USA Dance Mock Competition Tonight!

Aloha,

This evening is our exciting Mock Competition event. Our amateur couples will dance for you just like in a real competiton. We will start the mock competition with our Latin program, followed by our youth K-12 (Kindergarten to 12 th grade) dancers and the Standard portion of the competition. Our Latin participants will do 4 Latin dances. They are: Cha Cha Cha, Samba, Rhumba and Jive.

Our K-12 dancers will dance the Waltz and the Quick step. There will be 5 dances for our Standard participants. They are: Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Foxtrot and Quick Step.

The Mock Comp is to prepare our Amateur Competitors for their upcoming competitions such as the Hawaii Star Ball and USA Dance National Qualifying events, and then, on to the National Championships next year. Come and cheer for the participants and give them the feeling of a real competition.

If you have not purchased your ticket for the event yet, you will have to buy a ticket at the door. Tickets at the door is $10.00.

Please come early and get a good seat. See you on Saturday evening.

Aloha,

Glenn Okazaki

USA Dance Honolulu  

IBDI 4th Term Class Schedule

IBDI starting their 4th Term dance classes on Monday, August 6 at the Palladium. In order to register for a class, you need to be a member.
Registration  is on Monday evening, July 30 at the Palladium. Guest Instructors from Dance Magic 808 will be teaching the Bachata, International Quickstep, and the Merengue.
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Celebrating National Dance Day @The Cupola

Memo from Marie Laderta

Celebrating Dance and Promoting Fitness! Don't miss the Vim & Vigor 

@The Cupola!

Get down with Divino Ritmo @ the Cupola on Tuesday, July 31st 6:30-9:30PM 

to celebrate National Dance Day, created by Nigel Lythgoe, producer and 

judge for the ever popular TV show, "So You Think You Can Dance".

Dance Pro and DJ Lucas Jaime will keep you rocking and stretching to some 

of this town's best heart-thumping tunes! Can you find a better way to get fit 

and have some fun??  Enjoy a mini lesson, too, grooving with Yanna to moves 

that are sure to keep you on your feet!  

All this is happening at the Cupola on the 2nd floor of the Honolulu Design 

Center, 1250 Kapiolani, corner of Kapiolani and Pensacola. Admission is 

FREE and the social dance is OPEN to the PUBLIC! Food and drink are 

available for purchase.

See you there, Fred Astaire!...and you too, Ginger  

For more info, contact:
Lucas Jaime, ph: (917) 568-3173; divinoritmo@aol.com
Yanna Samkova, ph: (732) 499-0407; Yannajs@gmail.com

Dance Magic 808 July-August Dance Classes

Memo from Lynn Nakamura, President of Dance Magic 808 

Aloha Everyone,

Just to give you a heads up on what classes will be taught and the dates & times. 

Joshua Manzano said that on Sat., Aug. 4 at the palladim, he will be teaching the American Tango. It will be a fun class and that you'll learn a lot. It's not your average American Tango that is taught in the islands so we welcome the International dancers to take this class too.

Joshua will also be teaching on Tuesday nights starting July 31 and he will be continuing with his awesome bolero class.

Frank & Lani Sierra will teach the East Coast Swing the last 2 Tuesdays nights.

Ed Ho & Veronica Munez will be back teaching starting July 31 and they will be teaching the exciting salsa dance.

Line Dancing by Roxanne Kaino will be taught on Thursday nights and it'll be for a longer time. This session, no line dancing on Tuesdays.

Lester & Henrietta Muramoto will be teaching the beautiful International Waltz on Thursday nights.

Reminder: 

This week is Dance Magic 808's Appreciation Dance at the palladium on Friday, July 27. We hope to see everyone there.

Also this week is USA Dance's mock competition on Saturday, July 28. This is a fantastic event where you'll see lots of nice and colorful costumes and some really good dancing. Please be sure to get your tickets at Tuesday's class or send me an email or text messages if you need tickets. We had 20 tickets and have already sold 10 tickets. Creighton & Beverly Goo are our ticket sales people but they won't be in class on Tuesday so if you need tickets, please see Lynn. Richard & I will be participating in the mock competition and we hope that you'll come out and support us.

