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Centre for Indigenous Education and Community Connections

Schedule of events

10am

• Lekwungen Traditional Dancers and singers performance at shore stage.

10:30am

• Welcome ceremony, traditional welcome and opening remarks on the shore stage
• Prayer

10:40am

• Traditional canoe landing protocol practice on the shore of the Esquimalt Lagoon led by Lekwungen (Songhees) Nation Elder Butch Dick

12pm noon

• Field stage opens for performances
  • Joyful Jiggers with Calvin Cairns and Ry Moran
  • Ribbon Skirt Dancers
  • Esquimalt singers and dancers
  • Red Buff
  • Karen Lee White & Friends
  • Ahousaht drummers and singers
• Traditional plant walks on Charlie's Trail along Colwood Creek with Cowichan Elder Kenneth Elliott

All day

• Canoe challenges
• Children’s field games
• Children's craft tent
• Frybread station
• Food trucks (food & beverages for purchase)
• Vendors market, partner displays and more!

3pm

• Closing ceremony

This event's schedule is subject to change