West Oahu

Wahiawa Ballroom Dance Club will be have their 50th Anniversary Dance on Saturday, May 11th at the Halemano Plantation. One of the oldest dance clubs on this Island and still going strong. Perhaps even bigger now that more people in the West are awakening to the possibilities of so many things that do not have to be done in Honolulu. The old mantra, "Keep the country, country" was for the benefit of the Honolulu Fat Cats, not ours. Witness the Rail Calamity. Yes, we know, Moe, its always been the dough,

Unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is
why right, temporarily defeated, eventually is stronger than evil triumphant."

The West will adjust to the Rail Disaster. There will be more regular cars, more electric cars and even driver less cars. There is even a plan for a Driver less Bus, which may not be too difficult to convince the users because of the Rail Humbug.. The Caldwell administration will only make it worse. And the dance pavilion in Waipio has definitely been cancelled to help pay for rail. Estimates for the Rail Disaster began at five Billion, now at fifteen Billion dollars. The Caldwell group, doesn't like to say much. But we can see they may be dancers, we call it the side step followed by a spot turn.

"City Lights" by Loyal Garner

Latin dance is a general label (and a term in partner dance competition jargon) that refers to various forms of ballroom dance and folk dance, most of what originated in Latin America and became known world wide during the last century. Most of the solid dances have been about a dozen or less and, have been pretty well fixed. There have been over 100 dances that have come and have lasted less that 20 years. In Latin America, you can include a range of perhaps four or five hundred different dances from the original inhabitants in Latin America.

 "Social dancers know that it’s not whether you get knocked down,

it’s whether you get up again."

West Oahu

Wahiawa Ballroom Dance Club will be have their 50th Anniversary Dance on Saturday, May 11th at the Halemano Plantation. One of the oldest dance clubs on this Island and still going strong. Perhaps even bigger now that more people in the West are awakening to the possibilities of so many things that do not have to be done in Honolulu. The old mantra, "Keep the country, country" was for the benefit of the Honolulu Fat Cats, not ours. Witness the Rail Calamity. Yes, we know, Moe, its always been the dough,

Unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is
why right, temporarily defeated, eventually is stronger than evil triumphant."

The West will adjust to the Rail Disaster. There will be more regular cars, more electric cars and even driver less cars. There is even a plan for a Driver less Bus, which may not be too difficult to convince the users because of the Rail Humbug.. The Caldwell administration will only make it worse. And the dance pavilion in Waipio has definitely been cancelled to help pay for rail. Estimates for the Rail Disaster began at five Billion, now at fifteen Billion dollars. The Caldwell group, doesn't like to say much. But we can see they may be dancers, we call it the side step followed by a spot turn.

"City Lights" by Loyal Garner

Latin dance is a general label (and a term in partner dance competition jargon) that refers to various forms of ballroom dance and folk dance, most of what originated in Latin America and became known world wide during the last century. Most of the solid dances have been about a dozen or less and, have been pretty well fixed. There have been over 100 dances that have come and have lasted less that 20 years. In Latin America, you can include a range of perhaps four or five hundred different dances from the original inhabitants in Latin America.

 "Social dancers know that it’s not whether you get knocked down,

it’s whether you get up again."

Javier Solis, Part Two

We continue is the spirit of Cinco De Mayo. Part One is in Dancing in the Dark blog.

Solís was a versatile interpreter; he sang not only boleros, but rancheras, danzónes, waltzes and also tangos. His hit recordings included Sombras, Payaso, Vereda Tropical, En Mi Viejo San Juan, composed by the Puerto Rican Noel Estrada, and Amanecí En Tus Brazos, the latter a re-recording of the hit written and recorded by José Alfredo Jiménez.

Solís began his acting career in 1959, and appeared in more than 20 films, working with such artists as Pedro Armendáriz, María Victoria, Antonio Aguilar and Lola Beltrán. His last picture, Juan Pistolas, was finished in 1965, the same year that his film Sinful was released.

Los Tres Gallos

Jorge Negrete, Pedro Infante, Javier Solis

All of the "Roosters" Jorge Negrete, Pedro Infante and Solis died young; Solís was the last, passing at age 34, in Mexico City, from complications due to gallbladder surgery. Javier Solís was a prolific artist, leaving an extensive discography, and like Infante, most of his albums are still in print. This gives an indication of his continuing popularity, so many years after his death.

"En Mi Viejo San Juan" por Javier Solis

If you like the music, anyone can dance; that’s the best part. While dance may not be the only type of exercise the body needs, it is surely one of the most freeing exercises nearly anyone can experience. Ideal dance workouts raise the heart rate and engage with steps in the dance. To get the most benefits, dancers should participate at a moderate level. Dancing can help with weight management alongside increasing spatial awareness. We will always cover many of the reasons of why dancing is good for the body and the mind.

 "Social dancers know that if you live for having it all,

No one has to tell you, it is never enough."

Javier Solis, Part One

Now that we are getting to Cinco de Mayo, a little review of

one of the great singers in Mexican history.

Javier Solís was born Gabriel Siria Levario in 1931 His mother Juana, who was half Korean, had a stall at a public market and as her spouse had allegedly abandoned her, she had little time save for work. After dropping out of school he worked many different labor jobs. In his spare time, he trained as an amateur boxer, with aspirations of going professional, but after suffering a few defeats, he was urged to work at something "more decent".

He was singing at the Teatro Lirico in Mexico City when he met dancer Blanca Estela Saenz, who would later become his wife. His first hit, Lloraras, came two years later, and it was his then-producer Felipe Valdes Leal who gave Solis his stage name, Javier Solís.

