Visit this link and see a 10 minute video featuring vendors and workshops at the Ho'ike 2008. You will see the Tahitian Dance Workshop as well that I did at the fest! Enjoy!
http://www.eatlime.com/play_310897A4-F2B3-9201-7475-C098BE771B5F
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
HO'IKE VIDEO LINK FOR WORKSHOPS AND VENDORS
Visit this link and see a 10 minute video featuring vendors and workshops at the Ho'ike 2008. You will see the Tahitian Dance Workshop as well that I did at the fest! Enjoy!
http://www.eatlime.com/play_310897A4-F2B3-9201-7475-C098BE771B5F
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
HO'IKE COMMENTS
It is very rewarding to have such positive, dedicated, and loving students and friends around to remind us every day what the ALOHA Spirit is! The Ho'ike was an awesome experience and I believe that everyone did an awesome job putting it together! Unfortunatly there was so many negative feedback it is such a shame that negativity exists so much within the community. Although improvement is very important positive and constructive comments are the ones that we embrace and not comments that put any one down. I am very proud of the appreciation that some people have shared. Here are some good ones (if you would like to see more of the comments please log on to www.coloradoalohafest.com-brace yourselves... lots of uglyness in there! hahaha...):
The event scored a 10 in my book. Organized and run well. Loved the workshops, shopping, food, everything. A larger area for vendors would be nice, hall was dark, the food prices were expected, the lines a bit long, but events have lines. If you want it bigger, move it more central. The show was great, long but great. I don’t see what is to be gained by posting the personal insults to one or two groups. The organizers of the event get the message, but when the message is so vile, the animosity dilutes any productive value. Kalama didn’t invent Tahitian dance nor did Polynesian Fia Fia invent humor in Samoan dance. If you don’t like the style suggest something productive, don’t just say it’s ‘not authentic’! Authentic to what time period? Polynesians still write music, in this century, and some is Techno. Listen to current Hawaiian artist you’ll hear hip hop and Jamaican fusion. Or is ‘authentic’ the 1940’s? Or, technically it’s prior to the English, when a statically placed leaf was the costume. My biggest suggestion for improvement for 2010 is to remove viewing of comments from the web for public viewing, in fact start now. Why risk creating a negative vibe between the Halaus. The whole community benefits from them dancing together – don’t spoil it.
We were so excited to dance in the Ho'Ike and I am personally SO grateful that I had the oppertunity to share this culture with other people out there. I am a CO native who went to Hilo for college-I paid attention to the culture and the history and hope to be a part of preserving it for the future & my own children (who are 1/4 HI). ALOHA is not just a greeting but a feeling-breathing in the essence of the islands fills your heart with ALOHA, those who are pale were believed to be holding their breath and a negative name came of this. It's a shame that some who claim to be HI have started holding their breath as their comments about our show prove that. I have never experienced such a warm, welcoming culture with such happy people that have also had such a complicated history. We need to remember that we are here to help eachother, love eachother and share what we love with the world! It is our responsibility to teach our children how to be respectful, but also to have fun. What else is there in life if you can't enjoy it? For next time "ideally" a bigger space is needed (it was SO crowded in the tiny halls) for people to walk and to accomodate more vendors. And maybe 2 days would be nice-especially if it's ever other year. And maybe splitting up the performances would be good so those who chose only to watch a mormon-like performance won't be subjected to a "riske Tahitian show"--maybe they should watch more Tahitian dancing before making such negative comments about our costumes. I love my Halau and I have only been with them since June and I can't wait to co more collaborations with other groups! Thank you for such a beautiful gathering of such a wonderful culture! The most important thing I learned from my Ohana in HI is to let go and enjoy life, laugh, and breathe in the essence of the islands! (we may not have the salty air here, but we can still breathe deap!)
This program was truly great. Very well organized and presented. It was a real joy for my wife and I to see the show.
