!!! POLYNESIAN DANCERS WANTED !!!

POLYNESIAN DANCERS WANTED

Ohana Entertainment is looking to expand our Family of Dancers.
If you are an experienced Polynesian dancer and have performed at an advanced or professional level, we’d love to meet you! We are looking for talented, energetic, outgoing, and experienced dancers who want to help us share the Aloha Spirit. Men and women who are 18 and older are welcome, and if you know someone that might be interested, be sure to let them know! Mahalo!

We would like to invite you to celebrate your talent on:
15 Sept 2009 at 7:30 PM. 1357 N Milwaukee, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL
Please bring music and be prepared to dance a Hula and Tahitian number

For more information, please contact us at ohanaent@gmail.com

Basic Hula and Tahitian Steps

You ask yourself, "How will I ever know these steps?" It may seem harder than it really is, but knowing the basic moves for Polynesian dancing brings you closer to the culture .
If you practice these steps 5-10min a day, study them in your car, or even quiz yourself before going to bed, you will eventually create your own choreography!
To learn these hot moves, stop in and take advantage of your First Class FREE when you mention this blog !!
See you in Class on Thursday with Ohana Entertainment

- Pômaikai! [POH' mai kah' ee] GOOD LUCK

::Hula Steps:: text from: http://www.kpohana.com/basichulasteps.html

Kaholo (vamp) take two steps to the right, bring your feet together, take two steps to the left, bring your feet together and repeat process all over again

Ami rotate hips in a counter-clockwise motion without moving shoulders

Sway swing your hips to the right and left

ami poe poe as you ami (counter-clockwise) you turn counter-clockwise keeping your left foot in its place and turn by stepping with your right foot

*do the opposite if you move correspondingly: clockwise ami to turn clockwise keeping your right foot in place and turn by stepping with your left foot

hela while keeping your stance straight extend your foot forward as you sway: extend your right foot as you sway to the left and extend your left foot as you sway to the right

kalakaua step forward and sway in the same direction

uwehe step and lift your heels; you should not be lifting you entire body, stay level as you uwehe so that only your legs are moving

lele uwehe make a side step, hela with the opposite foot and uwehe*step to the left, hela with the right foot and uwehe (vice versa)

kui take a small step and as your foot hits the ground your other foot sweeps up far enough to be level with your knee

tui (bump)a brupt sways
i lalo to go down

i luna to rise

lava stop

imua go forward

ihope go backward

::Tahitian Steps:: credit to: http://www.dance.net/u/kaleonahenahe
Afata- box (hips hit in the shape of a box)
Fa'arapu- stir hips fast circles ( hips move around in fast circles)
Fa'arori- varu fa'arapu (you do a fa'arapu in the shape of figure eight)
Fa'amenemene- ami fa'arapu (you do a big ami and a fa'arapu @ the same time)
Ope- you put one leg out and push and then the same to the other side
Ruru- freeze ( I normally refere to this move as a shimmy)
Nu'utere Ne'e- duck walk
Tamau- sway right, sway left (hips bump from side to side)
Te'i- on toes
Toma- double bump
Varu- figure eight (hips move in the shape of a figure eight the in parallel to the floor)

How to Make Fake Flower Leis | eHow.com

Traditionally in Hawaii, Leis are an accessory to be worn at special events such as weddings, luaus, picnics, or even the first or last day on the job.

As part of Ohana Entertainment and Friends, let's start a tradition right here in our own wonderful city of Chicago!

Enjoy this simple instruction on how to create a lei for that special person.

Step 1
Lay a 36-inch long piece of grosgrain ribbon flat on a work table. Lay the fake flowers to be used on the ribbon in a random fashion. Ensure same color flowers are not side by side, but separated with a contrasting color flower. For example, alternate light flowers with dark flowers so that the colors of each blossom stand out. Lay flowers side by side, but not too close together. Continue doing this from one end of the ribbon to the other, leaving a 1/2-inch space at each end.

Step 2
Start at one end of the ribbon. Pick up a flower and, with a hot glue gun, put a dab of hot glue on the inside center of each blossom (wrong side) and press it down onto the grosgrain ribbon where it had been positioned.

Step 3
Glue the next flower. Continue until all the flowers are secured to the grosgrain ribbon. Let the lei cool.

Step 4
Add a dab of hot glue to one of the ribbon ends and lay the other end of the ribbon on top of it to secure closure. Press together and let cool.

Step 5
Make as many leis as may be needed for the event where they will be used. Hand out to guests to wear as they arrive, to create a festive atmosphere. If there are many leis, more than one lei can be given to each guest to wear.

To see a full version from e-how. click on the below link.
How to Make Fake Flower Leis | eHow.com
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!!!!Another alternative for that sweet tooth is a Candy Lei. You can create your candy lei for any occassion and for whatever reason - just use your imagination run wild !!!!