Head Dancers - Page 2

steelemagnolia63 · 06-11-2008, 05:15 AM

and we managed to get through the whole weekend without falling over from exhaustion... it might have been nice to have a bigger head staff so that we could have had a break for a dance or two more than the candy dance and the snake dance... :)

WhoMe · 06-12-2008, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ndnMSW

At a powwow with no head dancers, we are just all like a herd of sheep, wandering somewhat aimlessly, bumpin into each other, until an AD or 5 AD's or someone guides us in the right direction toward the arena.....aye!

ndn,

Yeah I saw that too this past weekend.

They excused the adults after they exhibitioned and all that was left were a few adults and all the teens, jrs and tiny tots.

So's at 3:00 pm they were finished and ran out of things to do. So the announcer said, "singer's choice!" to keep the program going.

*L Nobody came out to dance until the arena directors started recruiting!!!!

hobbs49 · 06-20-2008, 03:57 PM

I think it depends on the type of powwow. For contest powwows, there realy isn't a whole lot for the head dancers to do it seems to me. Really most of the time, is spent sitting and waiting for your group anyway. But for more traditional powwows, I think that there is more time for dancing, more specials, things like that which head dancers can help with.

Also when it's really hot, the head dancers can help to represent the dancers when the MC calls for another set of intertribals and the dancers haven't gotten enought water or rest.

dancing_crow · 06-29-2008, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by hobbs49

I think it depends on the type of powwow. But for more traditional powwows, I think that there is more time for dancing, more specials, things like that which head dancers can help with.

Also when it's really hot, the head dancers can help to represent the dancers when the MC calls for another set of intertribals and the dancers haven't gotten enought water or rest.

Kay and I try to keep an eye on the dancers and make sure they are drinking enough fluids. Last weekend at Mifflenburg we just helped out the head dancers and it went well only 1 dancer had a problem with the heat and it was minor everything turned out fine.

**WocusWoman** · 06-30-2008, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ndnMSW

At a powwow with no head dancers, we are just all like a herd of sheep, wandering somewhat aimlessly, bumpin into each other, until an AD or 5 AD's or someone guides us in the right direction toward the arena.....aye!

You know what they need a head dancer for, it's for the shawl dance category at Grand Entry....NO ONE wants to be first in line, they will all hang back until someone else besides them goes first even if it means there is a big gap between the category in front of them and the AD threatens to call another category in....THAT's what they need a head dancer for....lol.

If people are out in the circle dancing like lost or unherded sheep, then I say they should not be out their at all. PERIOD. I don't know if that is what you meant to say, but maybe places where no-one knows what powwow dancing is about, need guides in the form of head-dancers? Thoughts on this Whome? BTW, growing up in Southern Oregon, we never had head dancers, now when I visit back home, they have all types of head's of something, plus all the royalty!

**WocusWoman** · 06-30-2008, 01:33 AM

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**wardancer** · 07-07-2008, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by WhoMe

Well that sure beats a one day Oklahoma powwow with a head staff consisting of:

Head Little Boy Dancer
Head Little Girl Dancer
Head Teen Male Dancer
Head Teen Female Dancer
Head Traditional Dancer
Head Straight Dancer
Head Fancy Dancer
Head Woman Dancer
Arena Directors (2)
Invited Co Hosts (3)
Special Invited Guests (3)
Head Gourd Dance singer
Invited Gourd Clans (2)
Head Gourd Dancer
Head Female Gourd Dancer
Head Night Singer
Host Northern Drum
... and they all have specials

*L Josi, I know you've seen it?

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Originally Posted by Josiah

Dang sounds like Colony
LOL

But yea I have seen that large of a Head staff at a one dayer

Pretty Typical Head staff around here:
HGD
HM
HL
HS
MC
AD
Its becoming more common that the AD and MC dont have Give-aways and sometimes the HS dont either.

Now you guys know "Colony" has twice that many !!!Cheyennes and Arapahoes ! LOL

**Kiwehnzii** · 07-08-2008, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by WocusWoman

If people are out in the circle dancing like lost or unherded sheep, then I say they should not be out their at all. PERIOD. I don't know if that is what you meant to say, but maybe places where no-one knows what powwow dancing is about, need guides in the form of head-dancers? Thoughts on this Whome? BTW, growing up in Southern Oregon, we never had head dancers, now when I visit back home, they have all types of head's of something, plus all the royalty!

