Art & Culture Live!: Community Collaborations - American Indian Magnet School Dancers
American Indian Magnet School Dancers brought Ray Takes War Bonnet, James Lekshi Reidy and the Native Pride dance ensemble for a Native American dance exposition at the behest of the National Eagle Center (Wabasha, MN) after a cancellation of the titled group. The program included singing, drumming, interpretation, regalia, and audience participation intended to increase the knowledge and appreciation of Native American art.
Event Dates and Locations:
March 27, 2010 – Ray Takes War Bonnet, James Lekshi Reidy and the Native Pride dance ensemble performed at the National Eagle Center (Wabasha, MN)
Partner Organization(s): River Junction Arts Council and Wabasha Public Library
Partner Organization(s) Contribution/Role in the Program: The Library covered costs for recordable DVD’s for their collection and materials for the evaluation. Both partners assisted in planning and conducting the program
Program Outputs: Outputs are things you can count such as attendance, number of new participants, and the number of attendees who had never been at a similar event, and so on.
200 people attended this 1 program.
Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, post-test; End user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status
A survey of 39 individuals was conducted after the program. 66% of participants indicated that they did not know libraries were a source of programming such as the dance performance. 37 agreed the event was fascinated with 1 dissenting and 1 neutral. 38 agreed that it was enjoyable for all ages with 1 dissenting. 32 agreed the program increased their interest in a particular area of the arts with 1 dissenting and 5 neutral on the subject. When it came to allowing people to attend an artistic experience they would not normally have seen, 36 people agreed with 1 dissenting and 2 indifferent.