The Christmas Season is upon us.

Everyone seems to be in good spirits and all seem to be looking forward to having a ball in their own clubs and any other functions they will attend. Most of our readers are dancers and the entire cupcake is right there. Most have their own special avenues of promotion and we respect but they are welcomed here when they are ready.

"Peace On Earth, Goodwill to Men."

Someone said and we quote:

“There is no sure way to success but a sure way to failure is to try to please everyone.”

When we can no longer please a club or group that we felt we were helping, we must just quietly drop them and continue looking for those we can help and please. It is working quite well because we have spread ourselves too thin and we will be more efficient. And nice that we are getting more readers on the North Shore.

Of course we can also wish all the reader/dancers of our Hawaii Blogosphere the best of Holidays. This includes Frank's blogs, That's Dancing and The Dance Connection. And we mustn't forget Dance Fever Oahu, which most of us find very useful daily. A very Merry Christmas to Ki, Frank and Lani.

"Peace - Joy - Love - Noel"

The year ahead is looking good for all our dancing friends.

Da Big Parade

Today is the day for the annual Christmas Parade in Waianae. 1,000 marchers, 30 vehicles, 30 floats, 3 bands and 3 horse groups. The Route: Starts at Waianae Boat Harbor down Farrington Highway to end at Waianae Mall. I tried to contact the Rotory Club but was ignored. Their privilege. Then I tried to contact the Waianae Mall and they too ignored me. We cannot blame them, we are small potatoes, we just have to find others that we can help.

"Confidence is not will they like you. Confidence

is being just fine if they don't."

The Big Nanakuli Village Center is on track and is about the best thing coming on the Waianae Coast with a Longs Drug Store. Then the Green Homes of Lualualei looking good. The Business Park in Lualualei a God send, people will be dancing in streets. And remember we help wherever we can and the hits on our blog will be going up.

Many people on the Waianae Coast know what it would have been like to

have the #40 cattle cars replaced by these beautiful Articulated Buses.

But we all understand, it's the money, Sonny.

Unfortunately, the Present Rail Party is still spending money on the Rail Promotion. They spent a lot on the Ige Campaign so we lose there too. Much of the present propaganda is now being used from State and City funds. There are millions and millions of dollars in profits to be made in the Construction of the Rail. Just look at how much has been spent already and for what? Nuttin'.

"Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by Bruddah Iz

The Present Rail party spent three million dollars just on lying about Cayetano. So we all know how truthful they can be. "Rapid Transit" was not a misnomer, it was a deliberate lie. Look it up. Kapolei to UH on the present #94 bus, One hour. And how long with feeder buses to and from the Rail Stations, and 21 stops for the Rail Holocaust to get to town. Two hours, this is "Newspeak." If it wasn't so serious, it would be hilarious.

Nice Adjustments

Big rearrangements in the last few weeks.  The biggest problem has been that Blogger has allowed the scam spam robot hits to run the hits up which mean nothing for us. I have cut the search engines out for a while to keep the robot hits out too. Then I added additional help in a Word Press and Tumblr blog and everything is a bit hazy at the moment, but then what do I know anyway?

“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise”

Daily averages show Town Dancer is still up front but coming down in hits. Moanalua Corridor, Platinum Corridor and Blogging Hawaii also falling behind. These blogs are our top blogs. Moanalua Corridor could be a contendah with just one Two Center with the occasional dance photo and info. I will help wherever, as long as it is for the dancers.

"Do You Love Me?" by The Contours

I cannot get around much anymore physically so that the importance of the Information Contributors is prime. We can have two or three at the same dance and if they are in different locations they will see a different party. That is exactly what is so interesting to the reader/dancers. None of us can be in all places at once. The different points of view are what make an Information Contributor.

This is a little story about four people named

Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done. - - Everybody got that?

Nice Adjustments

Big rearrangements in the last few weeks.  The biggest problem has been that Blogger has allowed the scam spam robot hits to run the hits up which mean nothing for us. I have cut the search engines out for a while to keep the robot hits out too. Then I added additional help in a Word Press and Tumblr blog and everything is a bit hazy at the moment, but then what do I know anyway?

“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise”

Daily averages show Town Dancer is still up front but coming down in hits. Moanalua Corridor, Platinum Corridor and Blogging Hawaii also falling behind. These blogs are our top blogs. Moanalua Corridor could be a contendah with just one Two Center with the occasional dance photo and info. I will help wherever, as long as it is for the dancers.

