42nd Annual Grand Mid-Summer Powwow
Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/23/2021 - 07/25/2021
All Day
Categories
Tags Floral Park, July, Native American, New York, powwow, Queens County Farm Museum, Thunderbird American Indian Dancers
Please join the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers for our 42nd Annual Grand Mid-Summer Pow Wow Friday, July 23, through Sunday July 25, 2021, at the Queens County Farm Museum (73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, NY). We missed seeing you last year and are glad to be able to present this full post-lockdown powwow. This spectacular 3-day event is one of the top ten in the USA. It features intertribal Native American dance competitions by over forty Indian Nations. The Grand Entry showcases the dancers’ full regalia and The Sunset Lighting of the Bonfire is an enchanting ceremony. Program features a market of authentic Native American art, crafts, jewelry and food (don’t miss the fry bread!). An immersive cultural experience not to be missed!
Gates are open Friday at 6 PM and Saturday and Sunday at 10 AM. Pow Wow dancing will be Friday 7-10 PM, Saturday 1-5 PM and 7-10 PM and Sunday 1-5 PM. There will also be Gourd Dancing at noon on Saturday and Sunday.
Admissions must be purchased on-line via the Internet .Info: https://bit.ly/3dkrpJG To buy admission on-line: go to queensfarm.org/events.html, scroll down to the powwow description, click on “Powwow Tickets”, and purchase on the linked EventBrite page tkts: https://bit.ly/35XV5YI FB:https://bit.ly/3hiJjO2 you will be taken to. It is recommended to buy tickets in advance.
Admission prices are:
Single-day: $15 for adults and $8 for children (2-12).
Weekend pass: $30 for adults and $16 for children (2-12).
Parking is free. Only a small number of seats are provided for the audience, so please bring your own seating if possible.
The Pow Wow grounds will be open rain or shine (except during severe thunderstorms or tornados); however, during rain, some dances may be held in a limited indoor space
Go to: Queens Farm to get your tickets at: www.queensfarm.org or https://bit.ly/35XV5YI and join the conversation on our FB page by clicking: https://bit.ly/3hiJjO2
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO
THUNDERBIRD AMERICAN INDIAN DANCERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND
& QUEENS COUNTY FARM MUSEUM EDUCATION FUND
Directions to Queens County Farm Museum:
By Car: Grand Central Parkway to Exit 24 South (Little Neck Parkway) or Long Island Expressway (495) to Exit 32
South, to Farm Entrance Gate. Free Parking available at the Farm.
Subway/Bus: E or F Train to Union Turnpike/Kew Gardens station. Transfer to Q46 bus eastbound to Little Neck
Parkway. Walk 3 blocks north to Farm Entrance Gate.
Long Island Railroad: To Floral Park or Little Neck Station, where car service is available.
DANCER REGISTRATION
Dancer registration is Friday 5-7 PM & Saturday after 11 AM. Contest dancers must register by Saturday 1 PM. Although the majority of contest points are given Saturday and Sunday, participation points are awarded for Friday night dancing. Contests will run rain or shine. All dancers must pay a single day admission fee (covering the full weekend) before they enter the pow wow grounds, but there is no dancer registration fee
Artists Craftspeople Vendors please send vendor booth requests to thunderbirdvendors@gmail.com with picture(s) of your booth and list of items or mail in requests to:
Thunderbird Vendors Committee
c/o Marie Ponce Box 521 College Station New York, NY 10030
Louis Mofsie: MC Alan Shooting Star Brown: Arena Director Marie Ponce: Vendor Manager
Kitty Mullen Dancers Registration
DANCE CONTESTS
Friday
Gates Open 6 PM Crafts and food stands Bonfire Pow Wow Dancing 7 – 10 PM
Saturday 10am to 10pm Gourd Dance 12-1pm
Grand Entry/Pow Wow Dancing 1pm and 7pm Bonfire
Sunday 10am to 5pm Gourd Dance 12-1pm Grand Entry 1pm Pow Wow Dancing
