Community News

PAVILION AREA:

11:00 – 11:30 AM – Opening Ceremony and Blessing Chief Chuck DeMund will conduct a blessing and provide the public with an introduction to the Lenape Nation and the relationship to Chief Tamanend.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM – Music by Jim Beer Jim is a Lenape musician who is well known in Native American music circles and who has produced several CD’s of traditional and originally composed Lenape music.

12:00 & 1:00 PM – Farmhouse Tour Tours will be given by Jim Day, Southampton Historical Society.

12:30 – 3:00 PM – Dance Circle The dancing will begin with the traditional entry of the dancers (in regalia). Dances throughout the day will include traditional men’s and women’s dances, a variety of intertribal dances in which the public is encouraged to participate.

ALL DAY ACTIVITIES:

STORYTELLING by Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania

KNAPPING – Flint tool demonstration by Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania

HANDS-ON ARTIFACT DISPLAY & CHILDREN’S GAMES by Shelley DePaul

BEADING by Ellie

PENN-TAMMANY

GREENWAY COALITION CARRIAGE HOUSE/PARK OFFICE AREA:

CRAFTS – butterfly and raccoon crafts by Upper Southampton Parks and Recreation

BIRD FEEDER CRAFT by Upper Southampton Parks and Recreation

PETTING ZOO TRAIN DISPLAY by Southampton Railroad Society

FACE PAINTING by Upper Southampton Parks and Recreation

FREE PONY RIDES FROM 12:00 – 3:00 PM

LOTS OF VENDORS – FOOD FOR PURCHASE