"Lloraras" por Javier Solis

Solís began to receive international acclaim in 1957, when he began appearing in the U.S. and Central and South America. He was among the first artists to sing in the style now known as Bolero-Ranchera based on the Rumba. He sang boleros typically associated with trio music, but which now were accompanied by mariachis.

"Vereda Tropical" por Javier Solis

Dancing bans are legal or religious prohibitions against dancing, which have been applied at various times in various jurisdictions around the world. Most restrictions in the US are in the Southern republican states. In South Carolina, led by Lindsey Graham, republican, dance halls are not permitted to operate at all on Sundays

"Social dancers are well aware that it is just as easy to give good advice to yourself

as well as to others - and quite as useless."

Part Two is in Dancing Nights blog 

 

It is a puzzle

Second day in March and it looks bad. We seem to have lost the scam spam robot hits which is very good. But we seem to be losing much of the search engines of Twitter and Facebook. Of  course this blog is mostly SOS, which means me and since I am not famous, we must accept it. We need more outside information and photos. The Information Contributors are very fundamental. The reader/dancers want to read something about our dance scene and I cannot cover everything.

"Social dancers believe that dancing helps improve their work ethic
and may even help them meet people."

The Guest Blogger is the clear additional need. And we are going find the first one from one the current Information Contributors.  All we have to do is find a person willing to share their personal "Dancing Space" with their fellow reader/dancers, regardless of club affiliation. And their level of expertise makes very little difference. It is their separate unique opinion that is valuable and easy but very difficult too. They help themselves, they help their club, they help their fellow dancers and they help whatever blog they choose. A win-win situation. The losers? A little by the ones that don't go for this jazz.

"I will dance for you" by Willie K

This will be perking up the Central Valley

Mililani seems to have lost Just Tacos, They tried beautiful Latin music but that was not enough. Central Valley people are not that much different, They want to move to that good music and the place was too small to have a good size dance floor. We still have the famous Wahiawa Ballroom Dance Club at the Wahiawa Recreation Center and Dot's in Wahiawa doing good. I am hoping for a place or club for Mililani because I live here. But Waipio would be just fine. I have the Handi Van available and they are terrific people.

"Social Dancers believe that the truth may not be for all the people,

it may be only for those who seek it." 

Latin Music and Dance.

Rumba is a hodge podge of dance hatched in the Caribbean but it did not come from Africa. The basics came from the ancient Indian Civilizations in Mexico. Where did the people of the Caribbean come from? The distance by water? 90 miles from Florida to Cuba. 90 miles from Yucatan to Cuba and 90 miles from Venezuela to the Antilles which was much later. We are talking six, seven millenniums back. The Cubans went south to other islands and the ones in the southern islands migrated northward. They became the Caribbean People. Rumba is the banner dance of the Caribbean.

"Social dancers believe that dancing can teach us how to perform

and develop a sense of performance."

The musicians and dancers in the Indian Civilizations in Mexico were "professionals." They had the aptitudes at an early age and soon they did not have to do labor work. Just play whatever instruments they liked, sing and dance seven days a week. They had a place to sleep of course. Food, really just snacks four times a day. Not much necessary to wear but furnished at no cost. And the big shots could fix you up with a little booze now and then and perhaps a little nookie too.

"Soy Mejicano;" por Jorge Negrete

The Battle of Puebla, May 5th, 1862

Agriculture began about 9000 BC all over the world. And within a couple centuries, people began to improve on their music with drums, whistles and just plain humming. They discovered that they wanted to move to it, - STRANGE .- The Olmecs in Mexico developed the first basic movements which were the Even step, the Rock step and the Chassé. The Mayans improved the most and left the finishing touches to the Aztecs. Those very basic movements are what went to the Caribbean many years ago and they did very well with them indeed.

"Social dancers want to show the world who they truly are and who they can be."

Latin Music and Dance.

Rumba is a hodge podge of dance hatched in the Caribbean but it did not come from Africa. The basics came from the ancient Indian Civilizations in Mexico. Where did the people of the Caribbean come from? The distance by water? 90 miles from Florida to Cuba. 90 miles from Yucatan to Cuba and 90 miles from Venezuela to the Antilles which was much later. We are talking six, seven millenniums back. The Cubans went south to other islands and the ones in the southern islands migrated northward. They became the Caribbean People. Rumba is the banner dance of the Caribbean.

"Social dancers believe that dancing can teach us how to perform

and develop a sense of performance."

The musicians and dancers in the Indian Civilizations in Mexico were "professionals." They had the aptitudes at an early age and soon they did not have to do labor work. Just play whatever instruments they liked, sing and dance seven days a week. They had a place to sleep of course. Food, really just snacks four times a day. Not much necessary to wear but furnished at no cost. And the big shots could fix you up with a little booze now and then and perhaps a little nookie too.

"Soy Mejicano;" por Jorge Negrete

The Battle of Puebla, May 5th, 1862

Agriculture began about 9000 BC all over the world. And within a couple centuries, people began to improve on their music with drums, whistles and just plain humming. They discovered that they wanted to move to it, - STRANGE .- The Olmecs in Mexico developed the first basic movements which were the Even step, the Rock step and the Chassé. The Mayans improved the most and left the finishing touches to the Aztecs. Those very basic movements are what went to the Caribbean many years ago and they did very well with them indeed.

"Social dancers want to show the world who they truly are and who they can be."