2008
Group Show, Meal, Museum, and/or Lodging Information
Kwahadi
Kiva
Indian
Museum
9151 I-40
East, Amarillo, TX, P.O. Box 32125, Amarillo, TX 79120-2125 806-335-3175
or cell 806-654-4890
Home of
the Kwahadi Indian Dancers, Venture Crew Nine, Troop 9, BSA, & GSA Troop 9!
Located on the
High Plains of
Texas,
the Kiva is 238 miles from Philmont and convenient to numerous mountain camps.
Over 6000 Scouts have stayed at the Kiva since it opened on June 12, 2004!
The Kiva can be a fun and uplifting event for your Scouts with a performance,
meals, and lodging provided for your group, or you can just stop by on your
journey for a travel break, museum tour, and/or a Kwahadi performance!
For lodging reservations for your
group, call or email Charles Ritchie:
charles.ritchie@amaisd.org Ofc. 806-326-1335
Hm: 353-1505, cell 654-4890 Available year-round.
http://www.kwahadi.com
You are always welcome at the Kwahadi Kiva!
The air-conditioned Kiva has 9 showers. Enjoy the adobe ambience of the
Plaza, Kiva, Santa Fe Room, Taos Room, and Patio. Walk the Eagle Trail
around the Kiva through the landscaping, play on the west lawn, or enjoy
volleyball on the sand court. Ladies have their own shower area.
Bring your own air mattresses, cots, and bedding. For fly-in groups, the
Amarillo International Airport is nearby.
The Kwahadi Dancers,
Venture Crew 9, present
Song of
the Eagle, Summer 2008
A colorful
pageant of the dance styles of the American Indian! Plan to see the
show!
Home
Shows: Weekends June 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28, July 4, 5, 7, 11,
12, 18, 19, August 7
Other
dates may be scheduled on nights when we have enough guests. Other shows may
be scheduled on nights when we have sufficient visitors. Performances at
Philmont
Volunteer
Training
Center most Mondays in June and July 2008.
The
Kiva is home to the Kwahadi Indian Dancers, Venture Crew 9, BSA. Over
1800 Scouts have performed as Kwahadis since 1944 in over 4000 performances in
46 states and overseas. We just celebrated our 281st Eagle Scout and our
first Venture Ranger Award and our first Girl Scout Gold Award! Kwahadi
performances are scheduled on most Friday and Saturday nights in the summer or
on other nights when we have sufficient visitors. You can also see
the Kwahadis on many Monday nights at the
Philmont
Training Center at 7:00 PM! Over 100 Native American artists and
artisans are represented in the Kiva Trading Post. Fine art, jewelry,
Katchina dolls, pottery, rugs, and craft supplies,
as well as souvenir patches, and Indian goods available.
Come see
the Kwahadis! You'll be glad you did!
The Kwahadi Northeast Show Tour 2008 will
include a performance on July 31 for hundreds of Scouts from around the world
at the Michigan International Scout Camp, eastward to
NewEngland, southward to
Washington,
then home along the I-40 corridor. They will entertain at the Chickasaw
Council Scout Base in October 2008 for 10,000 Scouts, at the
Windjam in England for 8000 Scouts in 2009, and
for 30,000 Scouts at the 100th Anniversary of Scouting Jamboral in Utah in
2010. The Kwahadis perform for fundraisers for councils, OA, district,
and units coast to coast.
Per
Person 2008 Cost Information – Lodging, Performance, Meals
"Song
of the Eagle" Performance
$4.00 (per person for visiting Scout and church groups)
Museum visit
$1.00 (per person for visiting Scout and church groups)
Enchilada Dinner (on show dates)
$7.50 (or any date for combined groups of 30 or more)
Dessert
$3.50 (cobbler and ice cream….oh my!)
Museum and Performance
$4.00 (per person for youth and adults in group)
(on show dates)
Overnight lodging
$3.50 (per person for visiting Scout and church groups)
Royce's Hardy Breakfast
Buffet $7.50 (available
for groups or combined groups of 25 or more people. Includes scrambled
eggs, potatoes, bacon, biscuits & gravy and choice of coffee, orange juice, or
milk).
“The
Works” Package: $23.00
(per person, available for Scout groups on show nights and includes museum,
dinner, dessert, show, lodging, & brfst!)
* You can eat well at the Kiva for about the same cost as taking everyone to
McDonalds. All meals are served by professional catering service and are
offered to simplify travel and logistics for our friends. Meals are
available on show days or on other dates with sufficient notice.
* Dinner and breakfast reservations are required to ensure adequate
food. Meals must be secured by credit card or advance payment.
* Royce's breakfast (of Home Plate Diner) is becoming a legend!!
* Meals refunded in full if cancelled by noon on day of arrival.
* Custom meals available for groups or combined groups of 25 or more.
Feed your
Scouts a hardy breakfast at the Kiva at 7 AM (or earlier), depart Kiva by 8
AM, drive 238 miles to Philmont, gain an hour at the state line, and check
into Philmont by 11:30 AM MST. (Loose an hour coming back!!)
Directions to the Kwahadi
Kiva
Indian
Museum
And
Performance
Center
The
Kwahadi
Kiva Indian Museum is located on the north side of I-40 between
Lakeside Drive
and
Tiltrotor
Drive (airport). Exit I-40 on the east side of Amarillo at
Tiltrotor
Drive (EXIT #76), and then proceed WEST on the I-40 frontage road on the north
side of I-40 for one-half mile. The Kiva is open June – August, Noon – 5:00
PM Thursday through Saturday and on Sunday 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Noon ‘til
10 PM on show dates. For other times, call for an appointment.
Kwahadi
Kiva Indian Museum
Lodging,
Performance, and Meal Reservation Form
Sept 2007 –
Sept 2008
Please complete the following lodging reservation
information and email to:
charles.ritchie@amaisd.org or print out and mail to Kwahadi Kiva
Indian Museum, P.O.
