tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13640301288305682652024-03-17T18:05:33.833-07:00year 2023This may be the one.pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.comBlogger2882125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-88289966269836633892023-02-21T01:10:00.020-08:002023-02-21T01:29:45.072-08:00Move Starting<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;"><b>“Many Social Dancers believe that dance is the art closest to nature, and because it involves socializing it is closer to real life.”</b></span></p><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;">2023 and more people are getting back into dancing. Many going back to strict disciplines of International and American Styles. However the American Style on Oahu in the smaller clubs has been morphing into Social Dancing. The DJs will sometimes play, Bachata, Salsa, Hustle and
Two Step, none of which are syllabi of either of the disciplines. But Social dancers seem to accept the difference and it has been easier than in the bigger groups. By the end of the year we should have something pretty nice in all the Islands.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;"> "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by Izzy</span></b><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrRKvnLxnYzX6C-S9ktWdfx86igQzQOCKmJp0WuwgwcmueEfFV94n-mH8Ac8j2hv-wwj9tLW-56G1BCN5jUS_4c3HIvqWAb45Cpcr93ePb8sAi9RQgt0yi9D1H3y4w41EkFHqN5iHfi32FsTBQDMZkhGt4gZGBjAT5U1hKHfdlQ9W0-JW6p5Sxo3Tcg/s612/2.20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrRKvnLxnYzX6C-S9ktWdfx86igQzQOCKmJp0WuwgwcmueEfFV94n-mH8Ac8j2hv-wwj9tLW-56G1BCN5jUS_4c3HIvqWAb45Cpcr93ePb8sAi9RQgt0yi9D1H3y4w41EkFHqN5iHfi32FsTBQDMZkhGt4gZGBjAT5U1hKHfdlQ9W0-JW6p5Sxo3Tcg/w628-h640/2.20.jpg" width="628" /></a></div> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;"> "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by Jake Shimabukuro</span></b><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;">The Never Trump field is evolving into in several different groups and getting bigger every day. The big fear among the donors and other party players is that, like in 2016, a number of challengers to Trump will jump into the primary and linger too long, splitting the field and allowing Trump to win. So at this time, top Republicans are meeting with potential candidates and telling them that if they want to run, they should by all means do so — but that they should also be prepared to drop out well before voting begins in order to make sure that the GOP puts their best candidate forward against Biden.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #01ffff; font-size: large;"><b>"Blogger's Law #19D: Teamwork is essential. It allows you to blame someone else."</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPDePVy4bZdaaOhBl8FuGylN1UGis3r2ChBz7sRtdCncC5BAKDR8HkhXUBxVdW8zvsroJi0y4HF9qYrMswrFxmhfLsLL0wPXPiowXVxoUUJ7veTyrsfM6JfGfslva9QHWWYc2r7QJusBOI6YX5thtye03E7JJlrO9wyrSLpwnerAMRofnt1ZvP2YwNQ/s699/2.20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="699" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPDePVy4bZdaaOhBl8FuGylN1UGis3r2ChBz7sRtdCncC5BAKDR8HkhXUBxVdW8zvsroJi0y4HF9qYrMswrFxmhfLsLL0wPXPiowXVxoUUJ7veTyrsfM6JfGfslva9QHWWYc2r7QJusBOI6YX5thtye03E7JJlrO9wyrSLpwnerAMRofnt1ZvP2YwNQ/w640-h640/2.20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-48704399681210992572023-02-17T01:49:00.001-08:002023-02-17T01:50:02.967-08:00Test Three<p><span style="font-size: large;">Social Dancing on Oahu creates our social life and it quite evident in social media the different places available for the enjoyment of socializing and the dance. It also allow us the opportunity to make new friends. It is not the same as International Ballroom Dancing which relies heavily on the exhibition and competition styles of the Dance. Being socially engaged on Oahu leads to increased happiness, reduced stress and a stronger immune system. More than an opportunity to meet new people, our social dancing has few cultural barriers.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPjyeoB86Qdz_yqEa3X2CGeihyE0wpVBpKFMGZ1IF4exDcdu3apXiU9lwjzfBBYuhfTqrOOEK6ojQei22ujS0uzKqBWCKExn7lmMOkLjlgHHKkC8zOjCDuOH2L5wCmOyEzbOly2QS1VHKuKqVtFXgcw8zOm3bfWiJobkyPwdmmMYzcP7xmxqt4xpGXg/s601/2.16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPjyeoB86Qdz_yqEa3X2CGeihyE0wpVBpKFMGZ1IF4exDcdu3apXiU9lwjzfBBYuhfTqrOOEK6ojQei22ujS0uzKqBWCKExn7lmMOkLjlgHHKkC8zOjCDuOH2L5wCmOyEzbOly2QS1VHKuKqVtFXgcw8zOm3bfWiJobkyPwdmmMYzcP7xmxqt4xpGXg/w638-h640/2.16.jpg" width="638" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><b>"Tiny Bubbles" by Don Ho</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Socialism:</b> is a scare word that has been hurled at every advance people have made in the last 90 years. Socialism is what they called Public Power, Social Security, Medicare. Socialism is what they called Farm Price Supports, bank deposit insurance and the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. For some reason or another it does not benefit Billionaires.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZ7py35YWKCQ6LyNrfNWu4UrRJ0pXFZeAP5wGvfFYMvHI_nuz2Uec8ngQeQa0McYdDn1DcY2R9c4oY3Df8Kzjyhw8tA6VCzKAwhpMo3EkYCicEFGxCiWRnkVVfMMOcqlRHS1n5sTLuJ8nbmLfWGpHnekouD4ZEdALNv10ZYs1885a4LS8Fqbh8AegCg/s400/2.16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZ7py35YWKCQ6LyNrfNWu4UrRJ0pXFZeAP5wGvfFYMvHI_nuz2Uec8ngQeQa0McYdDn1DcY2R9c4oY3Df8Kzjyhw8tA6VCzKAwhpMo3EkYCicEFGxCiWRnkVVfMMOcqlRHS1n5sTLuJ8nbmLfWGpHnekouD4ZEdALNv10ZYs1885a4LS8Fqbh8AegCg/w640-h640/2.16.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span><p></p><p></p>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-46968015020530159962023-02-14T01:27:00.002-08:002023-02-14T01:29:42.148-08:00Test Two<p><span style="font-size: large;">Looking
over the Island of Oahu, "our kuleana," I find Dancing Web and Blog sites from
all over. Not as many as before Covid19 but they are perking up. There are still dance blogs and social media enabling hundreds of
dancers to express their opinions with a reduced political risk simply
because of the sheer number of like-minded opinions online. Facing these
independent voices, the old clique machines were crumbling. Many of our reader/dancers have friends and/or relatives that are witnessing a new birth of reading freedom.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nSFhrCBYluKMM76apqLFD42HW2iIQKo7ZJ2kbvkk25V4I_E2l2hISX3f_zQHkdxZr2ZXBieSymAlqIUpnctOite5G3E_qWyEQAARt1bK3xJ5lf2aZJYorBJgLI7VnuAQCFWDMv6vEyMlvIuqxMw9j_uWhLueGlOtZQDoO9vhW2Nc88XBOLHkDPGh6Q/s606/2.13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nSFhrCBYluKMM76apqLFD42HW2iIQKo7ZJ2kbvkk25V4I_E2l2hISX3f_zQHkdxZr2ZXBieSymAlqIUpnctOite5G3E_qWyEQAARt1bK3xJ5lf2aZJYorBJgLI7VnuAQCFWDMv6vEyMlvIuqxMw9j_uWhLueGlOtZQDoO9vhW2Nc88XBOLHkDPGh6Q/w634-h640/2.13.jpg" width="634" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">"Maui Waltz" by Loyal Garner</span></b></span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">President Biden took to the House Chamber for his annual State of the Union address. His message was one of unadulterated optimism, even in the face of open hostility from the Trumpanzees. The spectacle of Biden smiling and offering a pointed riposte through multiple rounds of heckling from some House Republicans was, in many ways, an apt illustration of his presidency and a useful preview of his likely 2024 candidacy. Biden showed class, the Republicans came out like Trash. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTvoEaFPtiXJ_yx-wpf1-SmA3XDvN2VlQvcltXFTqPPK3wN45XzYcxxLSKrI2w8GPGJ8Z5lO3lGLEpAxkk2ett4mAYDF5SuH8LQFLg7w6RuBtgKcj5w-ZvHOZF807EH0ik9hMagTzF4aDfKzQsC6dgqtOFHdYWwnDkc0Pi4Q3bQiM30E7h1w4-6W4dA/s700/2.13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="700" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTvoEaFPtiXJ_yx-wpf1-SmA3XDvN2VlQvcltXFTqPPK3wN45XzYcxxLSKrI2w8GPGJ8Z5lO3lGLEpAxkk2ett4mAYDF5SuH8LQFLg7w6RuBtgKcj5w-ZvHOZF807EH0ik9hMagTzF4aDfKzQsC6dgqtOFHdYWwnDkc0Pi4Q3bQiM30E7h1w4-6W4dA/w640-h384/2.13.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-4969687083618802632023-02-11T21:13:00.001-08:002023-02-11T21:13:49.920-08:00Testing<p><span style="font-size: large;">There are new people coming into our dance world every day and we have accepted them quite naturally as social dancers. Definitely not the "Elite." A nice quote from the Big Island that expresses it nicely<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"I became more curious than usual after I saw a dance film that impressed me. Then I tried many times to dance with some
help on a Night Club dance floor. I have never been a drunk but with
just a few drinks, I have found it a joy to dance with the
right partner. It has given me the kind of joy I could never experience
in other sports or activities. I am now taking classes in a social
