Enhance your group experience by adding a cultural component to your special event. Our experienced Cultural Ambassadors will dazzle your senses with colourful regalia and expressive movement through traditional song and dance. Select from a variety of performance options that provide a glimpse into the unique cultures of the Squamish and Lil’wat peoples. These programs are ideal for enhancing holiday and community events as well as educational presentations, both in house and off-site.
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Our Cultural Ambassadors will commence your special event by welcoming your delegation to the traditional territories of the Squamish and Lil’wat Nations. Complete with a traditional language introduction and interpretation, then a brief overview of the territory in which Whistler is situated, and finished with a powerful drum song that caps off the presentation in an authentic and meaningful way. This program is perfect to welcome your corporate conference or community event, or kick off your festival!
Price varies depending on event size
$200 – Daytime Conference Off-site / 2 Cultural Ambassadors
$400 – Evening Conference Off-site or On-site / 2 Cultural Ambassadors
$800 – Festival and Large Events Off-site / 4 Cultural Ambassadors
Have our Cultural Ambassador provide a wedding blessing for your event complete with a traditional hand drum love song, customary of the Squamish & Lil’wat Nations. A wonderful and meaningful way to commence your celebration and your union in an authentic way.
Price
FREE – Daytime Wedding
$200 – Evening Wedding/ 1 Cultural Ambassadors
Experience a cultural journey from your hotel to the front doors of our Cultural Centre! Our Cultural Ambassadors will meet your delegation in the hotel lobby prior to your event and guide them over to the Cultural Centre on a journey of traditional song and dance. Your guests will enjoy a brief welcome to the traditional territories of the Squamish and Lil’wat Nations, followed by a drum and song procession to our front doors. Once on site, our Cultural Ambassadors will continue the entertainment by providing cultural songs while your guests are entering the facility and beginning their festivities.
Price
$800
Welcome your guests upon arrival at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre with an impactful singing and drumming ensemble from our Cultural Ambassadors! This experience is complete with traditional songs from the Squamish and Lil’wat Nations. A delightful way to introduce your delegation to the rich cultural heritage of the First People of the Sea to Sky Valley.
Price
$800
Have our Cultural Ambassadors provide a food blessing for your event complete with a feast song, customary of the Squamish & Lil’wat Nations. A wonderful and meaningful way to commence meal service by offering a prayer to the creator, who offers us the bounty of our lands and provides the sustenance that sustains all life. A beautiful way to present your dining service in an authentic way.
Price varies depending on event size
FREE – Daytime workshops, meetings or conferences
$200 – Daytime Conference Off-site / 2 Cultural Ambassadors
$400 – Evening Conference Off-site or On-site / 2 Cultural Ambassadors
$800 – Festival and Large Events Off-site / 4 Cultural Ambassadors
In the Squamish and Lil’wat Nations cedar is known as the tree of life. Traditionally, cedar boughs were hung above the doors into homes to brush away any negative energy. Today, cedar boughs are used to bless people and our homes, and the act of brushing oneself is an act of purification that some choose to do instead of smudging. Cedar bough brushings are a great way to incorporate our cultures’ traditional purification practices at the beginning of your event.
Price varies depending on event size
$400 – Evening Conference Off-site or On-site / 2 Cultural Ambassadors
$800 – Festival and Large Events Off-site / 4 Cultural Ambassadors
Image courtesy of IBSF/Viesturs Lacis.
Eagle Song Dancers are members of the Squamish Nation who provide traditional and modern cultural presentations for public and private events. Presentations introduce the viewer to traditional ways of life, spirituality and protocol of the Salish Coastal Peoples and include hand drumming and singing animated with regalia, masks and props. Performance Leader, S7aplek (Bob Baker) can custom design the performance to suit the requirements of any event.
Price is based on style and length of performance
Link to website for images http://www.eaglesongdancers.org/
Alex Wells is a world renowned First Nations Hoop Dancer who provides cultural presentations for public and private events. Sharing his cultural traditions with the world has been his family’s way of life. Traveling across North America and internationally since childhood and competing in First Nations dance competitions, has earned Alex the title of World Champion Hoop Dancer three times. Your guests will enjoy this energetic display of First Nations traditional hoop dancing with spectacular regalia and music.
Price
$1600 – 20 Minute Performance
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Knowledgeable Cultural Ambassadors share their cultural teachings with guests during our hourly guided tour; for additional group tour options, visit our Group Tours page.
Discover our unique style of modern First Nation’s cuisine such as bannock, salmon and venison. Visit the Thunderbird Café.
Discover our unique selection of First Nations merchandise ranging from handcrafted works of art, to home accents, clothing and accessories, jewellery, pottery, baskets, books and souvenir merchandise. Visit the Gallery & Gift Shop.
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