Box 32125, Amarillo, TX 79120-2125
Unit: _______ Where are you from? __________________
Date(s) Requested: _____________
# of Male _______
# of Female _______ Group leader: _____________________________
Mailing address:
________________________________________________________________
City ________________________________State
____________________ Zip _____________
Contact telephone #: ___________________________
Emergency contact telephone #:
____________________________
Mobile cell for contact during the trip:
_______________________
Email contact:
__________________________________________________________
Arrival Time: You should plan to arrive by
6:30 PM if you plan to eat dinner on show days. If you are arriving on a
show day and not planning to attend the show, you can check in after the show.
Let us know your plans. J
Estimated Arrival Time: ______________ Estimated Departure Time:
________________
Selection
of Services and Cost Calculation
Overnight Lodging:
# people __________ X $3.50 =
___________ per night.
Performance & museum:
# people __________ X $4.00 = ___________(show nights only)
Optional Dinner:
# people __________ X $7.50 = ___________(usually chicken
enchiladas)
Dessert:
# people __________ X $3.50 = ___________ (cobbler and ice cream)
Breakfast:
# people __________ X $7.50 = ___________ (buffet, see above)
Or “The Works”(show days) # people
__________ X $23.00 = ___________
Souvenir Kwahadi Patch: #
people __________ X $4.00 = ___________
Total unit request:
___________
Meal reservations must be secured by credit card for
advance payment. Meals are fully refunded if cancelled by noon on the
day of the dinner or the day before the breakfast. You can increase or
decrease your count until that time. Custom Catered Meals:
Available for groups of 25 or more. Call Charles 2 weeks in advance.
Directions To Kwahadi Kiva Indian Museum and Performance Center
Exit Interstate 40 at Exit #76 (Tiltrotor
Drive) in Amarillo, then proceed WEST ½ mile along the north side of I-40 on
the frontage road to the Kiva! Call when you are about an hour away
(806-335-3175) or use the telephone numbers below on days when the museum is
closed so we can meet you at the Kiva.
If you arrive after hours on
nights when no performance is scheduled, call Charles Ritchie: 806-654-4890 or
353-1505, Harry Janzen: 806-354-8652 ofc
806-371-8851, ext 13. John Stich: 806-358-3338 Kiva
telephone is 806-335-3175. We also can help you with accept last minute
requests. You're always welcome!
Map to location:
http://maps.msn.com/(55yro4551zetzd55wuyujg3u)/map.aspx?src=FP&lats1=35.19319&lons1=-101.72813&alts1=7.16667&name=9151+E+I-40%2c+Amarillo%2c+TX+79111
Kiva Phone: 806 335 3175
(Museum winter hours: Sat & Sun 1 - 5 PM)
Kiva Contact: Charles
Ritchie cell: 806-654-4890
Street Address:
9151 I-40 East; Amarillo, TX (use PO Box for mail)
Other Places of Interest in Amarillo:
Alibates Flint Quarries Natl
Monument 806-857-3151 (a. 23 miles north of Kiva)
Amarillo Museum of Art
806-371-5050 (a. 8 miles west of Kiva))
Amarillo Swimming Pool
SE 806-342-1564 (a. 4 miles from Kiva)
Amarillo Swimming Pool
SW 806-359-2082 (a. 12 miles from Kiva)
American Quarter Horse Heritage
Center and Museum (closed ’06)
806-376-5181 (a. 5 miles west of Kiva)
Don Harrington Discovery Center,
Science Museum, and Space Theater
806-355-9547 (a. 13 miles west of Kiva)
Palo Duro Canyon State Park
806-488-2227 (a. 25 miles south of Kiva)
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
806-651-2244 (a. 20 miles south of Kiva)
Splash Amarillo Water Park
806-342-3473 (a. 1 mile west of Kiva)
TEXAS Musical Drama
806-488-2220 (Performed in Palo Duro Canyon)
Food Possibilities:
Abuelos Mexican Restaurant
806-354-8294 (a. 10 miles SW of Kiva)
Big Texan Steak Ranch
806-372-7000 (a. 1 mile west of Kiva)
Cattle Call Bar-B-Que
806-353-1227 (a. 13 miles west of Kiva)
Dyers Bar-B-Que
806-358-7104 (a. 9 miles west of Kiva)
Furr’s Cafeteria (Georgia St.)
806-355-5662 (a. 9 miles west of Kiva)
Golden Corral (Coulter St. exit)
806-353-3779 (a. 12 miles west of Kiva)
La Fiesta Mexican Food (Ross St.)
806-342-9320 (a. 5 miles west of Kiva)
Pizza Hut (Grand Street)
806-374-2720 (a. 4 miles west of Kiva)
Other:
Doughnut Stop - located on I-40 a. 3 miles west of the
Kiva. Exit I-40 at Grand St.
McDonalds and a Burger King - just west of the Kiva near
I-40.
Walmart Supercenter - located a. 3 miles west of the
Kiva. Exit I-40 at Grand St.
Westgate Mall - located on I-40 a. 12 miles west of Kiva.
Exit I-40 at Coulter St.
