It's a new season and Dance Hawaii Kai opened the 2011 1st Quarter at Koko Head School with the Argentine Tango this past Tuesday. We are very fortunate to have instructors Robert and Vanelle Hirayasu volunteer to teach the Argentine Tango to our students. They are excellent instructors and their method of "no rush" teaching should be appealing to the students. They covered the Basics (Tango hold, body position, Lead & Follow, and Footwork & Timing) very well and moved on to the first beginning "8 Step Pattern" of the Tango. When the music came on, everyone was dancing the Argentine Tango during the first hour.
Margie Ching is our new Dance Hawaii Kai Registrar. Margie came to us as a student during the 4th Quarter of 2010. She did a good job in registering the returning students as well as the newer ones while the class was in session. She deserves a lot of mahalos for volunteering to help Dance Hawaii Kai.
Lani and I taught the easiest to learn of all the Latin dances during the second hour...the Night Club Merengue. It's a fun dance with an enticing upbeat rhythm that causes the Meregueros to spice up the Latin movements. After absorbing the Basics of this dance and dancing them to music, the students were taught the "Underarm Combination" which in combination with the basic patterns kept them practicing the Merengue with music till it was time to close.
Our newest students Ken and Karen got so turned on to the Night Club Merengue that we had to have them dance for the class. Ken showed good leading and Karen moved with that eye-catching Latin motions very well.
