Slowly

by Fred Ching, Pearlridge

Folk dance is a collective term that is used to identify a wide range of dances that have to do with dances and traditional dancing performed by the common people within a given culture. That leaves the Rootzi Tootzis out. Unlike some forms of dance where there are stringent rules about how the dance must be conducted in order to be considered authentic, a folk dance tends to emerge spontaneously among the general populace.

"We can start by doing what is necessary, then we do what is possible.

Suddenly we are doing the impossible."

A little late but at least everyone can see what can be done.

Next time give us a little time.

It becomes widely popular and identified with the prevailing values of the majority of citizens regardless of their social standing or economic status. At its best, folk dance embodies elements that are unique or at least indicative of a particular culture while still sharing some broad characteristics with dances developed in other cultures.

"As one eye said to the other, "There is something

between us that smells."

"How High The Moon" by Les Paul and Mary Ford

Pub's Side Note: Night Clubbing is much more different and many would say it is much more fun. We will have to cover it more thoroughly in future issues.

The Night Club Scene

Honolulu’s nightlife scene has undergone a number of changes in the last year. And most of the going places have plenty of Internet access. Web sites and the micros, Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus. Of course no one realizes that those things are really big stuff. And if together they get one billion photos per day, they are not going to miss the one you were going send yesterday.

"Life is 10 per cent of what happens to us, and 90 per cent
of how we react to it."

However blogs are a horse of a different color. Our blogs are local and this particular one covers the dance scene on Oahu. Being new we are beginning to make more contact with locations in the West. Is that a bad word. Hey, this is real social media. This is where we connect with our friends, neighbors, relatives and fellow dancers.

"Hawaii Today" by Loyal Garner

There have been many nightclubs in town that have successfully drawn club goers out of their comfort zone on to wherever they are. And many former dive bars have been developed into a multi-room party spots and plenty of action. But eventually there is competition and the available customers are over diluted.

The traffic in town is getting pretty bad and with the advent of the Rail Disaster it is due to get worse. We know that the Buses are going to go to pot, to preserve the Rail Catastrophe. The evidence mounts daily but only the few users of public transportation are aware of this. And everyone is aware that it's the bread, Fred. Billions and Billions of dollars in profits for the Fat Cats in the Ivory Towers of Honolulu.

"Night Life" by Don Ho

Chinatown is starting to pop again, they are drawing crowds of people looking for a place to dance and they are getting some of the city’s top DJs to keep their parties moving. And there is some evidence of interest in Kalihi now that the Rail Corridor is slated for the new slum area of Honolulu. And of course, that gives us the entire West Oahu that is just waiting for the right people to build something good for those that want to live, work and play in their own kuleana.

Agricultural Land

What is it? We all think we know and everyone uses the term but everyone has a different opinion. From what most of us think we know, there are thousands of acres of agricultural land on the Island of Oahu, just laying fallow. Just look around you as you travel throughout the island and the proof is there, this is an urban island. Much of this empty land has never been used for Agriculture.

"Good Solid Character on the Waianae Coast is how you treat

those who can do nothing for you."

Amazingly, Hawaii has less than a seven day supply of many foods, especially perishables. Some 90% percent of our food is still imported. Hawaii will never be totally self-sufficient. And the land owners have made their statement. "You know how much that land is worth? You gotta pay me." They hold Agricultural land for investment not for use.

The goal could be to produce food for the local market efficiently enough to replace most imports. Hopefully, it will be done based on a philosophy of self-sufficiency, sustainability and stewardship reflecting "Aloha 'Aina" - Love of the Land. How about building a monstrosity such as the Rail Catastrophe? Auwe!

The beautiful Articulated Bus. With enough of these

we coulda had it made in the shade.

Take a good look at our citizenry on the Waianae Coast. Many of these friends and neighbors are forced to spend a great part of the workday in commuting. We must take it into account that the lives of all the citizens would be much better if we could live, work and play in our own kuleana. Being able to spend a little extra time with the family could certainly be taken into consideration. If you have to bear the cross of going to Honolulu every day, you can have it but you do not have to lay it on anyone else.

