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By Miriam Raftery
August 28, 2014 (San Diego’s East County) – This week’s activities in East County include living history presentations complete with mountain men and cowboys. It’s also the start of pow-wow season at Barona and football season for the Aztecs—plus we’ll tell you about an art show, free concerts and a family movie in the park. Plus we’ll have a preview of next week’s top events, including a popular annual tradition in East County’s wine-growing region: a grape stomp festa!
LAGUNA MOUNTAIN VOLUNTEERS PRESENT LIVING HISTORY
See the past come alive as the Laguna Mountain Volunteers present living history August 30 and 31, during a re-enactment of life in the Laguna mountains, going back in time to before the early 1900s. Visit with Native Americans, surveyors, mountain men and rugged cowboys of the Campo Cattle Company. Meet the first Cleveland Forest Ranger in the Descanso District, and relive the travels of a 1908 pioneer family from Imperial Valley. This year’s event also celebrates the 70th anniversary of Smokey the Bear. Presentations will be held hourly from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. both days and admission is free at the Red-tailed Roost Volunteer Headquarters on Mount Laguna in Cleveland National Forest. From I-8 east, take Sunrise Highway eight and a half miles north; the Red-tailed Roost is on the left just past mile marker 22.5.
BARONA POW-WOW AUGUST 29-31
The 44th annual Barona pow-wow will take place from Friday August 29 through Sunday August 31 at the baseball field on the Barona reservation. The event features competitions among Native American dancers from across the nation, competing in events such as gourd dancing and fancy dance. You’ll also find Native American arts and crafts, food, and more. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, google Barona pow-wow (or click here to view a poster.)
MOVIE IN THE PARK AT SYCAMORE CANYON PRESERVE AUG. 30
County Parks invites you to a free screening of the Disney movie “Frozen” on August 30, at the Sycamore Canyon Goodan Ranch Preserve in Lakeside. You can find details on this and other family friendly events in county parks at www.SDParks.org.
AZTEC FOOTBALL SEASON OPENER AUGUST 30
The Aztec football team’s season opener takes place on Sunday, August 30th at Qualcomm Stadium, when the SDSU team squares off against Northern Arizona University. For tickets, visit www.GoAztecs.com.
FREE CONCERTS AT MISISON TRAILS AUGUST 30-31
Mission Trails Regional Park invites you to two free concerts this weekend. On Saturday, August 30, Marca Cassity, a guitarist,singer, and member of the Osage Tribe will perform along with contemporary singer/songwriter Brianna Lea Pruett. Marca Cassity received an Artist Grant this year from the Osage Nation Foundation enabling her to record her new CD, "Songs from the Well.” On Sunday, August 31st, Mary Lu Brandwein , Johnathan Crick and Bruce Jones will perform a variety of music on Shakuhachi flutes. For more information on these events, you can visit www.MTRP.org.
SUMMER CONCERTS AND CAR SHOWS
There’s still time to take in some end-of-summer concerts and car shows. El Cajon’s Classic Cruise nights continue on Wednesday evenings from 5 to 8 p.m. in downtown El Cajon. La Mesa’s downtown village hosts its last two Back to the ‘50s car shows this Wednesday and next from 5 to 8 p.m.. Santee’s Summer Concerts take place on Thursday nights starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Trolley Square center. Plus on Friday nights, El Cajon invites you to enjoy dinner and a concert. The music starts at 6 p.m. in Promenade Park.. Find details on our calendar at EastCountyMagazine.org for a full schedule of all of these community events.
JULIAN LABOR DAY WEEKEND ART SHOW AUG. 30-31
Talented artists from Julian and nearby communities will present their paintings, photography, mosaics, ceramics, printmaking, jewelry and other works of fine art during Julian’s Labor Day weekend art show this Saturday and Sunday, August 30th and 31st from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission to the show is free, and many of the artists will be available to discuss their work. The art show will be held at Julian’s historic town hall, located at 2129 Main Street in the heart of this historic gold mining town.
Now for a preview of coming attractions….
SYCUAN POW-WOW SEPTEMBER 5-7
The Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation will host its 25th annual pow-wow on September 5-7 at the Sycuan reservation in El Cajon, located behind the Sycuan casino.
A pow-wow is a celebration and a time for people to join together, sing, dance, renew old friendships and make new ones. Traditionally, pow-wows also welcomed the beginning of life in springtime and provided a place for young people to meet and court.
Today, dancers and singers from tribes across the nation come to compete for prize money as well as keep up relationships. Only registered contestants may participate in the dancing contests—but everyone can take part when an intertribal dance is announced – visitors included. Dancers are in the center of a circle, with the audience forming a larger circle around them to bring together the community and culture. There are no spectators at a pow-wow, Sycuan’s website states. Everyone is a participant.
JULIAN GRAPE STOMP FESTA SEPT. 6
On of our backcountry’s popular annual activities is to roll up your pants , bare your feet and join in an annual harvest tradition. On September 6th, the Julian Grape Stomp Festa will be held at Menghini Winery. Guests are invited to help stomp tons of grapes and winetasting will also be available, along with food and merchandise vendors. There is a fee for this event, as well as an optional VIP ticket that includes appetizers and comfortable seating at a full bar plus one free drink. (http://www.julianmerchants.org/#!grape-stomp-festa/c1ir5 )
That’s all for this week! You can find details on all of these events and more on our Calendar and in our Festivals and Events section online at http://www.eastcountymagazine.org.
If you have an event you’d like added to our calendar, or if you would like to sponsor the Destination East County show on KNSJ, you can contact editor@eastcountymagazine.org.
We’ll be back next week with more festivals, events and attractions in San Diego’s East County.
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