dance club."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_f6aj4z549tiMBk0a9GoKvf8agsB5Gl1qA1Oxdm2i_vjX48m4bw9Vv7_vrCES17iXX4m0Uam3SWW9Rr4lFxdI1RR18M1J0lxhsdlXaw3gNbqO30c50MxASgsmgjwq1Fpm3PGD2ZZ9bbzU4Jpq44JDvZdKTd5-sucv1dL6K5uCT71-mdP3ufGilI-0Cw/s600/2.11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="600" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_f6aj4z549tiMBk0a9GoKvf8agsB5Gl1qA1Oxdm2i_vjX48m4bw9Vv7_vrCES17iXX4m0Uam3SWW9Rr4lFxdI1RR18M1J0lxhsdlXaw3gNbqO30c50MxASgsmgjwq1Fpm3PGD2ZZ9bbzU4Jpq44JDvZdKTd5-sucv1dL6K5uCT71-mdP3ufGilI-0Cw/w640-h616/2.11.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hawaiian Wedding Song by Andy Williams</span></b></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trumpanzees are getting stricter in personal control of their followers. And it all probably comes from a desire of their followers to return to the "safe" authoritarianism of their childhoods. When their decisions were made by authority figures such as their parents, who provided them with a safe and secure environment and catered for all their needs. Yeah, man, Trump will do all your thinking for you.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5aADdEJiPVSb9jZW9i1Um6MI4rJ5u7NrARGu7HcO4ffJQq3XBeLKFKDz56IQfDaavQ-7NEyCGbQZ-x_BYRzbr7ENadkgZPxGrj3scaS3q8A3NwbhYClKxjtuJNPozxok-lm64IDZT8iCNPHb0MiFHzJI206_JRhCVJytfBHLWeUDzRooCv6NJFqE6XQ/s712/328288728_684013980183733_3695274755230720947_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5aADdEJiPVSb9jZW9i1Um6MI4rJ5u7NrARGu7HcO4ffJQq3XBeLKFKDz56IQfDaavQ-7NEyCGbQZ-x_BYRzbr7ENadkgZPxGrj3scaS3q8A3NwbhYClKxjtuJNPozxok-lm64IDZT8iCNPHb0MiFHzJI206_JRhCVJytfBHLWeUDzRooCv6NJFqE6XQ/w630-h640/328288728_684013980183733_3695274755230720947_n.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-46673357114080564052023-02-09T02:08:00.001-08:002023-02-09T02:08:42.360-08:00The New Setup<p><span style="font-size: large;">Seventy years ago, ballroom dancing in Hawaii was created for people to learn it and the necessity to give people a space to enjoy it. Ballroom dancing has had very few ups and downs until the Covid19 arrived and brought everything to a screeching halt. But slowly, the unmatched energy everyone brings to the floor has brought us great inspiration and motivation on Oahu.The dance world has bounced back stronger than ever and we are over the moon with excitement to join everyone for an incredible year 2023.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9cjUogmKiSeST5aivtq36gfV1CFp5Jubx5h6uyko7ysnswauVFrRVVOYhJ9xx44nN99Vp_mj2JeELf-KTODn4A94RP-CHZtLrbpJgAjDMrhZzd6Kz4RNJmcDgFJNzFeFgA8O5J62vVt3fl_iL73MthMVaD1JwZ50sLWlX_j8Y1OC8AMjWtmVNeJAGCw/s600/2.08.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="600" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9cjUogmKiSeST5aivtq36gfV1CFp5Jubx5h6uyko7ysnswauVFrRVVOYhJ9xx44nN99Vp_mj2JeELf-KTODn4A94RP-CHZtLrbpJgAjDMrhZzd6Kz4RNJmcDgFJNzFeFgA8O5J62vVt3fl_iL73MthMVaD1JwZ50sLWlX_j8Y1OC8AMjWtmVNeJAGCw/w640-h580/2.08.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b>"Morning Dew" by Melveen Leed </b></span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I have many thing on my agenda and at 97 years old I am running out of time. This Blog will be my main communication with my world. I have Twitter, Facebook, Word Press and Tumblr. And the first to go will be Word press. They are just getting too chintzy so I plan on bothering no more. On the Politics we remain Democrats for all the People.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDaLNMOh7ZqYd5cRS2jAf2s36bbWuUUFbBLfp5pOnxI9Ctf2izhqOfNlREL0shbC7UErYwO0wbn9X-B4CK0ycC-KuLvTi2Cb3H_73RYYRqjaavizr_Tkl2jYjGIB9iVr-R6_kMrj24yi9VgLNxCCJlu4i3ExTrc377ee1F9rzpi4MDGD_c9eaQeCp3FA/s700/2.08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDaLNMOh7ZqYd5cRS2jAf2s36bbWuUUFbBLfp5pOnxI9Ctf2izhqOfNlREL0shbC7UErYwO0wbn9X-B4CK0ycC-KuLvTi2Cb3H_73RYYRqjaavizr_Tkl2jYjGIB9iVr-R6_kMrj24yi9VgLNxCCJlu4i3ExTrc377ee1F9rzpi4MDGD_c9eaQeCp3FA/w640-h640/2.08.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p></p>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-45244609285723902182023-01-16T03:23:00.001-08:002023-01-16T03:23:26.202-08:00January 16th.<p><span style="font-size: large;">Pizza:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It is a dish of Italian origin consisting of a round, flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients (such as various types of sausage, anchovies, mushrooms, onions, olives, vegetables, meat, ham, etc.), which is then baked at a high temperature, traditionally in a wood-fired oven. On Oahu, Pizza is usually pronounced "Peet sa" by people that believe it is a heavenly taste and eat it often. But it is usually pronounced Peezah by most every once else and no one quibbles about it. Most connoisseurs, after Fifty, cut it down from 4 slices to two. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhze70epID9WOhKxUf5uforU9w_eKU574YLNSQrv4ZsXPQtoqGVlvgmPh8lQsGgf3apOhf30H1vGy5rm3gYxEpsjFS37pmxI5tdD5Ld8zbObUtToV9MOHD7HUffRCzhngjl45XIhwtrkS8nzkhHLNeGGPUuPLqN7sEoeK-SDrVcJ6PedENKZAKV29lI5g/s700/4d66dd4020b9acf169eb78ab313dc799.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="700" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhze70epID9WOhKxUf5uforU9w_eKU574YLNSQrv4ZsXPQtoqGVlvgmPh8lQsGgf3apOhf30H1vGy5rm3gYxEpsjFS37pmxI5tdD5Ld8zbObUtToV9MOHD7HUffRCzhngjl45XIhwtrkS8nzkhHLNeGGPUuPLqN7sEoeK-SDrVcJ6PedENKZAKV29lI5g/w640-h356/4d66dd4020b9acf169eb78ab313dc799.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b> "Adoro" by Graciela Susana</b></span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Social Dancers are really defining themselves in this new era of Social Dancing.The rootzi
tootzis, which are different from the ordinary Club dancers are still there but for not so divine.The rootzi tootsis
know LAGS (the latest and greatest syndrome) better than most
dancers. They have liked to differentiate themselves from the rest of us and
they have no idea that we are very willing to let them do that. That is why our Guest
bloggers in all our dance blog will be needed to solidify their credentials.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span><b>"Social dancers believe that if we danced and shared music,<br />we'd be too busy enjoying life to start a war.”</b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45NsD65mJGuWdWd_Ju53F-qY_1-kTsm5xodfzNgR5bXIxXcCw605L8PG8l__Ac1HAdmSQS0641W9i5YZnIUZnBol-ex6r9DUzewVPtdkyzry8UIrmkSLMc17QpGB62rOnUBMlRPtBhJhNGlZe8f09x5xnbmR3NeSH4aaOqm1e3NEdYAajD-DEScgRbw/s700/01.15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="700" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45NsD65mJGuWdWd_Ju53F-qY_1-kTsm5xodfzNgR5bXIxXcCw605L8PG8l__Ac1HAdmSQS0641W9i5YZnIUZnBol-ex6r9DUzewVPtdkyzry8UIrmkSLMc17QpGB62rOnUBMlRPtBhJhNGlZe8f09x5xnbmR3NeSH4aaOqm1e3NEdYAajD-DEScgRbw/w640-h398/01.15.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-71620363506901800512023-01-13T02:13:00.002-08:002023-01-13T23:18:32.223-08:00Not With A Bang<p><span style="font-size: large;">Music fits in quite naturally in our Oahu social dancing. And on Oahu, in our dancing, we may get carried away with perfecting our technique and our connection with our partner, This may leave us little time to focus on the outside stimuli that our excellent music provides for us. Our understanding and knowledge of our dance music becomes somewhat limited, However in this century we will have many basic resources to understand this inspiring medium - this beautiful music provided by our terrific Disc Jockeys.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCekCD3ums1UNyntj4eZtQo5cHKrNVnlT_heMa0ZTN0hJ2GYaHi9lKG_LVsN1qawAxYvmn6pV3_VyCShbFSpqGY05eun9Cx71nrJ93Hv8zD6mb7iJvXviL8wddxR3vjyvp8KarSJFCAf4g3BQ7_SnV5P9UUIkPUHNJ7WyhoY0OKaif3TfRVLxD9nbIg/s800/01.12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCekCD3ums1UNyntj4eZtQo5cHKrNVnlT_heMa0ZTN0hJ2GYaHi9lKG_LVsN1qawAxYvmn6pV3_VyCShbFSpqGY05eun9Cx71nrJ93Hv8zD6mb7iJvXviL8wddxR3vjyvp8KarSJFCAf4g3BQ7_SnV5P9UUIkPUHNJ7WyhoY0OKaif3TfRVLxD9nbIg/w572-h640/01.12.jpg" width="572" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><span style="font-size: large;">"E Kuu Morning Dew" by Melveen Leed</span></span><br /></div><div><p><span style="font-size: large;">The
rule in blogs as social media is just a little communication for the
reader/dancers in which they can see that a blog is merely larger than Twitter or Facebook. Later on there may be some sublime
advertising, in which we ring bells for our favorite groups. And we do not as a rule accept advertising. I will reassert that we are not that strict in anything, and we must
always do the best we can for the reader/dancer. What do we have to do
to establish our blogs as social media? We must furnish direct information
from the reader/dancers to the reader/dancers on this Island via the