"What A Wonderful World" by Bruddah Iz

Hopefully we will make good choices. We must allow the building of business parks on the Waianae Coast using extra care not to infringe on the possibility of using "Probable" Agricultural Land. And help more farmers make use of the available land. Sustainable farming systems are capable of maintaining their productivity and usefulness to society indefinitely but there must be some concessions for the benefit of the citizens.

Blogger's Law #25b: Some people make their decisions by the book, Even though they don't know who wrote the book, or even what book.

The Help Squad

They have arrived on time as per usual and ready to set up their offerings. They have a good crowd of their own and a few visitors start coming in shortly. I tried to find out who saw the last blog but only one person has a computer. This will change with time.

Valentine's Day coming up pretty soon and

these people are going to be ready. 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not upon your own understanding, acknowledge him and he shall direct your path. Proverbs 3:5-6  God is Good.
Nani Kaawa

We got a good photographer, so we got good pictures.

God will never leave you or forsake you. He gave his only son, so that we can live. That is why he is God, and we are not.
Sa Capanio

God bless you, as his name is etched in your heart.

From da Kaawa's

"Walk Through Paradise With Me" by Melveen Leed

Cupola now on 1st Tuesdays for 2015!

Via Marie.

YES, that's right.  Beginning February, and for the rest of 2015, unless notified by management, Divino Ritmo will be moving its monthly social dance to every FIRST Tuesday of the month.

Divino Ritmo's CUPOLA on FIRST Tuesdays - Feb 3rd! We saw you last week due to a date change in January, and we'll see you again next week, TUESDAY, February 3rd!

DATE: next Tuesday, February 3rd.

Same Time, Same Place:
6:30p-9:30 PM @ da CUPOLA, 2nd floor, Honolulu Design Center, 1250 Kapiolani. Free parking with validation.

Food & Drink for purchase, Happy Hour discounted pupus ordered by 7p.
FREE ADMISSION & Open to the PUBLIC!

For Inquiries:
Lucas Jaime (917) 568-3173 divinoritmo@aol.com
Yanna Samkova (732) 499-0407 Yannajs@gmail.com
Website: www.Alohadancesportcenter.com  (808)-200-5540

Glad that Divino Ritmo is still able to offer this wonderful venue. Mark your calendars for the 1st Tuesday Cupola dance for 2015!

R

Blog or Web sites

Well, at least in this year and this island, most everyone knows that Web and Blog sites are different. But most people are not too well aware of the differences. It should be only natural that I wish to promote Blog sites. Blogs do build a relationship and for some it is easy to subscribe to a blog so they can view new postings as soon as they happen but I do not work it that way. If you want to read it, it should be up to you.

"We were all born with the ability to change someone's life, let us not ever waste it."

I want our blogs to have newer fresher content, just by their nature and they will be more up to date. Blogs tend to deal with breaking events and technology insights and these items will be taken care of increasingly by the Two Centers and the Guest Authors. I am in the process of getting this point across. The best blogs will go independent. The junk blogs are mine.

"Well Get It" by Tommy Dorsey

I am trying to establish the comments section in each blog and I will invite participation and interaction. Blog conversations will be encouraged providing multiple viewpoints and discussions. Combining our blogs and a traditional website can be especially effective when you start up a new dance club or dance studio.

Blogging is one of the fastest ways of announcing your dance organization and spreading the word quickly about what you do. The hits are already there. A combined approach using a website and a blog is usually the fastest approach. You will gain a much broader reach by using both a website and blogsite.

"Morning Dew" by Bruddah Iz

The website and blogsite will reach different audiences, The Web Site can be the Magazine, and the Blog Site can be the Newspaper. They will have different focuses, have different conversational tones, but still strive to reach the same targeted potential dancer. The blog and website can reinforce each other and magnify the results. There are some people that are going to pick up on this action.

