Annual Thunder on the Beach PowWow

This powwow is usually a good one but due to some scheduling conflicts it wasn’t the same. The powwow is usually held under the Agriculture Pavilion but a Dog Show was being held there at the same time so it was moved out onto the grassy field. The dance arena was also made smaller and there was not as many vendors this year either. My friends were the Head Man and Head Lady dancers so I decided to come down and support them.
There were 3 Native American drums this year, two from here in Florida and one from North Carolina. They travelled a long way to get out of the cold and snow. I can’t blame them for that. While some of the songs that were being sung were not familiar to me, I did my best to keep up with the beat (Yes, I do dance at powwows). I
The only major downside to this powwow was who they chose to be Emcee. He said a lot of things deemed «too political» for a powwow setting where we are supposed to be sharing the culture and not putting down other countries, or stating to vets that it’s «their fault» we have our freedom. Poor choice of words.
I’m sure that this event will be better next year once these things get straightened out.