The Mock Competition this past Sunday at the Palladium for Dance Magic 808 Winter Holiday Dance was more of a tune-up for dancers who were planning to enter competitive dance contests in the coming months. There were ten couples that exhibited their best in the American style and International style in one or both of the Smooth and Rhythm categories.
Lani and I got to the Palladium a little early to help setup the ballroom but to our surprise "all the chairs already setup," said Rudy Luat. As we all know Pan Pacific BDS President Rudy Luat is a long time supporter of Dance Magic 808 and I can assume that he had a big hand in helping set up the chairs. All that was left to do was setting up the music equipment but DeeJay Paul Lee had enough guys to handle that. So Lani and I gave what little hand in the kitchen with Gayle, Beverly, Creighton, John, and Ann.
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| Henrietta and Lester Muramoto greeted guests at
the Reception Table.
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| Wayne Fuchigami, Elsie & Bob Oyama
at the Membership Table
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Some of the participants in the Mock Competition were practicing in the ballroom from 6 to 6:30PM. Then more guests entered for general dancing as Paul Lee let loose his wonderful collection of smooth and rhythm music during the first hour. At 7:30, Richard and Lynn Nakamura opened the program with a welcome message. Please read on Richard and Lynn's "Mahalo message" and blow by blow description of the dance event.
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| DeeJays Janey Wong and Paul Lee |
Mahalo Everyone!!!
Thank you so much for attending Dance
Magic 808's Winter Holiday Dance on Sunday, November 25, 2012. It was because
of all of you that we all had such a nice evening.
The evening started
at 5:30pm when our DJ, Paul Lee and his assistant, Janey Wong, and some of our
volunteers helped to set up the music equipment. Some of the dancers who
were going to be participating in our dance program came early to practice.
They practiced until around 6:10pm and then general dancing started.
We
were the emcees for the evening and made an announcement around 7:15pm,
welcoming and thanking everyone who came and also
thanked the dancers who were participating in our dance
program. We also thanked all of our volunteers. We mentioned
that our short dance program would start at 7:30pm and that we would have
general dancing until that time. We introduced Professional Dance
Instructor, Al Franz and Carlos Chang. We mentioned if anyone was
interested in attending Carlos' Workshop on Dec. 1 & 2, they needed to sign
up before the workshop dates since we were not taking any registrations on the
day of the workshops.
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| Taking a break from the kitchen detail were
Beverly Goo and Ann Manuel
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| EmCees Lynn & Richard Nakamura (Founders of Dance Magic 808) |
We thanked Connie Laderta, who
made the sandwiches that night but who has also made our snacks for the last 3
dances. We thanked Gayle Kawahukui, our coordinator for our
dances at the palladium. She is such a big help to us since we are still new at
having dances at the palladium. She has helped us from the very start and this
was the 4th dance that we have had at the palladium. We had wanted to
present them both with a gift card but I (Lynn) had forgotten to bring the cards
so we will give it to them the next time we see them. We are very
thankful and grateful to all of our volunteers who have helped to make
our dances so successful.
We started our dance program at 7:30pm. We
mentioned that some of the dancers have danced for about a year and some less
than 5 years, while others were more experienced and would be competiting next
month and next year in dance competitions on the mainland. We wished the
competitors the best in their competition on the mainland.
We introduced
all the dancers (Dance Magic 808 members) in this order:
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| Larry Arinaga & Candace Yap |
Larry
Arinaga & Candace Yap
Noli & Wowie Boado
Manny Carreon & Roxanne "Roxie" Kaino
Stephanie Shimizu & Roy Ninomiya
Chris Ano & Linda Quon
Joe Domingo & Eleanor Kim
Rudy Luat & Eileen Nakano
Mike & Lorrie Chun
Calvin & Debra Ota
Ed & Charlotte Bugarin
Noli & Wowie Boado
Manny Carreon & Roxanne "Roxie" Kaino
Stephanie Shimizu & Roy Ninomiya
Chris Ano & Linda Quon
Joe Domingo & Eleanor Kim
Rudy Luat & Eileen Nakano
Mike & Lorrie Chun
Calvin & Debra Ota
Ed & Charlotte Bugarin
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| Roxie Kaino & Manny Carreon |
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| Noli & Wowie Boado |
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| Linda Quon & Chris Ano |
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| Eleanor Kim & Joe Domingo |
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| Lori & Mike Chun |
It was the first time for most of the dancers to be in
this type of dance program. The dancers could perform in all the dances or
perform in just a few, it was their choice. The dances that they
were participating in were the Samba, Cha Cha, Rumba, Jive, Waltz, Tango,
Foxtrot, and Quickstep.