Holding On

I have cut the entire blogosphere back to a minimum required to keep it going but it still keeps me pretty busy. However the set up is almost complete. We just need that regular Information Contributor to liven up whichever blog they choose. And liven it up is sure simply because it will no longer be SOS.

This is a dancing blog but the Contributor should be able to submit just about whatever they think would be of interest to the reader/dancers. The blogs are all in a plateau as far as hits, though they show no signs of the Law of Diminishing Returns yet. I am not that sure of my stats but I am going to find out. I am still learning this enchilada and it is fun.

Received one last week and one today, plainly marked. "Copyrighted, all rights reserved." That is clear enough, It has cost big money to some people that violate these laws. They were put there for a purpose and they are to keep anyone else from copying their precious information. We shall respect.

What Age Are You?

Age cannot be counted by ... the years a person lives, ... But by the

hope within their heart ... and all the love they give. How old you

are is not measured by ... your time on this earth.

But if your heart is full of dreams, ... and if you are among ... those

with an eagerness for life, ... Then you are truly young.

But if you see no beauty, ... in all you behold ... and care not

for your fellow man, ... Then you are truly old.

From the old printed publication,
by Greg "the Salsaman," still good today.

Instructors Note! People talk about dancing and where to go but some times people talk about other dancers/people in a negative way. Friends, I’m telling you now avoid them!! I know who they are, You don’t care you just dance and if you start in on the conversation they will think they’re right for disrespecting others. Don’t get involved with people like that! They even talk about me and I just want everyone to be happy and dance. I know these people will not quit or change. Dance is personal leave others alone. (Dancing is a positive not a negative!)
Aloha,
Salsaman

Pub’s Side Note: Negative gossipers have been the biggest blight on our dance community for decades and not only with Club Dancers. The Creative Researchers And Producers had begun to infest the Salsa sphere. But many people were beginning to recognized this and complain because they do not like it. Three Cheers for Greg.

“Blessed are those who can give without remembering

and take without forgetting”

Holding On

I have cut the entire blogosphere back to a minimum required to keep it going but it still keeps me pretty busy. However the set up is almost complete. We just need that regular Information Contributor to liven up whichever blog they choose. And liven it up is sure simply because it will no longer be SOS.

This is a dancing blog but the Contributor should be able to submit just about whatever they think would be of interest to the reader/dancers. The blogs are all in a plateau as far as hits, though they show no signs of the Law of Diminishing Returns yet. I am not that sure of my stats but I am going to find out. I am still learning this enchilada and it is fun.

Received one last week and one today, plainly marked. "Copyrighted, all rights reserved." That is clear enough, It has cost big money to some people that violate these laws. They were put there for a purpose and they are to keep anyone else from copying their precious information. We shall respect.

What Age Are You?

Age cannot be counted by ... the years a person lives, ... But by the

hope within their heart ... and all the love they give. How old you

are is not measured by ... your time on this earth.

But if your heart is full of dreams, ... and if you are among ... those

with an eagerness for life, ... Then you are truly young.

But if you see no beauty, ... in all you behold ... and care not

for your fellow man, ... Then you are truly old.

From the old printed publication,
by Greg "the Salsaman," still good today.

Instructors Note! People talk about dancing and where to go but some times people talk about other dancers/people in a negative way. Friends, I’m telling you now avoid them!! I know who they are, You don’t care you just dance and if you start in on the conversation they will think they’re right for disrespecting others. Don’t get involved with people like that! They even talk about me and I just want everyone to be happy and dance. I know these people will not quit or change. Dance is personal leave others alone. (Dancing is a positive not a negative!)
Aloha,
Salsaman

Pub’s Side Note: Negative gossipers have been the biggest blight on our dance community for decades and not only with Club Dancers. The Creative Researchers And Producers had begun to infest the Salsa sphere. But many people were beginning to recognized this and complain because they do not like it. Three Cheers for Greg.

