Project HOOP - National Gathering 2006: The Second Half

Schedule of Events

WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 23

Travels and Arrival

6:00-7:00 Informal Reception
Westwood Hotel Lounge


THURSDAY - AUGUST 24

DAY 1

8:00-8:45 Breakfast
The Westwood on Wilshire Hotel

8:50-9:00 Shuttle Service to MacGowan Hall, UCLA from Hotel

9:00-9:30 Coffee, Tea, and Personal Introductions
2310C MacGowan Hall

9:30-10:00 Welcome, Project HOOP introduction, and Purpose of Gathering
Project HOOP Co-founder Professor Hanay Geiogamah

10:00-11:50 Youth Theater in Tribal Communities: The Viejas Summer Workshop, They Call Me Miguel
2330 MacGowan Hall
Presenters: Angelique MidThunder and Richard Rodriguez (Barona)

11:50-12:00 Commentary
Professor Pat Melody, Haskell Indian Nations University

12:00-1:15 Lunch and Networking
MacGowan Hall Plaza

1:15-3:00 Intertribal Youth Theater of Billings, Montana
2330 MacGowan Hall
Presenter: Jane Lind

3:00-3:15 Commentary
Professor Pat Melody, HINU

3:15-3:30 Coffee, Tea, and Networking
2310C MacGowan Hall

4:00-5:15 Nuts and Bolts of Organizing a Tribal Youth Theater
Contributors: Jane Lind, Randy Redroad, Yvonne Russo Redroad, Angelique MidThunder, Hanay Geiogamah,
Tribal Participants

5:15-5:30 Commentary
Professor Pat Melody, HINU

6:30-7:00 Informal Reception
Hotel Lounge

7:00-8:30 Dinner
Hotel, Salon B


FRIDAY - AUGUST 25

Day 2

8:00-8:45 Breakfast
Hotel

8:50-9:00 Shuttle Service to MacGowan Hall, UCLA from Hotel

9:00-9:30 Coffee, Tea, and Networking
2310C MacGowan Hall

9:30-12:00 The Cherokee, North Carolina Project, Unto These Hills, The Re-telling (Project HOOP Community Development Model #5)
2310C MacGowan Hall
Presenters: Hanay Geiogamah with Cochise Anderson, Jane Lind, Dallin Maybe, Doug Scholfield, and Naomi Bebo

12:00-1:30 Lunch and Networking
MacGowan Hall Plaza

1:45-4:30 Workshop on the Process of Organizing a Native American Theater and Performing Arts Project in a Tribal Community
2310C MacGowan Hall
Presenters: Jaye Darby, Courtney Elkin, and others

4:30-4:45 Wrap-up Commentary
Professor Pat Melody, HINU

5:00-6:30 Networking and Break
Shuttle Service to and from Hotel
Available. Shuttle Departs Hotel at 6:30

6:45-8:00 Dinner
MacGowan Hall Plaza, UCLA

8:00-9:30 The Kemosabe Therapy, A One-Man Theater Piece by Cochise Anderson
2330 MacGowan Hall


SATURDAY - AUGUST 26

Farewell and Departures

9:00-11:00 Breakfast and Conference Wrap-up
Hotel, TBA