blog. You do not know who they are? Neither do I.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>"There are shortcuts to happiness and dancing is one of them."</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMvp0BnZkidwoPSMt_0-cUWY5dTjEgdsaloCspPUoYEyZkN_OMEPMWWTFlAe5uYsFyVHI8l-p6YOU_0nGsLsiyGW6bdUwHCld5rBgfC6LyMvYoM0XYLXBQ3ZCZAxI9psMepcIjHhz6Y-gMx3G1GiZq_p0ugf77FT49ictl7yX1NMq9q6-7JzsI3WKZA/s600/01.13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="600" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMvp0BnZkidwoPSMt_0-cUWY5dTjEgdsaloCspPUoYEyZkN_OMEPMWWTFlAe5uYsFyVHI8l-p6YOU_0nGsLsiyGW6bdUwHCld5rBgfC6LyMvYoM0XYLXBQ3ZCZAxI9psMepcIjHhz6Y-gMx3G1GiZq_p0ugf77FT49ictl7yX1NMq9q6-7JzsI3WKZA/w640-h354/01.13.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span><p></p></div>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-16583311294112520102023-01-10T15:48:00.016-08:002023-01-10T16:03:42.845-08:00The Fairy Tale<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">A Chinese boy, last name of <b>Yong</b>, was born about 1900 or shortly thereafter in China. He was early on dissatisfied with his life and always thought there must be a better place to live. The family thought of him as an oddball. So there came a time when he was in his teens, that some relatives came to visit and they worked the Pacific Ocean as sailors. By luck they needed a cabin boy and this kid jumped at the chance.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: cyan;"><b><br />"If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes."</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYih8ZBLiQi7i0py6UkvxXTrbtr4K-NZwca5cjYmZZlhd9ut8zeFi4MQ0_Wed7-_YxpmcW1DLtmaAtZxiX3axiRngmYokK8SyRWiUntXSrLFZ5PIkg3d-N0fr86Q7mBchBVNAMl6PrPKrh/s1600/3107750703_2e517f1b85_z.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYih8ZBLiQi7i0py6UkvxXTrbtr4K-NZwca5cjYmZZlhd9ut8zeFi4MQ0_Wed7-_YxpmcW1DLtmaAtZxiX3axiRngmYokK8SyRWiUntXSrLFZ5PIkg3d-N0fr86Q7mBchBVNAMl6PrPKrh/w400-h266/3107750703_2e517f1b85_z.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>He liked the Philippines, and he thought Hawaii was great but plantation work not what he was hoping for. He liked San Francisco and he figured that this might be the place. However the ship was going to Los Angeles and then to Mexico and then go the same route back. He could wait. He though L.A. was terrific, so at that point, it was San Francisco or L,A<span style="color: blue;"><b>. </b></span>At the seaport in Mexico his group happened to run into some Chinese that spoke the same Chinese that they did. They explained that the Revolution in Mexico was just over and everyone was going to make money, about 1919, and they had a "car." He "jumped" ship with his meager belongings and went with them to Guamuchil in the State of Sinaloa.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;"><b>"Tu Lo Decidiste" por Ana Gabriel</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAk-kc3nIwQEV8vXcaRI7pZNYEOGvSFr9L6F-_3YzYGErw09pmzcBtCqQS70po6sazA8uJRv7-0-xnG0pydPXY_UEog_lW6TUK9wJfMCwDJtA-3pPMBLa4xiSzZiPuZLh5oKJOqkmNMyps/s1600/ana-gabriel-98+copy.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAk-kc3nIwQEV8vXcaRI7pZNYEOGvSFr9L6F-_3YzYGErw09pmzcBtCqQS70po6sazA8uJRv7-0-xnG0pydPXY_UEog_lW6TUK9wJfMCwDJtA-3pPMBLa4xiSzZiPuZLh5oKJOqkmNMyps/w400-h400/ana-gabriel-98+copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>They got him a job in the local Chinese restaurant and worked 10 hours a day six days a week. He had never learned to read and write in Chinese very well but now he made a special effort to learn the Spanish language. He learned how to go without to save a little money. He worked his way into the kitchen and join a group of same age boys that hung around together. Eventually he met a nice Mexican girl, from the lower economic classes. Got married and settled down. He became a good cook and through one of the good customers, he was able to buy a nice lot with beat up shack for a good price. He developed a nice partnership with his wife and they worked together to make it a home for the family's sake and eventually arose to the job of Chief Cook.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;"><b>"Eres Todo En Mi" por Ana Gabriel</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqfnVWAmAJDxUv3mOF78Y0obo6i1VwLwAt190TkW4xYmnejl37KasbCaldEZvawo8H2Sa4OsG6caG9q6jZXZByIU_pQADFx6FXylAw_IE_SV2jcArOv7J5TGbyRUH0_TJNBJDjc9_Kdi0/s1600/cd-cover.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqfnVWAmAJDxUv3mOF78Y0obo6i1VwLwAt190TkW4xYmnejl37KasbCaldEZvawo8H2Sa4OsG6caG9q6jZXZByIU_pQADFx6FXylAw_IE_SV2jcArOv7J5TGbyRUH0_TJNBJDjc9_Kdi0/w400-h398/cd-cover.jpg" width="400" /></a>Now he realized that this was a much better life than he had envisioned before. He had several children and one of his daughters was born right about the time that I was born. And she in turn married a nice middle class Mexican guy and they in turn had several children and a special daughter, named Maria Guadalupe Araujo Yong. Latin Style, first name, middle name, fathers last name and mother's last name. She was born in 1955, and is now 67 years old. She learned music and singing and eventually became the reigning queen of Mexico singers. She is still among the best in Mexico.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;"><b>"Historia De Un Amor" por Ana Gabriel </b></span></div><br />And her stage name was now <b>Ana Gabriel.</b> Before her grandfather passed, she had concerts in the vicinity and always made arrangement for her Chinese grandfather to attend her concerts. He could have gotten front row but he always insisted on sitting on the side of the theater. Her favorite introduction always included her Big shot friends in the audience and there were many. And as always she would notice, "and that old Chinese man over there on the side, I know him. "Hola Abuelito" Oh, Hi, Grandpa! and of course he would beam. He had come a long ways. It was always a touching scene.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>"The last of the human freedoms - to choose one’s attitude in any given set</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiSImMaCi9kwgD9Lyeu7RqgFMHzOL9BhcIzb1bdzDeMpUow_DO5J5CrIIHWujcFO_3BXdD9Y9D5lxQgWEz31C84sIrp9psfEXBtRSB48_loAUFrblEb1ThIVEjoRelhFJKjBP84y8eVn1FquPLR3vplqWvdUIeFXIlvZE7PlQaqAAeK6yEb4YuaSuZw/s601/01.10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="601" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiSImMaCi9kwgD9Lyeu7RqgFMHzOL9BhcIzb1bdzDeMpUow_DO5J5CrIIHWujcFO_3BXdD9Y9D5lxQgWEz31C84sIrp9psfEXBtRSB48_loAUFrblEb1ThIVEjoRelhFJKjBP84y8eVn1FquPLR3vplqWvdUIeFXIlvZE7PlQaqAAeK6yEb4YuaSuZw/w640-h568/01.10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-31281887293348617572023-01-01T20:00:00.022-08:002023-01-04T01:20:31.674-08:00January<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Social Media: Facebook under the name Joseph Martel.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">One Group. Oahh Dancers. covering Dance and Music. And Food and Drink. We may naturally have other things now and then but have enough for good crowd. We have less than 550 Friends, I accept anyone who has more than 100 mutual friends.<br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Started Twitter about two years ago, under the name Pepe Martel.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Covering all subjects and with only 370 followers so far. I accept anyone who has more than 100 followers.<br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Starting on Tumbler now, because Facebook and Twitter are getting too chintzy and are too much for the Rich.<br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Retreating from these and looking for new one, Freedom of speech and little Trump Propangana.<br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><b><span style="color: lime;">"Should old acquaintances be forgot and never brought to mind."</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><b><span style="color: lime;">This is a new year and that is from old song.</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><span style="color: lime;"> </span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><span style="color: lime;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzt3HHf8fJfX0-Uv4mlCXn4ITstpp0XqMQo70TTYXQp-Oe0hv31_Zc_weUHad1xSMig1fkL33AzTndT0bNxL3DnVlSRFQpNjBzu0jQE395GvBHldwQOseCemQLxrFWqhbZHSjOp6NUBDE-W8HgwmF_VUsA3p5wnZnsBil4uXN3TNrvfE0NtHv2S_CP0g/s600/01.01%20B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="600" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzt3HHf8fJfX0-Uv4mlCXn4ITstpp0XqMQo70TTYXQp-Oe0hv31_Zc_weUHad1xSMig1fkL33AzTndT0bNxL3DnVlSRFQpNjBzu0jQE395GvBHldwQOseCemQLxrFWqhbZHSjOp6NUBDE-W8HgwmF_VUsA3p5wnZnsBil4uXN3TNrvfE0NtHv2S_CP0g/w640-h634/01.01%20B.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></b></div>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-54670364797371508832022-12-16T10:51:00.000-08:002022-12-17T01:38:10.801-08:00The Ballroom Dance Craze<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>By Genevieve Bernstein, Hawaii Kai. </b><br /><br />In the teens decade of the last century, the US went dance-mad and much of the world followed suit.This dance craze was given much impetus by a young couple<b> Vernon and Irene Castle. Vernon, </b>an English comedian was working in America in stage musicals and Irene, a wannabee dancer met. He got her a job in the musical he was working in and they were married in 1911. They practiced and practiced, went to Paris as a dance team and were a smash hit. They returned to New York where they began a series of tea dances that became the rage of high society.