Media Advisory
Date: January 14, 2012
Contact: Pettit Gilwee
530-525-1164
530-412-2077 (cell)
pettit@gilweepr.com

For Immediate Release

NATIVE AMERICANS & PUBLIC DANCE TO BRING SNOWFALL TO TAHOE

WHAT: History repeats itself when elaborately dressed Native American
adults and youth, Paiute, Shoshone and Washoe tribal relatives of
the dancers who performed at the 1960 Winter Olympics, dance at
the official closing ceremonies of Olympic Heritage Week.
The traditional Native American dances, designed to awaken the
spirits, will conclude with a Round Dance in which the public will
hold hands with the dancers asking for spiritual help to bring snow
to the Lake Tahoe region. Sugar Pine Point State Park was the
summer home of the Washoe people. Every dance step taken is a
prayer to honor their ancestors.

WHEN & Sunday, January 15, 2012

WHERE: 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. (free/open to the public, $8/vehicle for parking)
Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point State Park – West Shore
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=510
Next to the Tower of Nations sign, 1/4 scale replica of the sign that
stood in Squaw Valley during the Games. The sign boasts shields
of all 30 participating nations in the 1960 Winter Olympics.

MORE Olympic Heritage Week is an annual event in North Lake Tahoe
INFORMATION: that celebrates the cross-country events (held on the West Shore)
during the 1960 Winter Olympic Games. The week hosts past
Olympians, full moon hikes, dinners and fundraisers, as well as the
opportunity to take part in guided cross-country skiing adventures
along the recently restored Olympic trails. Fore more information
about North Lake Tahoe, click to www.GoTahoeNorth.com.

 Check out the dance here.