I would like to say that the everyone did a wonderful job... Please save the negative comments about the performances for your own ruminations..if that is a word.. There are many different syles of dance...and the men of Samoa did exactly what the men of Samoa would do if back in the island dancing with the Taupou... Much aloha to all of the Kumu and instructors who love what they do.. Who teach the spirit of Aloha. Please Live Aloha.. in every sense of the word... That's what the Polynesian culture is really about..not negativity.. Mahalo
I was so excited to experience the Aloha Festival and it totally lived up to my expectations. The vendors were great and a there was a nice variety. I loved the venue. The theater was roomy and we were happy with our seats. The music was great. And of course the Main Event. The hoike was presented well and we enjoyed all of the dances. I loved the costumes and the variety (and the changes were impressive!) I was so very impressed with the perfection of the dancers. I could tell they had a wonderful teacher! I would love to see some male(Kane)dancers of Kahiko and Awana at the next Hoike. Bravo to everyone for bringing the Aloha of Hawaii to us in Colorado. Cindy and Stan Sudan
It was so nice to see so many people enjoying the festival and the activities. The halau did a beautiful job putting together a variety of dances for everyone to see. All the dancing was beautiful. Perhaps just do the dances in a couple separates shows to spread it out. Nice variety in vendors, maybe they could of been closer together and not so spread out. Food was ono (I'm actually glad that L&L didn't come - sorry, don't really consider them Hawaiian food). Thank you for your hard work and putting this together for those who love Hawaii and missing the islands. Mahalo for all the hard work
That Kalama group was wonderful. The teacher was fantastic in the tahitian workshop. How about cutting out on some Hula and more Kalama Dancers? Makes show more lively and entertaining. Overall wonderful show and fantastic day! Would certainly go again next time.
Utah
Loved the day and the spirit of Aloha The Hula show was very entertaining although the long. Perhaps more Tahitian. Those dancers were very entertaining with bright costumes and happy faces. I loved the part where they incorporated both Hawaiian and Tahitian. Beautiful! More of it next time please. Where was L&L's. Food was expensive and so-so!
Loved the day and atmosphere. Workshops were great. Initially th hula show was a little slow until the Tahitian dancers came on and livened the whole stage. Costumes were wonderful and the dancers were actually smiling!!! Next time can we have more tahitian some maori and other islands
The event scored a 10 in my book. Organized and run well. Loved the workshops, shopping, food, everything. A larger area for vendors would be nice, hall was dark, the food prices were expected, the lines a bit long, but events have lines. If you want it bigger, move it more central. The show was great, long but great. I don’t see what is to be gained by posting the personal insults to one or two groups. The organizers of the event get the message, but when the message is so vile, the animosity dilutes any productive value. Kalama didn’t invent Tahitian dance nor did Polynesian Fia Fia invent humor in Samoan dance. If you don’t like the style suggest something productive, don’t just say it’s ‘not authentic’! Authentic to what time period? Polynesians still write music, in this century, and some is Techno. Listen to current Hawaiian artist you’ll hear hip hop and Jamaican fusion. Or is ‘authentic’ the 1940’s? Or, technically it’s prior to the English, when a statically placed leaf was the costume. My biggest suggestion for improvement for 2010 is to remove viewing of comments from the web for public viewing, in fact start now. Why risk creating a negative vibe between the Halaus. The whole community benefits from them dancing together – don’t spoil it.
We were so excited to dance in the Ho'Ike and I am personally SO grateful that I had the oppertunity to share this culture with other people out there. I am a CO native who went to Hilo for college-I paid attention to the culture and the history and hope to be a part of preserving it for the future & my own children (who are 1/4 HI). ALOHA is not just a greeting but a feeling-breathing in the essence of the islands fills your heart with ALOHA, those who are pale were believed to be holding their breath and a negative name came of this. It's a shame that some who claim to be HI have started holding their breath as their comments about our show prove that. I have never experienced such a warm, welcoming culture with such happy people that have also had such a complicated history. We need to remember that we are here to help eachother, love eachother and share what we love with the world! It is our responsibility to teach our children how to be respectful, but also to have fun. What else is there in life if you can't enjoy it? For next time "ideally" a bigger space is needed (it was SO crowded in the tiny halls) for people to walk and to accomodate more vendors. And maybe 2 days would be nice-especially if it's ever other year. And maybe splitting up the performances would be good so those who chose only to watch a mormon-like performance won't be subjected to a "riske Tahitian show"--maybe they should watch more Tahitian dancing before making such negative comments about our costumes. I love my Halau and I have only been with them since June and I can't wait to co more collaborations with other groups! Thank you for such a beautiful gathering of such a wonderful culture! The most important thing I learned from my Ohana in HI is to let go and enjoy life, laugh, and breathe in the essence of the islands! (we may not have the salty air here, but we can still breathe deap!)
This program was truly great. Very well organized and presented. It was a real joy for my wife and I to see the show.
