Stop the Industrial Parks

Another example is Makaha doing business with Mokuleia. It is less than ten miles as the crow flies, but it just cannot be done. It now takes eighteen hours to get there on the available roadways. (so I exaggerate.) And yes, the difficult but short road from Makaha to Mokuleia could have been built years ago. This could have been for the benefit of all the residents on the Island but not downtown Honolulu. They want the commissions on everything.

"If you are going through hell, don't stop, keep going,

you'll come out of it."

Everyone in Hawaii including the tourist would really have a truly "round the island trip." But of course that requires buses and the Present Rail Party is not interested in buses. Additional benefits for the residents would be the easy commercial exchanges available between the Waianae Coast and the North Shore. But the Present Rail Party is going to put a stop to that nonsense.

The beautiful Pearl City Business Park. Hundreds of cars missing from

the freeway and streets. How long does it take the residents to

get home and spend a little time with their families?

There are signs of cocktail lounges developing along the Waianae Coast and perhaps even a night club with a little social dancing. Some places are staying open until ten or eleven. If they are able to get an Industrial Park, people will be more interested in a night life. Third City?

The beautiful Waipio Business Center. The residents that work there
worship the ground. No long hassles on the freeways, or traffic jams

in town and they remember to go to church every Sunday to thank God.

Many people are very much aware that if they had just few industrial parks on the West Coast, they "coulda been home in twenty minutes." And none of the long, drawn out, slow drives that take hours to and from the city every day down the only highway available. But the people making those decisions live and work in the Ivory Towers of Honolulu. Our representatives from the West don't have a chance. And it's the money, Sonny and the cost estimates on the Rail Disaster keep going higher every day, naturally. Your next year's property Tax. Wow!

Update - Right Direction

I am still hoping for Town Dancer to be the first completely independent blog on these Islands and our best example of Social Media. That is quite a mouthful and not fully understood by many people. And so to begin with we just need more Information Contributors. Then we can work on getting the Guest Authors for they will make the blog.

"A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves."

It is just what it implies. People will contribute information of their own kuleana wherever it may be. Their portion of the ballroom is not the same view as my portion of the ballroom on the other side. No hu-hu, just understanding. And we can share it with our reader/dancers.

"Around The World" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

We don't have one per cent of the population of dancers as many countries do. But I envision two per cent for this Island if we can just spread the source of the information around a little more, out in the open. And not only from on high, we can get good feedback from our fellow dancers. We should get more dancers going for the fun and enjoyment of moving to music. And that should cut down the clique gossip kine which is already being cut down with the blogs we have now.

"If you take care of your health, your health will take care of you"

Counters, Stats

Counters are different throughout the internet. Some are better than others. Blogger's is free but certainly not the best. I do what I can with what I get. But I must know if I am just beating my gums.

Gratefully, some of the best advice I have ever received.

"No one else knows what they are doing either."

The first day of September was very erratic as per usual, but very definite information. All the top blogs are way up ahead and all the bottom blogs are way down in hits. They will average out. With all the errors in the Blogger stats, I have to make some sense.

Blogger does make the effort to do better. They have almost got rid of a very bad robot in Town Dancer. I had take the counter off the blog and I sent them the feedback. The robot even screwed up my regular hits. Anyway I may put the counter back in.

"Chariots Of Fire" from the Movie.

I am making definite connections through my Micros, specially Facebook and Twitter. I get more hits from the information I post. I have received two photos from Mainland studios and I get inquiries about Two Centers or Guest Author. I got one pending today that just may be perfect for this blog. It will be mainland info but give more people here an idea of what is needed.

The hits are without a doubt connected to the Two Center and the Guest Authors. I can only carry the blogs so far (SOS.) And every new person not only adds hits for themselves but also create a synergism which is even more. I am convinced, but hard to convince those who are not familiar with the stats.

Remember, no registration or registration fees, no annual meetings or dues. No monthly meetings or dues and you can blog whenever and whatever you wish to blog. So we run a tight ship over here. All up to you.

Slow

It not really unexpected but this blog started the month of September at the bottom of the pile. We must be patient. Nothing like this has ever been done in the history of dance on the Island of Oahu. Let's just keep cool.

"It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the Truth and expose lies."

Waimanalo Public and School Library having a Book Sale on Friday and
Saturday, September 5th & 6th, Proceeds for the benefit of the Library
and its programs. Phone: 259-2610

And there seems to be some kind of ballroom dancing in Enchanted Lakes area. Please let us know if we can help. Of course, we understand that many groups prefer to keep it on a more private basis. The commoners can remain out.

