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Santa has abandoned his traditional schedule to make an unseasonal visit to Imperial Beach CA to preside over the Annual Pow Wow By The Sea event with sage, sweetgrass tobacco and cedar on Dec 18-19 according to Jeffery Jackson, principal and chief facilitator for the event. He explains.”One World Bridge” an educational non-profit was planning to hold their 16th Annual Pow Wow by the Sea on Father’s Day Weekend in June, 2021 but due to the pandemic had to be canceled for the second year in a row because of the beach closings.
The beach opened up later in the summer and the City of Imperial Beach asked One World Bridge to hold a Pow Wow before the end of the year. So the POW WOW committee decided to have the first annual “Christmas Pow Wow by the Sea on Dec. 18-19, 2021.
Jackson aspires to keep the Native Indigenous culture at the fore front of the gathering. The Pow Wow is traditional with day money for the dancers and will serve a dinner to the dancers-drummers and the public attending.
The event will have a Tiny Tot Dance Give Away (toys for all children), storytellers, sandcastle sculpture, decorated tee pee and traditional teachings by academy award winning Randy Edmonds as the MC.
This year pow wow will be honoring the “Soaring Eagles” a youth group learning native dances and their culture.
For more information: See flyer in this Nov. edition 619-708-7858 or grassdancer7@yahoo.com
Note: One World Bridge will be having their annual Father’s Day pow wow next June 2022.
“Christmas Pow Wow by the Sea” will be held at the same place Pier Plaza on Seacoast Ave.