I would like to say that the everyone did a wonderful job... Please save the negative comments about the performances for your own ruminations..if that is a word.. There are many different syles of dance...and the men of Samoa did exactly what the men of Samoa would do if back in the island dancing with the Taupou... Much aloha to all of the Kumu and instructors who love what they do.. Who teach the spirit of Aloha. Please Live Aloha.. in every sense of the word... That's what the Polynesian culture is really about..not negativity.. Mahalo
I was so excited to experience the Aloha Festival and it totally lived up to my expectations. The vendors were great and a there was a nice variety. I loved the venue. The theater was roomy and we were happy with our seats. The music was great. And of course the Main Event. The hoike was presented well and we enjoyed all of the dances. I loved the costumes and the variety (and the changes were impressive!) I was so very impressed with the perfection of the dancers. I could tell they had a wonderful teacher! I would love to see some male(Kane)dancers of Kahiko and Awana at the next Hoike. Bravo to everyone for bringing the Aloha of Hawaii to us in Colorado. Cindy and Stan Sudan
It was so nice to see so many people enjoying the festival and the activities. The halau did a beautiful job putting together a variety of dances for everyone to see. All the dancing was beautiful. Perhaps just do the dances in a couple separates shows to spread it out. Nice variety in vendors, maybe they could of been closer together and not so spread out. Food was ono (I'm actually glad that L&L didn't come - sorry, don't really consider them Hawaiian food). Thank you for your hard work and putting this together for those who love Hawaii and missing the islands. Mahalo for all the hard work
That Kalama group was wonderful. The teacher was fantastic in the tahitian workshop. How about cutting out on some Hula and more Kalama Dancers? Makes show more lively and entertaining. Overall wonderful show and fantastic day! Would certainly go again next time.
Utah
Loved the day and the spirit of Aloha The Hula show was very entertaining although the long. Perhaps more Tahitian. Those dancers were very entertaining with bright costumes and happy faces. I loved the part where they incorporated both Hawaiian and Tahitian. Beautiful! More of it next time please. Where was L&L's. Food was expensive and so-so!
Loved the day and atmosphere. Workshops were great. Initially th hula show was a little slow until the Tahitian dancers came on and livened the whole stage. Costumes were wonderful and the dancers were actually smiling!!! Next time can we have more tahitian some maori and other islands
Dancers Newsletter Updates Oct 2008
PLEASE WELCOME our new student: Jenna Lin! She officially started with Kalama last weekend and we are excited to have her! She will be attending our Tahitian Dance Class on Saturdays 830am-930am. In the next couple of weeks please welcome students who are going to be attending class for the first time! We love meeting new people and watching our Ohana GROW!
Aloha Dancers!
The Ho'ike was a great success! I had a lot of feedback from many other dancers, vendors, and family that was there to watch the show! I have heard so many nice complements about our group! We also had a HUGE success at the workshops! Maile had many people attend her fresh flower lei workshop for Little Grass Shack and I had around 40 people attend my Tahitian Dance Workshop. A special thanks goes out to Vairea who helped me at the Tahitian Dance Workshop. I believe that each and everyone of you reflected a lot of high- energy and excitement to the audience and really showed them that dancing is not just technique and precision~ but it is also lots of FUN!!! I hope that you all continue to learn Polynesian Dance. I really enjoy working with all of you and teaching you. I know that at times it can be stressful to get all of these big shows together but I appreciate your hardwork and patients! At the end of it all we did an awesome job! You should all be very PROUD of your dancing! I would like to recognize Patty and Denise for an outstanding job on the costumes. I would like to also recognize Dawn for helping out on the MC for the Ho'ike last minute!
Here are a couple of links to check out regarding our show!
Pictures of the Ho'ike to order from Glenn Asakawa Photographer~http://asapix.printroom.com/studio_homepage.asp?domain_name=asapix
See the article of the Ho'ike in The Longmont Times~
http://timescall.com/news_story.asp?ID=12118
Once again THANK YOU!
Aiwa
Important Dates to remember!
As Maile puts it "Time for our next projects!" Here is a list of important dates. For more details or for future event date inquiries please remember that you can visit the website calendar at www.polynesianpartyplanners.com.