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: cyan;"><b>“Social dancers believe that life is dance and everyone<br />dances with their own rhythm.” </b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrZ4wPG_Rp9tjmV9cudMwlExIZSN7X8YUhpGlVStRedsPmpkx2wSfiUN3Vseo-f-MVFmHBjVCUNKrTHjUMouxHQVIu2ez2Nx2qZmH4JsEPzQD97bR1szWAi3x-5IYvybzBYfa5cSjl8Ij/s1600/DL318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="600" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrZ4wPG_Rp9tjmV9cudMwlExIZSN7X8YUhpGlVStRedsPmpkx2wSfiUN3Vseo-f-MVFmHBjVCUNKrTHjUMouxHQVIu2ez2Nx2qZmH4JsEPzQD97bR1szWAi3x-5IYvybzBYfa5cSjl8Ij/s640/DL318.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />And of course other dance teachers bloomed all over. From 1912 to 1915 over 100 ballroom dances were created. The Castles founded Castle House, a studio for teaching a more refined type of dancing. A natural sociological function to distinguish themselves from the "street dancers," the lower classes. Much as the Internationals have done in present day Hawaii. They created many dances, the Castle Walk, the Castle Valse Classique, the Castle Tango, the Castle Last Waltz, the Castle Combination, the Castle Lame Duck, and the Maxixe. And most of their dances became fashionable in most of the American upper class ballrooms.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;"><b> "Waterfalls" by TLC (1995)</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lShpsjoZss61NSFdkb-bIXFu6XEKJ_jpa97K6f9CdM78pRaIORVJ6Y2pI1vvPeQ314ySBg6qjJ1sylcV3CsXDTZjQU4E_V-kHSdwS4BQfTBCfm-zyYXpY5EK6eDUyKXE-1R2O5UmKvKW/s1600/Xmas+wbdc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lShpsjoZss61NSFdkb-bIXFu6XEKJ_jpa97K6f9CdM78pRaIORVJ6Y2pI1vvPeQ314ySBg6qjJ1sylcV3CsXDTZjQU4E_V-kHSdwS4BQfTBCfm-zyYXpY5EK6eDUyKXE-1R2O5UmKvKW/s640/Xmas+wbdc.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><span id="goog_1180144045"></span><span id="goog_1180144046"></span><br />And the Castles firmly established the terminology for this type of dancing as "ballroom." When they first founded Castle House, they had trouble finding a band that played music suitable for their dances. They met <b>James Reese Europe</b> (a black man) and engaged him as their personal musician. Many black musicians in New York looked down on syncopated music. Ragtime was associated with minstrel shows. <b>Europe</b> decide that his future lay in popular music and realized the power of syncopation, even in the primitive form of those days and made great use of it. He played in Carnegie Hall in 1914 ten years before the great<b> Paul Whiteman.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>"Social dancers believe that there may be three sides to every story:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>yours, theirs and the truth."</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzes_9FWeYYNZWSXFkqUGy-jPmqp5Zozl_c8jGCINi9tVAVs7ozY8BLDqlYogvafUhA0O_p-Xqf3M81HWXKKt-fKHbvnF2aIGLXNhyjHntXQUsXcnlHzp-9ZoGv6VSS80HHKidknASoC6B/s1600/SD615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzes_9FWeYYNZWSXFkqUGy-jPmqp5Zozl_c8jGCINi9tVAVs7ozY8BLDqlYogvafUhA0O_p-Xqf3M81HWXKKt-fKHbvnF2aIGLXNhyjHntXQUsXcnlHzp-9ZoGv6VSS80HHKidknASoC6B/s640/SD615.jpg" width="624" /></a></div></div>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-44463367190920635202022-11-27T23:33:00.001-08:002022-11-27T23:33:50.700-08:00Wine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">The new century and Wine seems to be the increasing choice of drink for dancers. You just sip, sip and sip. Many seem to know the different classes of wine and even the differences in smell. Dancers have had a long time reputation of not being drunks. They drink but usually responsibly and that is to the good of everyone.<br />
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;"><b>"I got started dancing because I knew that was one way to meet girls."<br />
~ Gene Kelly (1912-1996) American dancer</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wine has a long history dating back about 8,000 years (along with agriculture) and is thought to have originated in present day Georgia (Russia) or Iran. It took about 1500 years to get to Europe. It became very common in classical Greece and Rome. In early Greece, 20000 Greek men and wine in the afternoon, evolved the entire Western concept of ethics that we know today.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wine has also played an important role in religion since ancient times. The Greek God Dionysos and the Roman God Bacchus represented wine. Wine has played an important role in ceremonies in the Christian religion such as mass. And wine was drunk at the Last Supper.<br />
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Forty years ago, I could see empty hard liquor bottles at some of the social dances. And always a few beer cans but no evidence of wine. Now. not many drinkers at the socials but it has become apparent in Night Clubs and Da Big Shows in Waikiki. There must be other reasons why wine is becoming "acceptable," One of the marks of a certain type of a bad person is one that cannot give up a thing themselves without wanting every one else to give it up too. <br />
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pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-67040777982968294252022-11-21T01:54:00.002-08:002022-11-21T01:56:20.686-08:00Looking Good<div><p><span style="font-size: large;">I tried the first comeback blog for trial couple weeks ago and got some hits. So I hope to get it rolling in December with some regular Guest Authors. And I believe I will probably will get most from my other social media. This Blog will be just bigger that Oahu Dancer on Facebook. It will cover dancing, music, food and drink. Of course the Guest Authors will stick their own things now and then which is perfectly acceptable. And 90% of the readership will be from Oahu. I will try to blog at least once per week. This is all preliminary and changes will be made according to Guest Authors. I can do it with three, but six would be ideal.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span><b>"The truth may not lead you to where you thought you were going,</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span><b>but it will always lead you somewhere better" </b></span></span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5lkW_NX3yrwyqVGTo3v59leisLKN_CIg17cE_56BqtHzzl-wdMjh8YbCd9EWtP_hsaLDgD1indfjFmqqXj_y0gP65R3KHf1DrHQB5xLr8GRG0gmdVu4uuaxwLOL1T5MMlqwgJRpO6Z7GtKp-qd92ZlhUtHkBvaxokjFPMWbLRog-rDKDYx4zJd2apw/s600/11.20%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="600" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5lkW_NX3yrwyqVGTo3v59leisLKN_CIg17cE_56BqtHzzl-wdMjh8YbCd9EWtP_hsaLDgD1indfjFmqqXj_y0gP65R3KHf1DrHQB5xLr8GRG0gmdVu4uuaxwLOL1T5MMlqwgJRpO6Z7GtKp-qd92ZlhUtHkBvaxokjFPMWbLRog-rDKDYx4zJd2apw/w640-h366/11.20%20b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">A dance opinion may be supported by facts, in which case it becomes an
argument, although people may draw opposing opinions from the same set
of facts. In our social media, we will continue to establish some better
understanding of our dance scene. Opinions rarely change without new
arguments being presented. So in our blogs we need more honest dance
opinions from different viewpoints. It can be reasoned that one opinion
is better supported by the facts than another by analyzing the
supporting arguments. For now we cover what must to write. Later we must cover the feedback.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;"><span style="font-size: large;"> "With A Song In My Heart" by Mario Lanza</span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECrfOx5xVp4wkI-2VlqkF2-AN7kEkaN7mO-Bl3KZdaggyENvRrRZBvQTVm_MlOK2VRgKd8c-4fX-reK1PevgIncoYMqQhls8EebfYDnB3MtDhJQOV8_zoqRqrlYhGVQ43661VuHiQmc4emfMz0-csJp2py3qkt7iL-mDs4ZPRNw4CZ1_ZivxQ9-XcwA/s300/11.20%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="300" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECrfOx5xVp4wkI-2VlqkF2-AN7kEkaN7mO-Bl3KZdaggyENvRrRZBvQTVm_MlOK2VRgKd8c-4fX-reK1PevgIncoYMqQhls8EebfYDnB3MtDhJQOV8_zoqRqrlYhGVQ43661VuHiQmc4emfMz0-csJp2py3qkt7iL-mDs4ZPRNw4CZ1_ZivxQ9-XcwA/w640-h393/11.20%20b.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It’s the rhythm of your life. It’s the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness and envy.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhVzp7svVoDBJxdS-uwHuvIAvILqirzoh--ZVohNiYN09Mry1h-jdcMhArhg0aK9TwcdsLVdtxgO1g0DLv3oD59d_MhYESAazRKEtUjtK1K_XpakDtK3jQ5m_hYZMH2hdvwCrW4vXOBjxpe6cW1LKJhzSpTXQoJYluKA9uA2J5420fgE-yl0TB_VmBg/s600/SD552.