Performers on Parade features professional performers in the areas of music, dance, theatre and more! Each week, a different performer will visit each library in the city.
Born and raised in Saskatoon, Lawrence Roy has been hoop dancing since 1989. His first teacher, Delvin Kennedy, taught Lawrence the style of 21 hoops in the St. Mary’s Hoop Dance Troupe. Entering high school, his second teacher, Patrick Nippi, taught Lawrence the style of 17 hoops. Today, he dances with 30. Lawrence has passed on his teachings to his children who have all taught others on their own. He loves to teach anyone that wants to learn. Some of the many places you will find Lawrence are Wanuskewin, White Buffalo Youth Lodge, Friendship Centre and numerous schools in and around Saskatoon. Lawrence brings many teachings of the hoop, its origin and humour in his performance and stories.
AGE GROUP: | Kids |
EVENT TYPE: | Speakers & Special Events | School Break | Performances | Dance |
The Round Prairie Library opened in 2017 and was named in honour of the La Prairie Round (or Round Prairie) Métis, who were a community of buffalo hunters that established a wintering site near Dakota Whitecap in the late 1800s. In the 1920s and 1930s many in the community were forced to migrate to Saskatoon in search of work, and by the 1940s they had established a permanent and close-knit community near the current site of the library. This library includes an Innovation Lab and Video Game Room.
