drums Along the Hudson Featuring: Performances dedicated to a celebration of His Holiness's 80th Birthday George Faison’s Universal Dance Experience: Erasing Boundaries, OMNY Taiko Drummers, Tibetan Performing Arts Institute Dancers and Singers, KasibahaguaTaino Cultural Society, Kinding Sindaw, Filipino Tribal Danc e with Potri Ranka Manis Cholsum Dance Group and Gorshey Kyiduk With Louis Mofsie and the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, Host Drums Heyna Second Sons and Silver Cloud With Special Guest: Tom Porter - Mohawk Elder Hosted by: Patrick Riley - Pop Culture Expert / Blogger Sandra Bookman - Weekend Anchor Eyewitness News WABC-TV, Correspondent A FREE EVENT NYC Parks Please visit one of our Wishing Wells for more performances and make a donation. Buy a RAFFLE ticket at the Lotus Tent or donate online at LOTUS www.lotusmusicanddance.org/donate MUSIC & DANCE www.drumsalongthehudson.org/donate Lotus Music & Dance Board of Directors, Staff, Students and Friends wish His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso a Joyous 80th Birthday Michael Lent Varya Tours Malabika Biswas Doreen Gehry Nelson Ravi Konuru Bruce Cesar Harini Srinivasan Evon Cesar Kamala Cesar Richard Turner Thomas Buckner Michele Cesar Turner Makalina Gallagher Mimi Johnson Akhila Konuru John Kittridge Pt. Satya Narayana Charka Angelina Hines Ralph and Andrea Samuelson Loretta Palma Maria Nadia Michaels Gabriel Mulero Mark Gaston 2 23 Drums Along The POW WOW the Hudson® To some Native peoples of northeastern North America, a 'powwow' was originally a Lotus Music & Dance Inwood Hill Park - 2015 man with special ablities to cure or offer advice from the spirit world. Pow wows, as Board of Directors In Inwood Hill Park, we find individuals, were revered for their knowledge; the Narragansett word for "a wise speaker" is Malabika Biswas, Chairperson & Secretary the only remaining old- Ravi Konuru, Treasurer 'taupowaw'. Powwow's were needed to help to growth forest and natural salt marsh in drive away sickness, ensure success in battle, Kamala Cesar Michael Lent Manhattan. As long as 3,000 years ago, it interpret dreams, or to help individuals or Richard Turner Harini Srinivasan served as a bountiful place for hunting and tribes in other ways. Prayers, singing, dancing Staff gathering. Here, Drums Along the Hudson and drumming were all used by pow wows in connects the past and the present - the those ceremonies; and wherever Native Kamala Cesar Artistic Director ancient traditions of New York's first American people gathered there was feasting, Makalina Gallagher Booking/AIE Coordinator inhabitants and the richness of socializing and trading. So, the gatherings Angelina Hines Studio Manager contemporary Native American culture. themselves came to be called Powwows. Gabriel Mulero, Loretta Palma Administrative Assistants Inwood Hill Park, called Shorakapok ALL people are welcome at Powwows! The Ron Greenfield, Forest Litho Graphic Design ("the edge of the river") by the Lenape spiritual center of a Powwow is THE people, is reputedly where Peter Minuit CIRCLE; a place to be respected and honored, "purchased" Manhattan in 1626. A giant it is a sacred place that is blessed by a spiritual leader. The singing is a gift and praise to the Drums Along the Hudson Event Credits tulip tree marked the legendary spot of Creator; and the drum is the heartbeat of our this transaction until 1938. In 1954, the People. The singers and drummers together Carl Nelson Producer Peter Minuit Post of the American Legion are called THE DRUM. Ceremonies start with Vernon Ross Stage Manager rededicated the site with a plaque at a "Grand Entry" of the dancers to pay respects Ciano Clerjust, Charles D. Fall Assistants to the Producer Shorakapok Rock. The history of this to our Creator and to greet one another. Matt Bonavita, Andrew McGill Sound Engineers, Rhythm in Motion location makes it ideally suited for this Honoring songs, and dances for veterans and Phillip Howell Videographer festival and pow wow. ancestors follow. Joseph Rodman Photographer Loretta Palma, Gabriel Mulero Volunteer Coordinators Ron Greenfield, Forest Litho Graphic Design www.drumsalongthehudson.org • [email protected] telephone 212-627-1076x10 Lotus Music & Dance, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 1989 by master Bharata Natyam dancer Kamala Cesar. It is a performance space, sanctuary, and center of education for traditional and indigenous performing arts forms. The mission is to keep alive and accessible the music and dance traditions of all world cultures. Lotus Music & Dance remains the only institution of its kind in New York City where master artists from India, Korea, Burma, the South Pacific, Middle East, China, Indonesia, the Mohawk Nation, West Africa, and Spain collectively call home. Aside from our varied schedule of unique, multicultural performances, we offer instruction in traditional ethnic forms of dance and music as well as Arts-In-Education programs to schools throughout the tri-state area. Since 2002, Lotus Music & Dance also presents Manhattan's only annual open air Pow Wow, the annual Drums Along the Hudson®: A Native American Festival. 262 West 38th Street, Suite 1006 MUSIC New York, NY 10018 LOTUS & DANCE 212-627-1076 x10 Fax: (212) 675-7191 website: www.lotusmusicanddance.org email: [email protected] donate: www.lotusmusicanddance.org/donate 22 3 Drums Along the Hudson – Program – June 14, 2015 LOTUS MUSIC & DANCE gratefully acknowledges Program is subject to change. the support for DRUMS ALONG THE HUDSON from... 11:00 A.M. ———————— Area 1 – Main Stage New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Opening Ceremony WABC-TV NYC & Company Foundation Patrick Riley - Pop Culture Expert / Blogger Mutable Music The Tibet Fund Welcomes Everyone to the 13th Annual Drums Along the Hudson Erich Ely - Associate Athletics Director for Opening Blessings, Tom Porter, Elder & Spiritual Leader of Facilities Operations, Columbia University the Mohawk Community of Kanatsiohareke New York City Council All Native People in Regalia on Stage Special thanks to: Sandra Bookman WABC-TV Saundra Thomas WABC-TV Thomas Buckner Michele & Richard Turner Family Desiree Gayle 11:15 A.M. ———————— Area 1 – Main Stage Jeanne Parnell, WHCR-FM Radio, 90.3 FM C-Town Supermarket Kasibahagua Taino Cultural Society Domino's Pizza Carrot Top Pastries Mara Schiavocampo WABC-TV Barbara Lewis Bob Gray Patrick Riley Andy Howland Indigenous Caribbean Drummers & Dancers Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer Bruce Cesar Evon Cesar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xochitl Rios and family 11:15 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. ———————— Area 2 – Environmental Tent Special Groups of Volunteers: Exhibition of Environmental Art, Venture Crew 729 Disney VoluntEARS St. Raymond's High School for Boys All For Good, St. Catherine's Academy Stuyvesant High School (Arista Club) USDA-APHIS PPQ Asian Longhorned Beetle Eradication Program, Detective Felicia Richards and Rhoers Club Eta Nu Sigma Alumnae Chapter Miss Jessie's Original Natural Hair Care, The New York Indian Council, Monsignor Scanlan High School NYC Service Cardinal Hayes High School Down to Earth Jewelry, Original Health Treasures, Bronx High School of Science (Key Club) Cardinal Spellman High School . Green Mountain Energy Co., Ka-Pow!, Shumei New York Center, - The tireless Lotus Music & Dance Staff and Board Viridian Energy - Solar Solutions, The Sierra Club – All Day Long . .and to all the wonderful people who support Lotus all year round and the volunteers 11:00 A.M - 6:00 P.M. ———————— Area 2 – Storytelling Tent who devoted their time and effort to make this day a success. Storytelling and Crafts by Nitchen Children's Museum of Native America NEW! Visit the World Market Tent (see pg 14 for full Tents list) Thirteen years ago in September of 2002, with a generous grant from the New York City All Day Long Department of Cultural Affairs, Lotus Music & Dance established Drums Along the 11:40 A.M. ———————— Area 1 – Main Stage Hudson: A Native American Festival. It began with a traditional Pow Wow to celebrate OMNY Taiko Drummers Native American heritage and culture and to commemorate the Lenape people who first with special guests Takajum performing Bharata Natyam inhabited Inwood Hill Park, or Shorakapak (“edge of the water”). This event takes place 11:55 A.M. ———————— Area 1 – Main Stage annually with something new added each year – including a Shad tasting, a White Pine tree Ralpa Dance planting (the Iroquois symbol of peace), international dancers and drummers, Native by Tibetan Children of NYTSC (New York Tibetan Service Center) American Education Initiatives. The first festival had about 400 attendees, but recent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- festivals have had upwards of 8,000 attendees. In 2009, The Mayors Office of
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