Story last updated at 5/29/2008 - 11:01 am
CELEBRATION 2008 - Event schedule
Wednesday, June 4
10 a.m.-4 p.m., dance group registration and general admissionticket sales, Centennial Hall lobby.
4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m., juried art show opening ceremony, Juneau Arts & Culture Center.
Thursday, June 5
7:30 a.m.-noon, breakfast sales, ANB Hall kitchen.
7:30 a.m., dance group registration, Centennial Hall lobby.
8 a.m.-9:30 a.m., Grand Entrance, ANB Hall to Centennial Hall.
9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., welcome ceremony, Centennial Hall, main stage.
11:30 a.m., panoramic photo (weather permitting), Centennial Hall lawn.
noon-5 p.m., lunch sales, ANB Hall kitchen.
noon-6 p.m., DNA testing research, Centennial Hall lobby.
noon-8 p.m., juried art show, Juneau Arts & Culture Center.
noon-8 p.m., Native Artist Market, Juneau Arts & Culture Center.
noon-9:30 p.m., dance performances, ANB Hall and Centennial Hall.
1-4 p.m., language workshops: open house, Centennial Hall, Hickel Room.
4-5 p.m., author lecture and book signing: Nora and Dr. Richard Dauenhauer, Centennial Hall, Hickel Room.
5 p.m., entrance deadline for seaweed, Centennial Hall, info booth.
5-9 p.m., dinner sales, ANB Hall kitchen.
6-8 p.m., artist lecture: Steve Brown, Centennial Hall, Hickel Room.
6:30-8 p.m., black seaweed contest judging, Juneau Arts & Culture Center.
8-9 p.m., research lecture: Dr. Brian Kemp and Kari Schroeder, Centennial Hall, Hickel Room.
Friday, June 6
7:30 a.m.-noon, breakfast sales, ANB Hall kitchen.
8 a.m.-noon, children's group performances, Centennial Hall and ANB Hall.
8 a.m.-6 p.m., DNA testing research, Centennial Hall lobby.
8 a.m.-8 p.m., juried art show, Juneau Arts & Culture Center.
8 a.m.-8 p.m., Native Artist Market, Juneau Arts & Culture Center.
8 a.m.-9:30 p.m., dance performances, ANB Hall and Centennial Hall.
8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m., soapberry contest judging, Juneau Arts & Culture Center.
10 a.m.-noon, language workshops: half-hour introductory classes, Centennial Hall, Hickel Room.
noon-5 p.m., lunch sales, ANB Hall kitchen.
1-5 p.m., language workshops: one-hour beginning classes, Centennial Hall, Hickel Room.
5-9 p.m., dinner sales, ANB Hall kitchen.
6-8 p.m., artist lecture: Clarissa Hudson and Donna Foulke, Centennial Hall, Hickel Room.
6:30 p.m., black seaweed and soapberry winners announced, Centennial Hall, main stage.
Saturday, June 7
7:30 a.m.-noon, breakfast sales, ANB Hall kitchen.
8:30 -11 a.m., parade (rain or shine), Mount Roberts Tramway to Centennial Hall.
11 a.m.-noon, author lecture and book signing: Dr. Thomas Thornton, Centennial Hall, Hickel Room.
11 a.m.- 3:30 p.m., dance performances, ANB Hall.
11 a.m.-6 p.m., DNA testing research, Centennial Hall lobby.
11 a.m.-6 p.m., juried art show, Juneau Arts & Culture Center.
11 a.m.-6 p.m., Native Artist Market, Juneau Arts & Culture Center.
11 a.m.-8:30 p.m., dance performances, Centennial Hall.
11 a.m., alternate panoramic photo, Centennial Hall lawn.
noon-5 p.m., lunch sales, ANB Hall kitchen.
1-5 p.m., language workshops: demos, Centennial Hall, Hickel Room.
2-3 p.m., toddler regalia review, Centennial Hall, main stage.
8:30-9 p.m., closing ceremony, Centennial Hall, main stage.
9-10 p.m., Grand Exit, Centennial Hall, main stage.
Lectures
Thursday, 4-5 p.m., Hickel Room, Nora and Dr. Richard Dauenhauer, authors, "Anóoshi Lingít Aaní Ká: Russians in Tlingit America, The Battles of Sitka 1802 and 1804" (followed by a book signing).
Thursday, 6-8 p.m., Hickel Room, Steve Brown, artist, "Where It All Comes From: Northern Northwest Coast Art Styles of the 18th and 19th Centuries - Ancient Roots."
Thursday, 8-9 p.m., Hickel Room, Dr.Brian M. Kemp and Kari B. Schroeder, researchers, "DNA: Researching Relationships Among Indigenous Populations."
Friday, 6-8 p.m., Hickel Room, Clarissa Hudson and Donna Foulke, artists, "We Wear Our History: Northwest Coast Regalia Stories."
Saturday, 11 a.m.-noon, Hickel Room, Dr. Thomas Thornton, author, "Being and Place Among the Tlingit" (followed by a book signing).
Language Workshops
Thursday, 1-4 p.m., Hickel Room, open house.
Friday, 10 a.m.-noon, Hickel Room, half-hour introductory classes, Lingít, Xaad kíl, Shmalgyack.
Friday, 1-5 p.m., Hickel Room, one-hour beginning classes, Lingít, Xaad kíl, Shmalgyack.
Saturday, 1-5 p.m., Hickel Room, language project demonstrations:
Tlingit/Haida elementary curriculum
Tlingit/Haida/Tsimshian dictionary project
High school heritage language curriculum
Tlingit/Haida basketball camps
Taking photographs at Celebration: Photographers and videographers are required to register with Sealaska Heritage Institute to show knowledge of Tlingit property rights, including legal uses of photographic images of clan items.