See below for more info on these 2 dance events as well as upcoming dance events.

Also, don't forget to read the blogs by Frank Sierra & Calvin Ota about Dance Magic 808's 1st Anniversary Ball - It was a fun evening enjoyed by all. We can't thank all of you enough for making it such a successful evening.
http://getdancing.blogspot.com

http://townelite.blogspot.com/2012/07/dance-magic-808s-anniversary-ball.htm


Dance Events:
Friday, July 27 - Dance Magic 808 - Ala Wai Palladium (stage side) & 6pm - 9:30pm/will share the whole ballroom with Pan Pacific around 8:30pm. Thank you Pan Pacific.
Cost $3.00 members and non-members. Lite snack will be served.
This is Dance Magic 808's 1st social at the palladium. This is our "Appreciation Dance" so we hope all of our members can attend. We also look forward to seeing dancers from other dance organizations and also hope to see our friends as well as yours at the dance. 

Saturday, July 28, 2012 - USA Dance - Mock Competition at the palladium - 6:30pm - 9:30pm /Cost: $8 presale, $10 at the door. Richard & Lynn Nakamura and Ed & Candy Matsuda will be participating so please come and support them. See Creighton or Beverly Goo (Dance Magic 808 Ticket Coordinators) for tickets or Lynn Nakamura. 

Saturday, August 18, 2012 - IBDI's Anniversary Ball at the palladium - Cost $10 with Bento presale/ at the door $10 no bento. Bento will be served from 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Please come out and support your Dance Magic 808 International Waltz dancers who will be performing a group routine. Please see Creighton or Beverly Goo (Dance Magic 808 Ticket Coordinators) for tickets. 

Friday, August 24, 2012 - Bantay Bata at the Pacific Beach Hotel - 6pm - / This is a fundraiser for the Orphans in the Philippines. Cost $60 - includes buffet dinner with some exhibitions. Please see Lynn for tickets. We are trying to make a table or two for this event. Let's support this worthwhile cause.

Saturday, August 25, 2012 - Hawaii Gardenia's Anniversary Ball at the palladium - mock competition - 6pm - 9:30pm. Presale cost $8.00 with appetizer (served from 5:30pm) / $10 at the door - no appetizer. Please come out and support your Dancce Magic 808 dancers. See Creighton or Beverly Goo (Dance Magic 808 Ticket Coordinators) for tickets. 

Vote For Cole Horibe @ SYTYCD

Speaking of "So You Think You Can Dance" (SYTYCD), don't 

forget to watch Hawaii's own COLE HORIBE tonight! 

PLEASE Vote Vote Vote for Cole!!!!!! He needs to know we 

are behind him, all da way!!! His teacher YANNA is super 

proud of him!:)

Cole's number for LANDLINE voting is 04  so they can call

1-855-GO-HIM-04. TEXT is same as last week, text COLE to

83676 ONLINE  Fox.com/dance/vote online 50 votes max   
 
Mahalo Hawaii!
Marie

Dancing Big Time In August 2012

Bantay Bata: A DANCE for the Children! By: Marie Laderta. Aloha and Mabuhay! Mark your calendars and reserve your tickets! ONLY $50 per person for an incredibly good cause - proceeds benefit the orphans of the Philippines! DATE: Friday, August 24, 2012 TIME: 6pm Doors Open PLACE: Pacific Beach Hotel (Mauka Ballroom) PRICE: $50 Includes buffet dinner, general dancing and exhibitions! This year Bantay Bata organizers Buffy & Jesse Gonzales have come up with the "Dragon Ball" as their theme for the annual fundraiser at the Pacific Beach!

