Hui O Hula

All are welcome to join free hula dance sessions twice a week: on Tuesdays upstairs in Clubhouse 6 at 1 p.m.; and on Thursdays at Veterans Plaza, also from 1 p.m. Tuesday’s class is popular with the malihini/newcomers. In this hour, memorizing the routine is not necessary: simply follow the senior dancers and enjoy the hula.

Next week, the class will review Ka Huila Wai. Dancers use four hula implements in this choreography to describe the cliff, stormy ocean, koa’e birds, waterfall and peacocks. The hula implements are bamboo rattles, gourds, river rocks and feather gourds. There are extra bamboo rattles so that new dancers may use them for this upbeat melody. For class information, call 562-431-2242.

Lori 'Lolo' Chamberlin