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Ready for another amazing weekend? Kelli and I are hitting the road, bringing you live coverage of the 2025 Sycuan Pow Wow from El Cajon, California! You won’t want to miss the powerful Grand Entries: 📅 Friday 7:00pm 📅 Saturday 12:00pm & 8:00pm 📅 Sunday 1:00pm Feel the heartbeat of the drum and the power of the arena right from home. Whether you’re on the couch, out on the porch, or streaming on the go, you can be part of every song, every step, and every Grand Entry. Don’t just hear about it...

We flew back home late last night and only have a few days to unpack and reset before we’re on the road again. Friday we’ll be heading out to California for the Sycuan Pow Wow. The next three weekends we’ll be live from California, Sycuan, San Manuel, and Morongo. I love that these amazing Pow Wows are lined up back-to-back. This will be our first time at Sycuan, and I’m excited to experience it, even if we won’t have much time to explore San Diego. This past weekend was extra special since...

The Gabbard Family is back on the road this weekend bringing you live coverage from the United Tribes Technical College International Pow Wow in Bismarck, North Dakota! 📅 Grand Entries: Friday 7:00pmSaturday 1:00pm & 7:00pmSunday 1:00pm 🎤 Head Staff: MCs: Whitney Rencountre & Howie ThompsonArena Director: Rusty GilletteHead Women Judge: Amanda GoodwillHead Men Judge: JT LargoHead Singing Judge: Colin Raine ⭐ Specials you won’t want to miss: Veteran’s Special Sweetheart Special Thomas Red Bird...

This week’s going to be a fun one, Thursday we’re heading down to Florida to visit our daughter. While we’re there, I’m taking on Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights for the very first time 🎃👻. I’ll admit, I’m a little nervous… haunted houses aren’t usually my thing. What about you, are you into them? I’ve also got a couple of updates I don’t want you to miss: New Giveaway! Our friends at Ginew are sponsoring an awesome giveaway. You can win 8 prizes, including a Pendleton blanket. Enter...

Pow Wow Calendar Newsletter Edition This newsletter is sent out on the 1st and 15th of the month (or around those days) and includes all the Pow Wows from our calendar for the next 3 months. The heat is finally breaking here in South Carolina, and I’m thankful for the cooler temps. ✈️ Our travel schedule, on the other hand, is heating up. This weekend we’re heading to Florida for a quick visit with our daughter. Brooke and I are braving Halloween Horror Nights at Universal, my first time. I’m...

Ready for a great weekend? Mike and Delores are back on the road, and this weekend they’re bringing you live coverage from the Nakoda Classic Pow Wow 2025 at Goodstoney Arena in Mini Thni, Alberta! You won’t want to miss the powerful Grand Entries! Friday 7:00pmSaturday 1:00pm & 7:00pmSunday 1:00pm And don't miss the incredible specials lined up, including the Teen vs Jr Women’s Traditional Special, the always fun Tiny Tot Special, and the exciting Jr Girls vs Jr Boys Fancy Showdown. Settle...

Back from Cleveland and what a weekend it was! The CEX conference was incredible, I made some great connections, loved speaking, and I’m happy to report my talk went really well. We even squeezed in a Cleveland Browns game. The crowd was buzzing about Sedeur Sanders, but it wasn’t his best outing after getting sacked five times. Still, the energy in the stadium was something to see. Last weekend we were live from Schemitzun, if you missed it, you can watch the full stream here: Schemitzun...

We’re excited to bring you another incredible Pow Wow this weekend! Ryan and his family are on the road to Mashantucket, Connecticut, to stream Schemitzun: Feast of Green Corn and Dance live for you. This annual celebration takes place at the Mashantucket Pequot Cultural Grounds, one of America’s oldest Indian reservations. Schemitzun is a time to give thanks for the harvest season, honor our ancestors, warriors, veterans, and Elders, and celebrate the rich heritage of the Pequot people....

I’m still trying to wrap my head around the news… the Gathering of Nations will end in 2026. If this Pow Wow has ever been on your bucket list, now is the time to make your plans. The final celebration will mark 43 incredible years, and it’s going to be unforgettable. More details here: Gathering of Nations Info On a brighter note, have you caught any of the live stream from Crow Fair yet Today is a special day at Crow Fair with lots of family specials and the finals of all the Crow Style...

Sorry to send out another email this week, but this is news is important enough to send another email. Before I get to the news, don't forget we are streaming live from Crow Fair this weekend! You don't want to miss any of this Pow Wow! I have some breaking news to share with you, and honestly, I’m still trying to wrap my head around it. The Gathering of Nations Pow Wow, the largest pow wow in North America, has just announced their dates for 2026… and they’ve also announced this will be the...