Articles tagged with: Adrienne Smoke

• Powwow held on Campus Sept.7

  Sunday, September 09, 2012 | By Brock University

  

  Adrienne Smoke. Photo By: DK Martin

  (Source: The Brock News, Monday, August 27, 2012 | by Tiffany Mayer)

  Students, staff and Niagara residents were invited to start their school year off to the beat of a different drum.

  The Student Justice Centre hosted a powwow on Friday, Sept. 7 in Jubilee Court to celebrate the fall harvest in partnership with the Tecumseh Centre for Aboriginal Research and Education, Aboriginal Student Services and Brock University Students’ Union.

  The event featured inter-tribal drumming and dance demonstrations, and opportunities for audience members to participate in traditional dancing.

  “It’s a gathering to celebrate life and be thankful as well as to hang out with old friends and make new ones,” said Adrienne Smoke, a third-year drama student, who came up with the idea for the event. “Powwows are about sharing our culture to help educate people about the current native people not the ancient ones we read about in old outdated textbooks.”

  This free event also featured a barbecue, vegetarian options and samples of traditional food, such as three sisters soup, corn bread and strawberry juice. The Brock farmers market was also held during the powwow.

  Doors opened at 10 a.m. with the grand entry happening at noon. Closing ceremonies were at 3:30 p.m.

  For more information or to participate as a dancer, drummer or vendor, email the Student Justice Centre, visit them online or call 905-688-5550, ext. 6325.

  Tags: Aboriginal Student Services, Adrienne Smoke, BUSU, powwow, student justice centre, Tecumseh Centre for Aboriginal Research and Education, The Brock News
  Categories: Current Students, In the Media, News

• A truly exciting weekend for the Drama in Education /Applied Theatre concentration at the CODE Conference in Collingwood.

  Wednesday, November 02, 2011 | By Brock University

  Faculty and students of the Drama in Education /Applied Theatre concentration had a truly exciting weekend at the Council of Ontario Drama and Dance Educators Conference (CODE), which took place October 21-23, 2011 at Blue Mountain, Collingwood.

  Adrienne Smoke, a second year student in the Concentration in Theatre Praxis, attended the conference as an invited artist.  She and dub-poet Greg Frankson opened the Conference with a performance: she drummed them in–thus beginning the conference–followed by a dance, and then provided a drum accompaniment to Greg’s poem performance.  She also gave a workshop for teachers, some of whom presented an excerpt of a Shawl Dance as part of the final evenings’ performance.

  Alex Kazam, a third year DART student was the conference MC, wandering magician, “gentil animateur” and overall conference figure, “Jack-out-of-the-box” (the theme was on REACH–beyond the classroom, with a visual of getting out of a box…).

  Part-time faculty Suzanne Burchell and Helen Zdriluk participated with projects in the 4-hour poster presentation on community-school outreach projects, which was followed by later, in-depth discussion sessions.  Part-time faculty Carolee Mason and full-time faculty Glenys McQueen Fuentes both delivered workshops to teachers.  Helen Zdriluk convened and organized a group of 10 DIE/AT students as very well-appreciated conference volunteers.

  Congratulations for a successful weekend at CODE!

  Tags: Adrienne Smoke, Alex Kazam, Carolee Mason, CODE, drama in education, Glenys McQueen Fuentes, Greg Frankson, Helen Zdriluk, Suzanne Burchell
  Categories: News