Ho`ike & Hawaiian Festival, FVM featured in the program

Our cultural partner on Phase 1 of the Fort Vancouver Mobile project, the Ke Kukui Foundation, is offering its annual Ho`ike & Hawaiian Festival July 29-31, 2010, in downtown Vancouver. More details are on the group's website, but here is a draft version of the part of the event's program that features the Fort Vancouver Mobile project (mahalo, Kapuanani!):

Video clips from The Village opening

Courtesy of Forrest Burger, RiverBend Productions (thanks, Forrest!). These will be the basis of a mobile media module we will be working on in August, to test the technological systems of the mobile app in place but also to experiment with what we can do on site with video, including examining download speeds and optimal compression formats:

Village Opening:



Necklace Giving:



Drumming:



Fort Vancouver National Trust president Elson Strahan:



Fort Vancouver ranger Victoria Nakamura:



Fort Vancouver Superintendent Tracy Fortmann:



Artist (needs ID):



Walk to Village:



Ranger (needs ID):



Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt:



Fort Vancouver archaeologist Doug Wilson: