Posted: 9/21/2005 1:25:50 PM EDT
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I have a newly found respect for Hula dancers. Our trip to Hawaii opened my eyes to what I really do consider to be an art form. We went to a Luau one night, and at the end of the evening the dancers decided to have 'audience participation' time. I was talking to my mom, back to the dancers, and I feel a tap on my shoulder. Lo and behold, the one hot male dancer with the body like Adonis I'd been drooling over all night was standing there before me, asking me to come up on stage (they held it indoors because it looked like it would rain). 'No thanks. Not no, hell no. You can't make me. Not on your life. Over my dead body. Uh uh. No way', I said.  So he drags me up on stage, and shows me how to hula. Now, this is where my newly found respect comes in...I had been watching the female dancers all evening. It truly amazes me that they can shake their butts as fast as they can. I don't for the life of me understand how a human can shake their moneymaker at a higher RPM than most vehicles run at, all the while keeping it in a perfect 360 degree rotation...and not fall down. I tried, I really did. I have come to the conclusion that my butt just wasn't meant to shake at 90 MPH. I guess I can go ahead and scratch off 'Hula Dancer' from the 'Things I want to be when I grow up' list... 
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Junior Brown Way out in the island with the coconut tree With the pearly shells and the tropical breeze There’s a hillbilly girl from Tennessee, my hillbilly hula gal She’s had enough of the hills and me So she’s taken to the lessons in Waikiki I guess she’s right where she wants to be, my hillbilly hula gal She dances with wahini’s in the islands now She’s trying to do the hula but she don’t know how She’s got the poniola’s in her own corral She feeds them grits and gravy at the old luau The Blue Grass hills and the Mountain Dew Wait till she leaves Honolu She better come home like she’s suppose to do, my hillbilly hula gal Now she looks twice as good in a little grass skirt Than overalls and a tore up shirt But corn don’t grow in lava dirt, my hillbilly hula gal There’s smiles on the faces if the island boys Cause her southern drawl gives a big enjoy She can’t churn butter when she’s dipping that poi, my hillbilly hula gal Now she never used to give a hoot for coconuts or taro root She’s a country gal living in the islands now She’s trying to get the hula girl to show her how When she gets through with this fantasy Just come on back to Tennessee Back with me where she’s suppose to be, my hillbilly hula gal My hillbilly hula gal |
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FYI What you were describing is the Tahitian style of Hula. Pumping of the legs and knees to get that high RPM booty shake. Not to be confused with the flowing Hawaiian style of Hula. The major Hula competition in Hawaii is the Merry Monarch Festival. You should look into it if your interested. There is also a large Hawaiian community in Texas (Austin area). They may have a halau (hula school) there as well. |
::sigh:: <scratches Hula dancer off her list too> Thanks for burstin' my bubble, there, Blondie! |
I don't know what it was, but I was superiorly impressed. I would LOVE to see the competition. I think that would be amazing to watch. As for the hula school...that actually might be something I'd do. I'll have to see if there's one here in D/FW.
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That actually sounds like a fun way to work out! How was the surfing Sp1? |
No surfing...beach was great, though. 
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 I’ve known for years that there were MALE Hula dancers. I bet that if you had known that fact you would have gotten into a boat and rowed all the way over to The Islands. Why do I suddenly have this idea that you are taking up Hula Dancing as a hobby so you can go back and dance Cheek-to-Cheek (and I’m not talking Face-to-Face here) with some of those Male Dancers? 
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Hard...to...type...while...shaking...my...moneymaker...at...100...miles...per...hour... (Getting ready to go back. Long live The Islands.) 
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You might want to look into Belly Dancing. It's a great form of exercise! I took a couple semesters at our adult education center here in Boston. VERY FUN. Tons of exercise, and you learn how to move VERY seductively, and you gain a better sense of balance, and grace. Try it! 
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Balance. Balance would be good. I come with the same warning as SUV's. 'Any sharp turn could result in tipping over due to topheaviness'. |
<trips over flip flops> What is this thing called grace??? gah...I am soooooooooooo ungraceful. And I have the scarred knees and elbows to prove it! 
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That's what you get for wearing non-tactical footwear.
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Her too???
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Yes, master, she has come to the dark side. 
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 You're incorrigible! |