After all these years I have accumulated a little data which is a little more than just a guess. An educated guess but still just a guess. Some people will differ which is just fine, and they may be more right than I am. About 5% of the population in most states can be classified in the dance category. For Hawaii, it would be about fifty thousand dancers but I actually think we have a little more than that but this is easy figure to start with.The "to be seen" categories must take at least 20% of that, ten thousand dancers, which includes all kinds of exhibition dancing.
The disciplines, American, and International, with Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese and all the other ethnic dances. may have ten thousand dancers. The young and the occasional dancer takes a piece of the total Most of it in the solo dance routines. Very little partner dancing. The Night Club dancers and the peripherals, (line, salsa, swing, and tango) will take 10,000 and all them will be overlapping into each other sections. That leaves about 30000 of the total for real solid, social cultural dancers, which is a hefty amount and growing daily.
Many of the peripherals will be joining in the fun, specially when the entire dance scene begins to open up. The Studios will lead the way, followed by the night clubs, gotta make da money. The Dance Clubs will began their reorganizations. There are people living in West Oahu that would rather not go all the way to town so we may expect a lot of action from Kalihi all the way up to Kapolei.. Of course they may throw in a Polka every ten years, but it will be all for fun. And that is the name of our game. Of course, I just found out that many think this is a Web site. Sorry, this is a blog!
“Social dancers may believe how a little tomorrow
can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.”
The disciplines, American, and International, with Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese and all the other ethnic dances. may have ten thousand dancers. The young and the occasional dancer takes a piece of the total Most of it in the solo dance routines. Very little partner dancing. The Night Club dancers and the peripherals, (line, salsa, swing, and tango) will take 10,000 and all them will be overlapping into each other sections. That leaves about 30000 of the total for real solid, social cultural dancers, which is a hefty amount and growing daily.
"Maui Waltz" by Loyal Garner
Many of the peripherals will be joining in the fun, specially when the entire dance scene begins to open up. The Studios will lead the way, followed by the night clubs, gotta make da money. The Dance Clubs will began their reorganizations. There are people living in West Oahu that would rather not go all the way to town so we may expect a lot of action from Kalihi all the way up to Kapolei.. Of course they may throw in a Polka every ten years, but it will be all for fun. And that is the name of our game. Of course, I just found out that many think this is a Web site. Sorry, this is a blog!
"Social dancers know that it is simple task to make things complex,
but it is a very complex task to make them simple."
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