Dancers, musicians to celebrate Hula Week
HUI O HULA
Hui O Hula recently celebrated Lavon DeMott’s 90th birthday with her. She has lived in LW for 25 years and says her hobbies, including genealogy, keep her young at heart—and looking beautiful. DeMott is well taken care of by her loving sons, Marlon and Wally.
Dancers who enjoy bringing the hula to the homebound, outside or inside the gate, are ready to kick off Luau Week at Stanton’s Rowntree Gardens Assisted Living and Healthcare Center with a 60-minute program on June 21 at 1:30 p.m.
The club offers a mahalo to Mutual 16’s Board of Directors for the invitation to its annual picnic on June 26. There, Hui musician Fortunato Revilla will entertain with hula dancers. And on June 28 at 1 p.m., hula dancers will perform on the green by Building 165 in Mutual 7. All are invited but will need to bring their own chairs.
Hui O Hula offers Hawaiian dance lessons every Tuesday upstairs in Clubhouse 6. At 1 p.m., basic hula steps are taught for 30 minutes or so. Afterward, the house band, led by Larry Yamashiro, will begin playing Hawaiian hula favorites, and all are welcome to “Walk In, Hula Out.” There will not be much teaching during this session because it is intended for the dancers who just want to enjoy the hula by following class leaders.
For more studious dancers, hula lessons will begin after 3 p.m., when new subjects will be introduced and old favorites reviewed.
All dancers, including newcomers, are welcome.
Call (562) 431-2242 for class and performance information.