"Do You Love Me?" by The Contours

I cannot get around much anymore physically so that the importance of the Information Contributors is prime. We can have two or three at the same dance and if they are in different locations they will see a different party. That is exactly what is so interesting to the reader/dancers. None of us can be in all places at once. The different points of view are what make an Information Contributor.

This is a little story about four people named

Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done. - - Everybody got that?

Update

The local reader/dancers have been my primary concern and the only way to have the blog as Social Media. That means we need local Information Contributors to share their local dance information that will increase interest in the local reader/dancers. They may in turn find themselves as Guest Authors and it will just be up to them.

"You can't hold  people down without staying down with them."

It is not what came first the chicken or the egg. The Information Contributors help us give the reader/dancers the information and the photos that arouse their interest. This must be first. Otherwise we are lost and I hope you can all understand. Night Clubs are gingerbread and the Studios can wait but we need information from the basic dancers on this island, the ones that are dancing every day sometime, somewhere.

Nothing is good, bad, big or small until we compare it with something else. This is all very well in competitions and they do have a purpose. Hey, don't knock it. Everything in most of our lives just "is" until we compare it and nothing in life has any meaning except the meaning "we" give it.

“As I said before, I never repeat myself.”

We may accept ourselves as we are, with all our imperfections and others as they are. But we cannot waste any time or energy thinking that we could have done more, or been more, As long we are helping our fellow humans we will be all right.

Night Clubs In The West

The Night Club scene in the West is gradually emerging and the big reason is the Rail Catastrophe. The big mess that is coming has put all the people on this island on notice and Honolulu is out - and the traffic there is going to get worse. The Fat Cats in the Ivory Towers messed up way too much just to make money.

"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take
the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition."

The benefits should have been for the residents of the West not the Fat Cats in the Ivory Towers. "Rapid Transit" was not a misnomer, it was a deliberate lie. With the Rail Calamity they are making billions and billions of dollars in pure profits. Just look at what the HART board costs daily. Hold on to something when you look - many are there only as "rubber stamps."

"Young At Heart" by Frank Sinatra

Some of the existing Night Clubs (with dance floors) are not doing too bad. However their publicity is limited to Web sites. And with no counters they do not have a clue as to who is reading. And we realize that many do not want to know. They may be just beating their gums.

"Tiny Bubbles" by Don Ho

So we are getting more drinking oasis in the West and some are even getting live music. We all should know that there will be a dance floor somewhere and that makes a Night Club. And we will all understand that you need Honolulu, but we don't.

"Maui Waltz" by Loyal Garner

As far as the information we have so far, it will be in between Kalealoa Harbor and Kalealoa Airport and it is going to be swinging.

Moving Right Along

At the beginning of this century Lualualei Naval Reservation was originally slated for possible closure. Then came the 9/11 build up madness that shook up the military. The naval magazine had been all but inactive when most of the munitions were moved to the West Loch branch near the Pearl Harbor Naval Station  This leaves us with the question, this coming year of 2015, when and how will the Navy leave Lualualei?

Rules on the Coast.

"Work hard, specially if you work on the Coast. - Pau work, have a cold one, relax and unwind, - catch the sunset as often as you can. - Spend time with family and friends, make memories and be grateful that you live in Paradise."

Meanwhile Lualualei is moving to do something for the present residents and also for the possible new residents to come.

"By the Shack, By the Sea" by Don Ho

Green Homes Lualualei, Hawaii on the Waianae Coast.

Selling new single-family houses with ocean views on Oahu for $350,000 doesn't seem like it'd be a struggle, given the median price for previously owned homes sold last year on the island hit a record $650,000 and appears headed higher this year. This tract of land is nice fronting Ulehawa Beach Park. Only one negative. Most will add to the terrible traffic going to and from Honolulu and hours of misery. Those that are forced to take the Rail Disaster are even worse and it will take even longer.

The beautiful Business Park coming to Lualualei over the objections of the friends of the Present Rail Party will be so welcomed. The fortunate residents that will be able to work here and be home in 20 minutes will appreciate. They can spend some time with their families and Paradise can be here and now. The Fat Cats in the Ivory Towers in Honolulu do not have a clue. For them it's the bread, Fred. it's the money, Sonny.

Pub's Side Note: Photos are valuable in the inverse proportion to their availability. How you figure? One nice photo of the dance gang in one of our blogs, compared to the same photo in Facebook who is due to get 350 million today? They missed one of yours?

Work To Do

I have work to do even though at the moment I am physically handicapped, and I need help. First, of course, are the Two Centers. I may get a photo and a little honest info from a person sitting in the Stage section at a Palladium function. Their report will be markedly different from a person sitting in the Ewa section at the same function. And that is the beauty of Social Media and available to anyone that wishes to tune in. Cloning we don't need.

