Showing posts with label Yellow Bird Dancers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yellow Bird Dancers. Show all posts

Monday, November 7, 2016

A great weekend

The days seem to just be moving on with me in tow; with me trailing behind trying to keep up. I really did accomplish a few things this weekend
The Hairpin Lace scarf is finished. Another gift waiting to be mailed. So far I am getting these Christmas items ready and will be on time with my plans. Well, almost------Mr H and I went to the Litchfield Park Festival on Saturday and although we enjoyed ourselves there were 2 vendors that we usually buy from who were not there. Very disappointing. But we did find
 a new artist, Greg Kyle, and bought this beautiful watercolor print from him. It is called Hopi Roots. It depicts the Hopi women whose legs are the roots of the earth....that they are Mother Earth. I feel in love with it the minute I saw it.
Simply matted and framed it looks very nice on my Southwest Wall. I also found a little something for the special box I am making to send to someone special, so I can not show it yet. We really enjoyed seeing Tony Duncan and his beautiful family perform again. If you would like to see his 5 year old son Naiche perform the Hoop Dance, check this link out. His 3 year old daughter Tanis also performed  and they are just too wonderful.  I love his music. His beautiful wife Violet has a new book....
I now have both of her books. They are well written and illustrated.  The first book was about her growing up and now this is about Naiche learning to Hoop Dance. A beautiful family. We began to get tired and it was warm and we were hungry, so we did not satay for the entire performance this time. This week I will begin to plan and organize the Stitch at Home Challenge from SNAD, which I posted about here. The ideas have been in my head so it is time to sketch them out and begin the project. Deadline is January.  The laundry is spinning and I finished my coffee. Now I need to get to CVS for prescriptions that are ready. It is always nice to chat with you...thank you for stopping by and for your friendship and kind words. Have a great day.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

More about the festival

I have posted about Yellow Bird before..... I never tire of seeing them perform and listening to their songs and stories. The Duncan family ...Tony is a marvelous hoop dancer, his wife Violet is simply beautiful and the little girls are just adorable.
Much has been written about Tony and The Yellow Bird Dancers------to see and hear them is the best. Performing along with Tony is Darrin Yazzie on guitar. Darren is from the Tabaaha and Navajo Nations, can make the guitar sooth your soul also accompanies Tony on flute.
 Tony Duncan
Another performer with Tony is Lowery Begay of the Dine Nation (Navajo). He is wonderful to watch with the Hoop Dancing...

His dress is magnificent and he is impressive.  If you are getting the impression that I am taken with these performers...you are correct. Tomorrow I will tell you about Violet and her wonderful book. Now, if you are still with me, I will tell you that I hope to stitch today....and finish page one for Red Riding Hood. I am also hoping to get some sewing done...the magic word for today is "hope". The temps are expected to be in the low 80's, a perfect sit outside day. So much more relaxing to stitch out in the back yard...with the hummingbird hovering about and the listing to the water sounds from our small pond...yes, think it will be a good day. Glad you stopped in and hope you will have a great day.