Drums Along The Hudson
The Sixth Annual Drums Along the Hudson: A Native American Festival and Shad Fest will take place on Saturday May 3rd, 2008 in Manhattan's Inwood Hill Park at 218th Street, 4 blocks West of Broadway, from 11am to 6pm, rain or shine. Featuring world dance, drumming performances, as well as international and Native American foods, arts, and crafts, the festival is also renowned for hosting Manhattan's only open air Pow Wow. The Shad Fest portion includes tastings and planking (method of cooking) demonstrations teaching visitors how to cook this delicious fish for themselves. A key event sponsor, Lotus Music & Dance, established in 1989 by master Bharata Natyam dancer Kamala Cesar, is Manhattan's premier education center concentrating on traditional and indigenous performance arts. They are also the only institution in New York City where you'll find master artists from India, Korea, Burma, the South Pacific, Middle East, the Mohawk Nation, West Africa, and Spain collaborating under one roof.