Native Rhythms Festival

Schedule

2023 Schedule of Activities

Thursday, November 9:

Site Set-Up: (9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.) Vendors check in and set up booths at the festival grounds.

Main Stage Activities

Time	Thursday Nov 9
All Day	Sound Checks

Performers: Please schedule sound checks with Max (FamilyRocksLLC@gmail.com or 321-271-0050)

Friday, November 10 - Sunday, November 12:

Main Stage Activities

Time	Friday Nov 10		Saturday Nov 11		Sunday Nov 12		Jim Sawgrass Village Daily
9:00	Opening Ceremony ----- Dock Green Silverhawk (9:00-9:30)	Paula Ellis Memorial Flute Players Competition Registration [main tent] (9:00-10:00)	Opening Ceremony ----- Dock Green Silverhawk (9:00-9:30)	Flute Makers Competition Registration [main tent] (9:00-10:00)	Opening Ceremony ----- Dock Green Silverhawk (9:00-9:30)	Artists Competition Registration [main tent] (9:00-10:00)
9:15
9:30
9:45	Ed Winddancer (9:45-10:30)		Ed Winddancer (9:45-10:30)		Ed Winddancer (9:45-10:15)
10:00
10:15
10:30					Billy Whitefox (10:30-11:00)
10:45	CreeAtive Native (10:45-11:30)		Billy Whitefox Veterans Tribute Program (10:45-11:30)
11:00
11:15					CreeAtive Native (11:15-11:45)
11:30			Opening Ceremonies Dignitaries Recognition (11:30-12:00)				East Meets West (11:30-12:15)
11:45	Billy Whitefox (11:45-12:30)				*Artists Awards*
12:00			Flute Maker Awards Open Mic Lunch (12:00-12:45)		Timothy J.P. Gomez (12:00-12:30)
12:15
12:30	Flute Players Competition Lunch Break (12:30-1:15)
12:45					Rona Yellow Robe (12:45-1:15)		East Meets West (12:45-1:30)
1:00			CreeAtive Native (1:00-1:45)
1:15	Joe Loftin (1:15-1:45)
1:30					Gareth Laffely (1:30-2:00)
1:45	*Flute Players Awards*
2:00	Timothy J.P. Gomez (2:00-2:45)		Lowery Begay (2:00-2:45)
2:15					Shelley Morningsong & Fabian Fontenelle (2:15-2:45)
2:30
2:45
3:00	Painted Raven (3:00-3:45)		Timothy J.P. Gomez (3:00-3:45)		Painted Raven (3:00-3:30)		East Meets West (3:00-3:45)
3:15
3:30
3:45					Jonny Lipford (3:45-4:15)
4:00	Lowery Begay (4:00-4:45)		Painted Raven (4:00-4:45)
4:15
4:30					Randy Granger & Lowery Begay - MCs (4:30-5:00)		East Meets West (4:30-5:15)
4:45
5:00	Rona Yellow Robe (5:00-5:45)		Gareth Laffely (5:00-5:45)
5:15
5:30					Vendor Site Tear-Down (5:30-????) FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR GUESTS - NO VEHICLES ON FESTIVAL GROUNDS BEFORE 5:30
5:45
6:00	Gareth Laffely (6:00-6:45)		Rona Yellow Robe (6:00-6:45)
6:15
6:30
6:45
7:00	Shelley Morningsong & Fabian Fontenelle (7:00-7:45)		Shelley Morningsong & Fabian Fontenelle (7:00-7:45) -- Special Presentation --
7:15
7:30
7:45
8:00	Randy Granger (8:00-8:45)		Jonny Lipford (8:00-8:45)
8:15
8:30
8:45
9:00	Jonny Lipford (9:00-9:45)		Randy Granger (9:00-9:45)
9:15
9:30
9:45
10:00

Workshops

Time	Friday Nov 10	Saturday Nov 11	Sunday Nov 12
9:00		Bison on Paynes Prairie Florida Dr. Perran Ross -- Special Presentation -- (9:00-10:00)	Guided Meditation with Drumming Randy Granger (9:00-10:00)
9:30
10:00	WWII Navajo Code Talkers John Pasko -- CANCELED --	Understanding Pow Wow Drumming Lowery Begay (10:00-11:00)	Rhythmic Connection: Drumming & Fluting Painted Raven (10:00-11:30)
10:30
11:00		Flutes in the World of Electronics Tom Ransom (11:00-12:00)
11:30	Fluting To Improve Your Health & Wellness Gareth Laffely (11:30-12:30)		Unleash 'Da Blues' with Your Native Flute Jonny Lipford (11:30-1:00)
12:00		Flute Workout: Flute Exercises, Patterns, and a Whole Lot of Flute Playing Timothy J.P. Gomez (12:00-1:00)
12:30	Finding Your Way: Clear Up Improv Chaos & Confusion Jonny Lipford (12:30-2:00)
1:00		She Talks to the Animals Shelley Morningsong & Susan Oliver (1:00-2:00)	The Art of Storytelling Frankie Rinaldi (1:00-2:30)
1:30
2:00	Children's Workshop: Making a Corn Bead Necklace Joyce Bugaiski (2:00-4:00)	What You Didn't Know About the Cherokee Trail of Tears John Ellis (2:00-3:30)
2:30			Chasing Winddancer Ed Winddancer (2:30-3:30)
3:00
3:30		Threads Through Time: Traditional Twining Joyce Bugaiski (3:30-5:30)	Walking With Wisdom and Compassion Will Davis (3:30-5:30)
4:00
4:30
5:00

Everything on this schedule is in the "workshop tent".

(Click on the workshop title to link to the workshop's description, including location, fees (if any),
and workshop size limits. Pre-register on that page for any of these workshops.)

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