Head Drum
The Stoney Creek Singers began their singing family in November of 1993 at the Great American Indian Exposition in Richmond, Virginia. Back then, the group consisted of former members of the Young Society Singers and White Tail Singers. The singers of Stoney Creek are citizens and descendants of the Haliwa-Saponi, Lumbee, Waccamaw-Siouan, Coharie, Chickahominy, and Upper Mattaponi tribes.
In its over 30-year span, Stoney Creek has travelled extensively throughout the United States and Canada and has won numerous awards and achieved many accomplishments. The group has released fourteen albums and shared its music throughout the world. The group has served as invited drum at The Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, N.M. twice, host drum at Crow Fair in Crow Agency, MT, singing champions and host at the Saginaw Chippewa Powwow in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, earned second place at the Morongo Powwow in California, won the National Powwow several times, earned first place honors at the Canadian Aboriginal Festival in Toronto, Canada, and served as a performer at the Jazz Fest in New Orleans, La. After over 30 years, Stoney Creek is still jammin’ on the powwow trail and serve as mentors to a crop of successful and up and coming singers from North Carolina and the East Coast.
Niawen ko:wa to our Head Staff. We appreciate your focus and dedication to the smooth running of our powwow!