Valentine’s Gourd Dance & Powwow
Thursday - February 23, 2017 by Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Co-Head Gourd Dancers Tom Alires (second from left) and Lyndreth Wall (second from right) along with other gourd dancers, dance during the Valentine’s Gourd Dance & Social Powwow hosted by the Four Corners Gourd Dance Society, Saturday, Feb. 11 in the Southern Ute Multi-Purpose Facility. Ramon Yazzie was the Host Gourd Drum.
Jimmy Washington Jr., gourd dances during the afternoon session of songs in the Multi-Purpose Facility, prior to supper break and the social powwow.
Dr. James Jefferson.
Flanked by Co-Head Gourd Dancer Tom Alires and son Kiefer, Co-Head Gourd Dancer Lyndreth Wall dance together during the afternoon gourd dance session.
Julia Mirabal and her granddaughter dance together during an inter-tribal.
Miss Ute Mountain Ute Talia Whyte.
Tiny tot, Shayne Roubideaux dances one of the inter-tribals during the social powwow.
The youth took to the Multi-Purpose floor during one of many inter-tribal dances held throughout the evening.
Many participated in the back-to-back round dances during the social powwow. Dance specials and raffles were part of the evenings events.
Jr. Miss Southern Alexandria Roubideaux and Southern Ute Brave Dominick Howe GoodTracks make their introductions during the social powwow.
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: courtesy Tom Alires
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