the halau was having this concert to raise money to go to a competition in california. they were pretty good, it was so good to be around hula. live hula and live hawaiian music. i think these guys actually went to merrie monarch.there was one thing that i noticed that kinda stuck out though. now before i say what bothered me, i know we're not in hawaii and that resources are very limited here and it is very difficult to get the materials and vegetation to adorn the dancers. so that said, i have to admit that i have never seen some of the head adornments this halau used in their performance. i don't profess to be a hula expert, but if you look at the 4th picture (woman surrounded by men), the feathers and tulle (mesh material) on the woman's head was a surprise to me. now i'm not gonna start picking apart these guys' costumes...i was *so* impressed by their passion for the culture of a place they are obviously not living in. we only stayed for the kahiko portion of their concert (tay was getting antsy) and the halau did a really great job of educating the audience about the legend of how the islands were formed, how the art of hula was spread throughout the islands and other stories (war in kawaihae was one of them). i was so happy that taylor had the opportunity to experience this, especially since we live so far away from hawaii!
*currently rockin' out to: telling you now-jessy moss
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