“Blessed are those who can give without remembering

and take without forgetting”

Clubbing

We don't accept from "anonymous" or "unkown" but we do accept a pen name because the readers want something. This one was from John Dough. Kaneohe. - Well, what are we gonna do?

I don't do much night clubbing, but I love to dance. I may have one drink but I don't really care about that. I don't like super-loud music (yeah, I know most clubs for the younger set have loud music.) But it would be nice to find a club with noticeably quieter loud music.

"We could be thankful for all the people in our lives, the good and the bad,

the past and the present. They all made us what we are today."

Do any people with a real appreciation of music let them know? I really enjoy dancing to all kinds of music particularly the "oldies but goodies" dance music. Fortunately that music seems to be available on Oahu. I don't mind newer stuff as long as it's not an all night gangsta rap club.

"Tiny Bubbles" by Don Ho

Rumours used to be ok, as a back-up to Nicholas Nicholas, but that was a very very long time ago. They did have the "big chill" with free pupus early friday evenings with an older crowd, but I don't know if they still have the pupus.

I had a friend that stayed at the Ala Moana Hotel for 10 days and could have gone to Rumours but passed, after watching the crew that went in and out (resting on a chair outside in the lobby at about 1 am).  There were quite a few weird looking people, cougars, gangsta looking types going in and out. At one other place he just checked at the door at about 10 pm to see if they still had free pupu's that he had heard about earlier And the girl at the door, did not even answer his question, and just said "no baseball hats allowed." She may have thought he was a gang member.

First in the East

Actually I am in last place in the East because, I am just starting there anew. Dance Hawaii is the only one that has communicated anything I could offer to our reader/dancers. We are all aware that for the client it may be advertising but for our blogs it is communication to our reader/dancers.

"We could allow ourselves to be drawn by that strange pull of something

that we really love, such as dance. It will not lead us astray."

Dance Hawaii - Friday nights

Koko Head Recreation Center
in Hawaii Kai Community room

Cost: $20.00 for one dance class per person
$40.00 for two dance classes

Parks & Recreation requirement:
Minimum 8 students
Maximum 16 students

Dates of dance classes (10 dance classes)

January 30, 2015
February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015
March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015
April 10, 2015 (no class on
April 3rd - Good Friday)

Senior instructor: Sally Forges

Dance assistants: Maurice Morita + guest

6:30 p.M. American social rhumba

7:30 p.M. American social cha cha

8:30 p.M. Dance class ends

 "Besame Mucho" by Placido Domingo

 "It requires a very unusual mind to make an analysis of the obvious.

In blogging the information is more easily accessible than any other social media. The micros. such as Twitter, Facebook are almost as accessible usually posted often but much shorter, and you have to be a member to read the micros. The Web sites are updated less often but just as accessible as Blog sites, anyone can tune in to their address.

The Coast

What coast? How about from Kaeana Point to Honokai Hale? One of the most beautiful spots in Hawaii. All except for that Electric Plant goofing up the landscape. Why don't they put it in Kakaako? The Fat Cats in Honolulu Hale don't mind screwing up the works as long as there is money in it for them.

"Let's be nice to everyone, even the shitty ones. Let the Assholes

be Assholes, we will sleep better."

Makaha is waking up as part of the community and there is group Zion Ipuka that comes down to Nanakuli almost every week and shares a little food and drink for those wanting it. The homeless are picking up on this. There are other groups that we must find out about and add to their Public Relations.

The beautiful Waipio Business Park. The residents that work here

worship the very ground. Paradise is so near for them. One in Mililani

and one more in Wahaiwa would be Paradise for so many more residents.

"They coulda been home in 20 minutes."

Lualualei Business Park still on tap in spite of the Present Rail Party veto. Think of all those cars missing from the streets and Highways to Honolulu. Those lucky residents that may be able to take a leisurely walk home. Wow! And time to spend with the family. And the high class don't know this, but minimum wage in Lualualei is worth ten times what it is worth in Honolulu.

