BIG Or little?

WhoMe · 06-01-2007, 11:54 AM

Where do you like to sing -

at the BIG CONTEST POWWOWS

Or

The smaller community dances?

Spoons · 06-04-2007, 11:43 AM

Well, never sung at a big powwow (or contest at all). Largest powwow I've sung at had five drums, and frankly I found it pretty boring to spend so much time sitting at the drum being ready to sing but not singing.

On the other hand, being the only drum at a powwow is mighty tiring, and leaves a lot of dead time for the MC to fill while we rest our voices. Personally, for singing, I prefer a powwow with two or three drums.

WhoMe · 06-04-2007, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Spoons

Well, never sung at a big powwow (or contest at all). Largest powwow I've sung at had five drums, and frankly I found it pretty boring to spend so much time sitting at the drum being ready to sing but not singing.

On the other hand, being the only drum at a powwow is mighty tiring, and leaves a lot of dead time for the MC to fill while we rest our voices. Personally, for singing, I prefer a powwow with two or three drums.

I hear ya' spoons. . .

We've been the only drum for a 3-day powwow and we have also been to a powwow that had 76 drums.

A powwow with 3-to-five drums would be ideal. It would let every drum sing alot and not make the emcee have to "dig too deep."

SmokeEater · 06-04-2007, 10:46 PM

WhoMe,
I recently moved to OK, and I can say the smaller community dances are larger than some of the BIG CONTEST POWWOWS where I'm from.

SmokeEater · 06-04-2007, 10:49 PM

Sitting at the center drum at the smaller dances, I get to sing more often and I learn more. Unless there's a center drum at the big contest powwows... singing there you're limited on how many and what songs you sing at the event.

WhoMe · 06-05-2007, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmokeEater

Sitting at the center drum at the smaller dances, I get to sing more often and I learn more. Unless there's a center drum at the big contest powwows... singing there you're limited on how many and what songs you sing at the event.

SmokeEater,

There are some good powwows.commers living near you!

As for singing there are at least 4 powwows somewhere in Oklahoma - each weekend - 52 weekends of the year!

Enjoy~!

TacO5000 · 06-05-2007, 01:03 PM

Whome sounds like you missin da OK.... And Smoke eater soak it in.... and take ya tape recorder and learn and sing....

Me I like da smaller dances.... Cuz its no fun sitting and waiting to sing.... I like to leave a dance sounding all baratone from all da singing.... Troat be hurtin.... You live in norman well your right in da middle and there are always dances in tha general vicnity... you have to go to dances to hear about other dances.... cuz most of them don't get posted and are word of mouf..... I'm ready for stroud.... its gonna be july 5,6,7,8.... Smoke get at me... and If I see you I can say whats up.... I'm always down somewhere in ok singing.... www.myspace.com/kickapoo_kiowa

Who.. when you bringing your nasty stankin a$$ back to ok...??

WhoMe · 06-05-2007, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by TacO5000

Who.. when you bringing your nasty stankin a$$ back to ok...??

As soon as our powwow is over.

They have powwows here. There was one in the city I live in last weekend... but is wasn't the same.

wa-zha-zhe · 06-05-2007, 05:58 PM

I like it best when there is only one drum.
That way the spirit builds one song after the other.
When there is more than one drum that spirit may build but,
there is always that one drum that kills it. You know what I mean.
If you don't, then come around here in June.
Then you will know what it is about.

**WocusWoman** · 06-06-2007, 02:47 AM

Small non-contest powwows are the best. Everyone that is there is having fun, relaxed and is dancing for a reason beside the mighty dollar.

anishinabealltheway · 06-06-2007, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by WocusWoman

Small non-contest powwows are the best. Everyone that is there is having fun, relaxed and is dancing for a reason beside the mighty dollar.

here here!

RedShield · 06-07-2007, 02:24 PM

I like the smaller traditional pow wows, but have been talking about going west so our boys can see what real pow wows are about... LOL.

I like getting the chance to sing more at a pow wow where there are three to four drums, have been the only drum, and sat with a drum during contests out west a few times... sitting there to get maybe two songs a session is kinda boring... but it's cool to be around that many singers and drums.

Just my 49 cents worth...

Paselo~

**Chevy_truckin_NDN** · 06-07-2007, 02:31 PM

All right Stroud powwwow.....wooohooo. I love that powwow, but mostly the gourd dancing in the morning and the 49s at nite....everything else is gravy.

suthernwaterbird · 07-14-2007, 05:11 AM

CENTER DRUM all the way...head singer chooses who sings wut...well around here they do...then u can take a break and enjoy the rest of the drums sing...i like the semi-big powwows like Tia Pia powwow this year was held at the Fairgrounds in front of the Comanche Complex...shoot it was fun...NEXT>>.stroud...THEN HOMECOMING...now the rumors are circulating as to where its going to be..considering the grounds were flooded out...time will tell...