Friday Oct 17th~ Vairea starts beginner combo classes at Encore Dance Studios from 5:00pm-6:00pm
Saturday Oct 18th~ Regular Classes are in session
Wednesday Oct 22nd~Maori and Samoan Dance Classes at Snap Fitness free to any paying Sat students from 9:00am-10:00am
Friday Oct 24th until Sunday November 2nd~ Aiwa out of town for Birthday! :)
All classes during these dates are cancelled
Wed Nov 5th~ Channel 2 News with Chris Parante at Little Grass Shack~ promotion for store, holiday parties, and classes PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN DANCE! The show time will be around 6am-630am.
Wed Nov 5th ~Class resumes Maori/Samoan Dance at Snap Fitness from 9am-10am
Sat Nov 8th~ All regular Sat classes resumes at Encore Dance Studios
Sat Nov 8th~NEW CLASS STARTS 12pm-1pm MAORI/SAMOAN DANCE (specialty class- limited time only)
Wed Nov 12th~Maori/Samoan Dance at Snap Fitness from 9am-10am
~Sat Nov 15th NO CLASSES on SAT~
Wed Nov 19th Classes resumes Maori/ Samoan Dance at Snap Fitness from 9am-10am
Sat Nov 22nd~ Regular Classes resumes at Encore Dance Studios
Sat Nov 22nd~Maori/Samoan Dance #2 specialty class (limited time only)
The week of Nov 24th- Nov 30 NO CLASSES~ THANKSGIVING WEEK
Wed Dec 3rd~ Class resumes Maori/Samoan Dance at Snap Fitness from 9am-10am
Sat Dec 6th~Regular Classes resumes at Encore Dance Studios
Sat Dec 6th~Maori/Samoan Dance #3 specialty class (limited time only)
Sun Dec 7th~Company Christmas Party Show for Buckley Airforce Base with Santa Clause! Please let me know if you can dance!
Wed Dec 10th~Class resumes Maori/Samoan Dance at Snap Fitness from 9am-10am
Sat Dec 13th~ Regular Classes resumes at Encore Dance Studios
Sat Dec 13th~ Christmas Show at Encore Dance Studios Featuring Kalama Polynesian Dancers- Times of show to be announced!
Wed Dec 17th~Class resumes Maori/ Samoan Dance at Snap Fitness from 9am-10am
Sat Dec 20th~Regular Classes resumes at Encore Dance Studios
Sat Dec 20th~Maori/Samoan Dance #4 specialty class (limited time only)
TWO WEEK BREAK~ NO CLASSES FROM MONDAY DEC 22nd- SUN JAN 4 FOR HOLIDAYS
Classes will resume starting Sat Jan 10th
Costumes needed to purchase at this time:
POI BALL!!!
Aloha! In our new calendar we have Maori Classes and Samoan Dance Classes. I will be teaching the new classes. We will be using four long poi that is machine washable and two short poi that has a plastic cover for the sound. The colors of Maori costumes will be black, yellow, and green. The poi themselves will be green. The cost for the full set of poi ball is : $25.00. If you would like to order I do need the payments by: Wednesday October 22nd. If you cannot order now I will give you the information on how to order your own BUT you do need it to practice. If you would like to order by credit card please go to the website and click under the tab: Clients and Students and pay through the tab for registration fees and hula- gram deposit. If you will do the payment this way please let me know. Other things we will be learning besides Maori action songs and Samoan Siva is: Tititorea, Tirakau, Lapa Lapa, Sasa
Please know that this will be hard so you do need to practice. Also remember that I like to do different choreography which includes modern and traditional. These numbers will be a challenge but it should also be FUN! :)
PLEASE let me know which events you can or cannot attend! Thanks so much
Aloha Dancers!
The Ho'ike was a great success! I had a lot of feedback from many other dancers, vendors, and family that was there to watch the show! I have heard so many nice complements about our group! We also had a HUGE success at the workshops! Maile had many people attend her fresh flower lei workshop for Little Grass Shack and I had around 40 people attend my Tahitian Dance Workshop. A special thanks goes out to Vairea who helped me at the Tahitian Dance Workshop. I believe that each and everyone of you reflected a lot of high- energy and excitement to the audience and really showed them that dancing is not just technique and precision~ but it is also lots of FUN!!! I hope that you all continue to learn Polynesian Dance. I really enjoy working with all of you and teaching you. I know that at times it can be stressful to get all of these big shows together but I appreciate your hardwork and patients! At the end of it all we did an awesome job! You should all be very PROUD of your dancing! I would like to recognize Patty and Denise for an outstanding job on the costumes. I would like to also recognize Dawn for helping out on the MC for the Ho'ike last minute!