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="600" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhVzp7svVoDBJxdS-uwHuvIAvILqirzoh--ZVohNiYN09Mry1h-jdcMhArhg0aK9TwcdsLVdtxgO1g0DLv3oD59d_MhYESAazRKEtUjtK1K_XpakDtK3jQ5m_hYZMH2hdvwCrW4vXOBjxpe6cW1LKJhzSpTXQoJYluKA9uA2J5420fgE-yl0TB_VmBg/w640-h588/SD552.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span></div><p></p><p></p>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-53358267058837466432022-11-06T04:04:00.006-08:002022-11-06T04:07:52.770-08:00The Palladium<div><p><span style="font-size: large;">The Palladium now seems to be rolling again, It’s administered by the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation, which does not limit its use solely to ballroom dancing. What may be still most irksome to the ballroom dancers, however, aren’t the line dancers, swing dancers, Scottish folk dancers or other dancers who have staked claims to the space. It’s the non-dance groups competing for the Palladium’s coveted time slots. We shall see.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">"Ka Nohona Pili Kai" by Keali'i Reichel</span></b></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtGKswgLmBgb6y3j9N6wce0ZGKlr7N4jxAs6ekf9OIr2qGNzrnwTchdSFBK8wFqTmXe3DN0jVUDrlE3f2abW4Y27KHpdaNfT77ao2U74CIRb_CF6KZj-ooJNpaW-qYm-ROusS-Jf1jIc4UYBeQXdb50Gy4swZtQLSulnTswoaMYEydf8jdEj8A48uAg/s700/images.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="700" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtGKswgLmBgb6y3j9N6wce0ZGKlr7N4jxAs6ekf9OIr2qGNzrnwTchdSFBK8wFqTmXe3DN0jVUDrlE3f2abW4Y27KHpdaNfT77ao2U74CIRb_CF6KZj-ooJNpaW-qYm-ROusS-Jf1jIc4UYBeQXdb50Gy4swZtQLSulnTswoaMYEydf8jdEj8A48uAg/w640-h402/images.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hawaii Ballroom Dance Association, (HBDA), is still the largest ballroom dance organizations on Oahu. HBDA is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion, teaching and encouragement of ballroom dancing. They have their own studio in Aiea. HBDA offers both American and International style of ballroom dance and they can get a nice crowd at the Palladium.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #04ff00;"><b>"Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond </b></span><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bHHviPVLvQ5BJG8L51zckod0wb5MQD71To_sYpxqDJLBSV0IKIDAAtpKlw8iOuYfj2hmMv6silnrURIG6MlfQCj8kubdFw9blveV7Updrl7mmZJu5sruynfGtAJKyTbmKjKK6GSBkg5Y276hUQ67BLdsjJjB2Wd1ED0_dNzojTmWb-PAQphqCqIdUg/s700/360_F_86561234_8HJdzg2iBlPap18K38mbyetKfdw1oNrm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="700" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bHHviPVLvQ5BJG8L51zckod0wb5MQD71To_sYpxqDJLBSV0IKIDAAtpKlw8iOuYfj2hmMv6silnrURIG6MlfQCj8kubdFw9blveV7Updrl7mmZJu5sruynfGtAJKyTbmKjKK6GSBkg5Y276hUQ67BLdsjJjB2Wd1ED0_dNzojTmWb-PAQphqCqIdUg/w640-h468/360_F_86561234_8HJdzg2iBlPap18K38mbyetKfdw1oNrm.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <b> “Dance for yourself. If someone understands,<br /> good. If not, no matter.”</b></span></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CsPitSsuCd_mANxC2xMxwTDivjfFQEMwqrAqBC4Gn-fGX5q9kcGSYYc9WhTBHIl46WGN4E7q35p77Z4tmKPfWZM_ufnF54bJhfPzQN3knBnUnaFw5kLMWRhkPAj474JvPrSObyp5Qyg-XIpWVS_FD2BPxqhf8-R4GyEdqkiMnHsF8nbNLx0GeaNy0A/s615/11.06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CsPitSsuCd_mANxC2xMxwTDivjfFQEMwqrAqBC4Gn-fGX5q9kcGSYYc9WhTBHIl46WGN4E7q35p77Z4tmKPfWZM_ufnF54bJhfPzQN3knBnUnaFw5kLMWRhkPAj474JvPrSObyp5Qyg-XIpWVS_FD2BPxqhf8-R4GyEdqkiMnHsF8nbNLx0GeaNy0A/w624-h640/11.06.jpg" width="624" /></a></div><br />pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-48772403233469952552022-10-31T17:14:00.002-07:002022-11-06T02:11:12.385-08:00Dance Party in Wahiawa<p><span style="font-size: medium;">First one in three years and not everyone was there. However, everyone there was fortunate to see our dance friends in a well known comfortable location, Wahiawa Recreation Center. Pictures galore, video, good music,- the works. Gives me the opportunity to restart this blog. Who Knows? Juliaann, all the photos.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: large;">We Witched you a Happy Halloween.</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQQxVpRKdTmd-JYw_4-mghddQeVbvv5CAjMxf1F5uz6MTk-q9yyj2GYckMPxMMo-imXsOyQ52gq9K7KSSQBgXn-MekJ2Qsk6xRuhMo1plFZ47sZXTMhweBUHDZvn2vBG7z2hi9yar946NuqL3wYGZ_WAV8h5bo2nFRriMQIQFvlJZmeEt0pTkziahnQ/s700/sdu+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="700" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQQxVpRKdTmd-JYw_4-mghddQeVbvv5CAjMxf1F5uz6MTk-q9yyj2GYckMPxMMo-imXsOyQ52gq9K7KSSQBgXn-MekJ2Qsk6xRuhMo1plFZ47sZXTMhweBUHDZvn2vBG7z2hi9yar946NuqL3wYGZ_WAV8h5bo2nFRriMQIQFvlJZmeEt0pTkziahnQ/w640-h480/sdu+.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Q: What’s a ghoul’s favorite drink?<br />A: Anything with boos." <br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvs-Llck7755RYp8o8Iadc4XIXV8gJXATgSbaeya9Copm3mPajKwp8luyNW2ndtLYRM4wMWOG5JjzJ9lpOcD3eXOPjpNGg5iXDCm1k5TQdrxFIqRaUrQBNADI3G3Lcd-_ccp4bKajoBdBKuPSUWmY9Tq7aOsl8BKs30sYHZ38GVbVDNSO-j5bI4fQk3w/s1120/10.31%20sdo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvs-Llck7755RYp8o8Iadc4XIXV8gJXATgSbaeya9Copm3mPajKwp8luyNW2ndtLYRM4wMWOG5JjzJ9lpOcD3eXOPjpNGg5iXDCm1k5TQdrxFIqRaUrQBNADI3G3Lcd-_ccp4bKajoBdBKuPSUWmY9Tq7aOsl8BKs30sYHZ38GVbVDNSO-j5bI4fQk3w/s16000/10.31%20sdo.jpg" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>"It it all just a bunch of Hocus Pocus?"</b></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96qLRXcqrNCTpEU9sWzRvuK2gZvrAtTfLSZRY58jTjuEtftbMVv1BHgKpGUfSXbvV1ot1xJnyphvir-tpf8Y6YrOIzePZ_J8KhFKRMWn5n-Fa9kxsQoHoPf_6pax8vYdqPuB_qTaRO6oTceCnQichlU4ORUp2h82ixdeOb-cKvBqVJpNcQ2uJRyMGgQ/s600/10.31%20sdo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="600" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96qLRXcqrNCTpEU9sWzRvuK2gZvrAtTfLSZRY58jTjuEtftbMVv1BHgKpGUfSXbvV1ot1xJnyphvir-tpf8Y6YrOIzePZ_J8KhFKRMWn5n-Fa9kxsQoHoPf_6pax8vYdqPuB_qTaRO6oTceCnQichlU4ORUp2h82ixdeOb-cKvBqVJpNcQ2uJRyMGgQ/w640-h556/10.31%20sdo.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /> </b></span></span><p></p>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-22670014446606730402022-10-23T18:11:00.001-07:002022-10-23T18:11:38.609-07:00The Only One Left.<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">All of my blogs have now been deleted except this one. "Social Dance Oahu. My other social media has kept me busy. Twitter and Facebook. And I am starting a dance group on Facebook,. "Oahu Dancers." All dancers welcome</span><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCYPihdIgMT-298DXyaITmuuriz3MsyKRn_ebE8UX-a_KZLBh6Lmx40FbH7yoZWOhteVGQtKZXJRLfRUxQ5jGhLQk__CYmoVRX-HbsVagngV9WOaRuKeYF2oDmon-lYauzmPt6ur9EeiL9WiNxKiCElXbL_RyJN5-o6Yv95CeUQBGCkf8BW1OlD-M6g/s602/10.23%20B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCYPihdIgMT-298DXyaITmuuriz3MsyKRn_ebE8UX-a_KZLBh6Lmx40FbH7yoZWOhteVGQtKZXJRLfRUxQ5jGhLQk__CYmoVRX-HbsVagngV9WOaRuKeYF2oDmon-lYauzmPt6ur9EeiL9WiNxKiCElXbL_RyJN5-o6Yv95CeUQBGCkf8BW1OlD-M6g/w638-h640/10.23%20B.jpg" width="638" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b> "All Or Nothing At All" by Frank Sinatra</b></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QkVKXndX6Al6Hs1E7JRw8POlbjf19uMp3aspTmntnCBegJUpcq5nUnWkkJFR_lsM_PZaOTiMtk51Hecn2vPBZQp0ppvK3Bg5bK9VihZQeUOG_UrjKzQHrR82EBKN1T2XYzXHdgm5rnEFGuiV6Fe8R4QOJ52G-ywgyUm7tvV_7rOcKNEcfwuPIHT0Zg/s700/10.23%20b.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QkVKXndX6Al6Hs1E7JRw8POlbjf19uMp3aspTmntnCBegJUpcq5nUnWkkJFR_lsM_PZaOTiMtk51Hecn2vPBZQp0ppvK3Bg5bK9VihZQeUOG_UrjKzQHrR82EBKN1T2XYzXHdgm5rnEFGuiV6Fe8R4QOJ52G-ywgyUm7tvV_7rOcKNEcfwuPIHT0Zg/w640-h330/10.23%20b.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /></p><p> </p>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-4161636033160556142022-10-13T01:20:00.002-07:002022-10-23T17:46:23.936-07:00UpdateOur blogosphere on Oahu is definitely at the point of diminishing returns. Only a very slight but steady upward trend in hits. My physical disability has of course been a bigger part of it than I had first thought. It then hinges on my ability to get the information contributors to share the dance news with our readers.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b><br />"The truth may not always lead us to where we thought we</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>were going, but it may lead us somewhere better. Even</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>when ignored, it will eventually show itself." </b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNhTt0CIMFYdV_rPN-N9fg0F1Jbn_GwTPQ6TG_ih6mx3hnr4g7BKc7z7Q6VzkTY29fVn4COVwgpeQwbMLO4F5-9a7GMgf73zhMmGk1xbBwCOyvtUPsgNnZN-Wp4smNURLeguuQOFiA44/s1600/316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNhTt0CIMFYdV_rPN-N9fg0F1Jbn_GwTPQ6TG_ih6mx3hnr4g7BKc7z7Q6VzkTY29fVn4COVwgpeQwbMLO4F5-9a7GMgf73zhMmGk1xbBwCOyvtUPsgNnZN-Wp4smNURLeguuQOFiA44/s640/316.