MaryAnn Sundown has been a Cama-i favorite for years. At 92, she still wows the crowd. Here’s a little of the sweet lady from Scammon Bay with Upallret and Scammon Bay as well as a cameo appearance with Hooper Bay. Enjoy!
There are a couple of common denominators with each passing Cama-i Festival. One is Linda Curda who you see from time to time and keeps us all in line. But one guy, has been in the background making things happen and improving the event we have come to know and love– Pat DeSmet. Pat has been the driving force for lights and sound. The event we see today is far different than the one from when Pat started working with Cama-i in the middle 1980′s. Folks, that’s almost 30 years!! We offer our sincere gratitude for a job well done and hope to see him each year. We stop to thank him now though, as it is definitely time. We couldn’t have done it without you!!
There are ALOT of Ayaprun Photos!! So I have put as many as I can up online. Click here to see the photos!
The Upallret Dance group formed in 1993. Yur’aq is a sober cultural activity- support and teaching young people to be sober and proud of their culture. This year Upallret combined with Scammon Bay Dancers to double the fun! And to top it off, they bring crowd favorite, Queen of Cama-i Mary Ann Sundown to the stage.
Lepquinm Gumilgit Gagoadim Tsimshian Dancers is a mult-generational dance group formed in Anchorage in 2005. Their youngest member is 22 months and the eldest won’t share how old he is. They have traveled far and wide to share their culture [...]
Our Dance group is very excited to be performing her at Cama-i. We’ve been practicing and performing for 2 years. In the past there have been dance groups from our village, but they were not able to continue. Our village [...]
The Nunakauyarmiut Yurartiat – Toksook Bay Dancers were established in 1964 and have been keeping their traditions alive since then. They are led by Paul John and John Alirkar.
NANDA has been together for 7 years. They come to Cama-i from Port Townsend, Washington and are very excited to perform for the Cama-i Audience. They extend their gratitude to everyone who made their participation possible. As they say back [...]
The Caputnguaq Dance Group was one of the darlings of Cama-i 2011. The three young ones and the hilarious older folks made for a very entertaining performance. We can’t wait to see them again!! Thieir description– “These young people started [...]
In 2009 Cingarkaq Wallace and Myron Naneng brought a small group of Yup’ik Dancers to the Cama-i stage. Each year it has grown and this year this large group of BRHS students is very glad to share their work with [...]
As the web guy, I see the whole event, from start to finish. There was so much going on at the main stage that I never made it one time to the crafts tables!! Here are a few fun photos [...]
Another Cama-i first! The BRHS Cheerleading squad has never performed at Cama-i. Over the years cheerleading has become much more involved than standing along side and cheering for the home team. The sport has evolved to a dance/gymnastics type event [...]
The BRHS STEP team is part of the Bethel Regional High School JROTC Program. The team has two parts– the High School group and the Junior High group. Thanks for your work students!!
The Delta Illusion Dance Co. has been dancing together for about four years now and have traveled all over the United States. Our team consists of Justis Geerdts 11, Zoe Decosta 11, Tierney McCormick 11, Tamryn Hodge 12, and Brittney [...]
Aataqun is a Cook Inlet Tribal Council high school dance group from Anchorage. The group is joined by instructors Valerie Tony, Alfred Buster, and Gordon Iya. The group performs dances from many of the areas of the State including Inupiaq, [...]
From Alarnermiut - Alakanak Dancers– “Our Yup’ik Traditional Dancers strive to continue our heritage passed on to us by our ancestors, lead by our Elders. We honor all our leaders and traditions and are honored to use and pass on to [...]
Mountain Village Dancers have been dancing for many years. They are a crowd favorite and never fail to entertain the crowd. We welcome them again to Cama-i!! Group Description- “We are a mix of dancers, some of who have been [...]
Welcome to Yup’ik Immersion School Kindergarten to Second Grade. Class Teachers- Ayaprun Loddie Jones – K Angass’aq Sally Samson – K Naniruar Carol Oulton – 1st Arnagulluk Janet Westlake -1st
The Hmong Lions are a dance group from Anchorage. The Hmong people are from the mountainous from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. This group of young people showcases several of the dances from their region. We are [...]
Sunday, March 27th 12:30 p.m. Doors Open 12:55 Relighting the Flame 1:00-1:10 Alakanuk Dancers 1:10-1:40 Toksook Bay Dancers 1:40-2:00 Alakanuk Dancers return to the stage 2:00-2:30 Hmong Lion Dancers 2:30-3:00 Mt. Village Dancers 3:00-3:30 Chefornak Dancers 3:30-3:45 BRHS [...]
The Bethel Regional High School ROTC program has been a success since the beginning. It has won National awards for its performance. This year the program adds a Rifle team to the offerings. The students did very well and were [...]
What a night we have had a Cama-i 2011. We have just had a very powerful evening of Prayer, Drums, Memoriam, and topped off with a stellar performance of Nonda! Will be posting the photos, but it has been a [...]
Mekoryuk has struggled with Yur’aq for the last several years. In a small community it sometimes is hard to agree on small things. We are excited to see them back with a vibrant group of youngsters that hopefully will continue [...]
For some of these kids, this will be their last dance. It is sad to see them go. Great Job Kids!!
And here come the ME School First Grade kids. Ruth and Emma did a fine job with these kids!
Ruth Evon has been the ME School Yupik teacher for what seems like forever. Ruth and sidekick Emma Wright bring you the Mikelnguut Elitnaurvait Dance groups for Cama-i. You will see rabbit skins on some of the photos. It is [...]
We had a bit of technical difficulty this morning. Sorry! Stream is back online. My apologies…
Always a crowd pleaser, the Hooper Bay Dancers had a great time with the crowd. Hooper Bay is on the Bering Sea coast and you can tell from the songs they sing, that the sea is a big part of [...]