Here are a couple of links to check out regarding our show!
Pictures of the Ho'ike to order from Glenn Asakawa Photographer~http://asapix.printroom.com/studio_homepage.asp?domain_name=asapix
See the article of the Ho'ike in The Longmont Times~
http://timescall.com/news_story.asp?ID=12118
Once again THANK YOU!
Aiwa
Important Dates to remember!
As Maile puts it "Time for our next projects!" Here is a list of important dates. For more details or for future event date inquiries please remember that you can visit the website calendar at www.polynesianpartyplanners.com.
Friday Oct 17th~ Vairea starts beginner combo classes at Encore Dance Studios from 5:00pm-6:00pm
Saturday Oct 18th~ Regular Classes are in session
Wednesday Oct 22nd~Maori and Samoan Dance Classes at Snap Fitness free to any paying Sat students from 9:00am-10:00am
Friday Oct 24th until Sunday November 2nd~ Aiwa out of town for Birthday! :)
All classes during these dates are cancelled
Wed Nov 5th~ Channel 2 News with Chris Parante at Little Grass Shack~ promotion for store, holiday parties, and classes PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN DANCE! The show time will be around 6am-630am.
Wed Nov 5th ~Class resumes Maori/Samoan Dance at Snap Fitness from 9am-10am
Sat Nov 8th~ All regular Sat classes resumes at Encore Dance Studios
Sat Nov 8th~NEW CLASS STARTS 12pm-1pm MAORI/SAMOAN DANCE (specialty class- limited time only)
Wed Nov 12th~Maori/Samoan Dance at Snap Fitness from 9am-10am
~Sat Nov 15th NO CLASSES on SAT~
Wed Nov 19th Classes resumes Maori/ Samoan Dance at Snap Fitness from 9am-10am
Sat Nov 22nd~ Regular Classes resumes at Encore Dance Studios
Sat Nov 22nd~Maori/Samoan Dance #2 specialty class (limited time only)
The week of Nov 24th- Nov 30 NO CLASSES~ THANKSGIVING WEEK
Wed Dec 3rd~ Class resumes Maori/Samoan Dance at Snap Fitness from 9am-10am
Sat Dec 6th~Regular Classes resumes at Encore Dance Studios
Sat Dec 6th~Maori/Samoan Dance #3 specialty class (limited time only)
Sun Dec 7th~Company Christmas Party Show for Buckley Airforce Base with Santa Clause! Please let me know if you can dance!
Wed Dec 10th~Class resumes Maori/Samoan Dance at Snap Fitness from 9am-10am
Sat Dec 13th~ Regular Classes resumes at Encore Dance Studios
Sat Dec 13th~ Christmas Show at Encore Dance Studios Featuring Kalama Polynesian Dancers- Times of show to be announced!
Wed Dec 17th~Class resumes Maori/ Samoan Dance at Snap Fitness from 9am-10am
Sat Dec 20th~Regular Classes resumes at Encore Dance Studios
Sat Dec 20th~Maori/Samoan Dance #4 specialty class (limited time only)
TWO WEEK BREAK~ NO CLASSES FROM MONDAY DEC 22nd- SUN JAN 4 FOR HOLIDAYS
Classes will resume starting Sat Jan 10th
Costumes needed to purchase at this time:
POI BALL!!!
Aloha! In our new calendar we have Maori Classes and Samoan Dance Classes. I will be teaching the new classes. We will be using four long poi that is machine washable and two short poi that has a plastic cover for the sound. The colors of Maori costumes will be black, yellow, and green. The poi themselves will be green. The cost for the full set of poi ball is : $25.00. If you would like to order I do need the payments by: Wednesday October 22nd. If you cannot order now I will give you the information on how to order your own BUT you do need it to practice. If you would like to order by credit card please go to the website and click under the tab: Clients and Students and pay through the tab for registration fees and hula- gram deposit. If you will do the payment this way please let me know. Other things we will be learning besides Maori action songs and Samoan Siva is: Tititorea, Tirakau, Lapa Lapa, Sasa
Please know that this will be hard so you do need to practice. Also remember that I like to do different choreography which includes modern and traditional. These numbers will be a challenge but it should also be FUN! :)
PLEASE let me know which events you can or cannot attend! Thanks so much
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