The Gonzales have been championing this good cause for more than 7 years. The Bantay Bata organization is dedicated to protecting the rights of children and has established a worldwide network of programs tailored toward the prevention of abuse & neglect of those most vulnerable among our population. We hope that you will open your hearts to these needy children by supporting Bantay Bata, by coming to the dance for some merriment and at the same time serve a good cause! For tickets, please contact either of the following: Buffy Gonzales (808) 284-2395; Email: gonzaleshawaii@yahoo.com Or Paz Ignacio (808) 428-3308; Or Marie Laderta(808) 222-3721; Email: Marie.C.Laderta@vzw.blackberry.net

USA Dance Mock Competition

USA Dance Honolulu hosting a Mock Dance Competition at the Palladium on Saturday , July 28, 6:30PM-9:30PM. Tickets are presale $8, or $10 at the door. There may be other Dance Magic 808 members participating in the competition besides Richard and Lynn Nakamura. Come and support your favorite dancers.

IBDI Student Party With Guest Instructors

Dance Magic 808 Appreciation Dance

  Oh Yes! There will be light snacks, also!

                                 

A Message of Appreciation from Prez Lynn Nakamura

Aloha Everyone,

Thank you all for your support at Dance Magic 808's 1st Anniversary Ball. We have received many compliments about the ball and about all the exhibitions. It was so much fun celebrating and sharing our occasion with you and many of members from the other dance organziations.

We are so thankful to have such great and caring members (which we consider as our friends) as well as having friends at the other dance clubs.

Dance Magic 808 was created so that everyone could learn to dance and have fun.

We are still recovering from this July 6, 2012, Dance Magic 808's 1st Anniversary Ball, and will soon send out another thank you thru Frank Sierra's blog, The Dance Connections, so be sure to check to Frank's blog.

We will also try to have our website http://www.dancemagic808.com/ updated with the info regarding the anniversary ball and all the upcoming events and classes.

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As mentioned at the "Ball", we will be offering a quickstep class this Saturday, July 14, 2012 at the Ala Wai Palladium from 12:30pm - 3:30pm. If you sign up for the quickstep class, you will be able to take the free line dancing class at 12:00pm. Classes will be offered only to members. You must be a member to take a class. Annual Membership fee is $10 and will expire on December 31, 2012. Besides having some classes at the palladium, we will be having some social dances at the palladium. By being a member of Dance Magic 808, you will be entitled to some discount as members to some of our upcoming dance events/socials.

Saturday, July 14, 2012
Place: Ala Wai Palladium (ewa side - kitchen side)
12:00pm - 12:30pm Registration (can also sign up at our classes at Salt Lake District Park on July 10 & 12, 2012 from 7:00pm - 8:00pm)

12:00pm - 12:30pm Complimentary Line Dance Class by Joshua Manzano (must be signed up for the quickstep class)
12:30pm - 1:15pm Quickstep by Richard & Lynn Nakamura
1:15pm - 1:25pm Break & Announcements
1:25pm - 2:25pm Quickstep by Richard & Lynn Nakamura
2:25pm - 2:40pm Break & Teach Wild, Wild West by Richard & Lynn Nakamura
2:40pm - 3:30pm Quickstep by Richard & Lynn Nakamura
3:30pm - 4:00pm Clean up (we would like to be out by 3:50pm to allow time for the next group to set up)

Membership fee: $10.00 (if you already paid your membership fee, you just need to pay for the class fee)
Class fee: One time $5.00 fee for the entire time from 12:00pm to 3:30pm

Come and join us and take advantage of the rate, the beautiful dance floor and the air-conditioning.

We will start with basic quarter turns and then go into different variations. You won't want to miss this class. It'll be a fun class for everyone.
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Mark your calendar for Friday, July 27, 2012 - Dance Magic 808 will have an "Appreciation Dance" at the Ala Wai Palladium (Diamond Head side - stage side) from 6pm - 9:30pm. We plan a short program to show our appreciation for everyone's help at Dance Magic 808's 1st Anniversary Ball. Cost $3.00 for members as well as non-members. We will have light refreshments.

Members, please wear your purple shirts.

