Rock Point festival draws school from across state line
Nadia Armajo, 9 from Bluff Elementary School led the crowd through a solo act during the intermission at the Rock Point Community School Diné Song & Dance Festival. (Times photo — Shondiin Silversmith)
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ROCK POINT, Ariz.
Nadia Armajo, 9 from Bluff Elementary School led the crowd through a solo act during the intermission at the Rock Point Community School Diné Song & Dance Festival. (Times photo — Shondiin Silversmith)
Results for the 42nd annual Rock Point Community School Diné Song & Dance
ROCK POINT, Ariz.
The results for the 42nd annual Rock Point Community School Diné Song & Dance held on Feb. 4-5 are as follows:
Primary Division (K-4)
Highest Points Award: Rough Rock Community School
Fire Dance
1. Rough Rock Community School
2. Pinon Elementary School
3. Bluff Elementary School
Yé’ii Bicheii
1. Rough Rock Community School
2. Bluff Elementary School
3. Dilcon Community School
Nidáá’
1. Pinon Elementary School
2. Bluff Elementary School
3. Rough Rock Community School
Solo
1. Pinon Elementary school
2. Dilcon Community School
3. Rough Rock Community School
Duet
1. Pinon Elementary School
2. Rough Rock Community School
3. Dilcon Community School
Group
1. Rough Rock Community School
2. Pinon Elementary School
3. Bluff Elementary School
Intermediate (4-8)
Highest Points Award: Rock Point Community School.
Song Act (Késhjéé’ dóó Ak’ááj’ Sin)
1. Pinon Middle School
2. Rock Point Community School
3. Rough Rock Community School
Fire Dance
1. Rough Rock Community School
2. Rock Point Community School
3. Pinon Middle school
Yé’ii Bicheii
1. Rough Rock Community School
2. Bluff Elementary School
3. Pinon Middle School
Nidáá’
1. Rock Point Community School
2. Rough Rock Community School
3. Bluff Elementary School
Solo
1. Bluff Elementary School
2. Rock Point Community School
3. Pinon Middle School
Duet
1. Bluff Elementary School
2. Red Mesa Elementary School
3. Pinon Middle School
Group
1. Pinon Elementary School
2. Pinon Middle School
3. Lukachukai Community School
Secondary Division (9-12)
Highest Points: Pinon High School
Song Act (Késhjéé’ dóó Ak’ááj’ Sin)
1. Pinon High School
2. Navajo Preparatory School
3. Rock Point Community School
Fire Dance
1. Pinon High School
2. Window Rock High School
3. San Juan High School
Yé’ii Bicheii
1. Navajo Preparatory school
2. Rock Point Community School
Nidáá’
1. San Juan High School
2. Pinon High School
3. Window Rock High School
Solo
1. Navajo Preparatory School
2. San Juan High School
3. Pinon High School
Duet
1. San Juan High School
2. Pinon High School
3. Navajo Preparatory School
Group
1. San Juan High School
2. Pinon High School
3. Window Rock High School
Running on its 42nd year, the Rock Point Community School’s annual Diné Song & Dance Festival has become a tradition for schools and families, even drawing people from across state lines.
“I bring them here every year,” Crystal Police from Bluff, Utah said of her daughters Nadia and Claramae Armajo. “Ever since they were in diapers we already knew they were going to do the Rock Point competition.”
Nadia, 9, and Claramae, 11, came to the Rock Point festival with their school Bluff Elementary.
“It was really fun,” Nadia said of the festival. “You only do it once a year and when it’s gone it’s gone.”
The best part of the festival is seeing all the schools and watching everybody dance, Claramae added, because you get to see how different they are.
“I’ve been competing in it since I was in kindergarten,” Nadia said, and she recalls why she wanted to start singing in the first place: She wanted to sing the National Anthem in Navajo. So she started to practice by listening to Radmilla Cody sing.
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