Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 from 11:00 am until 6:00 pm. Rain or Shine.
Inwood Hill Park
218th Street and Indian Road (4 blocks west of Broadway)
New York City
New York City
Cost: Free
For all ages
The Eighth Annual Drums Along the Hudson®: A Native American Festival will take place on Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 in Upper Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park from 11:00 am until 6:00 pm, rain or shine. This event, which is FREE to the public, is presented by Lotus Music & Dance in collaboration with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, sponsored in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, WABC-TV, Councilman Robert Jackson, and JPMorganChase.
Drums Along the Hudson® features Manhattan’s only open air pow wow, which is a celebratory gathering of Native American people. This year the host drums will be Heyna Second Sons and the Silver Cloud. We also honor two organizations and/or individuals for their environmental and humanitarian services. During the Pow Wow, our honorees are given a ceremonial blanket and lead the Honor Dance around the Pow Wow Circle. The 2010 honorees are Louis Mofsie, Founder, Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, Grammy-nominated Singer/Songwriter, Melky Jean, Founder, Carma Foundation/Haiti and actor, contemporary folk & pop artist and multi-Grammy-winner, Tom Chapin, on the Board of Directors, WHYHunger. Sandra Bookman, weekend anchor for WABC-TV will host the event.
In September 2002, with a generous grant from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Lotus Music & Dance established Drums Along the Hudson®: A Native American Festival. It began as a traditional Pow Wow to celebrate Native American heritage and culture, and also to commemorate the Lenape people who first inhabited Inwood Hill Park, or Shorakapok (“edge of the water”). This event first took place annually in the spring, thereafter we added something new and different each year to make the event more exciting and enjoyable—including a Shad tasting, a White Pine tree planting (the Iroquois symbol of peace), international foods, drummers and dancers and a Native American Education Initiative. The event has attracted attendees from 400 in the first year to as many as 10,000.
Our latest addition is an Environmental Tent where attendees can learn more about practical ways to implement “green” living. Participating organizations have included the Audubon Society, Clean Air NY, Lower East Side Ecology Center, Hudsonia, the Council on the Environment of NYC and appearances by Captain Planet.
Drums Along the Hudson has received the support of many goverment officials including Mayor Bloomberg (2009 Proclamation), NYC Councilman Robert Jackson and Congressman John Lewis.
Drums Along the Hudson® features Manhattan’s only open air pow wow, which is a celebratory gathering of Native American people. This year the host drums will be Heyna Second Sons and the Silver Cloud. We also honor two organizations and/or individuals for their environmental and humanitarian services. During the Pow Wow, our honorees are given a ceremonial blanket and lead the Honor Dance around the Pow Wow Circle. The 2010 honorees are Louis Mofsie, Founder, Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, Grammy-nominated Singer/Songwriter, Melky Jean, Founder, Carma Foundation/Haiti and actor, contemporary folk & pop artist and multi-Grammy-winner, Tom Chapin, on the Board of Directors, WHYHunger. Sandra Bookman, weekend anchor for WABC-TV will host the event.
In September 2002, with a generous grant from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Lotus Music & Dance established Drums Along the Hudson®: A Native American Festival. It began as a traditional Pow Wow to celebrate Native American heritage and culture, and also to commemorate the Lenape people who first inhabited Inwood Hill Park, or Shorakapok (“edge of the water”). This event first took place annually in the spring, thereafter we added something new and different each year to make the event more exciting and enjoyable—including a Shad tasting, a White Pine tree planting (the Iroquois symbol of peace), international foods, drummers and dancers and a Native American Education Initiative. The event has attracted attendees from 400 in the first year to as many as 10,000.
Our latest addition is an Environmental Tent where attendees can learn more about practical ways to implement “green” living. Participating organizations have included the Audubon Society, Clean Air NY, Lower East Side Ecology Center, Hudsonia, the Council on the Environment of NYC and appearances by Captain Planet.
Drums Along the Hudson has received the support of many goverment officials including Mayor Bloomberg (2009 Proclamation), NYC Councilman Robert Jackson and Congressman John Lewis.
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