Bird Dancing - 2021 Morongo Pow Wow

again announcing for the dinner this evening with your tickets it's going to be at dancer dinner let me take my glasses i need to give me some some bob vocals here ramona's food truck elders purse elders first with tickets the committee gave us all meal tickets so we're gonna eat at ramona's dinner a ramona's food truck at five o'clock all right that's what she asked me to dance well we got this time i want to say hello my good friend paul gobel from the powwows.com this is screening this live about indian country good to see you paul yes all right richard parker good friend from the omaha nation yeah good here come my lovely wife all the way from peach springs here she is wanda jean all right her daddy was navajo her mama was hualapai from the what's solemny family again that front row on the left side is for the uh morongo elders morongo people first and then the visitors on this side the other side all right all right a reminder while we're here we haven't got a chance to go out and take a look at the the um vendors travel many miles to be here some from as far away as canada kansas oklahoma and new mexico arizona here in california and they're right out there and all of the canopies all of our vendors go check them out take something home with you it's that time of the year where we give gifts christmas time is coming soon so go do your early shopping get it done all right security's uh removing some disruptive people now i just say but they're reminding all of our people that the front row on that side is for our morongo elders all right i want to welcome our bird dancers they'll be out there on the floor dancing very soon and we were going to have contests so they will be announcing the category the age group and there'll be a song group for each category this bird dance is very beautiful very rhythmic and just uh very soothing to listen to bird songs they have tranquility and it's good it's a good feeling this whole arena will be blessed by the songs and the dance and the songs will tell a beginning of the tribe origin tribal origin and maybe there later on as they developed a tribe there might have been division or splits and they may have resulted in some of the band moving away i know that's true of my wife's tribe walapai and but they come together this time each and every year i believe it's during the month of august i'm not sure they have a pie pie celebration down in baja california a lot of our singers go down and travel down to that region to visit with the pie pies so nick sometimes we'll show up and be here at our gathering so welcome all of our bird singers and dancers we'll be getting started very shortly again a reminder the elders are going to eat first after five o'clock at ramona's uh food booth so all your elders going to be first when we start that feeding singers get ready get your gourds get ready you're going to be called upon very soon all right yeah we finished early so that's why there's a little bit of delay in getting started schedules start at 5. so our coordinators and all the principals in this part of our program will be here at five get us underway get us kicked off and almost uh most tribes when they get their ceremonies ready to go they have a starting song i don't know if it's a true of this uh this style of dancing but we do have a starting song that kind of calls all the dancers to the to the arena here hey while we're at it uh does anybody happen to have a charging cord for pride travel scooter 12 boat three prong if you have a can i borrowed a while to charge up my my uh electric car yeah somebody said yeah could you bring it up here to the outlet right down below you and we'll plug it in and charge it up i don't know how much time i let my sons packed their our car and left it out so if you have a charging cable could i borrow it please thank you here she comes oh now you saved my day i'll be pushing my cart back to the hotel that's exactly the same one all right okay i'll give it back to you i want to turn it okay okay all right i found a rescue okay thank you appreciate it okay i remember yeah just go around go around that way tell him you're the mc's wife i need to charge my heart out hey there lady all right we found a cord a charge cord so we're gonna plug in my my cart hopefully for a couple of maybe an hour or so and then i'll be good to go welcome bird dancers and singers to the 30th annual thunder and lightning morongo powwow and bird dancing all right security can you let her through she got through yeah we lived in peach springs for about a year and a half back in the mid 1970s and this dance was uh always uh always there you know at celebration maybe a special milestone in an individual's life or just in the annual peach festival they would have the bird singers march in the parade so it's always good to see this dance and the beauty of this dance all right looks like we got a spokesperson for the bird singing and dancing checking it out so we'll turn it over to our bird singing and dancing oh many of the colorado river tribes have this dance bird dense yeah this this dance and songs have been we would sometimes call it stolen taken and they they used their songs and they learned the songs and they took them all the way around joining states they traveled with them songs a lot of the tribes have adapted and adopted these songs the bird dance all right i remember a long long time ago we lived in san bernardino and went to a gathering just someplace near los angeles palm springs and it was out in the sand dunes and there was a wicker branches all around it and i remember going through that sand to get to where they were bird dancing but it was beautiful very inspirational so i had a good enjoyable time there's some royalty that are here for the bird dance if you are here we invite you to participate take part and be a inspiration to the bird dancing singing welcome elders good to look out there and see our beautiful elders you