New Britain herald., 1929-01-18
.REDSKIN DANCING
 ]: AT SCOUT EXHIBIT
Hutield froop to Prorae Pre gram Of Indip E

Indian danS Ath authentic steps and cosy A will form an unusual feature of the Boy scout handicraft exhibition and demon stration which will be held In the Central junior high school audi torium this evening and tomorrow evening under the sponsorship oi Troon Ii of the Stanley Memorial church. with 15 other troops par ticipating.
 The Indian dancing will be pre- sented by Troop eS. located at the I-niyersalist church in Hartford.
 In connection with the Boy scout exhibition which is to be held fri- day and Saturday of ths week at the Central junior hlgn schooi' Troop es of Hartford. which meets in the parish house of the uni'er- salist church in that city ana is one of the leading troa>s in the state' will give a de!-aestration or lnoiah ceremonial dances Saturday evening at 7:45.
 The troop, which Is in charge or 'scoutmaster Arthur l.. Brown, sec re,arv of the local branch Of the Manufacturers association o1 har.- ford county; his sot, Rona'o L. Brown. and H. Gordon Williams as assistant scoutmasters, has spent two wears in perfecting the scouts m this particular project and alreadS have riven several exhibitions III Hartford, West Hartford and Md dletown, not only in connection "lth the Boy Scout organizations but TOT the ID. A. R, and the American Le- zion.
 The costumes, which are quite eia- borate. have all been made by the scouts. including the headdresses and beautiful bead work with whlch they are decorated and represent an outlay of about $20o by the troop. These dances were first exhibited in Hartford about three years ago at the state armory under the d. rection of Ralph Hubbard, son Of Ebert Hubbard and an authority on Indian lore, the affair being un- der the auspices of the Hartford Boy Scout council. The leaders of Troop cS were so impressed with the pos abilities of such q troop program that they soon after adopted the idea as a patrol project.
 The program Saturday evening will open with a tribal procession where gifts are offered to the sun god while the medicine man propi- tiates the various spirits of the four winds, Mother Earth, and the sun himself.
 The dances will include the Sioux circle dance, social dance taken from that tribe and the Crows. and, as its name implies, Of purely social nature and the Objibway scalp dance, in which the boastful war rior acts out the story Of ms achievement from the stalking ol the enemy to his ultimat victory.
 The devil dance. one of the mos spectacular as well as dramatic, de picts . young warrior who has oe' fled the discipline of his tribe. Hl' JduUlS dlu tIIcdIo llu' C pNeS'A.N N-- bearable to his people and he i' killed by a spear thrown from the crowd. A victory dance is then per formed over his body and his i'm plemants and trophies are taken b, three performers. Eventually 'blood brother" friend who hal taken . VOW to aid him at all time: but in this instance has entered tht spirit land, appears and rescues tht lost soul.
 The medicine man dance Is per formed by the medicine man Of thf Sioux and represents special cere mony in case of famine or plague This Is primarily a solo dance witt the assistance of several others.
 The Great Plains war dance de picts the fervor to which the In dians worked themselves prior to battle. The dance Is full of vim an' excitement and quite thrilling t' the audience.
 Tho buffalo dance stimulates tn activities of a herd collecting on tn prairie of an early morning. Thi is done with the idea of appeasin' the evil spirits who may make difficult to hunt the buffalo.
 Those taking part are Assistan Scoutlnaster Ronald l.. Brown, wh with aPtrol Leaders Edward Huste' and Everett Champlin will perform the solo work; Spencer Champl1n tomtom beater; and Scouts Lawrenc Maynard, Albert Woodard. c. Ma son Hommel, Russell Hayner, Will liam Dechtman, John Mooney. Jr and Francis Sullivan.
 Program Tonight
 The exhibition will open each eve ming at [ o'clock, but the program will not begin until 7:45 o'clock, al lowing the crowd plenty of time [ inspect the booths containing hand craft work of the varous troop Features tonight include bugling h Eagle Scouts Winthrop Warren an William Baker of Troop 4. shol humorous talk by Rev. Samuel Fisk of Berlin, songs by Miss Clar Kinder, a first aid demonstrate participated in by Troops [ and and judged by Deputy Commission CT Neil MacDougall, and an exhib ton of magic by Louis c. Schwar' MT. Schwartz IS a very competel nystitier and has a new bag tricks ready to unfold before Il many friends in this city.
 The displays will be judged ! Col NY " RuI1rn and first SecOr and third place medals will awarded. while all troops enterir will De given ribbons. Music wi be furnished on both evenings Dave Matthews orchestra.
 Out of town scout officials ha7 been invited. and many of the have sent acceptances, giving Il exhibit a state wide character.
 Troop II, which is arranging fl exhihif is sponsored by the Sta