MISSION SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO TO HOST SPECIAL ‘JOURNEYS TO THE PAST’
As always, Jacque Nunez, the 2009 Educator of the year, takes students on a journey into the lifestyle of the California Indian. Children experience lively music, story telling, songs, games, and dance with opportunities to participate. Students leave with an appreciation of environmentalism and what it means to be “keepers of the earth.”
But what makes this “Journeys” presentation special will be the appearance by the Young Spirit Dancers dance team from Omaha, Nebraska. The dance team is comprised of students ages 8-15, representing the Cherokee, Dine (Navajo), Lakota, Omaha and Winnebago People. The dance team’s trip to Southern California will include a performance at Disney’s California Adventure.
Journeys to the Past, which normally costs $4 to participate, will be free with paid admission to the Mission.
Jacque Nunez is a direct descendent of the Juaneno Band of Mission Indians, also know as the Acjachemen Indians. Her great, great grandfather was one of the leather jacket soldiers that guarded Father Serra as he traveled from San Diego to San Juan Capistrano. Jacque grew up in the oldest home in California, Los Rios Adobe. Her family has lived in this house built by Feliciano Rios over 200 years ago. Her storytelling venue, which is the only Native American venue in any of the 21 missions, is unique, engaging and memorable.
About Mission San Juan Capistrano:
Known as the “Jewel of the Missions,” Mission San Juan Capistrano is a historic landmark and museum that boasts of quality permanent exhibits featuring original artifacts as well as traveling and temporary exhibits on a wide variety of topics.
The site itself serves as a living outdoor museum with original buildings constructed by Native Americans in the 18th century including the Serra Chapel, Great Stone Church, and the original padres’ quarters of the South Wing.
The Mission was founded on November 1, 1776 by Padre Junipero Serra as the seventh in the chain of the twenty-one California missions established by Spain, and is Orange County’s only mission. Every year, over 50,000 students visit the Mission and engage in an inspirational learning experience via the Mission Matters programming, as part of their State required California history studies.
Mission San Juan Capistrano is owned by the Diocese of Orange and is supported by the Mission Preservation Foundation, which is comprised of business and community leaders committed to ensuring the long term preservation and viability of Orange County’s only Mission. The Mission receives no funding from either the Church or the State of California and charges admission funds as a means of providing public access.
Mission San Juan Capistrano is located at 26801 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675. Open Daily 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Good Friday afternoon. Admission is $9 adults; $8 seniors (60 years or over); $6 children (ages 4 to 11); and children ages 3 and under are admitted free. Free audio guide with senior and adult admission. For more information, call (949) 234-1300 or visit www.missionsjc.com.MISSION SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO TO HOST SPECIAL ‘JOURNEYS TO THE PAST’
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (June 25, 2014) — Mission San Juan Capistrano will host a special presentation of “Journeys to the Past” on Monday, June 30 beginning at 10 a.m.
As always, Jacque Nunez, the 2009 Educator of the year, takes students on a journey into the lifestyle of the California Indian. Children experience lively music, story telling, songs, games, and dance with opportunities to participate. Students leave with an appreciation of environmentalism and what it means to be “keepers of the earth.”
But what makes this “Journeys” presentation special will be the appearance by the Young Spirit Dancers dance team from Omaha, Nebraska. The dance team is comprised of students ages 8-15, representing the Cherokee, Dine (Navajo), Lakota, Omaha and Winnebago People. The dance team’s trip to Southern California will include a performance at Disney’s California Adventure.
Journeys to the Past, which normally costs $4 to participate, will be free with paid admission to the Mission.
Jacque Nunez is a direct descendent of the Juaneno Band of Mission Indians, also know as the Acjachemen Indians. Her great, great grandfather was one of the leather jacket soldiers that guarded Father Serra as he traveled from San Diego to San Juan Capistrano. Jacque grew up in the oldest home in California, Los Rios Adobe. Her family has lived in this house built by Feliciano Rios over 200 years ago. Her storytelling venue, which is the only Native American venue in any of the 21 missions, is unique, engaging and memorable.
About Mission San Juan Capistrano:
Known as the “Jewel of the Missions,” Mission San Juan Capistrano is a historic landmark and museum that boasts of quality permanent exhibits featuring original artifacts as well as traveling and temporary exhibits on a wide variety of topics.
The site itself serves as a living outdoor museum with original buildings constructed by Native Americans in the 18th century including the Serra Chapel, Great Stone Church, and the original padres’ quarters of the South Wing.
The Mission was founded on November 1, 1776 by Padre Junipero Serra as the seventh in the chain of the twenty-one California missions established by Spain, and is Orange County’s only mission. Every year, over 50,000 students visit the Mission and engage in an inspirational learning experience via the Mission Matters programming, as part of their State required California history studies.
Mission San Juan Capistrano is owned by the Diocese of Orange and is supported by the Mission Preservation Foundation, which is comprised of business and community leaders committed to ensuring the long term preservation and viability of Orange County’s only Mission. The Mission receives no funding from either the Church or the State of California and charges admission funds as a means of providing public access.
Mission San Juan Capistrano is located at 26801 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675. Open Daily 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Good Friday afternoon. Admission is $9 adults; $8 seniors (60 years or over); $6 children (ages 4 to 11); and children ages 3 and under are admitted free. Free audio guide with senior and adult admission. For more information, call (949) 234-1300 or visit www.missionsjc.com.
Submitted By : Joe Haakenson