06-01-2007, 11:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
WhoMe PauWau Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Land of 370 Broken Treaties Posts: 5,560	BIG Or little? Where do you like to sing - at the BIG CONTEST POWWOWS Or The smaller community dances? __________________ "Today, recognizing and respecting the origins of powwow aids in our Cultural Survival. If enough people break the rules because they are not satisfied...."We will have no culture." WhoMe

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SmokeEater Insert Image Here Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 597	WhoMe, I recently moved to OK, and I can say the smaller community dances are larger than some of the BIG CONTEST POWWOWS where I'm from. __________________ *Edited for explicit content*

06-04-2007, 10:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
SmokeEater Insert Image Here Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 597	Sitting at the center drum at the smaller dances, I get to sing more often and I learn more. Unless there's a center drum at the big contest powwows... singing there you're limited on how many and what songs you sing at the event. __________________ *Edited for explicit content*

06-05-2007, 01:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
TacO5000 shesaysshelikesmy Dougie! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 624	Whome Stinks..... Whome sounds like you missin da OK.... And Smoke eater soak it in.... and take ya tape recorder and learn and sing.... Me I like da smaller dances.... Cuz its no fun sitting and waiting to sing.... I like to leave a dance sounding all baratone from all da singing.... Troat be hurtin.... You live in norman well your right in da middle and there are always dances in tha general vicnity... you have to go to dances to hear about other dances.... cuz most of them don't get posted and are word of mouf..... I'm ready for stroud.... its gonna be july 5,6,7,8.... Smoke get at me... and If I see you I can say whats up.... I'm always down somewhere in ok singing.... www.myspace.com/kickapoo_kiowa Who.. when you bringing your nasty stankin a$$ back to ok...?? __________________ Dayum I make some keen DrumSticks!!!!!! Last edited by TacO5000; 06-05-2007 at 01:06 PM. Reason: and to add to da whome insult!!! aye....!!!

06-05-2007, 05:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
wa-zha-zhe Senior Dancer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: pawhuska, ok Posts: 642	I like it best when there is only one drum. That way the spirit builds one song after the other. When there is more than one drum that spirit may build but, there is always that one drum that kills it. You know what I mean. If you don't, then come around here in June. Then you will know what it is about. __________________ wa-zha-zhe

06-04-2007, 11:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
Spoons Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Great Mid-West Posts: 6	Well, never sung at a big powwow (or contest at all). Largest powwow I've sung at had five drums, and frankly I found it pretty boring to spend so much time sitting at the drum being ready to sing but not singing. On the other hand, being the only drum at a powwow is mighty tiring, and leaves a lot of dead time for the MC to fill while we rest our voices. Personally, for singing, I prefer a powwow with two or three drums.

06-06-2007, 02:47 AM	#10 (permalink)
WocusWoman N8tiffUmatillaMAMA Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Interior Alaska Posts: 2,737	Small non-contest powwows are the best. Everyone that is there is having fun, relaxed and is dancing for a reason beside the mighty dollar.

06-07-2007, 02:24 PM	#12 (permalink)
RedShield Singer/ Dancer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 15,474	I like the smaller traditional pow wows, but have been talking about going west so our boys can see what real pow wows are about... LOL. I like getting the chance to sing more at a pow wow where there are three to four drums, have been the only drum, and sat with a drum during contests out west a few times... sitting there to get maybe two songs a session is kinda boring... but it's cool to be around that many singers and drums. Just my 49 cents worth... Paselo~ __________________ I became a singer because I love to sing... and to feed my addiction to cough drops!

06-07-2007, 02:31 PM	#13 (permalink)
Chevy_truckin_NDN Pawnee Captive Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: 2 miles south, take the 1st dirt road to your right. See the white fence? Thats us! Posts: 4,677 Blog Entries: 29	All right Stroud powwwow.....wooohooo. I love that powwow, but mostly the gourd dancing in the morning and the 49s at nite....everything else is gravy. __________________ I know I'm in my own little world, but it's ok. They know me here. ... Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial. ~~I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.~~ ~~I can see your point, but I still think you're full of **** .~~

07-14-2007, 05:11 AM	#14 (permalink)
suthernwaterbird nobody Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: atl, ga Posts: 1,004	CENTER DRUM all the way...head singer chooses who sings wut...well around here they do...then u can take a break and enjoy the rest of the drums sing...i like the semi-big powwows like Tia Pia powwow this year was held at the Fairgrounds in front of the Comanche Complex...shoot it was fun...NEXT>>.stroud...THEN HOMECOMING...now the rumors are circulating as to where its going to be..considering the grounds were flooded out...time will tell... __________________ WhY yOu AsK? bEcUz We CaN!

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