Headline Concert: Laura Vinson & the Free Spirits
Saturday, July 16, 2011 8:00 PM
To be in the audience at a Laura Vinson & Free Spirit concert is to experience what it was like to be part of the spiritual and tribal rituals of a time long past. One feels the Ancestral Spirits hovering over the performers especially when the Native dancers make their proud and mysterious entrances. Their dazzling outfits, dances, songs and drumming come from centuries of spiritually and tradition. It evokes a feeling of the past and present merging in Laura's songs, the bands music and the ancient rhythms and melodies from the Native performances
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An Evening of Culture: Inuvik Drummers & Dancers, Fort Good Hope Drummers
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 8:00 PM
Inuvik Drummers & Dancers
The Inuit who live in the western Arctic regions of Canada are known as the Inuvialuit. From early times, the Inuvialuit have used songs and chants to recount legends, stories, and traditions. Drum dancing is flourishing in the communities of Aklavik, Inuvik, Paulatuk, Tuktoyaktuk and Ulukhaktok (Holman). For more information about the description of the dances click here.
Fort Good Hope Drummers
The Gasho Go’tine people live along the mighty Mackenzie River in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Since the beginning of time, these hardy Athabaskan Dene have scraped a living from this harsh and unforgivable land. The mighty Caribou has been the mainstay of their existence. The Gasho Go-tine feasted on the flesh and organs of this great animal. They fashioned tools from the hard bones, then made clothing and shelter from the durable hide. Along with the heartbeat of their nation, the skin drum. Songs as old as time reverberate through the Mackenzie Valley to this day. Descendants of this great nomadic tribe continue to sing ancient the ancient chants that was the spiritual strength of their forefathers. Don’t miss a once in a lifetime chance to witness this amazing display of Dene culture.
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Dennis Victor Allen
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 8:00 PM
Born and raised in the Mackenzie Delta, Inuvik songwriter Dennis Victor Allen comes from a long line of storytellers. Having apprenticed at the feet of his father, the late great Inuvialuit recantour, Victor Allen. Dennis learned how to hold a crowd in the palm of his hand. Later translating that talent to music. Dennis is a recorded artist and one of his songs received an honorable mention in American Songwriter Magazine Songwriting Contest. His song, Stolen Roses climbed to #12 on the Aboriginal Top Thirty countdown. Don’t miss a chance to hear it from flame keeper himself, Dennis Victor Allen.
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MO & Geothermal MC ~ Inuk Hip Hop
Thursday, July 21, 2011 8:00 PM
M.O. was born in Iqaluit, Nunavut (Frobisher Bay, NWT at the time) during the coldest November in the town’s recorded history. The poet confronts alcoholism, child abuse, crime and homelessness through hip hop. While Mosha's lyrics challenge the mind, the music he composes to back his words animates the body. Influenced by everything from traditional Indian sitar music to old-school rappers like New York's Kool Moe Dee and recent stuff by Nine Inch Nails. Check out their website here
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Old Tyme Dance with James Roger and the Delta Goodtimes Band
Friday, July 22, 2011 8:00 PM
James Rogers is a born musician. He fashioned his first guitar from a piece of snare wire nailed to a chunk of shiplap. After plucking out a Johnny Horton song, James was hooked on the sound of music. Rather than trap muskrats like his brothers, James would hide out in the shed trying to play along to an old record player. Soon, James picked up a fiddle. If you don’t know it by now, the fiddle is the king in this part of the country. A guy could get any girl he wanted if he could play “Backup and Push.” You can’t possibly waltz a two step of jig a jig without James Roger and the Delta Good Times Band .
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GNAF Arctic Fashion Show
Saturday, July 23, 2011 8:30 PM
Featuring our artists and local models wearing fashions representing every facet of Norther culture and creativity! Northern fashion has a unique perspective: practical, fanciful, exotic, luxurious and always chic!
Leanne Goose, famed local musician, returns as our fashion show coordinator, aided by local designer (and past GNAF Executive Director) Billie Lennie and Inuvialuit Regional Corporation Communications Advisor Peggy Jay. It is sure to be an evening of fashion and beauty.
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