know they have been through hard life hard times and they teach us and we learn from them i'm soon going to be an elder i'm already an elder and i take part in my tribal ceremonies in oklahoma i'm a member of the kiowa tribe but i uh take part in our dances back home among our kiowa and we have many different dances too that are part of our history part of our past and some we don't dance anymore we put away the bundles and put away some of the things that were important at one time so we contemporary everything becomes contemporary but we enjoy going out into communities and meeting and greeting others to see the elders it just makes us so happy that god has given you life god has given you your strength to come out and keep us in line a lot of time we do things that we shouldn't do and the elders will step in and step up and tell us we shouldn't be doing that we shouldn't be doing that so listen to your elders listen to our elders they're good people this young man from verona came up to the table a while ago i was invited to be down in verona for their celebration but i was under treatment doctor's treatment i had two catheters in my in my uh urinal track and in my heart area and i had to wait till the doctor cleared me to travel so they just cleared me on friday a thursday so i'm able to be here and glad god gave me another another chance to be here at morongo so i know you're going to enjoy this part of our program once we get underway good to see you all fill the chairs all the way around arena and we're just waiting for the coordinators to step up and take over and i don't want to take anything away from them because i'm just uh here as a guest and uh enjoy doing what i'm doing all right we have gourd rattle warming up getting ready so gourd dance coordinators i'm sorry not gord bird dance bird dance coordinators want to turn it over to you get it on the way all right mike morales is in the house getting his his orders and he'll be up here to get it going and get it coordinated i just wanted to take a few minutes to talk about this dance a little bit and i'm not an expert i didn't grow up in this in this culture but i appreciate it it's beautiful it's a beautiful kinship among all the colorado river tribes and those hualapais and havasupais yappa pies and all the grand canyon people the people of the pines well by yeah just uh good to see you all yeah beautiful land here god creator blessed you and gave you precious precious items resources through prayers you prayed for this to come to existence and it did the building of this casino that could help our elders out give them a little bit of income and education and funds so appreciate your prayers so i'm gonna turn over to mike morales at this time to get us underway get us going thank you good to see you mike god bless you i hope appreciate it good afternoon everybody want to get uh i want to welcome everybody to this year's 2021 morongo thunder lightning bird session uh it's good to see everybody made it out i want to thank our creator for bringing everybody here safely um right now i just want to get it started i'm looking for some judges uh a couple judges that i talked to earlier sort of get you guys together so in the meantime i'm gonna have larry sing a few songs and get some dancing going so those will get you guys all warmed up all right here we go mr larry hammond mojave bird hey [Music] oh yeah it's beautiful beautiful follow the congregation burp dancers [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] hey [Music] uh oh [Music] how about an audience let's hear you give my nice round of applause and encouragement oh oh [Music] [Music] oh uh oh [Music] oh oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] huh thank you it'll be easier uh bird's taking dancing by the river we can get you to do a couple songs please next up a shot to sorry you know what i'm talking about me okay [Music] i [Music] [Music] [Music] uh [Music] [Music] [Music] you're [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] yay oh [Music] hey [Music] oh oh [Music] oh oh i'm i'm [Music] i'm is i'm [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] i is [Music] [Music] [Music] i [Music] oh [Music] oh oh hey [Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music] is [Music] hey [Music] is [Music] [Music] huh okay we clear the dance floor let me get started with the first category shot yes there we go all right let me have junior girls ages eight no six through twelve six through twelve junior girls make your way to the dance floor please judges if i can get you up front please right here on the side is good uh i need six through twelve girls six through twelve teen girls make your way to the dance floor so hello six through twelve girls is everyone all right girls i need you to i know we're social distancing but yeah we got some out in the royal there got some over there the judge is not gonna know that you're dancing so let's get a straight row right here two rows one behind the other side moving this way wow there you go all right judges judges i need you to make your way around the arena we're going to start you get two songs singer's choice straight and a double [Music] [Music] when i am [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hey [Music] away [Music] my [Music] [Music] huh [Applause] [Music] m [Music] [Music] [Music] i [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] huh all right girls we can have you light up um judges where you're at so you can take you can see the numbers so if it girls get you lined up right here straight in line straight line right here there we go come on up so the judges can see your numbers and then judges once you're done marking it up if you can just hand it to me and then we'll move on the next one junior boys 6 through 12 junior boys make your way to the dance floor junior boys 6 through 12. your ass fired [Music] oh really well how long you guys been doing this poor thing here we go hold up okay you still