Lighting
Strikes Twice at Soaring Eagles Dance Class By Roy Cook The
Indian Education Soaring Eagles Dance Class is plugged in! You can feel
the excitement in the Adams Avenue Business Association Community Center,
4649 Hawley Blvd. San Diego CA. This class is sponsored by Southern
California American Indian Resource Center, Inc. (SCAIR) in collaboration
with: the San Diego Unified School District Title VII, the Indian Human
Resource Center and the San Diego Indian Center is electric. The American
Indian parents, children, instructors, visitors, Inter-Tribal Singers
and food were there at 6 pm or early this Wednesday, July 23, 2008.
Dance
instructors are all experienced Championship Pow wow dancers: Michael
Cadotte, Jeanette Van Dyke, Edward "Chuck" Cadotte, Eileen
George and Tiffany are all in street clothes, eager and encouraging
for this nights adventure into American Indian dance and music. Forty-five
or more bright little faces are all are encouraged to dance and be part
of the Soaring Eagles Dance Class traditional circle of life.
Grass dance, shawl dance, round dance, crow hop, more shawl dance, women traditional, more round dance and fun specialty songs are sung for the entertainment and instruction of the Soaring Eagles Dance Class dancers. Some are shy and reluctant but by the ending of the song, many parents and children are dancing! The true measure of success for the parent committee, instructors and community volunteers is participation in the dance class instruction. The Soaring Eagles Dance Class next week is at the same location: Adams Avenue Business Association Community Center, 4649 Hawley Blvd. San Diego CA. Also, in addition to the American Indian Dance and regalia instruction there is a tutoring and summer reading program. Books are provided by the program to be checked out and reviews or stories to be submitted during the summer. Prizes will be awarded for reading accomplishments at the end of the summer. Maybe
we will see you and your younger relatives at these Soaring Eagles Dance
Class free classes: Adams Avenue Business Association Community Center,
4649 Hawley Blvd. San Diego CA. They are coordinated by San Diego City
School Indian Education Program (858) 627-7362 and the Indian Human
Resource Center (619) 281-5964. |