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| Ed & Charlotte Bugarin |
After the introduction of the dancers, we asked
the dancers to take their places to perform the Samba. It was exciting to
see dancers dancing to the lively samba music.
The music was for 90
seconds and when that ended, the dancers bowed graciously to the audience. The
next dance was the Cha Cha and the dancers were told to get ready and take their
places. The dancers performed their best to the Cha Cha. Everyone did their
own dancing and it was a lot of fun to watch.
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Enjoying the dance performance were Lani, Marie & Paul Laderta, Connie Laderta,
Jo Casidy, and Beverly Mau. Connie made the snack sandwiches of deviled egg, and tuna.
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To give the dancers
a breather, we made an announcement that Pan Pacific's Christmas Dance
is on Sat., Dec. 8 and USA Holiday Ball is on Fri., Dec.
14, and if anyone needed tickets to see me (Lynn).
The next dance was the romantic rumba. The dancers were told to
take their places for the rumba. It was enjoyable watching the new dancers and
well as the competitor dancers perform.
Our last latin dance was the very energetic jive which was the most exciting dance to watch. The music was so inviting that we felt like dancing too. After the lively jive, we made the following announcements and had general dancing to give the dancers time to change their clothes and shoes for the ballroom dances.
We announced that IBDI's Christmas Ball at the palladium is on Sat., Dec. 15 and to see me (Lynn) for tickets. We also advised everyone that Dance Magic 808 is having their Las Vegas Showcase at Sam's Town on Sunday, April 28, 2013 and that we also plan to attend the college competition on Fri. & Sat. at UNLV. Our last announcement during the break was to save Friday, August 9, 2013, because it's Dance Magic 808's 2nd Anniversary Ball at the Pacific Beach Hotel and we hope that everyone can attend.
Just before the ballroom dance portion was to begin, we asked everyone to take their seats and for all the dancers that were participating in this portion to take their position for the waltz. When the waltz music was played, the dancers started dancing so gracefully. All the participants danced beautifully to the waltz. The next dance was the tango. This is a strong dance that is also very exciting. Dancers were told to take their places for the tango.
To give a breather to the dancers, we mentioned that Divino Ritmo's Grand Ball will be held at the Sheraton Waikiki on Saturday, Dec. 1 and to see Marie Laderta (pointed her out) for tickets.
Dancers were told to take your positions for the foxtrot. This is a smooth flowing dance and the dancers did very well executing their steps.
Last dance for the evening was the fast and fun quickstep. We were very pleased to see the dancers perform this very lively dance. One wrong step could send you tumbling to the floor but luckily we didn't have any mishaps but had very nice dancing.
All the dancers did very well. This was not really a mock competition but more like doing the best social dancing. We wanted our members to feel comfortable dancing in front of the audience and we wanted to allow the competitors to be able to practice before their competition next month and next year. We do plan to hold some type of competition that is not judged in the near future and will invite all Dance Magic 808 members to participate.
After the quickstep, we had some general dancing, allowing our volunteers to set up the refreshments for everyone. The snacks were very delicious. Connie's sandwiches were so tasty and the cream puffs were so heavenly as well as the other pieces of pies. We forgot to mention that the pastries came for New Aala Bakery and we wanted to thank Arthur & Joan Oda, owners of New Aala Bakery for the goodies.