have a shop neither go boys your swine thank you the six was the boys junior thank you one two three four thank you five five okay thank you girls round applause for the girls please [Applause] all right boys here we go get ready let's start to cook one more time fun [Music] i will [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] huh [Music] all right boys let's go dc bird wake up judges ready all right the rest of dc bird is fired we're gonna go ahead and start boys ready all right here we go and we're done hello [Music] all right here we go [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] all right boys line up line up line up so the judges could see your numbers line up turn to the side so they can see your numbers boys need to come up front so the judges can see your numbers make sure they get you all right next up seniors senior women adult senior women 55 and up adult senior women 55 and up make your way to the dance floor adult senior women 55 and up mr larry hammond uh you guys are singing the hammond brothers hammond and company the mojavs i'ma keep going that's it okay yeah yeah for the boys please judges this is uh adult senior women um 55 plus just put a 55 and a plus adult senior women 55 plus you guys ready to show them how you guys do it how low can you go [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] ah [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh oh [Music] [Applause] all right ladies we can have you line up for the numbers next division adult senior men 55 plus adult senior men 55 plus make your way to the dance floor black mountain you're on deck black mountain we need you up to the mics ladies don't leave it's all you guys are shaking hands they're not gonna get your number then you wonder why you lost the judges are trying to take down your numbers ladies no one's listening all right so for future contestants please listen up as soon as you're done and your division is done the secrets are done line up so the judges could get your numbers because if not you're going to be wondering and complaining afterwards why when you weren't picked well they couldn't get your number so please line up and then once the judges hand me the ballots then you can shake hands and leave the dance floor please i just want to make sure that everybody gets picked that who deserves to win and not miss their opportunity all right thank you [Music] i got three i got two more judges still please hold on ladies be patient sorry and last two thank you round of applause for the ladies thank you so much beautiful dancing [Applause] men's 55 plus men's adult senior man 55 plus oh winner take off here we go one man standing oh there we go two should be penalty if you're walking on the dance floor late all right can't hide behind each other what's going on here this hit three first one was one now there's three last chance one once about twice sold all right gentlemen here we go line up that's the weirdest line i've ever seen in my life but okay good luck [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] oh [Music] my [Music] my [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] all right gentlemen line up so that they can get your numbers thank you adult women 35 to 54 adult women 35 to 54. no no i still got two more judges you got to make sure you guys get there we go there we go good all right gentlemen rob applause for gentlemen please thank you adult women 35 to 54 adult women 35 to 54. sorry i don't need to keep saying that over again but take your time it's not like we got the time limit or anything security we're gonna need this pepper spray up front please uh up on deck a shot to cook first song all right ladies here we go you got two songs [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] foreign [Music] wherever [Music] [Applause] up next larry hammond the hammond boys hb bird singers oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] i [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] uh [Applause] all right ladies have you lined up please get your numbers next up adult man 35-54 adult man 35-54 make your way to the dance floor thank you thank you hold on ladies almost done adult men 35 to 54. as soon as i get these ballots i'm starting you're on the floor good you ain't you're out everybody's taking their time to make the dance floor i don't understand that come here to dance let's go all right just so you know the judges are discussing something so if you walk off i can't be responsible if decisions are made and you're not here so again don't walk away until i get all the ballast please okay all right thank you ladies round of applause for ladies please [Applause] all right black mountain i need you on deck black mountain oh never mind i guess i'll take care of this one noah no well i guess not you want to sit down that's cool i got it don't worry about enough stay we got dc where you at let's go all right judges are you clear on what division this is man 35 to 54. judges you have that on your body 35 to 54 okay all right here we go wait a minute all right boys i hope you stretched ladies stand by with the water at least for those that have ladies no it's not straight yeah huh [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] [Music] a [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] me [Applause] i was too all right can you breathe all right got your lungs give me a thumbs up when you're ready give me a chance ready oh larry says he's ready all right [Music] the [Music] oh [Music] [Music] i [Music] hey [Music] [Music] oh all right gentlemen line up line up [Applause] hey don't do that wait till you light up wait your lineup shake hands afterwards i'm gonna get your number [Music] junior adult women junior adult women 18 to 34 junior adult women 18 to 34 make your way to dance for please [Music] no three i gotta get all the balls okay now you're good good guy round of applause for the man please [Music] [Applause] if you can hug and kiss on the