Dance Magic 808 Halloween Dance

It was one of those nights when Lani and I decided not to stay at home but to go dancing instead. No the "Treat or Tricks" little monsters didn't scare us.  We had stocked up with treats for the once a year spook night. Now we gotta burn off the calories after digging into the treats for the next couple of weeks. Anyway, Lani and I got to the Palladium a wee bit early but it gave us the chance to assist John, Tom, and Bunnie setting up the chairs.

The DeeJays

It was still a bit early but a few guys and gals in costumes trickled into the ballroom. DeeJays Paul and Janie got the music going to get the ballroom warmed up. Started with Tom and Bunnie with some fancy Cha Cha steps and gradually there were more dancers hoofing to the Jive, Quickstep, Samba, Waltz, Tango, and Foxtrot. The half ballroom (Diamond Head side) started to become more colorful with the arrival of costume clad guys and gals. Greeting them and other guests at the door were Lynn and Richard Nakamura, Dance Magic 808 Prez and VP, respectively. 

The Prez and VP

The Judges

General dancing and socializing continued till about 7:45 when Lynn and Richard took to the mike and welcomed everyone and announced that it was time to commence the parade of costumes. About half of the attendees were in costumes but not all participated in the costume contest. There were four categories in the contest....The Funniest, The Most Original, The Scariest, and The Most Outstanding costume. Anyone could have been a winner. Judges to select the "Most" were Audrey Fu and Lyndee Griffith.

The following photo snips are of some of those that came in costumes but not necessarily entered in the contest.

As Lynn wrote: "Everyone had great costumes that the judges had to carefully look over everyone in costume to pick out just the right ones." And the Winners are:

The Funniest Costumes went to Earl Yonehara (Ebi Sushi) and Gayle Handa (Spam Musubi). Ebi is shrimp in Japanese and the shrimp was mighty big.

The Most Original Costumes went to  the Prison Guards and Prisoners that was created by Rikki Mitsunaga. The Prison Guards were Charlotte Bugarin and Rikki Mitsunaga, and the Prisoners were Edwin Bugarin and Warren Mitsunaga.

The Scariest Costumes went to Robert and Vanelle Hirayasu. Zombies and Ghouls..boy they can really scare the day lights off anyone. 

The Most Outstanding Costume winner was Margaret Tomibe who came as Cleopatra.

 

Congratulations to all the winners and to all those that made this Halloween Dance an entertaining and successful one.

 The finale was a line dance to the tune of Thriller. Dance Magic 808 Line Dance Insructor Roxanne "Roxie" Kaino choreographed a wonderful replica of the Michael Jackson Zombie Dance. It was fun and entertaining to watch. Performing in the dance were the Dead Ladies from Dance Magic 808:  Roxie Kaino, Eileen Nakano, Renee Reed, Doreen Morimoto, Tandy Alconcel, Millie Chun, and Ann Manuel.



During the break after the Costume Contest, refreshments were served on the lanai by Dale White and his wife Dorinda Won. The dessert (above photo) was made by Lynn's youngest daughter Rachelle "Shelly" Young. It was chocolate pudding topped with crumbs of oreo cookies, a wafer cookie with "RIP" written on the wafer making it look like a tombstone, and a gummy worm. What a creative idea for refreshment on "Spook Night".

The Refreshment Servers

General dancing was in full swing when Lani and I left the scene. It was a fun night of dancing for Lani and me. This truly was a Halloween Dance and Costume Contest in the making. Hopefully, Dance Magic 808 will continue to host a Halloween Dance and Costume Contest every year on Halloween Night. It was a big Treat with no Tricks.

Well, Lani and I had gone full circle and we're back where we started when we first entered the ballroom earlier and met our friends Tom and Bunnie. But now it was time to call it a night.

The "witching hour" was nearing 9 o'clock and by luck, Lani and I were able to corner Lynn out on the lanai for one more photo shot before heading home. A big mahalo to Lynn for providing me the names of the Costume Contest Winners, the names of the Refreshment Servers, and her daughter's name who created the delicious dessert.

 So............