Ho'ike Preparation
Follow our progress here!
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To see the cast party, click HERE!
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| The view from the stage. Imagine hundreds of smiling faces enjoying your dancing. |
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| Visit this page often to see how our Hula Mai team is bringing all the parts together that are required for our hula show, or ho'ike, on June 25 at 1:30 at the Grinstead Amphitheatre in the plaza. The planning is never ending; volunteers are needed for setting up and decorating the stage, the tent for costume changes, tearing down after the show, making our costumes, music and everything else. The dancers are learning their dances and routines through hard work and practice, practice, practice. It's going to be a great show. We are Hula Mai!!
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In February Betty Ann and Craig flew to Honolulu with two empty suitcases (and a change of sox) to scout fabrics and props for the dancers. They spent three days visiting fabric stores and the famous Honolulu Swap Meet. They came back with fabric ideas for Linda and Minta of the Costume Committee and suitcases stuffed with haku (head) leis, garlands, shell leis, kokui nut leis, boars teeth necklaces for the kane conch players and other treasures. Minta hopped a flight to honolulu a week later where she met Vikki Williams from the first Hula Mai class where they continued the search for fabrics where Craig and Betty Ann had left off. Minta was in Honolulu when the tsunami caused by the Chilean quake rolled ashore. She was quite brave and faced down the sea while giving live phone fabric reports to Betty Ann here in Sonoma.
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| Minta the Tsunami Survivor |
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| After returning home from her tsunami ordeal, Minta rejoined Linda and Betty Ann and the fabric decision making and ordering began. As of today, March 9, they have ordered 240 yards of fabric. Each dancer will have one long skirt, one pa`u, one top and all the accessories.
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Accessories include things like these shells which just arrived from Florida. The dancers must have pearly shells if they are going to dance "Pearly Shells"! Betty Ann will be teaching this dance in special separate classes in April.
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As the costume fabric arrives from Hawaii Linda and Minta, with help from Linda's husband Grant, measure and cut it into proper lengths for the dresses. They are setting up a sewing bee at Vintage House to make the costumes. If you have a sewing machine and would like to help please let Linda or Minta know. Even Craig will be there stitching up a storm with his Singer. We will post the day and date here when it is finalized.
We will post new information and photos here as show preparations continue. Please take a look at the Honolulu and Costumes pages for the latest Ho'ike news!
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