"If you are not willing to risk the unusual, then you will have to settle for the ordinary."

Apart from responding to feedback, social media simply gives me an awareness of the public perceptions about our dance scene. I may track “club mentions” and read conversations about your club before and after sharing the information with the reader/dancers.

"Maui Waltz" by Loyal Garner

Through our kind of social media, I can also log suggestions and complaints. Suggestions may be used in generating ideas to improve our dance environment. We fully understand that those that already have a perfect set up will not be interested. On the other hand, complaints must be prioritized and handled correctly by setting up a policy that deals with them in an efficient and kindly manner.

"Stranger In Paradise" by the Four Aces.

My blogosphere can mention my "competition" without being blatant about it. In our blogging we consider ourselves "an addition to" not "an instead of." You can read our reader/dancer reviews online where they will share their experiences with other dance clubs.

"What a Wonderful World" by Bruddah Iz

Based on the feedback, I can tailor my offers to the needs of the dancers. Also, if the same queries come up, I may simply add a new question for everyone to ponder. Evidently, internal processes are changed all around for the benefit of the new reader/dancers. We can look forward to the Two Centers and their phasing over into Guest Authors when and if they are ready.

Social Media?

Island wide, dancers had been steadily losing interest in social dance clubs with too many regulations and restrictions despite the claims of most clubs that they put members first. Sometimes, the concern was the overall lack of concern on the part of the club that resulted in a continued decline in member satisfaction.

"Each of  us has a gift for the world, we make mistakes but

we must try to do the best we can. How others treat

us is their path. How we react is ours."

There are at least five clubs on Oahu now with a very small group barely existing. And there seems to be a continual spin off of new dance clubs from older ones. Fortunately, now we can use social media as a tool to bridge the wide gap between service and satisfaction to the members.

Web sites are good in social networking profiles specifically created for the social dance club and they are appropriate information for members. They are like a combination newsletter and plain advertising where a few top members can direct their questions and concerns to the club.

"Walk With Me Through Paradise" by Melveen Leed

Blog sites are much better in social media platforms mainly because they are current. They also have useful tools and features for providing feedback about the club, members and offerings. The Two Center is a very valuable asset for any clubs they visit. Once the needs and wants of the club members are known, the club can then act on that feedback to improve satisfaction.

Of course, there will be some that figure that they have all the answers and there is no need to get it from the "know nothings" in the membership. But we should all realize that the membership is where the answers truly are.

Blog Clearing

Things are beginning to clear up in the Blogging Department. For one thing, I am learning and I am clearing the robot hits out of the Blogger blogs. I have started a Word Press blog and a Tumbler blog and I don't know much about counters there. But not to worry, I will learn with time. We are getting plenty of creative people reading our blogs.

"The trouble with creative people is that they are easily bored, are risk takers

and color outside the line - They think with their hearts, make a lot of

mistakes and hate rules - They work independently, change their

minds  a lot and have a reputation for eccentricity- 

And they dream Big."

The heart of the matter are these blogs not the Micros. The rest are just gingerbread but they do help in spreading the dance news to as many reader/dancers as possible. The Two Centers are still the most important people we need. From there most expansion can progress very nicely. The Guest Authors and the inevitable independence of the leading blog.

"Shores Of Haleiwa" by Loyal Garner

Those hits may be divided into three as per usual. The ones that hit, not pleased and got out and this includes the scam spam robot hits. They matter little if any. Then there are the ones that hit and decided to read a little but not really that interested, hopefully they may return again sometime. And then the smallest and the most important group is the one interested to read all and probably will tune in again. The possible Two Centers willing to share will come from this group.

Pub's Side Note: Social media in dancing is not about technology, it is

about pschology. The tools are always changing but the concepts --

the engagement, transparency, sharing and entertainment do not.

Dance, Play

Dancing can be considered a way for adults to play. It can be just for fun, and evolve into exhibitions and competitions. Nothing out of the ordinary in that. And it is quite all right to feel the difference without any great feelings of superiority.

"When the day is over, let it go. Don't dwell on what you could've or should've done.

Tomorrow is another day, another dance."

Play generally describes behavior which has no particular end in itself, but improves enjoyment and performance in similar situations in the future. This is seen in a wide variety of vertebrates besides humans, but is mostly limited to mammals and birds. Cats are known to play with a ball of string when young, which gives them experience with catching prey.

"The Way You Look Tonight" by Ray Coniff

Besides inanimate objects, animals may play with other members of their own species or other animals, such as orcas playing with seals they have caught. Hopefully, we, as humans, will each play dance in our desired territories and enjoy our own kuleanas without any detrimental effect on the others.