side that'd be great appreciated walk around walk around there you go all right dang back floor that's what i'm talking about they're ready to 18-34 junior adult women judges 18 to 34 junior adult women if you're dancing you're standing on the side that'll make no sense everybody should be all facing this way looking at me all right just make sure all right ladies here we go larry i need you up front but it means nothing to me it gives you guys a chance juice is cake 171 are you dancing what are you doing on the side then next to the judges first [Music] oh [Music] okay [Music] [Music] huh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] m [Music] [Music] a line up ladies [Applause] light up ladies so they can see your numbers remember do not leave or shake hands until i get the ballots in my hand because if you walk off and you don't get your number picked not my fault teen girls 13 to 17 teen girls 13 to 17. make your way to the dance floor please teen girls 13 to 17. i got two laura we're trying to hurry three one four five dawn you give me yours how do you do that every time all right ladies wonderful applause for ladies please come on that was a pack floor they deserve a roar of applause [Applause] all right teen girls 13 to 17. seeing them sticking for them will be salt river first thing you need to see by the river [Music] well [Music] oh oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] oh oh [Music] oh [Music] oh oh [Music] oh oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] all right ladies we can have you lined up please next up teen boys 13 to 17. teen boys 13 to 17. teen boys 13 to 17. huh teen boys 13-17 i don't see you on the dance floor you're about to get cut out of division thank you why you staying on the side get in the middle get in the middle get in the middle say i'm about to cut out of the vision because i don't see nobody walking down the dance floor why are you going to walk in front of him get in the back man very special whose kids are these yeah i'll just might tap you guys out right now walking the dance floor all slow all right ladies round of applause [Applause] all right boys i'm going if you ain't a dancer you're out are you ready i can't tell you like over there over there is it just three about two three all right looks like it's just three all right boys don't make this fun you guys ready don't be nervous i'll make you look good there you go yeah ain't no matter what you're in the money so get your butt off make it look good right ah here we go [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] let you guys breathe real quick the water yeah nobody cares about you huh me [Music] my [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] good job boys line up light up next up on dick junior adult man 18-34 junior adult man 18-34 get behind them get behind them i got two i got three i got four five run applause for the boys good job boys good job [Applause] all right save the hugs and kisses for after the dance please [Music] once again for the judges junior adult men 18 to 34 junior adult men 18 to 34. this will be the last dancing division after this we're going to get into the social dancing at the same time the singing contest so all you dancers get ready we're gonna hit the dance floor there we go this everybody junior adult man 18-34 all right get some singing by myself then fire all right boys ready [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] you don't need no water give me a thumbs up when you're ready ah that's right there you go [Music] oh [Music] i [Music] i [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] i [Music] oh [Music] remix [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign m [Music] oh [Applause] london man line up [Laughter] [Music] let them see your numbers man let them see your numbers you did it all for nothing [Music] hi canada one more huh i got four ballots though susie's over here writing a letter all right of applause for the men [Applause] good job man good job nice all right the dance floor is open singing contest first up bird singing and dancing by the river please make your way up i'll tell you when to start good to see all your singers and dancers out there good crowd here audience stayed around good to have you audience good to witness the local culture all right so once again the dance floor is open for dancers however for the singing contest uh we asked that uh only the groups come up because it's going to confuse you know the singing these guys they practice and uh they do their songs together so it would be unfair for people to jump in and kind of mess up that routine for them so just for the contest the singing leave it to the groups that are a solid group please don't take offense again this is contest when the dancers dance they're dancing on their own so they're not that's it with a partner same thing these singers are their own group so they're being judged as a group so we have to say you respect their groups and let them sing and just rather support come out and support them by dancing we need more dancers than we do singers in this division ready two songs whatever you want all right here we go okay judges any judges over here [Music] yeah i mean you're listening anyway baby all right so the group is uh bird singing and dancing by the river do we need some time to write that down so hold on for a second all right take it away [Music] [Music] oh [Music] away [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] hey oh [Music] oh hey oh [Music] hey [Music] uh all right judges there was bird singing dancing by the river birds singing and dancing by the river if i can get your balance please so i get to the next group a shot to cook wait wait let me see there's raspberries hey let's get a round of applause for mike morales man doing the do sounding good getting us organized we love you mike it's good to hear you sing man extra points [Music] that's a good round of applause for all these judges