Loveland Show- Benefit For Mckee Hospital

Imagine two Polynesian Dancers on a barge carrying torches while escorting the "luau pig" to the sandy beach of Lake Loveland. While the barge makes its way on the shore another Polynesian Dancer is dancing to the rhythms of the drum. Our show energizes the audience featuring dances from Hawaii, Tahiti, and New Zealand filled with modern and traditional choreography and audience participation. Visualize completing the show with a Fresh Flower Lei Presentation Dance to the guest of honor who was thrilled to be seated in the center of the dance floor and presented her lei!

Smell the smoke of fire and feel the heat against your skin as you are entertained by the Fire Performers! With fire duets and solos you will be at the edge of your seat as you see the Fire Poi shoot out into the audience!

Imagine Kalama Polynesian Dancers and the entertainment that you can have at your next event, birthday party, wedding, corporate party, etc.... CONTACT US!!!

Dance Tips- The figure Eight

A lot of people who have experience in dance or other forms of dance have the hardest time learning the different types of figure eight with the hips. Remember you can do the figure eight in so many ways. Lets look at the basic foot work first! You can do the figure eight with your opposite hip up while your opposite heel from you hip is lifted. Then you switch sides opposite heel and opposite hip. You can also do the same heel lifted and the same hip. Which one do you do?

Polynesian Dance Student Costumes

WOW!!! I think I got spoiled for years dancing at the incredible Mai-Kai Polynesian Restaurant. You know we made some things like cover our bands, make our Samoan Section feathers, cut our skirts, make ti-leaf skirts, etc... I used to complain ALL the time about doing anything that had to deal with costumes. I would even offer people to do my costumes for payment! But now that I have Halau Kalama... I can't even begin to think that way.

I have putting together all of these costumes for the dancers and trying to remember what I had seen for years all of the seamstress doing. I appreciate them a lot more. I also appreciate Ma at the Mai-Kai for having to make costumes and choreograph the show. It is a lot of work.

I do feel awesome though with all of the finished costumes that I have done. I didn't know I was even capable of doing all of this. It is actually motivating me to do more. For my next gift I asked my boyfriend for a sewing machine!

Just to let you know though I am going to share "costume making" with the show. I don't want them to get "spoiled" either. I want them to feel the accomplishment of making their own costumes and wearing them with PRIDE on stage.