DJ, Paul Lee, played the dance music until 9:15pm to allow all the
dancers more time to dance. Our program only lasted about 30 minutes so there
was plenty of time to dance or practice.
We want to thank the following Dance Magic 808 members who volunteered their services to make this a very enjoyable dance:
Our last latin dance was the very energetic jive which was the most exciting dance to watch. The music was so inviting that we felt like dancing too. After the lively jive, we made the following announcements and had general dancing to give the dancers time to change their clothes and shoes for the ballroom dances.
We announced that IBDI's Christmas Ball at the palladium is on Sat., Dec. 15 and to see me (Lynn) for tickets. We also advised everyone that Dance Magic 808 is having their Las Vegas Showcase at Sam's Town on Sunday, April 28, 2013 and that we also plan to attend the college competition on Fri. & Sat. at UNLV. Our last announcement during the break was to save Friday, August 9, 2013, because it's Dance Magic 808's 2nd Anniversary Ball at the Pacific Beach Hotel and we hope that everyone can attend.
Just before the ballroom dance portion was to begin, we asked everyone to take their seats and for all the dancers that were participating in this portion to take their position for the waltz. When the waltz music was played, the dancers started dancing so gracefully. All the participants danced beautifully to the waltz. The next dance was the tango. This is a strong dance that is also very exciting. Dancers were told to take their places for the tango.
To give a breather to the dancers, we mentioned that Divino Ritmo's Grand Ball will be held at the Sheraton Waikiki on Saturday, Dec. 1 and to see Marie Laderta (pointed her out) for tickets.
Dancers were told to take your positions for the foxtrot. This is a smooth flowing dance and the dancers did very well executing their steps.
Last dance for the evening was the fast and fun quickstep. We were very pleased to see the dancers perform this very lively dance. One wrong step could send you tumbling to the floor but luckily we didn't have any mishaps but had very nice dancing.
All the dancers did very well. This was not really a mock competition but more like doing the best social dancing. We wanted our members to feel comfortable dancing in front of the audience and we wanted to allow the competitors to be able to practice before their competition next month and next year. We do plan to hold some type of competition that is not judged in the near future and will invite all Dance Magic 808 members to participate.
After the quickstep, we had some general dancing, allowing our volunteers to set up the refreshments for everyone. The snacks were very delicious. Connie's sandwiches were so tasty and the cream puffs were so heavenly as well as the other pieces of pies. We forgot to mention that the pastries came for New Aala Bakery and we wanted to thank Arthur & Joan Oda, owners of New Aala Bakery for the goodies.
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| Serving the snacks were Bob Nishimura, Gayle Kawahakui,
and Diane Nishimura (in background)
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We want to thank the following Dance Magic 808 members who volunteered their services to make this a very enjoyable dance:
Gayle Kawahakui (coordinator for palladium)
Connie Laderta (sandwiches)
Lester & Henrietta Muramoto (reception desk)
Wayne Fuchigami (membership desk)
Elsie & Bob Oyama (memberhship desk)
Stanley Akamine (membership desk
Ann & John Manuel (set up & snacks)
Diane & Bob Nishimura (set up & snacks)
Bev & Creighton Goo (set up & snacks)
Lani Sierra (set up & snacks)
Frank Sierra (set up & picture taking)
Eileen Nakano (set up & snacks)
Millie Pilkinton (set up & snacks)
David Calvalho - palladium
Millie Pilkinton (set up & snacks)
David Calvalho - palladium
Thank you to all the dancers who participated in our dance
program. You all made it a very fun evening. Thank you to our DJ, Paul Lee and his assistant, Janey Wong, for
playing the dance music. We are really sorry if we missed mentioning your name but we want
you to know that your services were greatly appreciate.
At the end of the evening, everyone was so helpful putting away the
tables and chairs and even sweeping the floors (thank you Stan Akamine). Thank you everyone for making this dance event a very enjoyable
evening and we hope to see you soon at another dance event.
Richard & Lynn Nakamura
Dance Magic 808's Co-Founders
cell 372-2256 (Lynn)