working hard out here let's do that also are you ready okay you're welcome [Music] oh oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] here round of applause for a shot to cook [Music] hey let's have a round of applause for uh their lead singer he came all the way out came all the way out especially at this time came to come see that's raw's father ron chrisman so thank you sir we appreciate you next up black mountain black mountain bird singers whatever judges you ready everybody got the name black mountain and it was a little shorter oh [Music] i [Music] [Music] when [Music] [Music] when [Music] [Music] [Music] when [Music] [Music] when i oh um [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] oh [Music] hey [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] oh oh all right next up oh round of applause for black mountain i'm sorry black mountain [Applause] all right the hammond brothers you're up it's hammer time that's what you get for picking a goofy name thank you will somebody help that man up please i'm not saying that that's weird no you're not i'm not saying it uh judges the group is called birdmasters bird muster it's bird mustard all right good luck guys um [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] hey hey [Music] [Music] huh [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] hey huh [Music] all right those the mustard bird singers seriously one two three five all right next up dc bird mind it's me [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] i [Music] [Music] oh [Music] uh oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] my god [Applause] all right if we can uh clear the dance floor we need the tiny tots the little ones it's their time standby tiny tots black mountain where you at um yeah you're done you're done three four thank you thank you thank you so much [Music] thank you all right let's get the little ones on the dance floor parents you can bring them on you can come on with them if they need your help any more little ones anymore all right here we go black mountain take it away me part hey hey [Music] hey hey [Music] hey [Music] hey [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] all right if we have the little ones come this way uh we got some people are gonna hand off some gifts to you this is this beautiful lady here with the bags please come up here all parents bring your kids around form a line form line grab that there you go all right the dance floor once again is open each group is going to sing a couple of songs so it's your last last chance to dance here so come on out then they'll announce the winners so we have bird signing dancing by the river round of applause for bird singing dancing by the river all the way from phoenix arizona [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] i now [Music] i [Music] [Music] when [Music] um [Music] [Music] my [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] we need you up at the mics are they still here huh don't get hurt oh shoot all right all right we'll wait uh black mountain black mountain there we go that's what i'm talking about take your time it's not like running a time constraint or nothing [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] me [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] a [Music] [Music] oh oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] my [Music] um [Music] oh [Music] oh um [Music] oh [Music] double h you're up the mojavs hammer time hammer birdie no skippies just kidding just kidding i'll do your song first real quick um just just to make this point if you see a group of ladies walk in front of you it's because they're with the singers so please nobody take offense to all of a sudden a dancer getting in front of you don't think that way the way you used to be is they will come in groups and they're there dancing with their singers so whenever that happens again please don't take offense this is the first first come first serve singers sometimes come with their dancers and they have their dancers dance up front so if that happens don't get angry just let's have respect for each other and move back make some space and that way we can have room to dance so ladies michelle move back a little bit move back a little bit thank you thank you just a little bit move back so that ladies right here forever they can move back a little bit because the guys that might come up front you want to ride over here right right here you want them right around here whatever whatever you want you're the director i'm just saying make it real because if the guys come up front you're gonna get shoved down you were worn [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] m [Music] oh [Music] [Music] foreign oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] next up a shot to cook how many guys all right here we go where's the boogie man all right he's not here [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh oh [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] hey [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh oh oh [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] wipe off that sweat all right this will be the last scoop right here let's have a round of applause for our gracious hosts morongo the people mongols for giving us the opportunity to come out here and share our songs and dance and you know uh supporting us in this way it's greatly appreciated so again a great round of applause for our hosts the people of morongo thank you so much for your generosity that's why i thank everybody for coming out uh you made this this whole time a very special time uh singers you dancers you know it's not really sad but i'm just gonna come out and say it's not a bad thing let's uh let's that's for those that can't dance tonight instead of dancing for ourselves let's have that in mind that stands for those who can't either because they're too shy or they're physically incapable of or they've already left us so right now we're going to sing and dance for those that are not able to they come to hear and see hear us sing and see you dance you know this is something that feeds our soul that's why we come here so let's do this for the people and with that in mind and uh again i want to thank our glorious creator uh i'm not our creator in heaven for making this moment possible and and all the good things that he's given us may he give everybody traveling mercies on your way back and let's see each other again the next gathering so may the peace and blessings of our great creator be upon you all thank you right now i'm going to open up with a song that everybody knows and it's for a special guy on a special day hey if you know it sing it happy birthday [Music] happy birthday [Music] happy birthday [Music] [Music] [Music] may you have a blast on your day just don't get locked up and put away happy birthday [Music] happy [Music] [Music] a [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] god [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] thank you what do you want to hear whatever [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] i guess we're doing the kuya three [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] all right we're gonna announce the winners now so you guys go get some water relax and wait for your name well they're getting ready to announce the winners we wanna take this opportunity to announce that drum roll calls 7 45 grand entry 8 o'clock also want to acknowledge some of the local tribal people tribal council members community members that are responsible for bringing this arena to our bird dancers and bird singers i want to send a thank you out to marianne andreas who was responsible for bringing a lot of a bird dancer bird singers in sunny corpus and his wife thank you for those individuals that had the foresight to give this arena a blessing for the bird singers and bird dancers we've got the men with the green shirts on they're going to be clearing the chairs getting ready for grand entry so give them some room let them do their job okay i'm going to turn over skye mac michael to announce the winner all right thank you tom okay dancers and singers as we call you up if you could please go to the center of the arena the photographer is going to take group pictures per category so we're going to start off with senior adult men at third place number 100 is lonnie wilder second place number 110 levi evanston [Music] first place number 126 chris emerson yeah if you please make your way to the middle they want to take your picture oh all right senior adult women in fifth place number one two nine gayle jones fourth place number one zero eight anita holmes third place number one nine three valerie welsh tabo second place number one five one goldie have a tone and in first place number one four three jolita emiliana we're gonna line you up all your winners first all the way to the last place all right they want to take a picture for posterity and your future boyfriends goldie i think you're at the top of the order no matter which way to go you're first yeah all right as we call your number and after you take your picture your voucher is going to be on the east side in the tent for the dancer booth and they'll give you your voucher uh when we do get to the kids uh anyone under 18 must also bring an adult with them and their ids adults bring your ids please can't hear me all right adult men 35-54 and fifth place number one six nine jacob ward fourth place number one five three darwin welsh third place number 200 rao chrisman in second place 178 larry hammond jr first place number 181 curtis martin please make your way to the center anyway i know what you're talking about i got emotionally all right adult women fifth place 106. mary wakama fourth place number one eight six allison collins third place one eight four heather ray evaston second place number 72 um amarensi emercy uh sorry about that court amitua and your first place winner number one seven zero nicole hammon please make your way to the middle more all right your junior adult men winners 18 to 34. fifth place number 60 ramon rizzo fourth place number five sheldon eclair third place number 138 winslow bull child junior second place number 135 todd tapia first place number 168 eagle vigil and don't forget guys bring your ids to get your voucher all right junior adult women fifth place number 198 deja miller fourth place number one three four latoya escalante third place number one six zero mariella sanchez second place number one six four krista carter smith and your first place winner number one five five anna hart all your drums get ready drum roll call right after announcement of the winners kelly kell cable keema what i'm saying all right teen boys 13 to 17. your third place winner number two zero three lester fredericks second place number 86 christopher jenkins first place number two zero nine mentai dominguez [Music] go to the center of the arena boys kelly we need your help kelly cable all right teen girls fifth place number one two eight charlotte carlisle fourth place number 98 robin ramirez third place two zero six rhiannon rhiannon christman second place number one three six irie charles first place number 194 brianna evanston richard richard when you get a come time all right next up junior boys ages six to 12. your fifth place winner one zero two cameron ramirez fourth place number 54 pj martin jr third place number 172 cameron hammond second place number one five four darwin welsh first place number two zero one ryder crissman uh chicken bites all right your junior girls six to 12. fifth place number one eight five ayanna collins fourth place number five zero raquel bullchild [Music] third place number one seven four camila hammond second place number 88 emery gates first place winner number 58 peyton jackson all right drum roll call it's been completed they checked the drums went around our arena directors so get it ready for grand injury