This past Tuesday, Lani and I took the long drive from Hawaii Kai to Salt Lake District Park to attend the end of dance class term potluck dinner and socialize with other members of Dance Magic 808. The following is an excerpt from Prez Lynn Nakamura's message. She is a very gifted writer as you will see that all I needed to do is copy and paste (computer talk).
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Thank you to all the people that attended
tonight’s last class for Tuesday for 2012. It was a very simple get-together
with lots of delicious food and great company.
The evening started with setting the tables with lots
of onolicious food. There was a seafood pasta, salad, spareribs, sushi
platters, different types of chicken, 2 types of noodles, pork hash, gau gee,
plus desserts. The food was all very yummy because everyone ate a lot. We were
so busy eating that we didn’t do any line dancing but we’re sure no one minded
since they were socializing and eating a lot.
At 6:30 pm, I, along with my wonderful supportive
husband and partner for life, Richard, made some announcements
and presentations. We thanked everyone for coming tonight and thanked them for
making Dance Magic 808 a very successful club. It would not have been possible
without everyone’s help and positive attitude. We created the club because
people wanted to learn to dance and we wanted to provide them a place where they
could take dance lessons very inexpensively.
We made the following
announcements:
Dance Magic 808 is
having a social dance (very informal) at the palladium on Saturday, Dec. 22 and
Dec. 29 from 12:15pm – 3:30pm and it’s free to our members and their guests.
We forgot to mention it but on Saturday, Dec. 22, we plan to have Roxanne
Kaino’s Washington Middle School students perform their cha cha rumba medley.
After that performance, Roxanne & her students will teach the Gangnam Style
Dance. If you want to learn this dance, come to the palladium on Saturday, Dec.
22. We don’t recall if we mentioned it but Paul Lee will be the DJ on both
Saturdays. Bring your CD if you want him to play yours.
Dance Magic 808 classes
begin the first week of January for Thursday night and the 2nd week for Tuesday
night.
Tuesday night – International
Foxtrot & International Tango
Thursday night – Line Dancing &
Bachata
January 26, 2013, the last Saturday in January, is
the Narcissus Coronation Ball and Dance Magic 808 is making a few tables for
this event which will be held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village’s Coral Ballroom.
Every year we help the Queen, her court, and their escorts by teaching them the
waltz. Cost $68 per person and you can dress up.
Saturday, February 9,
2013 - City & County of Honolulu is having their annual Senior
Citizens’ Vallentine’s Ball at the palladium and the cost is $10. We will be
performing our new solo quickstep routine.
Sometime in either February or March 2013, Dance Magic
808 will be having an evening dance event at the palladium. We have not
received the date yet so stay tuned. We will advise you as soon as we
are advised by the park’s director.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
is Dance Magic 808′s Las Vegas Showcase at Sam’s Town. We forgot to
mention that the cost for the dinner buffet and dance is $55 per person. We
will also be attending the college dance competition on Friday and Satuday at
UNLV. Cost $5 for Friday & $10 for Saturday. Roy Hamasaki is handling the
Las Vegas travel package with Vacations Hawaii so see him for the travel
booking.
Save Friday, August 9, 2013. This is
Dance Magic 808′s 2nd Anniversary Ball at the Pacific Beach Hotel. We are
hoping everyone can attend.
After
the announcements, we called up the following people to thank them and to
present them with gift cards to show our appreciation.
Ed Ho & Vernonica Munez – Salsa instructors for
this session. They have also taught the Bachata to the Dance Magic 808
members.
Roxanne Kaino – Line
Dance Instructor – started with us when we were at Ft.
Shafter.
Bob & Elsie Oyama –
Assisted in instructing the Line Dances. Elsie is one of our original Line
Dance Instructor and helps out whenever we need her.
Frank & Lani Sierra – Instructors – started with
us at Hale Ikena and taught the American Social style of dancing. Frank also
does the Dance Connection blog where you’ll find all of Dance Magic 808 events
posted there.
Stephanie Shimizu –
Assistant Instructor – first started assisting Joshua Manzano and has been a big
help assisting us in our classes.
Lynn Duong – Registrar – she handles the class
registration and membership fee. She has been a tremendous help to the
club.
Dorinda White – she has
made life easier for all the members but making the registration forms all
fillable.
We thanked them all for
helping the club to become very successful. We really appreciated all their
assistance.
We forgot to mention
the following people who were not able to attend tonight. We also want to
recognize them and thank them for all their help.
Andy & Monica Pascua – American Social &
Filipino Tango Dance Instructors
Lester & Henrietta Muramoto – International Dance
Instructors
Robert & Vanelle
Hirayasu – Argentine Tango Instructors
Creighton & Beverly Goo – Ticket
Chairpersons
Gayle Kawahakui – Dance
Magic 808′s palladium coordinator
Connie Laderta – she made some delicious snacks for
the last 3 dances
Thank you to
these members too. They also helped to make this a very nice and successful
dance club.
We try to surround us
with good and positive people and we think we’ve succeeded because the members
in this club are so caring and giving.
We want to thank all of you for making this a
wonderful year for Dance Magic 808 and we hope to see you next year at our
classes and/or dance events.
Mahalo for all your
support.
Lynn A.
Nakamura
President, Dance Magic
808
www.dancemagic808.com
Upcoming Dance Magic 808′s Dance Events:
Sun., April 28, 2013 – Dance Magic 808′s Las Vegas
Showcase at Sam’s Town
College Competition on Friday & Saturday,
April 26 & 27 at UNLV
Save this date, more info forthcoming
If you are
interested, please advise me as we are trying to get a headcount.
Fri., August 9, 2013 – Dance Magic 808′s 2nd Anniversary Ball
at the Pacific Beach Hotel
Please save this date, more info
forthcoming.
It’ll be another fabulous ball you won’t want to
miss.
