By Fred Wong, Waikele:
In this century we have really seen an increase in communication between the dancers in our Oahu dance community. And I mean all of the partner dancers out there. There has been enough information to give anyone the feeling that they are the ones that have been called upon to define dancing. There have always been memos passed around during classes and we have always accepted newsletters. We were able to subscribe to a variety of mainland dance magazines too. Good solid information and all pretty much one way communication. Then the dance Web sites made their grand entrance about 30 years ago.
For a long while they controlled a good portion of the dancing information on this island and it was considered a feather in your cap if you had one. Gradually the Internet provided additional information. And 25 Years Ago, the famous Palladium brought it all to a central point on Oahu. And we more or less know what happened after that. The dance club cliques increased in power and the emerging hit dance movies had many people wanting to be champs in a competitive dance contest. The resulting decline was hard on the ones depending on dance income. Some dancers grew to dislike "Ballroom Dancers."
Then the cell phone and the email really came into being and allowed easier communication between dancers in different parts of the island and even beyond. The cell phone for its portability and the email with its fast send and reply written conversation. Many were coming to the conclusion that they just wanted to have fun dancing. Wow! Now in this century the blog has been the humdinger. These blogs have evolved into miniature Facebooks with two way communication but not exposed to the world in the same way. And our blogs do not require any commitments from our reader/dancers. The blogs are available to the public at large and anyone can tune and see. Happy Dancing.
In this century we have really seen an increase in communication between the dancers in our Oahu dance community. And I mean all of the partner dancers out there. There has been enough information to give anyone the feeling that they are the ones that have been called upon to define dancing. There have always been memos passed around during classes and we have always accepted newsletters. We were able to subscribe to a variety of mainland dance magazines too. Good solid information and all pretty much one way communication. Then the dance Web sites made their grand entrance about 30 years ago.
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For a long while they controlled a good portion of the dancing information on this island and it was considered a feather in your cap if you had one. Gradually the Internet provided additional information. And 25 Years Ago, the famous Palladium brought it all to a central point on Oahu. And we more or less know what happened after that. The dance club cliques increased in power and the emerging hit dance movies had many people wanting to be champs in a competitive dance contest. The resulting decline was hard on the ones depending on dance income. Some dancers grew to dislike "Ballroom Dancers."
"City Lights" by Loyal Garner
Then the cell phone and the email really came into being and allowed easier communication between dancers in different parts of the island and even beyond. The cell phone for its portability and the email with its fast send and reply written conversation. Many were coming to the conclusion that they just wanted to have fun dancing. Wow! Now in this century the blog has been the humdinger. These blogs have evolved into miniature Facebooks with two way communication but not exposed to the world in the same way. And our blogs do not require any commitments from our reader/dancers. The blogs are available to the public at large and anyone can tune and see. Happy Dancing.
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