we'll line you up right after this all right next category is the bird singers in fifth place looks like number one zero five bird singers and dancers by the river your fourth place is asha to cook your third place black mountain second place bird masters and your first place winner is dc bird singers make your way to the middle guys denser start making your way to the grand entry staging area right after we complete we're going right into grand entry we have our prayer purse and that completes our winners for tonight thank you everybody for coming out enjoyed your dance and you're singing and safe travels home all right and word to the winners good luck thank you richard parker all right we got our dignitaries for this evening carrying our eagle staff is richard parker from the omaha nation given our prayer this evening as we light up our dancers after they clear our chairs and give them time to clear the arena we'll be going to give the mic to kenneth kozad to give our invocation tonight talk to our creator is that right after they clear the arena of the chairs and richard parker will bring in our eagle staff all right mike check want to say thank you to the morongo crew taking care of arena breaking down the chairs thank you dancers start making their way to the grand entry staging area all the dancers that are registered for contest dancing come on over we're going to have our invocation and then we're going to bring in our our dancers with a grand injury somebody left their bag it's kind of light soft pink there's only chairs michael kors all right your bag is here we're gonna get in here and check your drugs richard parker come forward okay we still have some more chairs to break down so we'll give them time then we'll call on siggy kenneth cosette hey don't sigh oh man he's going to give us our prayer tonight you know most of our native people if not all have that inert understanding of their relationship between themselves and the creator from time to time we have need we call upon our creator and usually we'll designate a prayer person to come forward to render our prayer to talk for all of us to intercede for us to call upon our creator to make things good for us keep us in good health keep us well keep out all the bad spirits keep out all the things that are going to harm us and so we have selected a prime gentleman for that kenneth we're proud of you wherever you go everybody a lot of people know you and they appreciate what you do for us appreciate it okay got a few more chairs we'll get them out of the arena burn you got a remote mic down there okay you got it set up you know i said little earlier one of the tribal council members had lost several children through the cobit right here in morongo she stayed out she didn't dance and you know those things we pray for wellness for our people some families have been totally decimated by the covet all right richard's making his way over there so dancers come on line up all right at this time ladies and gentlemen we're going to call upon you to help us out we're going to ask each and every one of you to kindly stand if you would audience please stand please rise we're going to go to kenneth cozad call upon him for a prayer ah kobe don't say thank you siggy oh seggy i want to thank my good relative for asking me to say the prayer here this evening and uh i want to just say this much i'm going to add on to the prayers that's already been said from yesterday evening this afternoon i'm just going to add on to that here today this evening and so again we're happy to be here at this year's celebration here at morongo we're always try our best to to be here to support the celebration and so with that we're grateful to be here in this year's celebration and with everything that's going on we always pray for god will protect us from this from this virus that's out there that's so that we can enjoy our lives together so with that i'm going to call upon the lord hearing the word of prayer ha ko bakidoki gakkum dog jesus call upon your name here this evening time here dear lord i ask you to forgive me for all my sins and shortcomings that you can hear my prayer dear god so call upon your name here dear god we ask you to be with us here once more as we call upon you here we're going to ask our dancers they're going to all come in here like that we ask the lord to be with us here once more that you must protect us here throughout this celebration to keep all the negativity away from us here dear lord we all come over here in a good way like that lord we want to leave in a good way here like that lord so god he must be with us all here lord we're not promised for tomorrow but lord we ask you to be with us right now here at this very moment here maybe there's somebody out there not maybe not feeling too well here today maybe through one of these songs these musics here that you gave us they're going to feel all right here once more so dear god we ask you and we ask him and invite your great and holy spirit to come amongst and be amongst us here this evening let us all feel good here dear lord you must bless this tribe here from the eldest to the youngest here like that as we all come over here to the reservation to enjoy ourselves so lord he be with us all here once more here dear lord as we call upon your name here the lord we want everything to be all right for all our indian people dear lord i pray to you every day on my way to work you know that i i pray and ask for your for your help and your guidance like that their lord and your protection that's what we want as your holy protection amongst each and every one of us in here like that lord we all come over here in a good way like that god take care of us once more so with that lord if i left anything down you must forgive me ask all these things through your son jesus christ i pray amen

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Length: 202min 24sec (12144 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 25 2021