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Town Dancer remains in front by a more narrow margin every week. Dancing Nights is in second place with Platinum Horseshoe in third. The steady Two Center or even a Guest Author will help any one to the top. You got info that you are willing to share, email it and I will post it. The photos remain a big plus when we get going. The rest of the blogs are struggling to get into the 20s in average hits per day which is 600 hits per month.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;"><b>"Beautiful Kauai" by Don Ho </b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhcY52GVcYPRJZzlhReRvIebda_gXwUG5K65IDvG2fa0DVWdEBKI5NH3qrAFxlhbcZG_Tv0f9C737JJfFA-jEv7x1HcpkMMr_GE9Hp57L7UUCtnQIWhjWcZDGNgc6Q2OUEcTwrGi9LPg/s1600/ED311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhcY52GVcYPRJZzlhReRvIebda_gXwUG5K65IDvG2fa0DVWdEBKI5NH3qrAFxlhbcZG_Tv0f9C737JJfFA-jEv7x1HcpkMMr_GE9Hp57L7UUCtnQIWhjWcZDGNgc6Q2OUEcTwrGi9LPg/s640/ED311.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Races are still being run on Oahu and I have been trying to find out. Most people have always known who were the top five clubs at the Palladium. Now number six has moved into fifth place and many do not know which of the top five is no longer there. Same thing on the Dance Studios, but now Divino Ritmo Studio is definitely emerging into the top spot in Honolulu. And they make good use of blogs to communicate with the dancers.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;"><b>"Walk Through Paradise" by Melveen Leed </b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "bookman old style" , "palatino linotype" , "book antiqua" , "palatino" , "trebuchet ms" , "helvetica" , "garamond" , sans-serif , "arial" , "verdana" , "avante garde" , "century gothic" , "comic sans ms" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"We are dancers and we believe that we learn by dancing. 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The Chinese symbol for the word “crisis” is written using two strokes of a pen. One stroke stands for danger, and the other for opportunity. In other words, in a crisis, beware of the danger, but also recognize the opportunity. Life always balances itself out. Everything that happens is neither positive nor negative; it just depends on your perspective. And all of us are going to dance. <br />
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At one time, I thought for sure there would be a new dance club on West Oahu dedicated to the social dancer only. And most of it based on the American Style of dance and with the introduction of many peripheral dances, such as Night Club 2 step, Bachata, Hustle, Salsa and Latin Waltz. Fortunately many groups have been way ahead of me. With terrific DJs that will play the music that the social dancers want to hear. In fact I have heard of one near Makapuu Point in Southeast Oahu. Gotta look into this when I get my new digs.<br />
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pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-44022078351249673662022-07-28T00:42:00.001-07:002022-07-28T00:42:28.797-07:00Videos Rerun July 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The videos on Facebook are hitting all the blogs. There are now 3 Billions videos posted on Facebook daily. That is Billion with a B not an M. So we must await for the slow down, then we can get our blogs going again. For now let us respect that they are doing a great job for their fellow dancers. And that is our intent, so let us not get in their way. Blogging is a little different.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: cyan;"><b>"Anyone who says only sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain."</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWg2MqpadLOwzy_gAtu8XcpZEaJMEZtDkHqCHPnMMEN4CcN9_EQucx1niw6c5HlYS4ZLZDt8ANvbGlil4HIJZzT-n1iz1Hh4vcQk4avE99WC-EEhgM7uzwJqnxOQN4GojoJPlENN9lgnU/s1600/DL387.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="613" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWg2MqpadLOwzy_gAtu8XcpZEaJMEZtDkHqCHPnMMEN4CcN9_EQucx1niw6c5HlYS4ZLZDt8ANvbGlil4HIJZzT-n1iz1Hh4vcQk4avE99WC-EEhgM7uzwJqnxOQN4GojoJPlENN9lgnU/s640/DL387.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I have been coming across more and more advertising for using VOIP instead of your landline. But upon further investigation I find landlines are more reliable than VOIP, as evidenced by the fact that businesses have not reduced landline usage at all. For now, I will just wait it out.<br /><br /><b>VOIP suffers from multiple points of failure or degradation</b>:<br /><br /> Internet connection could be dropped (connection, modem or router)<br /> Power to the internet connection to the premises could be lost<br /> Computer reliability - Power to the computer<br /> Multiple processes running on the computer can interfere<br /> Congestion on the network<br /> Location of the computer in the house (if wireless)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;"><b> 1991 "All The Man That I Need" by Whitney Houston</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vy3m3D_80MZXyuv3Rx2-Hci5qZwNDee3kn1jDXQXKiFZr_DfmgJLcMgTNFQrcra_QeKV3KlVGqHeDZiWm_d0ZhEXM9GssGFCabmAoZoHOYUmMar0PI79OW3-C_M9HYmv7LCv1khSOnrt/s1600/7.19+sd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="600" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vy3m3D_80MZXyuv3Rx2-Hci5qZwNDee3kn1jDXQXKiFZr_DfmgJLcMgTNFQrcra_QeKV3KlVGqHeDZiWm_d0ZhEXM9GssGFCabmAoZoHOYUmMar0PI79OW3-C_M9HYmv7LCv1khSOnrt/s640/7.19+sd.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />These blogs have never been properly defined simply because they were mainly me and that's no good. The blogs need other opinions to help define themselves. The blogs at six are on shaky ground for now, and the dance video fad on Oahu is slowing down. We must be patient and wait for a that one Guest Blogger that can see a dance group that can use a blog. One Guest Blogger will decide it. We are waiting for you. I will reiterate, the reader/dancers will make the decisions, this is a blog.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>"Two dancing peanuts walked into a Waikiki Night Club.<br />And wow, one of them was really salted."</b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZ-FmD_DThV68qFJESpne9oRHHRq2zlSL3o4pIy0N_5GrLg9NUewTwXvmnWh12D3BP4wE9wNnoaQRZM8Bes_CfAOJZs67SLewOOTGtHD5FLbQwCGuuoExHqnU6x-lJBLCKxvbBn50Ka6R/s1600/SD615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZ-FmD_DThV68qFJESpne9oRHHRq2zlSL3o4pIy0N_5GrLg9NUewTwXvmnWh12D3BP4wE9wNnoaQRZM8Bes_CfAOJZs67SLewOOTGtHD5FLbQwCGuuoExHqnU6x-lJBLCKxvbBn50Ka6R/s640/SD615.jpg" width="624" /></a></div></div></div>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-35662623829685411572022-07-23T18:15:00.001-07:002022-07-23T18:15:21.652-07:00Wahiawa Rerun July 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This blog not going anyplace. Most places in town have terrific Web sites and have advertising in newspapers, magazines, radio and TV. Most are not sure what a Blog is. Hell, I have been working blogs for 20 years and I am not sure either. I have six blogs now and I have tried to make them different but tough to communicate that to the readers. The reader/dancers have some idea of what each blog does. If you have some dance information to share, email it and it can go in the blog of your choice.You are the ones to make it Social Media.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b><br />“Social dancers believe that dance does not give rise to anything in</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>us that isn’t already there. The music just sparks a fire that</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>illuminates who we have always wanted to be.”</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6aEIthX5bAEAr9UK5qbXjglyWrJYCEob0rRb9DQimDTz08FnRaQiddNoE6OeoWq6u7ftWP5hj7jXSKpYq2XVgPKDmFPJ17zusWdKS_mo_f69QyWTZB3stijZk80hEp-fM3KXprKewtki/s1600/Temp4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="600" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6aEIthX5bAEAr9UK5qbXjglyWrJYCEob0rRb9DQimDTz08FnRaQiddNoE6OeoWq6u7ftWP5hj7jXSKpYq2XVgPKDmFPJ17zusWdKS_mo_f69QyWTZB3stijZk80hEp-fM3KXprKewtki/s640/Temp4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <b>It helps to have information contributors. This invitation from Maile of WBDC.</b><br /><br /><b>Aloha Dancers! </b><br />You are invited to WBDC's Stars and Stripes Forever Dance, to be held on Friday, July 13, 2018, Wahiawa Recreation Center, Hale Hookipa Room, starts at 7:30 pm - 9:50 pm, Potluck or a small monetary donation appreciated! Attire: (Optional) DRESS WITH RED, WHITE, AND BLUE! STARS AND STRIPES ARE GREAT TOO!