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Austin Powwow | Apache Crown Dancers | 2023

Event Coverage · Austin · 2023

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Austin Powwow 2023 Featuring Apache Crown Dancers. The 30th Gathering At The Travis County Expo Center.

Film by Adam Grumbo

The 2023 floor as the cut opened. Film still at 0:02.
Apache Crown Dancer, black hood, red band, and painted crown. Film still at 0:15.

The 30th Austin Powwow ran Saturday, November 18, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Travis County Expo Center, 7311 Decker Lane. Great Promise for American Indians hosted the day. Listings for that year invited the public to dance, a Native market, and a food court.

This cut is the 2023 film that stays with the Apache Crown Dancers. Foghorn News, writing after the date, said Apache Mountain dancers were invited to perform at that gathering.

A later hold on the dancers. Film still at 0:21.
Regalia in the expo hall. Film still at 0:34.

The camera holds the crowns, the arena, and the drum on the floor. A separate 2023 recap lives on its own work page.

Who Hired The Camera

The program as it moved. Film still at 0:46.
Crowns and the people around them. Film still at 0:59.

Hosts hire a performance cut when one group on the floor has to travel as its own film. The 2023 Apache Crown Dancers file is that brief.

Great Promise produced the annual Austin Powwow. The organization later expanded as the Native American Cultural Center. This page is the 2023 Expo Center date.

A tighter look at the performance. Film still at 1:05.
A singer in a beaded crown and gold sequins. Film still at 1:18.

What The Camera Held

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One frame sits tight on a black hood, a red band, hanging feathers, and a white wooden crown painted with lightning. Another holds a singer in a tall beaded crown and gold sequins against the expo wall.

The gathering from the floor. Film still at 1:30.
Dance in the 2023 arena. Film still at 1:43.

A wider shot looks across Luedecke-scale seating to a drum group on the tan floor. The stills stay with the people and the room, not a title-card montage.

What The Film Delivers

The recap stays with the invited dancers. Film still at 1:49.
A later room hold. Film still at 2:02.

A featured performance needs a cut that can sit beside the main recap. Event teams hire us when the floor and the people on it have to read as the day they ran.

Drum group on the tan arena floor, stands filled behind them. Film still at 2:14.
Faces from the program. Film still at 2:27.

The 2022 Austin Powwow film is also on this site.

The Expo Center as the day ran. Film still at 2:33.
A last look at the 2023 cut. Film still at 2:46.

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