how many grassers like to use whip sticks when danceing

[cherokee_grassdance9]

so i hace seen a few grassers in the missourie/ oklahoma powwow trail use whiping sticks.how many of you all like using thoughs or other hand held stuff such as fans :?????: i preffer not holding anything when grass dancing.

[the-grass-punk]

for the poll you should of put in to a hoop cause i use a sweet grass hope wheni dance

[ABgrassdancer]

Fan user

i live in canada and i like to use a fan better. but i never tried using a stick( mayb i will try it sometime)

[o_styo_jngl]

the grassdancers used to carry sticks when i was little....i havent seen anybody use em in a long time tho. as for whips, only certain ppl can carry those.

[ndnsooner]

I usually don't carry anything at all when I dance. On occassion I will break out my eagle wing fan....

[Santee_Grassdancer]

I prefer to carry nothing, but ive seen some carry whip sticks like joe lafferty. I have also seen Richard Street carry a hoop.

[sookout sh'nob]

I dance with a pair of sticks that look like real fancy rice knockers - the scientists say that wild rice is a grass and not a grain, so i figured what the heck anyhow - let's have some grass on the water.

I don't know where those whip sticks come from, Oklahoma I guessed, but i have a set in my basement that my daughter plays with. When I fancy dance I have one of those big flute looking whistles and a drop fan. Man, I love drop fans. I grass dance with a couple sometimes too - it's a real good motivator to keep those elbow up!

[SuzzeQ4]

I teach a dance class for ndn children to learn thier traditional dances. The boys find it easier while learning to carry nothing, & then have a sweetgrass hoop or stick when they are more expierenced.
Hope this helps.
Suzze

[ToTGrassDancer]

I dance with two small hoops in one hand and a fan in the other hand. while i dance i do small little tricks with the two hoops. it gets attention. I just made them so I don't know if the attention is negative or positive yet.

[WhoMe]

so i hace seen a few grassers in the missourie/ oklahoma powwow trail use whiping sticks.how many of you all like using thoughs.

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Heck cherokee,

I kinda prefer carrying a bull whip and cattle prod!


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[mato witko]

ive always wanted to carry a fan but idk i kinda like moving my arms an hands around,plus i dont know where i can get a nice fan

[cherokee_grassdance9]

lol i was so young when I wrote that... was still in middle school hahaha If I remember correctly, I had seen someone carrying whip sticks and I am used to certain people having various sticks just never fancy style :/ but yeah had I thought of it at the time I woulda listed all the good stuff fans, horse tail sticks (only certain people carry those that I know of), hoops.... buh! haha I am 22 now this is like a memory thread!

[cherokee_grassdance9]

ive always wanted to carry a fan but idk i kinda like moving my arms an hands around,plus i dont know where i can get a nice fan

I am working on my new fan with a beaded handle and all the dowels will be beaded... if your looking for good fan superior regalia on facebook and walela 49... also there is a group on facebook called powwow trade 'n' shop http://www.facebook.com/groups/154116061306841/ they have a lot of different people who sell/ buy anything from fans to entire outfits to even drums and stick sets

[Toolbox]

I dug this thread out... I was going through and answering polls and it then sends it back to the top again.

[cherokee_grassdance9]

for sure lol