The Choctaw Cultural Center, the Choctaw Nation's museum and living village just off U.S. 75 in Calera, Okla., holds its Fall Festival on Friday, Oct. 16, and Saturday, Oct. 17.
Doors open at 10 a.m. both days, and the center's posted hours run until 5 p.m. The festival is included with regular admission, which the center lists at $12 for adults, $6 for children 4 to 12 and $9 for seniors 62 and older and for active military and veterans. Choctaw tribal members and Cultural Center members get in free.
On the schedule
Each day opens with a Fall Farmer's Market and Art Market and a stickball demonstration at 10:30 a.m. From 1 to 4 p.m., the center's Living Village has cultural demonstrations and carnival booths.
Choctaw dancers perform twice a day, at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., with dances that include the jump, corn, walk and garfish dances, according to the schedule. Storytellers share "Gift of Tanchi," a story about corn, at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Mini pumpkin painting for children starts at 2 p.m., while supplies last.
Saturday adds a corn-eating contest at 2:30 p.m., with separate men's and women's divisions, to see who can finish three cobs the fastest. A photo booth, a guess-the-kernel game and cornhole run throughout the weekend.
