Originally Posted By friendofdd I confess my post was responding to Lisann. I also confess, CD, that, being an LPer, you are automatically a Disney Wizard.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Why, gee. I don't know what to say. Thanks. <--- secretly jumping up and down at the idea of actually being considered an "LP'er". Actually, that's what has me so nervous. I think I have my first case of *performance anxiety*. Da, da, da, dummmm.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 <<<I confess, I would love to. It is a charming little community. We've been there in our RV a number of times and throughly enjoy the state park.>>> I confess we are holding our first Big Time in over a hundred years there on Labor Day weekend, maybe next year friendofdd!
Originally Posted By friendofdd >>>I confess we are holding our first Big Time in over a hundred years there on Labor Day weekend, maybe next year friendofdd!<<< I confess I would like to know more about it, too. I was just a little tyke when the last one was held there and Mom wouldn't let me attend.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I confess a Big Time is where CA Indians come together from all over to celebrate and share our songs and dance. Since it's hard to find places to do this. Now most of them happen in state, county or city parks, so the general public is invtied to participate. We will have demonstrations during the day, along with dancing. We are building a traditional dance corral, most CA Indians danced in a roundhouse but being we are on the coast, we didn't need that kind of structure all year long, we would dance outside under the stars in a circular structure that had a brush fence all around with a small opening for people to come inside. Everyone sits around the dance floor and fire on tule. We will be doing this again. There will be 7 dance groups there representing Pomo, Miwok, Maidu, Yokuts and Mutsun and some other CA Indians. Our tribe (Mutsun) over 100 years ago hosted one of the largest Big Times in Nor Cal. Indians travels from all over to attend, it last for 2 weeks. You'd trade goods, meet mates, share song, dance and other traditionals. Well, we are finally able to bring this back. Our first Big Time in all those years will happen this Labor Day weekend. Our flyer doesn't look to hot on our website but here it is anyways... www.mutsunlanguage.com Here is also some good pictures of Big Times all over NorCal. <a href="http://www.calacademy.org/research/anthropology/tap/respix-calind.html" target="_blank">http://www.calacademy.org/rese arch/anthropology/tap/respix-calind.html</a>
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka I confess that this sounds so awesome and I really wish I could bring my kids to see it.
Originally Posted By LilliBelle I confess I can't sleep and I just bought a watch on QVC. I confess I turned off the tv and logged on to LP instead; it's cheaper. I confess to Lisann22 that Big Time sounds wonderful!
Originally Posted By friendofdd I confess it looks fascinating, Lisann. I've dropped in on a gathering at Window Rock, AZ and been to corn dance celebrations in the New Mexico pueblos.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I confess thanks friendofdd. I confess I stayed up way way way too late last night. I confess I need Starbucks to keep going today!
Originally Posted By iceknyght I confess I did grab a Starbucks this morning... I hope it kicks in soon...
Originally Posted By goofyang1 I confess that I'm also going to Big Time with Lisa, its gonna be fun! I confess I don't usually do a lot of our Tribal stuff, but when I do, I feel very good about being a Native American!
Originally Posted By wendebird I confess that I'm also going to Big Time with Lisa. I'm very excited!
Originally Posted By Mrs 2oon I confess that last night it took me 4 hours to complete 80 math homework problems. I also confess that this morning I realized that I only had to do the ODD numbered problems. There's two hours of my life I'll never get back again!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By pennyring I confess Jimmy Buffett said it best... "If necessity is the mother of invention Then I'd like to kill the guy who invented this The numbers come together in some kind of 3rd dimension A regular algebraic bliss. Let's start with something simple Like one and one ain't three And two plus two will never get you five There's fractions in my subtraction And X don't equal Y But my homework is bound to multiply Math sucks (math sucks) Math sucks (math sucks) I'd like to burn this textbook, I hate this stuff so much! Math sucks (math sucks) Math sucks (math sucks) Sometimes I think that I don't know that much--But math sucks!" And there are three more verses where that came from!
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka I wrote a song called "Geometry Sucks" in high school. My math teacher put it up on her bulletin board. LOL!
Originally Posted By trailsend I confess I'm having a Starbucks green tea frappaccino WITH whip cream right this very, very moment ºOº I confess if you read "one more reason my husband tocks" you'll know who brought me this delicious treat!!! ºOº
Originally Posted By trailsend I confess I'm licking the whipped cream off the straw right now . . . . ;-p ºOº
