Christmassy Already

Mainland blogging narratives have presented us with an  "International" consideration of identity and power in our dance environment. Some people on Oahu blogs in Twitter may get read in Nigeria by someone. At the moment the best defenders of the faith in Hawaii are our local blogs for they help us to challenge social and cultural hierarchies and power structures. The real power will be when we get the Guest Authors. The people of this island will dance the way they wish and will not be dictated to by the highest levels of the world dance societies that we have now. The disciplines have strict syllabi, some of which are now extinct in Social Dance. Many accepted in Social Dance are excluded from their syllabi.

"Come, All Ye Faithful"

"Jingle Bells"

Social Dancers have well understood in this century that Social Dancing can be readily accepted on Oahu and the dancers will prevail. There are just too many of them and more will be getting in to get their two cents in. The hits on our blogs do not yet resemble what the real thing should look like. In my few years of experience I know that all too well. I increased the number of blogs and then decrease the number. I am now down to five blogs and the hits are going up but ever so slowly. We need feedback and hope for a reasonable Two Center with an honest opinion (will be different and unique) that is all that is required. Clones we do not need.

"O, Holy Night"

"Silent Night"

Tango? Of course but what Tango? The issue is still in doubt. With another school of Argentine Tango coming up, we have our hands full. We had good old American Tango for so long in Hawaii starting from WWII. Then in the sixties the Filipino Tango began to make its appearance. In seventies, the introduction of the International Tango along with entire syllabi of the International Style of dance. Then a big introduction of Argentine Tango as a pheripheral
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"Feliz Navidad" por José Feliciano

"Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible.