Jul 29, 2015 | Acting Out and Musical Chairs, Adventures of Rear-Mirror Rissy, North Tide, Tlingit Culture Accentuated |
Retired Juneau police officer Ben Coronell allows Grandma Suzi to sit on his lap, while his wife Penny laughs along with everyone else
Sharon Shorty is Grandma Suzi and her comedian partner is Duane Gastant’ Aucoin as Cache Creek Charlie. They both live in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. These photos were taken during the last feast during the 3-day “HaaKusTeYea” Celebration at the Teslin Cultural Center. Generally, I write a dialogue to accompany the photographs in my blog posts. In this case, I just let the photographs speak for themselves. All I can say is that not only were the comedians totally outlandish, and I laughed hard till I cried, I totally enjoyed watching the “victims” laugh like had never seen them laugh! Grandma Suzi and Cache Creek Charlie are excellent medicine. If they ever come to your neck of the woods or you go to theirs, catch them!
It was a good feeling to see our Tsimpshian carver David Boxley, Sr. laugh as hard as he did — and we laughed to will cried…!
Alias Duane Gastant’ Aucoin and Sharon Shorty from Whitehorse, Yukon are Charlie and Suzi
David dances the “grouse mating dance” while Grandma Suzi can’t contain herself…!
The “grouse” chases after his chosen “mate.”
the audience laughed as long and as hard as they…!
Creek Charlie pulled fashion designer Dorothy Grant up from her chair and made her get on her back like a rag doll and exclaimed “I am wearing Dorothy Grant…” (as opposed to “I am wearing A Dorthy Grant!”
Jul 15, 2014 | Adventures of Rear-Mirror Rissy, Class Act, North Tide, Tlingit Culture Accentuated, Uncategorized |
The sandblox at the Atlin Music Festival was the same size as last year, but it seems this year it was the main hot spot at any given part of the day with at least 50 young children of toddlers up to 10 years old
Atlin Tlingit Louise Gordon is a co-founding member of the Atlin Music Festival. This is the second consecutive year she has invited indigenous Ravenstail and Chilkat weavers to demonstrate our traditional weaving styles at the Atlin Music Festival. Atlin is located in the upper part of British Columbia, Canada, just on the Northeastern side of the mountains from Juneau, Alaska. Click here for more info on the annual music festival in beautiful Atlin, B.C.
Sharon Shorty and Marge Baufeld demonstrate Ravenstail and Chilkat weaving in the Artists’ Tent at the Atlin Music Festival, Atlin, B.C.
Gunalcheesh, Louise Gordon for inviting us to demonstrate our weaving traditions at the Atlin Music Festival !
The Atlin Music Festival’s Campsite Specs has its sense of humor designating the quiet campers to the left of the sign and the noisy campers to the right!
I just loved this sign: “quiet, family, relax, zen, sleep peacefully…camp on the left of this sign” and those of your who are “loud, noisy, party, music, late hours…camp to the right of this sign…!”
There is the place for campers and RVs, then there’s the “Tent City” with a fabulous view!
I never really appreciated outdoor music festivals until this year…! Like down in Colorado, we’ve got them everywhere in almost every little town and big towns…it’s the norm; kids grow up with this kind of culture. I didn’t,…alas, I grew up in a rainforest where we could not count on a sunny day to plan something way ahead of time like an outdoor concert much less a day of picking berries without a raincoat!
