E komo mai! (Means Welcome in Hawaiian). Adam and I are of course into other cultures, being anthropologists and all, and the Native Hawaiian culture is one where we have an interest and I hope to work in Hawaii someday. A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to find a kumu hula (hula teacher) right here in Columbia, and I signed up and learned hula. About 12 of us learned hula from Mamo, as we lovingly call her, until she moved to Africa 2 years ago. Before she moved we had a traditional luau here at my house and the group of gals and I performed on our deck for our friends and family, I think we had at least 60-75 people show up, it was a blast! We had kalua pig, poi, fish, coconut cake, haupia (a coconut gelatin type pudding), fresh pineapples, lots of side dishes, mai tais, the works! Ever since I started dancing, the kids wanted to learn so I taught them a few hulas, they like Hukilau and can sing all of the words! For this year's ice show the kids and I decided that they would do an ice skating routine to the song Little Grass Shack and incorporate some hula moves into it. Turns out that Aybelle's synchronized skating coach picked Hawaiian Roller Coaster ride for them to skate too. I was so excited that I volunteered to sew the traditional Hawaiian hula tops for the sychro team. At the time we had 5 girls on the synchro team and now we have 8! So I got the fabric tonight and dusted off the sewing machine and produced an adorable Pu'a shirt for the girls to wear. I made 1, now I only have 7 more to go!
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woohoo! looks awesome! when is the skating? we'd love to come see!
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