Flash Dance @The Masquerade Ball

Hit movies like CHORUS LINE, FOOT LOOSE, STAYING ALIVE, and FLASH DANCE were inspirational for our Hawaii Kai Chapter. We had already done EVOLUTION of ROCK in the '82 Masquerade Ball. There were 15 members who were young then with an enormous amount of "go energy". The "think tank" in the group came up with "how about doing a Jazz dance this time for the Masquerade Ball?" No opposition to the idea. Everyone was in favor of the idea. Fortunately, someone in our Chapter knew a Jazz dance teacher (Salome Sato). It was the year 1983 and so far nearly every other Chapter performed a skit at the annual HBDA Masquerade Ball for prize money. The Hawaii Kai Chapter wanted to be innovative again and do something that had never been done before. We were fortunate to have Salome Sato, an energetic Jazz dance teacher to choreograph "Flash Dance" for us. We practiced  3 to 4 times a week and must have performed well at the Masquerade Ball because we were invited to perform "Flash Dance" at the Chinese Chamber Mandarin Ball, and at the Wheeler Army Officers Club that year.

Choreographer Salome Sato (front center)
and Hawaii Kai Flash Dance Jazz Dancers