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span><b>"The Star Spangled Banner" even if you don't know all the words. </b></span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVB3Ekg9M1mhlv6mWat1dZXCu3pF_Tp50zCGj52vybwnvOQWF7ua3d_PzggWjEwVor2_Bmwef3m-Vh6INK36YDQVVVBAwsdJUljXYGcxPh1hZNs2b4c1zbTr6scLNrHfqpi8_V_7BwZxmN/s1600/WBDC+STARS+%2526+STRIPES+FOREVER+20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="700" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVB3Ekg9M1mhlv6mWat1dZXCu3pF_Tp50zCGj52vybwnvOQWF7ua3d_PzggWjEwVor2_Bmwef3m-Vh6INK36YDQVVVBAwsdJUljXYGcxPh1hZNs2b4c1zbTr6scLNrHfqpi8_V_7BwZxmN/s640/WBDC+STARS+%2526+STRIPES+FOREVER+20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><br />With enough guest bloggers and steady information and photo contributors, our blogs will be up in the stratosphere in hits. If we plan it right with the best blog, I can make my gradual withdrawal and let the guest bloggers take the blog over and they will make all the rules. For now I hope it will be Town Dancer because that is the leader of the pack. With new blood, these bloggers can teach the rest of us how to do better.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: orange;"><b>“Social dancers know that the job of feet is walking,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>but they also know that their hobby is dancing.”</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3vlQ6jblGOt5lbGMtANaHZjQ8IIBviKSNXGeVZ1r6magKogmdirymn8vSCDIC9zSeBuRriVPE5PVKWELDjFkae9Fu3Rt6pL1rmXSeUt5eaJPN7GEy_KrVg8T0lpvQHwBr383-IvNEjxi/s1600/DN599.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="600" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3vlQ6jblGOt5lbGMtANaHZjQ8IIBviKSNXGeVZ1r6magKogmdirymn8vSCDIC9zSeBuRriVPE5PVKWELDjFkae9Fu3Rt6pL1rmXSeUt5eaJPN7GEy_KrVg8T0lpvQHwBr383-IvNEjxi/s640/DN599.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-29584539771586965092022-07-18T02:40:00.001-07:002022-07-18T02:40:47.383-07:00Bossa Nova Re-run June 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>By Jon Buenaventura, Turtle Bay</b><br />Bossa Nova remains to this day, some of the best music in the world with some of the best movements in dance to go with it. And it came into being when there were a lot of fad dances coming in. In the US and Europe, the local ones were backed heavily by the local disciplines and dance studios. The Bossa Nova articulated existing social differences in the United States, those of the elite versus the masses attempting to attain elite status, and the subsequent devaluation of the musical style as a result of its success.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: cyan;"><b>"Dance music doesn't care where you live. It doesn't care who your friends</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: cyan;"><b>are. It doesn't care how much money you make. It doesn't care</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: cyan;"><b>if you're 74 or if you are 24 because it is for everyone." </b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYIqLd2NFjXh1C28CWVXRjyN5MfK87G_Kezje2vpt43Dh9Gb00umos9NFl7TOEXIHmh6KIW0M2t3Ckj6k-8T3INibZhLEfxZ2BmXmqKZFhV8oEayDdulqZ5V4B0lTFvQvRqp-S5idB1mz/s1600/DL329.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="600" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYIqLd2NFjXh1C28CWVXRjyN5MfK87G_Kezje2vpt43Dh9Gb00umos9NFl7TOEXIHmh6KIW0M2t3Ckj6k-8T3INibZhLEfxZ2BmXmqKZFhV8oEayDdulqZ5V4B0lTFvQvRqp-S5idB1mz/s640/DL329.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />In addition, there were fundamental shifts in how musicians arranged Bossa Nova songs in their recordings to cut across those social divisions for mass-market appeal. For this reason, the sounds of the music as recorded or practiced by musicians are as important as the performance and spectatorship of the Bossa Nova dance for explaining the rapid spread of the Bossa Nova as dance throughout the U.S. The popular culture made it especially true as expressed in print media, recordings, and television programs.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;"><b>"Corcovado" by Lisa Ono </b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgegxvMs9Z6VFv-xcyZRbN7CV10tnkKbzmX6fZV1R4KTG3ZdlguLB1kIKxwOFEh-fAGzefTglYYGV65JZf23jV94gXHLcTwS9gsLpuf3WHyyZMokkfIVCy8-Hl09QEYN_6y0_nwSLbr1WSB/s1600/7.8+sd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="600" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgegxvMs9Z6VFv-xcyZRbN7CV10tnkKbzmX6fZV1R4KTG3ZdlguLB1kIKxwOFEh-fAGzefTglYYGV65JZf23jV94gXHLcTwS9gsLpuf3WHyyZMokkfIVCy8-Hl09QEYN_6y0_nwSLbr1WSB/s640/7.8+sd.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Bossa Nova’s transformation into a social dance in the U.S. is crucial to its international history, but it had an established social context long before all of that dancing. Bossa Nova as a social movement began in the late 1950s among a group of musicians in the richest areas of Rio de Janeiro’s south zone. The musicians involved, took the basic polyrhythmic elements of urban samba and transformed them to a cosmopolitan perspective that matched the overall mood of the period. At the time, the upper classes in Brazil were experiencing a rush of optimism in the country. In the US it went the way of all fads. World wide, it remains as one of the best.<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>"Social Dancers know there's good deeds and then there's good intentions.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell."</b></span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCMEYvoxNieBAEd1Mm2h62eUAhThZK3JKwoxf_kWS3jCEtl0j7vr6B6zUdIyu0UrrhfYIMYbcvCPWUFZrydPe3MQvvCyA2ytdXeCWCSFbJ9SMeEIIqXpYFM-wnGutlFW6c4Vc87Qpz3Sy/s1600/SD654.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCMEYvoxNieBAEd1Mm2h62eUAhThZK3JKwoxf_kWS3jCEtl0j7vr6B6zUdIyu0UrrhfYIMYbcvCPWUFZrydPe3MQvvCyA2ytdXeCWCSFbJ9SMeEIIqXpYFM-wnGutlFW6c4Vc87Qpz3Sy/s640/SD654.jpg" width="586" /></a></div></div>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-72038657394192543802022-07-11T02:49:00.006-07:002022-07-11T02:53:12.759-07:00Trickle Down<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Income inequality grew tremendously over the Trump Four Year Disaster. And even now policies have been favoring the “free market” Easy Money and the Rich get Richer. And as per usual when unregulated capitalism doesn’t work, people on the brink of poverty and homelessness are left with few options, including taking the blame.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3oUWJ65caqk2L8uLE-grM9EHeuErmnBCr6vnU9i0MIBV_WM-ii--BIL-YUOQ2hpi20dJIYbEaIP9qYCyyoeXq0o9tjeXQZUfLbooVoT2NwbXtJJIGr76sR929vMis2vptZlaxE4TVopYH-UzxOXwa7z8STtgs93Thzky1uqFeZTBUuejzhQuac0eVgA/s700/7.10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3oUWJ65caqk2L8uLE-grM9EHeuErmnBCr6vnU9i0MIBV_WM-ii--BIL-YUOQ2hpi20dJIYbEaIP9qYCyyoeXq0o9tjeXQZUfLbooVoT2NwbXtJJIGr76sR929vMis2vptZlaxE4TVopYH-UzxOXwa7z8STtgs93Thzky1uqFeZTBUuejzhQuac0eVgA/w640-h320/7.10.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">In this country, it has been pointed out that many homeless people are employed but not making enough money to pay rent. Many people who are renting apartments can barely afford to do so. What’s more, an unexpected cost could put them on the street. The Federal Minimum Wage remains indecently low. This is not a sign of a thriving economy. Instead, it shows that “trickle-down” economic policy has never worked and never will.</span>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-30254128557899670872022-07-09T02:12:00.001-07:002022-07-09T02:13:33.553-07:00Social Dancing? Rerun #14<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Rerun #14, Original, July 2018</b></span></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b> <br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>Basic Movements for Dance.<br />By Fred Lumaban, Ewa Beach.</b><br /><br />Syllabi in the disciplines, Bronze, Silver and Gold are the usual but some groups have extra gold, double gold or even diamond gold, whatevah. Each division has about 12 to 14 movements in each category, which has you way ahead of everybody by the time you reach advance. It is both the students and the instructors fault that they go too fast. The Students in Beginner (Bronze) level are looking longingly at the Intermediate (Silver) level, they can see it close by.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>“Social dancers know, that the sweet melody that travels to their ears,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>can remind them that the heart can dance when the feet can't.” </b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoLCycBCjs7945Jz-TVQAnyd29VEMsQT5r_UPwK65wjLdbdgNz-9XD2_bwan93J4LfYZXW89rXVJqyXgJo8xvXpOctaEVrhoF3ldiZNeWMqjYVALzoDnGCtQWz-P4blVIM0OLWCPJdfdd/s1600/PH311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="600" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoLCycBCjs7945Jz-TVQAnyd29VEMsQT5r_UPwK65wjLdbdgNz-9XD2_bwan93J4LfYZXW89rXVJqyXgJo8xvXpOctaEVrhoF3ldiZNeWMqjYVALzoDnGCtQWz-P4blVIM0OLWCPJdfdd/s640/PH311.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The Intermediates just starting out are looking longingly at the Gold level which is also close by, and ready for attainment. By the time most are in their Gold levels, it is a different story, in International they may have had a few exhibitions and are thinking of competitions. And some may be seriously thinking of going back to basics and really learning it right. As Social street dancers we are not constrained by any of these rules. We just take our time and enjoy the learning process to the music as we go along and don't try to get too fancy. <br /><b><br /></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>"The Stars and Stripes Forever"</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">-follows the standard American military march form and is a standard in all military bands.