Last call to save your seat at the Dragonfly Gala on Aug. 12, 2023, at Morongo Community Center. We currently have more tables reserved than usual, and seating is limited. Thursday, Aug.10, is the deadline for reserving a seat at the gala.
[UPDATED WITH CORRECT LINK! SORRY ABOUT THAT!}
PLEASE RSVP HERE. (you can pay at the door). We probably won’t see your email after Thursday.
TABLES: $1,000, $2,000, $3,000; SPONSORSHIPS ALSO AVAILABLE. Individual tickets, $60.
Join us in honoring Dorothy Ramon Learning Center’s co-founders Ernest and June Siva and in celebrating the nonprofit Center’s 20th year of saving and sharing Southern California Native American cultures, languages, history, and traditional arts.
Ernest and June Siva at the 2015 Dragonfly Gala (Carlos Puma Photo)
2023 schedule (also there are some fun surprises we cannot reveal here because the Sivas edit News from Dorothy Ramon Learning Center).
3:30 pm check in, visit cultural exhibits, shop the silent auction, enjoy flute music.
4 pm traditional opening blessing, gala welcome and gathering song, led by Elders Ernest Siva and Kim Marcus.
4:30 pm traditional Serrano songs and Cahuilla bird songs and dances
5:30 pm pit-BBQ dinner prepared by Willie Pink. Menu includes beef, acorn, yucca bread, beans and homemade tortillas, and much more. Dessert will include yummy pies and Ernest Siva’s favorite doughnuts.
More flute music.
6 pm The silent auction, which features more than 75 beautiful and eclectic items, closes at 6. Don’t miss it.
6:15 pm Dragonfly Award presentation to Ernest and June Siva.
6:30 pm Introduction of cultural exhibits, including San Manuel Education Department, Morongo School, Morongo Cultural Dept., Morongo Empowerment Program, Luke Madrigal Indigenous Storytelling Nonprofit, Malki Museum, California Indian Nations College, Mother Earth Clan, and more.
7 pm Birds! Torres-Martinez bird singers, Madrigal Family bird singers and dancers, and more.
7:55 pm Dragonfly Song and closing.
Thank you! News from Dorothy Ramon Learning Center is always FREE. We love to hear from you. PLEASE EMAIL. Thanks as always for reading along with us, from Center leaders Ernest and June Siva and Editor Pat Murkland. August 9, 2023.