The beautiful Articulated Bus. With enough of these we coulda had it

made in the shade and ranked among the best in the nation again.

Not now, we are about 49th. But it's the bread, Fred.

Unfortunately, when the Rail Disaster is installed, they plan on removing, the #93 and the "C" buses, and #40 will become part of the feeder bus system. Auwe. Talk about humbug. But everyone knows that the ones for the Rail will never ride it in a million years. Strictly for the low class, the homeless and a few tourists now and then. Billions and Billions of dollars in profits for the Fat Cats. It's the money, Sonny.

The Agonizing Reappraisal

Well, I cannot avoid it, I don't make the rules the reader/dancers do. And the hits are going up for the Dancing Night blog with the addition of Richie Fun as Guest Author. For the Moanalua Corridor blog, the hits have been going down. The Rail Disaster is taking its toll. I do not have a choice in these matters.

"Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner

voice. And more important, have the courage to follow your

heart  and intuition. They somehow already know what you

truly want  to become. Everything else is secondary."

The reader/dancers continue to make the decisions and at the top is Town Dancer and no one is close to them. With four Guest Authors they will stay on top for the foreseeable future. I have the second tier blogs at half the average hits per day  At present they are Platinum Horseshoe (area in the West), Blogging Hawaii (includes the neighbor islands) and Dancing Nights (the Night Club Scene.)

The rest will remain in the Third tier pending the results in the next few months. Key of course is the Information Contributors and Guest Authors who will pick the blog of their choice. Heading the list are Moanalua Corridor, Sea Country and Chicharrones. I just naturally keep them all about the same, so the difference will be established by the Information Contributors and the Guest Authors.

"Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by  Judy Garland

They will define the blogs according to their preferences, it is their blog and they will do as they please. And the photos are becoming a big factor. One photo is not enough, but 100 photos may be a bit much. Midweek discover the power of the photos last year. Now I think they have gone overboard, but we all have our opinions. Photo albums will be for Web sites not for Blogs but I will all play it by ear.

The Agonizing Reappraisal

Well, I cannot avoid it, I don't make the rules the reader/dancers do. And the hits are going up for the Dancing Night blog with the addition of Richie Fun as Guest Author. For the Moanalua Corridor blog, the hits have been going down. The Rail Disaster is taking its toll. I do not have a choice in these matters.

"Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner

voice. And more important, have the courage to follow your

heart  and intuition. They somehow already know what you

truly want  to become. Everything else is secondary."

The reader/dancers continue to make the decisions and at the top is Town Dancer and no one is close to them. With four Guest Authors they will stay on top for the foreseeable future. I have the second tier blogs at half the average hits per day  At present they are Platinum Horseshoe (area in the West), Blogging Hawaii (includes the neighbor islands) and Dancing Nights (the Night Club Scene.)

The rest will remain in the Third tier pending the results in the next few months. Key of course is the Information Contributors and Guest Authors who will pick the blog of their choice. Heading the list are Moanalua Corridor, Sea Country and Chicharrones. I just naturally keep them all about the same, so the difference will be established by the Information Contributors and the Guest Authors.

"Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by  Judy Garland

They will define the blogs according to their preferences, it is their blog and they will do as they please. And the photos are becoming a big factor. One photo is not enough, but 100 photos may be a bit much. Midweek discover the power of the photos last year. Now I think they have gone overboard, but we all have our opinions. Photo albums will be for Web sites not for Blogs but I will all play it by ear.

Photos

Photos, the more I see the more I don't understand it. The photo blogs, Instagram, Flicker, Facebook, etc etc. will get over one billion photos today. This may be just a Wild Ass Guess. We don't have to worry about yesterday or tomorrow, just today, one billion photos. Now after you got through looking at all of them. Are you ever going to go over it again? Heh Heh.

"Our time is limited, so don't let us waste it living someone else's life. Let's not get

trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people's thinking."