I am beginning to understand all this specially since I have the stats on most of our dance blogosphere. It is not enough with just one blog, I must have several so that I can make comparisons and for most there are valid reasons for the changes that occur. The most evident so far is the effect of the regular Two Center and the Guest Authors on the resulting hits. Wow.

Pub's Side Note: There are three rules for getting guaranteed hits in a blog.

Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

Wahiawa

Looked around for some news but most of it private so we must respect. Meanwhile we still have this in the works and it is not too far. Wahiawa. If you live in Pearl City it is just a skip and jump. And Wahiawa Ballroom Dance Club is one of the oldest dance clubs in existence.
 

 "It's not the difference in people that causes problems,

it's the indifference."

"Dahil Sa Yo" by Julio Iglesias (1973)

New quarter starting out so perhaps we are in a lull while waiting for it to start. But anyone can let more people know using this blog. Most of the action has been out of the Corridor and we may look forward to a good month of dancing in the West.

The Professional Dance Studios continue to ignore us. Kapiolani Ballroom Dance Club has classes in the area, but we don't hear from them. I have still to find a line dancing group willing to share with their friends, relatives and fellow dancers in the Corridor. We have a way to go.

"Morning Dew" by Melveen Leed

The entire West is slowly and solidly moving ahead, as people become aware of the Rail Disaster. It is solidifying the Second City concept and we are no flash in the pan. There are good dance flickers in Kalealoa, Ewa Beach and of course, Kapolei. There is going to be dancing in the West. And there will be something going in Waikele, Waipio or Mililani.

Wahiawa

Looked around for some news but most of it private so we must respect. Meanwhile we still have this in the works and it is not too far. Wahiawa. If you live in Pearl City it is just a skip and jump. And Wahiawa Ballroom Dance Club is one of the oldest dance clubs in existence.
 

 "It's not the difference in people that causes problems,

it's the indifference."

"Dahil Sa Yo" by Julio Iglesias (1973)

New quarter starting out so perhaps we are in a lull while waiting for it to start. But anyone can let more people know using this blog. Most of the action has been out of the Corridor and we may look forward to a good month of dancing in the West.

The Professional Dance Studios continue to ignore us. Kapiolani Ballroom Dance Club has classes in the area, but we don't hear from them. I have still to find a line dancing group willing to share with their friends, relatives and fellow dancers in the Corridor. We have a way to go.

"Morning Dew" by Melveen Leed

The entire West is slowly and solidly moving ahead, as people become aware of the Rail Disaster. It is solidifying the Second City concept and we are no flash in the pan. There are good dance flickers in Kalealoa, Ewa Beach and of course, Kapolei. There is going to be dancing in the West. And there will be something going in Waikele, Waipio or Mililani.

The Creative Researchers And Producers

You remember when HBDA had 3000 members? When IBDI had 1500 members. Pan-Pacific had 1100 members etc. What happened? The Creative Researchers and Producers had a 60% control of these clubs. And ran them right straight into the ground. Now it may still be around 30%, but it is still there and mostly in the center of town.

"We can be miserable or we can motivate ourselves.

What ever has to be done, it is always our choice."

You can play a game in a classroom or party setting. It works best with less than 30 people. Line up everybody in a circle. Pick a starting player. The starting player comes up with a piece of harmless humorous gossip about somebody in the group, such as "I heard Bill sleep walks to Walmart at night." The starting player picks a player in the circle and whispers this gossip into their ear.

This person then whispers the gossip into the ear of the person to their right. This gossip circle continues until it gets to the last person in line. This person restates the gossip they heard, which will be drastically different than the initial gossip. You can use this game to illustrate how fast gossip travels, anywhere, not just in dancing circles and how different it can end up being. Fortunately, blogging results are much different than that. All opinions, right or wrong, are up front.

There is an increasing amount of dancers in the Studio groups and also in the Night club groups and mostly into the American Style of dance. And perhaps a little less looking down their noses at the clumsy dancers.That part of dancing in town is not perfect but certainly going in a better direction.

The outskirts are moving very nicely except for the always present problem of finding a place to dance. However they have developed their own versions of the di facto rulers of the clubs. Once we have a more democratically run dance club we will get more members. If not, there is a new club forming next month.