>Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 23:55:52
>From: Anita Cohen-Williams <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: The 506th Grunion Festival (August 16th, 1996)
>
>I thought that I would post this announcement of our upcoming grunion
festival. (Grunion are a type of fish that try to come ashore during certain
phases of the moon.)
>
>Abel Silvas and Young Audiences present the 506th Grunion Festival, a
Fish-Out-Of-Water Gathering. Underwritten in part by the Viejas Band of
Kumeyaay Indians through the Viejas Casino and Turf Club, and by Target Stores.
>
>Friday, August 16, 1996 - (Free to the Public). Pacific Beach, California.
12 noon to 10pm. (At the end of Hornblend, south of the Crystal Pier)
>
>12 noon to 9pm  Coastal Indian Village Exhibit
>12 noon & throughout the day  "Gourd" Float Water Relay Races. Gourds in
woven nets were once used by native Americans to fish.
>1:15 to 2pm   Folksinger Sam Hinton
>2-3pm             Mime/movement workshops by Jerry Hager & Larry Keough
>3-3:45pm       Teatro Mascara Magica, performing "El Patroncito," street
theatre by Luis Valdez
>4-4:50pm       Mariachis, Frank Pena
>5-6pm             Ceremony honoring Pioneer Families of Old Town, with
speaker Dr. Jack Williams, executive director of the Center for Spanish
Colonial Archaeology and music by Los Californios
>6-6:30pm       "506 Years of California History" with Abel Silvas
(Juaneno/Acjachemen) as Running Grunion
>6:30-7pm       Tongva Nation Dancers, Gabrielino Indian Children of Los
Angeles directed by Mark Acuna
>7-8pm             Cupa Cultural Center Singers and Dancers, from the Pala
Indian Reservation (Luiseno/Cupeno/Cahuilla)
>8-8:30pm        Singer Gloria Castaneda Silva of the Kumeyaay Village of
San Jose de la Zorra, Baja California
>8:30-9pm        Grunion slide presentation with naturalist Nancy Aguilar of
the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
>9-10pm            Peon, a traditional native American game of chance among
teams from local reservations
>
>SPECIAL GUESTS:   Kumeyaay and Paipai natives of Baja California featuring
Gloria Castaneda Silva, singer and basketweaver. Baskets available for purchase.
>Grunion run: about 11:30pm to 1am.
>
>Come early to allow time to park. Bring your own food, drink and beach
chairs. For more information call 1-800-692-2692.
>
>
Anita Cohen-Williams
Listowner of HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH, and SPANBORD
Center for Spanish Colonial Archaeology
4060 Morena Blvd., Suite G-250
San Diego, CA  92117
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