This I know. if some one from Finland or South Africa or China sees a photo of mine in Facebook, it will be by mistake.  I am certain that is not what that person is looking for. If I see a photo of a nice group from Finland, South Africa or China, it is not what I was looking for. None of it is interesting to me.

"Paniolo Country" by Melveen Leed

Now any of those World Wide photos may be a little more interest to someone in the same country. But not by much. In the same city? Maybe. In the same neighborhood, wow, it certainly may be worth looking at. But there are thousands there too, so I am not that interested in see them ever again. How about you?

Now, a few photos in the local dance Web sites are certainly interesting to their fellow members and even quite a few outsiders simply because we all know each other. In a blog, which is more current, you have the maximum efficiency for a photo, even if only for a brief period of time. An extra benefit is that any one that likes the photo can simply save it to their computer. Simple?

"Honolulu Blue and Green" by Melveen Leed

Take your time and think it over. Pick you Web or Blog sites and you will see the difference. Know your photos. Meanwhile they are many good photos being taken by many that know what they are doing. Perhaps I am wrong. They are free to state their opinions on this blog. And any one can email us a photo of their dance gang. we post and they will see the results immediately with their friends, relatives, neighbors and fellow dancers. Try it.

"(They Long to Be) Close to You" by the Carpenters

Zion Ipuka Sharing

It was a nice day for me and the first car arrived at about 4:30 in the afternoon. I got everything ready, and by five they were already pretty well set up. I asked around but no seem to know anything about the blog or the pics.

"Great opportunities to help others seldom come,

but small ones surround us every day."

So I go slow too. I got somebody to take the camera but I did not see any photos. Then I got someone else and those are the photos in this blog.

I asked and found a good man to letter the caps and two went to the table of items to be donated. Most of the people were very cooperative and they have a good group.

And we got a good write up:
Aloha from Brudda Moki, spiritual leader of Zion Ipuka ministry. Praise the Lord Jesus for the opportunity to do God's will. Giving hope to the hopeless in Nanakuli. We pray for God's light to shine on the less fortunate. In Jesus's name, Amen.

What's in a name?

Another agonizing reappraisal of our blogosphere. I have had to promote a couple blogs because of the closer definition for their existence. That has reduced the hits on other blogs and one of the worst hit is this one. But it does not have any definition. It is just there.

"Perhaps in making social media like dance blogs. we can help make a dance world where things are done morally, democratically and done honestly."

I have a total of nine blogs which I admit over dilutes the available reader/dancers for one person (me) who is not famous. The most important item for now is the Information Contributor. They along with the Guest Authors which will eventually turn out to be the most crucial part of our blogs. They will furnish the dance information and photos so necessary for the reader/dancers.

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

The Guest Authors can become good mechanics in handling the blog, the writing submitted and the photos, which will be so important  A reader/dancer may have been at one end of the Palladium and the person writing is about his/her end, may make it very interesting. This is a lot of fun and interesting for me. Keeps me alert.

I have reduced the amount of blogging in each blog to reduce my work but also to test the hits and they do come down with less blogging. Hopefully the total we have now will increase daily just with the daily promotion from the micro blogs such as Twitter, Google Plus, Pinterest, Facebook and Word Press.

I will change the name on this blog to something about the East to help define it. And I mean East Honolulu. Maybe Diamond Head or Kokohead. I don't know. I have tried the East twice and no go. But now there is a Dance Hawaii dance class in Hawaii Kai. Could be a beginning and others could email us more information. I must just let them roll and they will mostly sift for themselves.

"That Old Black Magic" by Glenn Miller

My intent is that with enough Guest Authors and hits, the best blog could go independent from me. I would resign and they could make their own rules and probably run the hits up into the high heavens. The rest of the blogs should eventually go independent but the junk blogs are mine. We sure would have the island covered and the beneficiaries would be the dancers.

 Email direct from God. Wants me to post it in this blog.

"Will the road you're on get to my place?"