LAPUSH — Tradition and “Twilight” will again be celebrated at this weekend’s 2011 Quileute Days festival.
The festival to celebrate Quileute culture will feature events that recognize both the traditional and modern facets of the tribe today, Saturday and Sunday in LaPush.
Chairwoman Bonita Cleveland extended an invitation to all to join the tribe for the celebration, which will feature appearances by two actors from the “Twilight” series of movies.
“We are delighted to have Tinsel Korey and Kiowa Gordon join us,” Cleveland said.
“We are equally excited that our canoe families from the Hoh, Quinault, Queets and Grand Ronde tribes will be joining us as well,” she said.
Activities, dancing
Events will highlight native art, tribal stick games, crafts and dancing.
Traditional dances will be presented Saturday at 6 p.m. at the A-ka-lat Community Center.
Gordon, who portrayed Jacob Black’s best friend in the “Twilight” films, and Tinsel Korey, who portrayed the scarred fiancee of the werewolf pack leader, will be the featured guests.
“Twilight” saga movies, which are based on Stephenie Meyer’s fictional four-book series set in Forks, LaPush and Port Angeles, tell of teen romance and rivalry between vampires and werewolves.
It will mark Gordon’s first visit to LaPush and Korey’s second.
The “Twilight” films were shot in Oregon and British Columbia, not the North Olympic Peninsula.
Former visitors
Korey spent a week with the tribe before filming began on “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” in 2009.
She gave acting classes at the tribal school and joined a storytelling with Chris Morganroth III of the pioneer Morganroth family on First Beach.
“I’m really excited to go back to Quileute and see the kids again,” Korey said.
Gordon and Korey will sign autographs for $20 at the Quileute Tribal Office from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
“Eclipse” DVDs, autographed by both actors, will be available for purchase for $75. A raffle for a “Twilight”-themed basket will be available for $1 per ticket.
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Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-417-3535 or at arwyn.rice@peninsuladailynews.com.
