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Drums Along the Hudson: April 29, 2007

DAH Event Producer Carl Nelson and Lotus Music & Dance Founder/Director Kamala Cesar, Founder & Director of Lotus Music & Dance

2005 Honoree Dr. Elizabeth Sackler & 2004 Honoree Winona La Duke

Eagle Dance at Pow Wow

Craft Demonstration

Karen Brown, Former Principal Dancer at Dance Theatre of Harlem

Planting of the White Pine with Mohawk Elder Tom Porter

2007 Honorees Onondaga Faithkeeper Oren Lyons & Congressman John Lewis

Facepainting Station

WABC TV Anchor Sandra Bookman

Children Preparing to Perform/ Harambee West African Dancers

Procession to the Tree Planting Ceremony led by Jerry & Jeannie McDonald

DAH Stage Manager Vernon Ross, WABC TV Anchor Sandra Bookman, DAH Event Producer Carl Nelson, Hudson River Educator Christopher Letts

Harambee West African Dancers

Aziza Amira Roca, Filipino Tribal Dancer/Kinding Sindaw

Storytelling Tent

WABC TV Anchor Sandra Bookman, Jerry & Jeannie McDonald, DAH Event Producer Carl Nelson, Lotus Music & Dance Founder & Director Kamala Cesar

Audience at the Main Stage

2006 Honoree Rosemary Richmond, Northern Manhattan Parks & Recreation Administrator Jane Schachat, Commissioner Guillermo Lunares, Lotus Music & Dance Founder & Director Kamala Cesar, Commissioner William Castro

Olive Kapetanos Performing a Shawl Dance

Flamenco Dancer Andrea Del Conte

Jeannie McDonald, Judge Glenda Hatchett, Jerry McDonald, Commissioner Guillermo Linares, NoMa Parks & Rec Supervisor Jane Schachat

DAH Stage Manager Vernon Ross and Lotus Music & Dance Founder & Director Kamala Cesar

Balinese Dancer / Dharma Swara

Audience Participation at Pow Wow Circle

Hawaiian Express Tahitian Dancers led by Makalina Gallagher

2007 Honorees Onondaga Faithkeeper Oren Lyons & Congressman John Lewis

Honoree Walk at the Pow Wow

Native American Dancer

Jerry McDonald, 2005 Honoree Dr. Elizabeth Sackler, Jeannie McDonald

NY State Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, Lotus Music & Dance Founder & Director Kamala Cesar, Mutable Music Founder/President Tom Buckner

Japanese Folk Dancers led by Momo Suzuki

Jerry McDonald Performing Eagle Dance at Pow Wow

Nadia Moussa Middle Eastern Dancers

Tree Planting with Hudson River Foundation Executive Director Clay Hiles, NoMa Parks & Rec Administrator Jane Schachat, Lotus Music & Dance Founder & Director Kamala Cesar, Dr. Elizabeth Sackler, NY State Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, Mohawk Elder Tom Porter

Craft Vendors

Jerry & Jeannie McDonald Performing Eagle Dance

2005 Honoree Dr. Elizabeth Sackler, Lotus Music & Dance Founder & Director Kamala Cesar, DAH Event Producer Carl Nelson

Horace Nelson, Congressman John Lewis, DAH Event Producer Carl Nelson, Gary Nelson

Theresa DuBois, CEO of the Deaf Welcome Foundation with the Parrots for Peace

Commissioner William Bill Castro, Lotus Music & Dance Founder & Director Kamala Cesar, Congressman John Lewis, Councilman Robert Jackson, NoMa Parks & Rec Administrator Jane Schachat, District Leader Maria Luna

 

 

 

 

 

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