February 14-, 2 0 0 8
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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Hoop dancers compete at championship
B y L eslie M itts
Spilyay Tymoo
Four local youth traveled
to Arizona last week to com
pete in the 18th A nnual
World Championship Hoop
Dance Contest.
George Clements, Trent
H eath, Matthew Clements
and Kaiwian Clements all
competed in Phoenix during
the three-day event.
Matthew Clements is a 14-
year-old 9th grade student at
Madras High School.
Trent Heath and George
Clements are both 13 years
old. They are students at the
Je fferso n C ounty M iddle
School.
Kaiwan Clements is two-
years-old and goes to Early
Childhood Education.
In order to travel to the
event the boys and their fami
lies have been busy with lo
cal fundraisers like Indian
taco sales, bake sales, fry
bread sales and raffles.
A ccording to G eorge
Clements, he has been hoop
dancing since he was very
young. The designs are the
hardest part, he said, because
“You have to keep up with
the beat.”
M atthew
C lem ents
agreed, and said the hardest
part is, “Probably keeping up
with the beat o f the drum
while making the designs and
getting the hoops.”
He prefers a faster beat,
Matthew added.
Trent Heath couldn’t pick
a favorite design, instead say-
Leslie Mitts/Spilyay
M atthew and G eorge Clem ents dance during a fu n draiser at the S phecthrum Youth Center.
ing that “everything” is his fa-
vorite.
The competition brings to-
gether hoop dancers from all
over North America to compete
for the world tide.
This year’s event - called the
Superbowl of Hoop Dancing -
is sponsored by Casino Arizona,
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According to the official
press release for the event,
“Over the years, the inter
tribal hoop dance has grown
to incorporate creative de
signs, difficult manipulations
o f the hoops and intricate
footwork.
Each dancer presents a
unique variation o f the inter
tribal hoop dance, weaving in
aspects of his or her distinct
traditions and cultures. Indi
vidual routines are presented
using as few as four to as
many as 50 hoops, which are
shaped to create a variety of
designs including animals,
butterflies and globes.”
Competitors perform in
five divisions including Tiny
Tot (under 5 years), Youth (5
to 12), Teen (13 to 17), Adult
(18 and older) and Senior (40
years and older).
The 2007 World Cham-,
pion Dallas M. A rcand, a
Cree tribal m em ber from
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, was
expected to defend his tide
at the 2008 contest.
Other 2007 winners were
Senior
D ivision
Champion Daniel Tramper,
Cherokee, from Cherokee,
N .C.;
Teen D ivision
Champion Charles Denny,
Chippewa/Cree, from F o rt
Duchesne, Utah; and Youth
Division Champion Tyrese
Je n sen , Navajo/ Maricopa,
from Scottsdale Arizona.
The competition ii hosted
by Heard Museum in Phoe
nix.
Culture a n d
Heritage hosts
‘Sewing fo r
Feast’ classes
During the months o f Feb
ruary and March, the Culture
and H eritage D epartm ent is
hosting classes,. “ Sewing the
Feast.”
The classes teach the mak
ing o f ribbon shirts, and wing
dresses. The classes will be from
3 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and
Thursdays as follows: Ribbon
shirts; Feb. 14. Wing dresses:
Feb. 19, 21, 26 and 27. The
group will determine what they
would like to work on for the
month o f March. All are wel
come. Eileen Spino and family
will be the instructors. Classes
will be held in the basement Cul
tural Room o f the Education
building. Call Culture and Heri
tage for information, 553-3290.
The U.S. Departm ent
of Agriculture, along with
partnering entities, will be
conducting an outreach
se ssio n th is T hursd ay,
Feb. 14 at Kah-Nee-Ta.
The purpose of the ses
sion is to provide W arm
S p rin g s re s id e n ts w ith
the latest information on
pro gra m s and service s
available through USDA
and partners. The session
will begin at 8:45 a.m. A
free lunch will be served.
P re s e n te rs : R isk M a n
ag em e nt A gency; Farm
S e rv ic e A g e n c y ; R u ral
D e v e lo p m e n t A g e n c y ;
InterTribal Ag Council; Bu
reau of Indian Affairs; In
dian Ag Credit Outreach;
OSU Extension Service;
am ong o th e r ag en cies.
Session is sponsored by
the Irrigation, Range and
Ag Com m ittee.
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