She's kidding.

ndnMSW · 07-08-2008, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by WocusWoman

If people are out in the circle dancing like lost or unherded sheep, then I say they should not be out their at all. PERIOD. I don't know if that is what you meant to say, but maybe places where no-one knows what powwow dancing is about, need guides in the form of head-dancers? Thoughts on this Whome? BTW, growing up in Southern Oregon, we never had head dancers, now when I visit back home, they have all types of head's of something, plus all the royalty!

YES, I was KIDDING!!!! Being FACETIOUS!!!! Lol. This was RED EARTH that I was talking about....lol. That powwow is so big everyone knows what they need to do.....why am I still typing and trying to explain a joke?????

ndnMSW · 07-08-2008, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by WhoMe

ndn,

Yeah I saw that too this past weekend.

They excused the adults after they exhibitioned and all that was left were a few adults and all the teens, jrs and tiny tots.

So's at 3:00 pm they were finished and ran out of things to do. So the announcer said, "singer's choice!" to keep the program going.

*L Nobody came out to dance until the arena directors started recruiting!!!!

You could tell on that first day at RE that they didn't have a schedule...or a poorly planned one. They were just winging it the first session, but it got better as the weekend went on. Even if they had head dancers, I've seen alot of powwows where they excuse the adults and the only adults left after that are the head dancers...lol. I even saw one year at powwow down this way where they excused the adults and the head lady left also!! When they called for two-step later that session she was gone....lol.

**chazziff** · 07-08-2008, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by WhoMe

Well that sure beats a one day Oklahoma powwow with a head staff consisting of:

Head Little Boy Dancer
Head Little Girl Dancer
Head Teen Male Dancer
Head Teen Female Dancer
Head Traditional Dancer
Head Straight Dancer
Head Fancy Dancer
Head Woman Dancer
Arena Directors (2)
Invited Co Hosts (3)
Special Invited Guests (3)
Head Gourd Dance singer
Invited Gourd Clans (2)
Head Gourd Dancer
Head Female Gourd Dancer
Head Night Singer
Host Northern Drum
... and they all have specials

*L Josi, I know you've seen it?

LOL ... ok thats a lil much .... but ya i know what ya mean. i come from an area where .... pow wows have never had head ... anything LOL. were doing jus fine without em .... im sure some pow wow some where here will try it. dont know if it will become a norm ... doubt it.

im kinda confused about head dancers ... read some of the posts above .... do other dancers not come out to dance unless the head dancer go out first?!? .... weird LOL

**Kiwehnzii** · 07-08-2008, 07:00 PM

Head dancers gotta meezee sometimes.

Ayyee.

ndnMSW · 07-09-2008, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiwehnzii

Head dancers gotta meezee sometimes.

Ayyee.

ROFL!!!!

06-11-2008, 05:15 AM	#21 (permalink)
steelemagnolia63 AKA...Falling Leaves Join Date: May 2007 Location: Pennsylvania, how did that happen?? Posts: 110	and we managed to get through the whole weekend without falling over from exhaustion... it might have been nice to have a bigger head staff so that we could have had a break for a dance or two more than the candy dance and the snake dance... :) __________________ Life should not be measured by the number of things that we aquire on our journey but by the number of lives that we touch along that road.

06-20-2008, 03:57 PM	#23 (permalink)
hobbs49 Holy Indian Taco Batman! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Triangle Area, NC Posts: 1,175	I think it depends on the type of powwow. For contest powwows, there realy isn't a whole lot for the head dancers to do it seems to me. Really most of the time, is spent sitting and waiting for your group anyway. But for more traditional powwows, I think that there is more time for dancing, more specials, things like that which head dancers can help with. Also when it's really hot, the head dancers can help to represent the dancers when the MC calls for another set of intertribals and the dancers haven't gotten enought water or rest.

06-30-2008, 01:33 AM	#26 (permalink)
WocusWoman N8tiffUmatillaMAMA Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Interior Alaska Posts: 2,737	I love Whipmen, wish we had one here!

07-08-2008, 07:00 PM	#32 (permalink)
Kiwehnzii Oldfart Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,871	Head dancers gotta meezee sometimes. Ayyee.