Thanks to Pan Pacific Ballroom Dance Society Club, we will be sharing the entire ballroom at 8:30pm. The partitions will open so that everyone can enjoy dancing the entire ballroom.

Thank you everyone for your continued support. We want this to be a fun and enjoyable evening for everyone. We plan to have the Wild, Wild West as a social mixer. It's a fun circle line dance with partners. We'll be teaching this at our class on July 14, 2012.

A reminder emails will be sent out to you.

Again, "Mahalo" for all your support,

Richard & Lynn Nakamura
Dance Magic 808
http://www.dancemagic808.com/
cell 372-2256 (Lynn)

Princess, Duchess, Lady, and A Wishing Well

Friday night is "Da Big Night" at the Pacific Beach Hotel for Dance Magic 808 1st Anniversary Ball. If you are one of the more than 400 lucky ticket holders to this event that features General Dancing, Onolicious Buffet Dinner and a Showcase of Exhibition Dancers, then here's a tip to make this evening fun, exciting, and enjoyable. So read on the News Flash from Lynn Nakamura........................ News Flash!!! To all the women that will be attending Dance Magic 808's 1st Anniversary Ball: You are all invited to enter a contest for the title of Dance Magic 808's 2012 Belle of the Ball. The Princess, Duchess, Lady, etc. that best represents Dance Magic 808's Enchanting Evening Theme will be the winner and will win a cash prize of $120.00 (cost of two tickets to tonight's event). We used Cinderella in our flyers, invitations, tickets, favors, and banner to make it a special enchanting evening so come dressed up to impress the judges and audience. We want the look that Cinderella had when her fairy godmother made her beautiful and not the look of cinder and rags.....hahaha! To enter the contest, you must be there at the ball by 6:30 pm for the judges to see you. Even if you don't enter the contest, please come dressed up. We will have many ladies that will be dressed up and will be wearing a tiara or crown. This is a "Ball" and we want everyone to feel very special. Sorry, no contest for the men for this ball since we know they will all look like very "Dashing". Another News Flash!!! This is for everyone attending Dance Magic 808's 1st Anniversary Ball: There will be a "Wishing Well" located inside the ballroom. Make a Wish. Donations collected will be donated to deserving organizations. For more information, please see any of Dance Magic 808's performers. This will be a very fun and enchanting evening. Sorry, we don't have everyone's email address so could you please pass on the information to your friends and families. Don't forget Olelo Community Media will be taping at the ball. We will have a sign at the ball as a reminder. During taping certain angles may include members of the audience and participants. By entering this event, you are consenting to having your image, likeness or voice recorded for NON-Commerical use and broadcast on 'Olelo's channels. See you all at Dance Magic 808's 1st Anniversary Ball. Richard & Lynn cell 808-372-2256 www.dancemagic808.com

Mark Your Calendars for Bantay Bata

Bantay Bata: A DANCE for the Children! By: Marie Laderta. Aloha and Mabuhay! Mark your calendars and reserve your tickets! ONLY $50 per person for an incredibly good cause - proceeds benefit the orphans of the Philippines! DATE: Friday, August 24, 2012 TIME: 6pm Doors Open PLACE: Pacific Beach Hotel (Mauka Ballroom) PRICE: $50 Includes buffet dinner, general dancing and exhibitions! This year Bantay Bata organizers Buffy & Jesse Gonzales have come up with the "Dragon Ball" as their theme for the annual fundraiser at the Pacific Beach!

The Gonzales have been championing this good cause for more than 7 years. The Bantay Bata organization is dedicated to protecting the rights of children and has established a worldwide network of programs tailored toward the prevention of abuse & neglect of those most vulnerable among our population. We hope that you will open your hearts to these needy children by supporting Bantay Bata, by coming to the dance for some merriment and at the same time serve a good cause! For tickets, please contact either of the following: Buffy Gonzales (808) 284-2395; Email: gonzaleshawaii@yahoo.com Or Paz Ignacio (808) 428-3308; Or Marie Laderta(808) 222-3721; Email: Marie.C.Laderta@vzw.blackberry.net