American Indian Warriors Association

Warriors:

AIWA has accepted invitations to participate as Honor Color Guard: If you have other events to be announced bring them to the next AIWA meeting:

*Educating Every Child Pow wow

Town & Country Conv. Ctr.

Tuesday, May 1, 07- 5-7pm

AIWA Hd Gd Dancer. Don Vigneault

AIWA Honor Color Guard

* Balboa Park Cultural Days and noon Gourd Dance- AIWA member, Henry Mendibles is the Head Gourd Dancer. May 12-13, 2007. Also, AWIA is the designated Honor Color Guard, be there!

* Camp Pendleton, California Multicultural Celebration event.

The Command was so impressed that they would like AIWA to participate again this year and be in the opening ceremonies. Here is the information: event will take place on Mainside Camp Pendleton, Thursday, 17 May 2007, 1100-1400, at the 11 Area Parade Field.

Co-Organizer again is: Ronnie Murphy, Ronnie.Murphy@cox.net -619-312-0789

AIWA Color Guard event participation contact: AIWA Event coordinator, Ronnie Murphy 619-312-0789.

Warriors:

Office of the Veterans Museum & Memorial Center
2115 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101
619-239-2300 phone
EVENTS:

Apr 10th:
Special Exhibit: "Hall of Heroes, An American Jewish Medal of Honor Exhibit"
will visit the museum from April 10th through July 8th.

Apr 28th:
United Veterans Memorial Service, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm in the main Chapel.

Apr 28th:
Veterans Gala and Silent Auction 6:30 pm, Saturday, 28 April 2007, at the
Hilton Resort on Mission Bay. Contact the Museum at 619-239-2300 to receive
an invitation to this special evening of Cocktails, Music, Dinner and the
Silent Auction. All funds go to support the museum's programs and
operations.

May 5th:
The VMMC hosts a special showing of: "Winged Victory" at 2:00 pm on Saturday
afternoon. Members tickets are $7.00, Non-members tickets are $10.00. Call
the Museum at 619-239-2300 for reservations. This 1943 movie staring Judy
Holliday, Edmond O-Brien, Lee J. Cobb, George Reeves, Jeanne Crain, Barry
Nelson, Karl Malden, Red Buttons, and many others is set against the B-24
Liberator. The movie is based on the Moss Hart hit Broadway Play and rarely
ever seen. The scenes with the B-24 liberator are terrific. Also, Bill
Blair will have his Norton Bombsight Demonstrator on hand for all to tryout.
He designed and constructed this portable demonstrator - the only such
device of its kind in the world. This unit is fully functional and
demonstrates all aspects of bombsight use. The sight is calibrated to six
feet and the endless scroll, with its painted targets, moves at a speed
simulating the airspeed of a bomb laden B-24. "Bombs Away!"

May 12th:
2PlySwing will host a Veterans Saturday Afternoon Swing Dance from 3:00 -
5:00 pm open to all members, guests and visitors. This will be followed by
their quarterly HEPSpot from 7:00 to Midnight. A special dance workshop
from 7:00 - 8:15, followed by a Jitterbug lesson from 8:15 to 9:00. Live
music and dancing from 9:00 to midnight. Call 619-255-1319 for details.
$10.00 for the special workshop and $15.00 for the Jitterbug lesson and
dance.

May 26th - 28th:
Memorial Day Observances at the VMMC. A daily reading of the names of those
San Diegans killed or listed as MIA during the Vietnam War followed by a
candle light ceremony on the 26th and 27th. A special Memorial Day Ceremony
will be held from 8:30-9:30 am at the Vietnam Memorial adjacent to the
museum.

AIWA regular meetings are the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm. We begin with a social potluck at Many Nations in Recovery facility, 3628 Illinois St. San Diego, CA 92104-Chet Hunt Community Center. (North Park: one half block N of University Ave. two blocks East of 30th St.).