2025 Schedule of Activities

Thursday, November 13

Site Set-Up: (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) Vendors check in and set up booths at the festival grounds.

Main Stage Activities

Time Thursday
Nov 13
All Day Sound Checks

Performers: Please schedule sound checks with Max (FamilyRocksLLC@gmail.com or 321-271-0050)

Friday, November 14 - Sunday, November 16:

Main Stage Activities

Time Friday
Nov 14 		Saturday
Nov 15 		Sunday
Nov 16 		Jim Sawgrass
Village Daily
9:00 Welcome and Announcements
(Sound Checks)
(9:00-9:30) 		Paula Ellis Memorial Flute Players
Competition
Registration
[main tent]
(9:00-10:00) 		Welcome and Announcements
(Sound Checks)
(9:00-9:30) 		Flute Makers
Competition
Registration
[main tent]
(9:00-10:00) 		Welcome and Announcements
(Sound Checks)
(9:00-9:30) 		Artists
Competition
Registration
[main tent]
(9:00-10:00) 		 
9:15  
9:30   Ed WindDancer
School Day Program
(9:30-10:40) 		    Billy Whitefox
(9:30-10:15) 		 
9:45   Billy Whitefox
Veterans Program
(9:45-10:30) 		 
10:00  
10:15   Mark McGourley
(10:15-11:00) 		 
10:30      
10:45   CreeAtive Native
School Day Program
(10:45-12:00) 		  Ed WindDancer
Veterans Program
(10:45-11:30) 		 
11:00   Timothy J.P. Gomez
11:00-11:45) 		 
11:15  
11:30   Opening Ceremonies
Johnny Kee-National Anthem
Dignitaries Recognition
(11:30-12:00) 		East Meets West
(11:30-12:15)
11:45   Lunch Break
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Artist Awards
(11:45-12:30)
12:00       Dock Green Silverhawk
Memorial
(12:00-12:45)
12:15   Billy Whitefox
(12:15-1:00) 		 
12:30   Painted Raven
(12:30-1:15) 		 
12:45      
1:00   Flute Players Competition
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Lunch break
(1:00-1:45) 		  Lunch Break/Open Mic
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Flute Maker Awards
(1:00-1:45) 		 
1:15      
1:30   CreeAtive Native
(1:30-2:15) 		East Meets West
(1:30-2:15)
1:45   Special Recognition:
Simon Gipson
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Flute Player Awards
(1:45-2:15) 		   
2:00   CreeAtive Native
(2:00-2:45)
2:15   Christina Noordover
(2024 Players Competition winner)
(2:15-2:45) 		     
2:30   Shelley Morningsong & Fabian Fontenelle
(2:30-3:15) 		 
2:45          
3:00   Randy McGinnis
(3:00-3:45) 		  Timothy J.P. Gomez
(3:00-3:45) 		East Meets West
(3:00-3:45)
3:15    
3:30   Ed WindDancer
(3:30-4:15)
3:45          
4:00   Lowery Begay
(4:00-4:45) 		  Randy McGinnis
(4:00-4:45) 		 
4:15     East Meets West
(4:15-5:00)
4:30   Lowery Begay
(4:30-5:15)
4:45   Dinner Break
(4:45-6:00) 		  Dinner Break
(4:45-6:00)
5:00  
5:15      
5:30   Vendor Site Tear-Down
(5:30-????)

FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR GUESTS -

NO VEHICLES ON
FESTIVAL GROUNDS
BEFORE 5:30 		 
5:45  
6:00   Painted Raven
(6:00-6:45) 		  Painted Raven
(6:00-6:45) 		 
6:15  
6:30  
6:45          
7:00   Shelley Morningsong &
Fabian Fontenelle
(7:00-7:45) 		  Shelley Morningsong &
Fabian Fontenelle
(7:00-7:45) 		 
7:15  
7:30  
7:45          
8:00   Mark McGourley
(8:00-8:45) 		  Lowery Begay
(8:00-8:45) 		 
8:15  
8:30  
8:45   Timothy J.P. Gomez
(8:45-9:30) 		  Mark McGourley
(8:45-9:30) 		 
9:00  
9:15  
9:30              

Workshops

Time Friday
Nov 14 		Saturday
Nov 15 		Sunday
Nov 16
9:00   Overcoming
Performance Anxiety
Dr. Patricia Bay
(9:00-10:30) 		Lakota Dreamcatcher
Legend Storytelling
& Craft
Carolyn Wilson
(9:00-10:30)
9:15  
9:30  
9:45  
10:00  
10:15 The Art of Storytelling
Dr. Frankie Rinaldi
(10:15-11:45)
10:30  
 		 
10:45 ENGAGE!
Exploring Melody and Rhythm
With Our Flutes
Timothy J.P. Gomez
(10:45-11:45) 		Recording Your Music
Randy McGinnis
(10:45-11:45)
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:45 Lunch
(11:45-12:30) 		Lunch
(11:45-12:30) 		Lunch
(11:45-12:30)
12:00
12:15
12:30 Playing Guitar with
Native American Flutes
Mark McGourley
(12:30-2:30) 		Understanding Pow Wow
Drumming &
the Native Drum
Lowery Begay
12:30-1:30) 		What You Never Knew
About the
Cherokee Trail of Tears
Johnny Kee
(12:30-2:00)
12:45
1:00
1:15
1:30  
1:45 Drumming and Fluting
Together
Painted Raven
(1:45-3:15)
2:00  
2:15 Flat Reed Weaving
Joyce Bugaiski
(2:15-4:15)
2:30  
2:45 Catching WindDancer
Ed WindDancer
(2:45-3:45)
3:00
3:15  
3:30 Beadwork:
Introduction to
Brick Stitch
Anne Fay
(3:30-5:30)
3:45  
4:00 Prayer Ties/Tobacco Ties
Joyce Bugaiski
(4:00-5:30)
4:15  
4:30  
4:45  
5:00  
5:15  
5:30    
 		 
5:45   Stars and Skylore of
Native Americans*
Mark Marquette
(5:45-6:45) 		 
6:00  
 		 
6:15  
 		 
6:30  
 		 
6:45    
 		 
7:00   Stars and Skylore
(Gather at Telescopes)
(7:00-????) 		 
7:15  
 		 

*Stars and Skylore participants: Gather outside the “workshop tent” to observe sunset at 5:30
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Guided Nature Walks will meet outside the “workshop tent” on Saturday, Nov 15, at 10:00 AM, Noon, and 2:00 PM.

Everything else on this schedule is in the “workshop tent”.

(Find the workshop’s description, including location, fees (if any), and workshop size limits
on the Workshops webpage. Pre-register on that page for any of these workshops.)