The key to all our blogs remains the Information Contributors which in turn can become Guest Authors if and when they wish. The big drawback is that they all think that they should be going for the Pulitzer or that they must make some big commitment. We just need information that no other person can give to the reader/dancers. Their own particular view of the dance scene. Once a week, once a month. Whatevah! Of course, a photo of four, five or six of their dancing friends would be icing on the cake. These people are the biggest item attracting our reader/dancers. Geeve it!

Pub's Side Note: Be careful with the "publish personal emails" virus on Oahu. If they say we publish personal emails, people believe it and that's it. No need to ask "Where, When, Show me?" Naturally no one can answer. You are guilty and there is no way to prove your innocence. Those are their rules, tough.

Da Rail Profits

There are still big shots being paid to promote the Rail. But they cannot continue to con the people. Right now, you can get the #93 bus from Makaha and be in Downtown in an hour and a half. The Rail Disaster will never beat that in a million years even if it cost ten billion dollars. The "Paid" big shots do not have a clue yet, that "Rapid Transit" was not a misnomer. It was a deliberate lie and still being perpetrated by these paid liars. Look what they did to Cayetano.

Nanakuli Village Center is an example of real thinking for the good of all the residents of the Waianae Coast. Hundreds of cars will be missing from the freeways to and from Honolulu. Hundreds of cars will be missing from downtown Honolulu traffic. And think of how many people could be home in 20 minutes without the humbug of feeder buses, rail stations and more feeder buses in town. And all taking more time, not less. Addition benefits are that in Nanakuli, minimum wage is worth ten times what it is worth in Honolulu.

The beautiful Business Park in Maili. But the Present Rail Party is

spending millions on the big shots to keep this from happening.

And "I coulda got home in 20 minutes."

The "Pork" from Washington was the instigator. The Federal Transportation Authority is pro bus, not pro rail. So why the pork? There was some arm twisting from a Senate Committee with many friends that wanted to get in on the gravy train. And willing to spend thousands of dollars in lies, to reap millions of dollars in profits. Just look at how much the HART costs "daily." Millions. And we ain't seen nuttin' yet.

"You can con some of the people all of the time. and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot con all of the people all the time."

Who said that?

American Style

American Style dance in the West Side.
by Stanley Yim, Waimalu

In the neighbor islands there are many times when they have dancing specified as Salsa or Tango. They are trying to avoid something. On Oahu, I still meet many people in the Salsa dances that I also see at the Tango dances. But never see them on what we consider "our" dance floors. Never knew why until I asked. "We're social dancers and don't want to dance that fancy kine dance."

"Pride is the greatest enemy of your happiness.
Get out of your own way."

They do not want to be associated with the type of dancing represented by the International styling. Of course few have realized this and taken the trouble to explain that not all the Ballroom dancing is danced that way. Or to explain to them that not everyone dances that style. The real dance for fun is still danced without shame, although mainly in the Western part of Oahu besides the night clubs in town.

"Singing In The Rain" by Gene Kelly

So they do not hear the advice of dancing "correctly," as much as in the center of town. So, the results have been that the vicious gossip cliques, the bad public relations job of manhandling the dancers by the clubs but also the ascendency of the International style and its superior attitude that had led to the slow decline of ballroom dancing on the Island of Oahu. This started right about the opening of the famous Palladium and we first heard the descriptive, "Junk Dancer."

In West Oahu we have the salvation. There are so many good American Style teachers and dancers that are interested in dancing for fun and not to enter into competition with anyone. Many have experience of teaching for two or three decades. It is so evident in the increase and interest in dancers Moanalua Corridor in spite of the Rail Catastrophe.

"Maui Waltz" by Loyal Garner

There will be more places where we can dance. We just need places much smaller than the famous Palladium. The Palladium will be for the deluxe International Style dancers and they will dance it there "correctly." We don't have to talk stink about them. They should have the right to fun in the dance world in exhibition and competitions dancing "their way." No hu hu, we all should understand that.

Stan Yim

Blogger's Law No. 41B: In every dance organization there is one person who really knows what is going on. Get rid of that person.

American Style

American Style dance in the West Side.
by Stanley Yim, Waimalu

In the neighbor islands there are many times when they have dancing specified as Salsa or Tango. They are trying to avoid something. On Oahu, I still meet many people in the Salsa dances that I also see at the Tango dances. But never see them on what we consider "our" dance floors. Never knew why until I asked. "We're social dancers and don't want to dance that fancy kine dance."