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was first performed at Willow Grove Park, just outside Philadelphia, on May 14, 1897,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and was immediately greeted with enthusiasm. Following an Act of Congress in 1987,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it was officially adopted as the national march of the United States of America. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi836EtavGZjgKhS71tDUidNkqDd4eiauqVV9jhbHU0-sDz4As7TPjIxYBpYQiFsSOIlk8SO2d3Cn6hM1OuAG_hyphenhyphenARGGuoztHHTUP0HAopKoKoIBfkeHD-BkOvRtD6pzQGklCIZiLjaKp8y/s1600/WBDC+STARS+%2526+STRIPES+FOREVER+20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="700" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi836EtavGZjgKhS71tDUidNkqDd4eiauqVV9jhbHU0-sDz4As7TPjIxYBpYQiFsSOIlk8SO2d3Cn6hM1OuAG_hyphenhyphenARGGuoztHHTUP0HAopKoKoIBfkeHD-BkOvRtD6pzQGklCIZiLjaKp8y/s640/WBDC+STARS+%2526+STRIPES+FOREVER+20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Many fortunate dancers will have fun dancing that evening, guaranteed.</b></div><br />Most of us consider ourselves pretty much beginners and perhaps a little bit intermediates. And what is more important is, we are having more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Consequently, most of our basic or Bronze equivalents are limited to about 30 good solid basic movements in any dance. And these movements can be led and followed by most anyone. And there is where the fun of our type of dancing resides. The readership in agreement is reinforced by the hits on the blogs and Web sites.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>"In the beginning there is no failure - only feedback."</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfx0uoQVb37UmopqwMWCms6zjRJ_Q54JI7dc7PulG4NN3UA7mnhEMB6UHufsq1i0sUBZPFgHyiic-cQ-_Rb_P8T_FRbwFbV3t_A9rLWwAYikPoR-fB2_pjXE56Jk73h75aGj8g4mK04Ok/s1600/TD630.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfx0uoQVb37UmopqwMWCms6zjRJ_Q54JI7dc7PulG4NN3UA7mnhEMB6UHufsq1i0sUBZPFgHyiic-cQ-_Rb_P8T_FRbwFbV3t_A9rLWwAYikPoR-fB2_pjXE56Jk73h75aGj8g4mK04Ok/s640/TD630.jpg" width="608" /></a></div></div>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-36577215162877457672022-07-06T02:37:00.001-07:002022-07-07T02:55:20.616-07:00"It ain't over 'til it's over"<p style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: red;">"It ain't over 'til it's over"</span></b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A</span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "Lyon Text Web"; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">s
emergency rooms once again get full with Covid patients and hospital
systems in several areas in the Red states, we cannot help but think
about blame. There is plenty to go around, beginning with elected
officials at every level and going right up to god. But I do not believe
that we have all fully reckoned with just how much death is directly
attributable to Trump himself. </span>Trumpanzees are the leaders of
stopping the mandates They are the anti vaxxers, They have no respect
for Social Distance and who knows about hand cleansing. Most of us just
have to learn to keep away from those people.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "Lyon Text Web"; font-size: 22px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rnsmbCZ16_OEO6B69qXYINU-unx7mGMxy9IXba6Had74jaajfL8DsZY9XVLhYyLV-Wq61ocQdh3K6zieY9cch49Xghne1OkWUMY-VEV41YsIRDPLbPPQ91iVnwZSBnhNzeh-m-tYp0MV6ld5MPL_E2g4wab6TnYwlzCBy_HD4oHksgN4SIz8q8Jd1A/s640/5.04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rnsmbCZ16_OEO6B69qXYINU-unx7mGMxy9IXba6Had74jaajfL8DsZY9XVLhYyLV-Wq61ocQdh3K6zieY9cch49Xghne1OkWUMY-VEV41YsIRDPLbPPQ91iVnwZSBnhNzeh-m-tYp0MV6ld5MPL_E2g4wab6TnYwlzCBy_HD4oHksgN4SIz8q8Jd1A/w640-h640/5.04.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-64723233544035840532022-01-11T01:19:00.001-08:002022-01-11T01:19:33.055-08:00WBDC Anniversary Rerun #13This was one of the first Dance Clubs on this island to set the pace for the others to follow. Things slowed down many years ago when the new dance clubs were being established in town. But this one has been holding up just fine and is bound to get better and there is new interest to dancing in the West. Unfortunately, the Dance Pavilion scheduled to be built at the Patsy Mink Recreation Park has been cancelled to pay for the Rail Disaster.<br />
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This have excellent teachers in the American Style of Dance and some of the best social dancers on this Island. Their music ranks up at the top in classes and their socials. They have good workers such as <b>Carol Kohagura and Maile Yagi. </b>You want answers? What else do you need?<br />
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have been two groups in town that have consistently produced the best
International Style dancers on this island. By the same token there have
been two groups that have consistently produce the worst International
Style dancers on this Island. Who? Ha Ha! We are talking competition
here are we not? That is the name of their game. Happy Dancing.<br />
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<br />pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1364030128830568265.post-67356065983080041242022-01-08T01:11:00.000-08:002022-02-18T00:05:33.886-08:00Apprentice Wanted Rerun #12<b>Apprentice Blogger Wanted:</b><br /><b></b><br />Should reside on Oahu and available to attend a dance function now and then. Information can be submitted by email along with a photo or two. I may furnish a point and shoot camera. The most important factor is that it will be their opinion and their unique viewpoint.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span>"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating;</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span>people who know absolutely everything, and people</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span>who know absolutely nothing.”</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Within a week or so, they should be able to decide which blog they wish to Guest Author. Of course, it must be their choice, They can then get in, write, include photos, save and publish and get out without saying boo to anyone. They will learn that they can pretty well write whatever they damn well please and whenever they please. The blog just provides the platform. From there it is to help to get more people and eventually making one of the blogs independent and operate on its own with enough guest authors and without me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Looks like Happy Holidays on the Waianae Coast</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b></b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFdW8X_jLONFxRy_d70DDGOVb9JZoT_2BKTLtsobBccr9p4M8tparyS67ZjGhtprjWgYgWLHBNMsOXdWhDET-eAp0le8LUkUGjz2DddBpx7IgCnAQ9tXqVM_l7vWrUgKkWc8KIS5RavmW/s1600/pictures-that-fool-your-brain-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="637" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFdW8X_jLONFxRy_d70DDGOVb9JZoT_2BKTLtsobBccr9p4M8tparyS67ZjGhtprjWgYgWLHBNMsOXdWhDET-eAp0le8LUkUGjz2DddBpx7IgCnAQ9tXqVM_l7vWrUgKkWc8KIS5RavmW/w640-h637/pictures-that-fool-your-brain-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Look like they are moving?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b></b> </div>So where do we go from here? The first step is a recognition that we are and have always been in the business of selling? – What? Social Media to our possible readership and our blogs are not seeking money. The key to realizing the promise of our profession is to reinforce it in the science of management and the analytics that measure our performance. But we just want to help and that is difficult to understand. Otherwise we’ll be left to shoot darts at a smaller and smaller portion of an expanding dartboard. We will be patient and we are getting there.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b></b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPA8rcB2CS8v9ZyPiD64xejKefSo1xcl1cGr_GlnDz9ZE_KUwoRQVVjvF759TRLKgAkuzJEYi5n3zExx1ZVqngD8Yr_bbiOau1Ib8dK08L9wTe0gQqS6RupdjLMo-uXJYvZNi-gmVlikND/s1600/MK598.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="635" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPA8rcB2CS8v9ZyPiD64xejKefSo1xcl1cGr_GlnDz9ZE_KUwoRQVVjvF759TRLKgAkuzJEYi5n3zExx1ZVqngD8Yr_bbiOau1Ib8dK08L9wTe0gQqS6RupdjLMo-uXJYvZNi-gmVlikND/w640-h635/MK598.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>pepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01642728456050490519noreply@blogger.com0