Lummi Stommish Water Festival
June 13-15, 2008
Schedule of Events
Stommish meeting scheduled every Thursday, at 5PM at the Lummi Cultural Learning Center -- Please RSVP at 384.2312--Stommish Hotline
UPDATED VERSION 6-9-2008---DOWNLOAD/PRINT FRIENDLY VERSION (PDF)

June 11, 2008 - Stommish Wednesday (RECENTLY UPDATED 5-23-2008)

7:00 PM  Commencement Ceremonies for the Class of 2008
Vendors Arrival

June 12, 2008 - Stommish Thursday

Celebrating our Lummi Community Day - Official Opening Day for Stommish 2008.  Welcoming all Veterans, Elders and all Lummi Nation Schools students to begin Stommish Thursday with an evening of laughter and love -- in bringing our Lummi Community together.  And to Celebrate the Last Day of School!

12:00 PM - Peace & Dignity Runners arrive @ Peach Arch - Lunch

2:00 PM - Music begins & Final Preparations for Opening of the Stommish Carnival

3:00 PM - Guest Speakers and Opening Remarks

3:30 PM - Tribal & Community Leaders

3:45 PM - The Stommish Committee & Crew with Acknowledgements of Sponsors

3:49 PM - Peace & Dignity Runners Welcoming: Canoe Families

3:50 PM - Drawings for first Stommish T's & Sweatshirts

3:59 PM - Stommish Count Down and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

4:00 PM - Stommish Carnival Begins

4:30 PM - Peace & Dignity Arrival

5:00 PM - Leonard & Marion Jefferson Memorial ~ Honoring Lummi's Golden Couples - Wex liem - Hosted by the Jefferson Family at the Lummi Cultural Learning Center.  Dinner with Honorees and Veterans.

6:00 PM - Honoring Golden Marriages Ceremony - Jefferson Family

11:00 PM - Stommish Committee, Staff and Friends with the Carnival

12:00 AM - Stommish Carnival Ends

June 13, 2008 - Stommish Friday

Stommish Friday the 13th will host the Youth War Canoe Races and the 3rd Annual Stommish Relay.  Note:  Traffic subject to detour and delays during events as you approach the gates on Stommish Friday. Peace & Dignity Runners will depart (Tentatively @ 4PM)

12:00 PM - GATES OPEN

3:00 PM - Carnival

4:00 PM - Youth War Canoe Races (Pre-Register Here) Masters of Ceremonies:  Michael Vendiola Canoe Director:  Carla Hillaire

5:00 PM - Northwest Indian College Commencement Ceremonies ~ Wex li em House
5:00 PM - (*NEW DATE*) -- Stommish Pageant - @ Stommish Sla-hal Tent
5:00 PM - Honoring Veterans Dinner

5:50 PM - Gooseberry Point - Traffic Delays + Detours

6:00 PM - 3rd Annual Stommish Relay - Gooseberry Point (Pre-Register Here)

8:00 PM - Stommish Relay Awards - Stommish Main Stage

8:00 PM - Sla-Hal Open Games ~ Pre-Registration for the Stommish Sla-hal Tournament

9:00 PM - Stommish Youth Dances Teen Dance  |  Lummi Nation Schools - Small Gym/Stommish Hall - Featuring:  DJ Fresh ~ Pre-Teen Dance | [till 11:30PM] DJ: (?)

9:30 PM - Friday Night at Stommish Moonlight Concert - Featuring: Harlen James + the Red River Band.

10:30 PM - Skins of Comedy with Chance Rush

June 14, 2008 - Stommish Saturday

10:00 AM - REGISTRATION DESK OPENS - Canoe Registration Begins - Parade Registration Begins - Sla-hal Registration Begins - Oldest Elder Male/Female.

11:00 AM - War Canoe Race Skippers Meeting - Stommish Main Stage Stommish Parade Line Up Begins (Wex liem Way) - Veterans, Canoes, Royalty, Rez Car, & Big Daddy George James and the Lummi Clamjammers

12:00 PM - Stommish Parade Begins - Expect Traffic Delays

12:15 PM - Opening Ceremonies - Stommish Mainstage

12:30 PM - World Championship War Canoe Races Begin

1:00 PM -  Canoe Journey Meeting - Stommish Hall | Wex li em House

1:30 PM - Coast Salish Song & Dance featuring the Swan Clan Dancers

3:00 PM - Cutest Baby Contest

4:00 PM - Sla-hal Registration Closes  |  Stommish Sla-hal Committee Director:  Solomon Lane  -  Tournament Director:  Mike Edwards, Lummi/Swinomish/Muckleshoot

4:15 PM - Sla-hal Historical Presentation by: Marvin Kempt  |  Sla-hal Tent  |

4:30 PM - 11-Man War Canoe Races*

5:00 PM - Canoe Journey Presentations (Protocol)

5:30 PM - Sla-hal Tournament Begins

6:00 PM - Canoe Journey Skippers Dinner  |  Cultural Exchange & Protocol - Wex li em House

9:00 PM - Stommish Youth Dances at Stommish Hall - Sponsored by: West Shore Canoe Family

9:00 PM - Skins of Comedy featuring:  Chance Rush, Dru Lacapa -  (Introduction of the Potlatch Diva's)

10:00 PM - Stommish Moonlight Concert featuring Gerald Charlie and the Black Owl Blues - 5th Year Celebration

11:05 PM - Fireworks Display

11:20 PM - Skins of Comedy Break

12:00 AM - Black Owl Blues Moonlight Concert

June 15, 2008 - Stommish Sunday - Happy Father's Day