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October 2012 Events

So here's what's going on for the month of October in our neck of the woods (So Cal) WED. Oct 17th 5:30pm - 7:30pm October 6th & 7th  10:00 am 5th Annual "Come Together" Mater Dei Bazaar Date Start: 06 Oct '12 10:00 am Date End: 07 Oct '12 06:00 pm 6196563735 boysan@gmail.vom http://www.materdeicv.org 5th Annual "Come Together" Mater Dei Bazaar. A two-day fun-filled, family event, chock-filled with local entertainers, game booths, vendor booths, and a variety of foods(American, Filipino, Mexican and Hawaiian). Sat., Oct. 6: 10am til 8pm Sun., Oct. 7: 10 am til 6pm Raffle Drawing for big screen television and $$$ 1571 Magdalena Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91913 - OR - enter from Birch Rd. at Mater Dei Drive. The 32nd Street Jazz Band (St. Augustine High School) opens up the 5th Annual "Come Together" Mater Dei Bazaar in Otay Ranch this Saturday, Oct. 6th at 10 am. The fun-filled two-day, fam

Polynesian Dance Terms

A big thank you to:  Kalani N. Poʻomaiahealani  for researching and providing the following hula terms Hula Dance Terms 1. ʻAi: dancing style or type 2. ʻ Ai ʻami : type of haʻa with little foot movement, hips revolve throughout the dance 3. ʻ Ai haʻa : hula step executed with bended knee 4. ʻ Ai kāwele, Kāwele: haʻa step; one foot makes a half circle forward and to the side without touching the floor; usually in combination with other steps as the holo or ʻuwehe; used in "A Koʻolau Au" 5. ʻAmi: rotation of hips in a circle 6. ʻ Amiʻami, ʻAmi hula : jerking motion of the hips back and forth in a crude or vulgar manner 7. ʻʻAmi kāhela, ʻAmi poepoe: hip rotates with the weight on the right hip as the left heel lifts very slightly, then reversing this action 8. ʻAmi kūkū: like the ʻami kāhela except the revolutions are smaller, faster and in groups of three; sometimes combined with two slower kāhele revolutions 9. ʻAmi kuʻupau (uninhi