Madrigal Family Singers & Dancers In Concert

Share the joy! Come to Dorothy Ramon Learning Center's Fourth Sunday concert October 27, 2013, to share Cahuilla traditional bird songs with the Madrigal Family Bird Singers and Dancers. 

 

Carlos Puma Photo

Details: 3 p.m. Oct. 27, 127 N. San Gorgonio Ave., Banning
Your $10 saves and shares Southern California's Native American cultures, languages, history, and music and other traditional arts.

Carlos Puma Photo

Carlos Puma Photo

2013 Dragonfly Gala!

Daniel McCarthy (left) with President Ernest H. Siva (Carlos Puma Photo)

Thank you, to all who supported, donated, and volunteered at our 2013 Dragonfly Gala. Thanks to you, the annual celebration of Southern California's Native American cultures was a huge success. We're thrilled that we awarded Daniel McCarthy the Dragonfly Award for his high-soaring achievements in saving and sharing Southern California Native American cultures.

Gala on

Our website is down temporarily, due to problems at the host site. It should be back up soon. 
Also, the Silver Fire is nowhere near our Gala location. 
So, we'll keep calm and Gala on. 

Sneak peek at some silent auction items at our Aug. 10, 2013, Dragonfly Gala:

GALA DETAILS HERE

Dragonfly Gala!

It's almost time for the Dragonfly Gala! Yes, our wonderful gathering to celebrate Southern California's Native American cultures is scheduled Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013.

The food is always a fabulous feast, but this year, it will be even more fabulous. Look who's in the kitchen!

Deborah Small Photo

Yes, it's the famed Chia Cafe group led by Daniel McCarthy. They'll offer a sumptious bounty, and some tastes of Native foods, too. Don't miss.

Daniel McCarthy will have to come out of the kitchen at some point because he's also receiving this year's Dragonfly Award for his soaring achievements in saving and sharing Southern California's Native American cultures.

This year's theme is Heritage Keepers, important to Dorothy Ramon Learning Center since 1993, when we began saving and sharing cultures, languages, history, and traditional arts. It's our 10-year birthday, but we'll also pay tribute to the City of Banning, which is celebrating its 100th birthday. We'll have some special 1800s music.

And of course we'll also have our wonderful, timeless bird singing and dancing, and Native American flute music, too, from our own Dragonfly Winds Ensemble flute class that meets monthly at the Center. 

Don't miss:
• Cultural exhibits highlighting our Native American heritage
• Our famed silent auction
• Special live auction
• Much, much more!

DETAILS:
WHO: Proceeds benefit the nonprofit Dorothy Ramon Learning Center's work to save and share Native American traditional cultures.
WHERE: Morongo Community Center, 13000 Malki Road (formerly Fields Road), Morongo Reservation
WHEN: Aug. 10. Reserve your spot now!

TICKETS: $40 each. Tables: $1,000, $2,000, or $3,000.
TO RSVP : CALL US, 951.849.7736 or, 951.849.4676 
OR  EMAIL US. 

Visit our website to learn more about the Learning Center.

Fourth Sunday Concert

Don't Miss Lionheart on July 28

This Concert is Sunday, July 28

Performing in 2012 (Pat Murkland Photo)

On Sunday, July 28, Lionheart will fill our Gathering Hall with a Celtic-inspired blend of voices and musical instruments. Lionheart, a quartet weaving a tapestry of music including Celtic, world traditions, classical, pop, rock and originals, will perform a concert celebrating Banning's centennial. 

Guitar music,  traditional and non-traditional (Photo by Pat Murkland)

The concert is scheduled from 3-5 p.m. at 127 N. San Gorgonio, Banning. 

 (Photo by Pat Murkland)

The quartet led by Giselle L. Marciszewski presents a sometimes driving, yet sometimes haunting soundscape, including acoustic 6- & 12-string guitars, classical guitar, baritone and soprano vocals, oboe, English horn, Irish pennywhistles, recorder, keyboard, double bass, electric bass and percussion. 

Photo by Pat Murkland

Admission is $10 and benefits the Center.

Calling all Dragonflies

When the dragonflies come to you, the Ushkana lullaby says, it's because you're open to them and calm in spirit. If you're in inner turmoil, they'll stay away.

Ernest H. Siva (Pat Murkland Photo)

Our Head Dragonfly, Center President and Founder Ernest H. Siva, will share this beautiful song and more as a special guest of the Dragonfly Winds Flute Class on Saturday starting at 5 p.m., 127 N. San Gorgonio Ave., Banning. Come hear Native American stories and songs.

The class, led by members of the Inland Empire Flute Circle, meets every second Saturday to play Native American wooden flutes. Beginners are welcome, and if you don't have a flute, the teachers will loan you one. 

The emphasis is on playing from the heart. The gentle creativity of the Native American flute certainly helps one remain open for any and all dragonflies to come. Please do. 

Your $10 will go to Dorothy Ramon Learning Center's work to save and share Southern California's Native American cultures, languages, history, and music and traditional arts.
Information: 951.849.7736.