GON head staff and Midnight special

[NanGrand]

i heard they passed out posters at Mohegan this weekend
head man Jaz Bearstail
head lady Tawny Hale

head so drum judge Nashoba Simmons

anyone know what who else???

[kiiyaaniiasdzaa]

Not yet

Sorry, I have not yet seen the flyer! That's cool Tawny and Jaz got chosen, they both tear up the arena.

[ccreek10]

Head Man: Jazz Bearstail, New Town, ND
Head Lady: Tawny Hale, Pico Rivera, CA
Head Young Man: Marshall Funmaker, Suttons Bay, MI
Head Young Lady: DeCora Hawk, Rapid City, SD
Head Northern Drum Judge: Terry St. John, Minneapolis, MN
Head Southern Drum Judge: Nashoba Simmons, Miami, OK
Arena Directors: Randy Medicine Bear, Lovington, CO
George "Cricket" Shields, Shawnee, OK
Announcers: Sammy "Tonkei" White, Anadarko, OK
Dennis Bowen, Sr., Tuba City, AZ
Vince Beyl, Bemidji, MN
(Guest MC): Ruben Little Head, Lame Deer, MT
(Roving Host): Jason WhiteHouse, Madison Hts., MI
Invited Drums: Young Bird, Pawnee, OK
Northern Cree, Saddle Lake, Alberta Canada
Eya-Hey Nakoda, Morley, Alberta, Canada
Southern Outlaws, Shiprock, NM
The Boyz, Minneapolis, MN
Host Gourd Dance Drum: Zotigh Singers, Albuquerque, NM
Miss Indian Wlorld 2005: Cassie Thomas, Lawtons, NY
Midnight Special: Men vs. Womens Smoke Dance
Head Staff Special Contests: Men's Fancy
Women's Fancy
Teen Boy's Traditional
Teen Girl's Traditional
Hand Drum Contest: 3 person (2 men 1 woman or 2 women 1 man)
Dr. Lita Mathews Long Hair Contest

[AEn8ive_kita]

Wow!

Sounds like GON is going to be a good one... Tawny and Jazz... that is so cool! And Southern Outlawz is invited! Yay!!! lol... but its going to be a good one for sure!

[injunboy]

hola, thats a nice head staff.

terry st. john as drum judge is cool.

[BurBz]

Invited Drums:
Eya-Hey Nakoda, Morley, Alberta, Canada

WOOOHOOO!!

My fave drum is Invited this year!! RIGHT ON BROS!!!

[NanGrand]

save me a seat! i'll be there!

who else?

[itsmebadoink]

what is the admission? any host hotel?

[LiLT206]

BT'S GOING!!! yaaaaaaay!!

[smoke_dancer_20]

Miss Indian Wlorld 2005: Cassie Thomas, Lawtons, NY
Midnight Special: Men vs. Womens Smoke Dance
.....now this sounds like a good reason to come on down that way!!!EH!......i wanna be there so bad.....right around my birthday,...well maybe!!!

[records_all_drumz]

Looks pretty good and I hate to be hatin, but;

Why did they choose Nashoba Simmons as Head Southern Drum Judge? Does he have knowledge of southern singing? or it don't matter he just collect the ballots and turn them in to the tabulators.

Will he select his own judges or does the committee select the judges.

If he basically just gets the ballots and hands them over to the tabulators then it don't matter. Otherwise I would get a singer with more knowledge. A singer who may not attend otherwise, like: J Kemble, Joe Fish, Lloyd Gwin, etc....

I'm not hatin just wonderin out loud, this is a forum eh?

[itsmebadoink]

Looks pretty good and I hate to be hatin, but;

Why did they choose Nashoba Simmons as Head Southern Drum Judge? Does he have knowledge of southern singing? or it don't matter he just collect the ballots and turn them in to the tabulators.

Who is he? never heard of him!

[Huronndn]

he does sing

i know that nashoba use to sing with young bird, so he has to know a few things

[ndnsooner]

Why bash Nashoba? He is a good dancer and singer. He can sing Southern or Northern. I believe that if GoN staff thinks enough of him to ask him to be their head southern judge, that he deserves that opportunity.

[NanGrand]

Here is a novel idea. Maybe they thought he'd be fair

Why bash Nashoba? He is a good dancer and singer. He can sing Southern or Northern. I believe that if GoN staff thinks enough of him to ask him to be their head southern judge, that he deserves that opportunity.

I agree with you!

He doesn't drink or party so maybe they think he'll take care of business, be fair in his selection of judges (choose young and old judges).

I remember when he was a kid in cali and set up his own drum at pow wows with other youngsters.

It appears to me like GoN is looking toward recognizing some of our young folks this year... with Jaz and Tawny as well as Nashoba, good for them.