"Pride is the greatest enemy of your happiness.
Get out of your own way."

They do not want to be associated with the type of dancing represented by the International styling. Of course few have realized this and taken the trouble to explain that not all the Ballroom dancing is danced that way. Or to explain to them that not everyone dances that style. The real dance for fun is still danced without shame, although mainly in the Western part of Oahu besides the night clubs in town.

"Singing In The Rain" by Gene Kelly

So they do not hear the advice of dancing "correctly," as much as in the center of town. So, the results have been that the vicious gossip cliques, the bad public relations job of manhandling the dancers by the clubs but also the ascendency of the International style and its superior attitude that had led to the slow decline of ballroom dancing on the Island of Oahu. This started right about the opening of the famous Palladium and we first heard the descriptive, "Junk Dancer."

In West Oahu we have the salvation. There are so many good American Style teachers and dancers that are interested in dancing for fun and not to enter into competition with anyone. Many have experience of teaching for two or three decades. It is so evident in the increase and interest in dancers Moanalua Corridor in spite of the Rail Catastrophe.

"Maui Waltz" by Loyal Garner

There will be more places where we can dance. We just need places much smaller than the famous Palladium. The Palladium will be for the deluxe International Style dancers and they will dance it there "correctly." We don't have to talk stink about them. They should have the right to fun in the dance world in exhibition and competitions dancing "their way." No hu hu, we all should understand that.

Stan Yim

Blogger's Law No. 41B: In every dance organization there is one person who really knows what is going on. Get rid of that person.

The Night Club Scene

Many are aware that the Night Club scene in Honolulu is not what it used to be. Traffic is pretty bad at night specially on weekends and everyone knows that it is going to get worse. People as a whole tend to drink less but our Night Clubs were all raised in the time when the sale of Booze paid all the expenses. Now some places in the Mainland are selling snacks and they have Juice Bars for those that would rather not drink an Alcoholic Beverage.

"The reason some people find it so hard to be happy is that they always

see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is and

the future less resolved than it will be."

Many nightclubs choose who can enter, on bases other than just age, dress code and special guest list. This is used to make their status as a nightclub more "exclusive". Quite often, there are no clear policies governing entry to a nightclub, thereby allowing the doormen to deny entry to anybody at their discretion.

Care will be taken to make sure not to hurt anyone's feeling in refusals and tarnishing your own reputation in the process. Many nightclubs will only allow entry by association, such as the former Paradise Garage and Playboy Club on the mainland. In most cases, entering a nightclub requires a flat fee called a cover charge. Some clubs waive or reduce the cover charge for early arrivals, special guests or women.

"Tiny Bubbles" by Don Ho

Friends of the doorman or the club owner may gain free entrance. Sometimes, especially at larger clubs in Continental European countries, one only gets a pay card at the entrance, on which all money spent in the Club (often including the entrance fee) is marked. Sometimes the entrance fee is paid by cash and only the drinks in the club are paid using a pay card.

Pub's Side Note: All of these Blogs claim no credit for any images posted on our sites unless otherwise noted. Images on this blog are copied daily by many on the Internet  We try to respect copyrights. If there is an image appearing on this blog by mistake, belongs to you and do not wish for it to appear on this site, please E-mail with a link to said image and it will be promptly removed.

The Plateau

The blogs are still in a Plateau. Yet none of them show signs that they should be deleted. All my stats are pointing in the right direction with the exception of Town Dancer. But it stands to reason so I am not too worried there.

"It's not the difference between people that causes problems,
it is the indifference."

I am now concentrating on Platinum Horseshoe, Moanalua Corridor and Blogging Hawaii. One of those will really get going with the right combination of Two Centers and/or Guest Authors. My physical disabilities hold me back so I cannot get around much anymore. Though I may kick the walker by Christmas, I will still have to use a cane.

For now I have closed all outside robots on most of the blogs. Just two have been left open to the search engines. Google is the latest of the robot hits goofing up the works. I have removed all counters from the blogs and even cut down Google Plus to bare bones. I would rather the reader/dancers not see hits that do not mean anything. And yet the blogs have remained in the double digit average per day hits.

"Shores Of Haleiwa" by Loyal Garner

I should have some meaningful results by the tenth of December and hopefully have a good steady Two Center for one of the blogs. We can get the photos and information so sorely need by our reader/dancers that will make good social media.

Pub's Side Note: Dance Clubs and other Dance Organizations are already coming to terms with the need to integrate their social media efforts with their content strategy and are seeing the impact of social media in terms of lead generation, referral traffic, and membership.