{"id":6941,"global_id":"www.crazycrow.com\/site?id=6941","global_id_lineage":["www.crazycrow.com\/site?id=6941"],"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2016-08-05 03:28:34","date_utc":"2016-08-05 03:28:34","modified":"2019-02-13 18:50:33","modified_utc":"2019-02-13 18:50:33","url":"https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/event\/running-water-powwow-cherokee-homecoming\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/6941","title":"Running Water Powwow Cherokee Homecoming","description":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:-20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h1 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px;\">2019 Running Water Powwow Cherokee Homecoming and Ripe Corn Festival<\/h1>\n<div class=\"rating-container\" align=\"right\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;\">Rate This Event<\/h4>\n<table class=\"rw-rating-table rw-ltr rw-no-labels\"><tr><td><nobr>&nbsp;<\/nobr><\/td><td><div class=\"rw-ui-container rw-class-blog-post rw-urid-10\"><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\n<p>Experience the 30th Annual Running Water Powwow Cherokee Homecoming &amp; Ripe Corn Festival on August 31 &#8211; September 1, 2019 at Ridge Ferry Park in Rome, Georgia. Join the hundreds of powwow participants: dancers, storytellers, craftsmen, and vendors who are heading back to to Ridge Ferry Park on Riverside Parkway during the Labor Day weekend to take part in the annual Running Water Powwow. More than 50 arts and crafts vendors will be setting up tents and selling and demonstrating their crafts over the course of the weekend. Craftsmen will be showing how they made weapons the old ways, flute-making, and doing beadwork. Food vendors will also be serving up good eats like Indian fry bread, corn on the cob, buffalo burgers and more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-aligncenter\" style=\"--awb-max-width:800px;--awb-max-height:492px;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:61.5%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4nXCJBJEhsk?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"800\" height=\"492\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px;\">Running Water Powwow Cherokee Homecoming &amp; Ripe Corn Festival<\/h3>\n<p>Naturally, the highlight of the Running Water Powwow weekend festivities is always the dance competition, exhibition and intertribal dancing as more than 125 dancers in full dance regalia are expected to participate in inter-tribal dancing. The dancing starts with a \u201cGrand Entry\u201d parade bringing all the dancers to the arena at 1 p.m. both days.<\/p>\n<p>Bring yourself and bring your family to this great family-friendly Running Water Powwow and have a great Labor Day Weekend. If you loose the dates, just remember, it&#8217;s always the Saturday and Sunday before Labor Day!<\/p>\n<p><strong>ADMISSION:<\/strong><br \/>\nAge 13 to 64 $ 8.00<br \/>\nAge 12 and under FREE<br \/>\nAge 65 and over FREE<br \/>\nWeekend Pass $ 12.00<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOURS of OPERATION:<\/strong><br \/>\nSaturday 10:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M.<br \/>\nGrand Entry at 1:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M.<br \/>\nSunday 10:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.<br \/>\nGrand Entry at 1:00 P.M.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Powwow Head Staff<\/strong><br \/>\nMC: To Be Announced<br \/>\nHeadman Dancer: To Be Announced<br \/>\nHeadLady Dancer: To Be Announced<br \/>\nHost Drum: To Be Announced<br \/>\nArena Director: To Be Announced<br \/>\nEntertainment: To Be Announced<br \/>\nColor Guard: To Be Announced<br \/>\nFlint Knapping: To Be Announced<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Running-Water-Powwow-Cherokee-Homecoming-10-1000x667.jpg\" alt=\"Running Water Powwow Cherokee Homecoming &amp; Ripe Corn Festival\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34832\" style=\"margin-top:20px; margin-bottom:20px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Running-Water-Powwow-Cherokee-Homecoming-10-1000x667-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Running-Water-Powwow-Cherokee-Homecoming-10-1000x667-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Running-Water-Powwow-Cherokee-Homecoming-10-1000x667-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Running-Water-Powwow-Cherokee-Homecoming-10-1000x667-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Running-Water-Powwow-Cherokee-Homecoming-10-1000x667-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Running-Water-Powwow-Cherokee-Homecoming-10-1000x667-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Running-Water-Powwow-Cherokee-Homecoming-10-1000x667.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>$6,000 Competition Dance Prizes<\/strong><br \/>\nAge 50 And Over: Men&#8217;s Golden Age<br \/>\nAge 17 To 49: Men&#8217;s Straight, Traditional, Fancy, Grass<br \/>\nAge 7 To 16 Boy&#8217;s Straight, Traditional, Fancy, Grass<br \/>\nAge 6 And Under: Boy&#8217;s Tiny Tots<br \/>\nAge 50 And Over: Women&#8217;s Golden Age<br \/>\nAge 17 To 49: Women&#8217;s Buckskin, Cloth, Fancy Shawl, Jingle Dress<br \/>\nAge 7 To 16: Girl&#8217;s Buckskin, Cloth, Fancy Shawl, Jingle Dress<br \/>\nAge 6 And Under: Girl&#8217;s Tiny Tots<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong><br \/>\nRidge Ferry Park<br \/>\n363 Riverside Pkwy NE<br \/>\nRome, GA 30161<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More Information<\/strong><br \/>\nJessi Mantooth 706-584-6748<br \/>\nCathy Stout 706-766-1616<br \/>\nTrudy Dobson 706-879-8257<\/p>\n<p><strong>Host Motel:<\/strong><br \/>\nDays Inn of Rome<br \/>\n840 Turner McCall Blvd<br \/>\n706-295-0400<\/p>\n<p>Mark your calendar today so you don&#8217;t miss the next Running Water Powwow Cherokee Homecoming and Ripe Corn Festival on Labor Day Weekend at Ridge Ferry Park in Rome, Georgia.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Running-Water-Powwow-Cherokee-Homecoming-11-1000x667.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34833\" style=\"margin-top:20px; margin-bottom:20px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Running-Water-Powwow-Cherokee-Homecoming-11-1000x667-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Running-Water-Powwow-Cherokee-Homecoming-11-1000x667-300x200.jpg 300w, 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