Platinum Horseshoe Back In The Running

I don't know enough about blogging to know what happened, but I accidently deleted myself as Administrator and that left Richard and I as Guest Authors only. I communicated with Blogger and no response, so I intiated an entirely new blog, Oahu -West, covering a little more ground.

"Christmas is forever, not for just one day,

for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away

like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.

The good you do for others is good you do yourself."

The hits in PH were coming down very slowly. So after a while, I asked Richard to delete himself out of the blog and then when the hits came down to a low level, I would delete myself, and with nobody left. Blogger would have to delete the blog. However the Plot Thickens. Richard discovered that he has been made Administrator by Blogger and then he reinvited me back in, also as administrator.

So we are back in and I will have to play it by ear. Richard likes Platinum Horseshoe and he should blog in it if he feels better there. Wahiawa Ballroom Dance Club will also be in the same blog. Whitmore Village and Mililani dance clubs may join in the action and you have a real basis for a going blog, that can include any action at the new Dance Pavilion in Waipio. Not to mention the fact that they could even overflow into the North Shore.

The new blog, Oahu -West is going great guns. I cannot stop that at the moment. The possibities are many. It will include the famous Kapolei Chapter HBDA and Dance Waipahu. And there is something brewing in Ewa. I shall continue with both blogs and the readers and the contributors will make that decision for me, they usually do.

The Hits Are Still Here

Our loyal reader/dancers are still hitting here but many do not tune into the new blog.Oahu - West,
http://nanakuli87.blogspot.com/   You can get it in Google already. But you can get it easier by getting in any of our other blogs and clicking the link in the side bar.

You can get all the information that you could get from this blog and more. Lots of photos from Kaplei Chapter HBDA. Enough so that we are starting a photo album pages in the Dance Guide blog.

Meanwhile there may be an opening up of the Community Centers on Oahu for dancing.  Generally this department has frowned on dancing as a frivolous activity. But with new blood they may emerge out of the middle age thinking. Then not many know that "Social" dancers don't need acres of dance floor. And we don't need to hog one exclusive place either.

One in Kapolei, this week, next week in Waianae, the Next in Ewa, and the next in Waikele and so on.
Some are to be built yet. The best example is Kilauea Recreation Center. Just the right size and with a good dance floor would outsell the famous Palladium, The nucleous would be with people from East Honolulu and there are plenty there.

Waianae District Park

Then the perfect spot in Waianae is the Waianae District Park. The most beautiful floor in the West already there. But like most in the West there is no record that any dancing has ever been done there. But then they even have rules that no dances are permitted at Nanakuli High School. How about that for being a century behind the times?

The Tide Will Turn!

Pub's Side Note: I post every other day to keep the line clear for Oahu - West but as soon as Ow hits 34 average hits per day, I will start to really wind it down, in anticipation the Blogger will shut this one down at anytime without warning.

More Winding Down

But to take advantage of all the hits, we may as well get in some advertisements. And first is our Recapper, "Dance Guide" blog, simply to recap all the dance Web and Blog sites available to our reader/dancers and we are sure getting a hellavah lot of them.

This wlll first of all include "our" immediate blogosphere. But hopefully we will include any of  the others that would like to be included. All they have to do is communicate. But we must be careful to avoid those that do not wish to participate in any manner and respect their wishes.

"Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year - and yet, for all that,

when it speaks, its voice has strong authority."

Second is our very important successor blog to Platinum Horseshoe. It is doing very well with just the link connections. But I checked Google last night and it already has Oahu - West on.

The other search engines should have the connection by next week. They seem to go very fast nowadays. This blog already has over 25 average hits per day. May hit 30 by the end of the year. It will be a good start for this section of Oahu. We need more dancers like they have at Kapolei Chapter HBDA. Now those people are dancers and leading the way to the Waianae Coast. Kauai next? Good Kokua.

Then we have the newest club in town. The Waikiki Social Dance Club. Friday, December 30th at the famous Palladium. They are gonna have a huge crowd of dancers there.

Outstanding and unique for wishing to include music and dancing not approved officially by the Ballroom Dance Associations. They are going for the Universal Dancer, the Cultural Dancer, the Club Dancer and maybe even -  the social dancer?  Ha!

Anyway, the holidays are shaping up very nicely -  have a nice time, everyone.

Decided to Post more on Oahu West

Since the Platinum Horseshoe is destined for the glue factory and Oahu-West will be taking it's place I'm gona jump on the back of this colt. Hope it's fledgling legs can hold my morbidly obese posts.

Just posted there.

These are the Blog sites that have Oahu-West in their side bar links thus far.


Town Dancer


Club Dancer


Moanalua Corridor


Beyond Oahu


Platinum Horse Shoe


Just click on Oahu-West for the skinny.

CU there.

Mahalo,

R

Just winding it down

The replacement blog Oahu - West is picking up steam. The article from Nora Dionisio, President Kapolei Chapter, HBDA plus the good photos sure woke it up.Then yesterday I posted the blog on Dance Waipahu at August Ahrens School, and the hits have no where to go but up. Take a look/see, the hits will be going through the roof.

"Every person regards their life as the New Year's Eve of time."

It will also help as soon as the search engines kick in with the URL. I ony notified Google and Yahoo, but the others have their own spiders and crawlers and they will pick up shortly too. By the first of January Oahu - West could be at the magic 34/day (1000 hits per month.) Of course I plan to be at th Golden Coin on Wednesday, Dinner/Dance for the Instructors of Dance Hawaii. I will make the write up and more photos, more hits.

Of course, Moanalua Corridor is starting to move but very slowly and we must be patient for the Fleet Lounge and the Elks in January starring Da Spin Doctor. There will be a good crowd starting to form. And each party at a consistent time once per month will solidify into something to look forward to. Fleet Lounge could even morph into the first Pau Hana Dance Party. There are so many office workers in the vicinity.

The Dance Guide is moving ahead slowly and is now over 34 average hits per day. There has never been anything like it before. But people are beginning to understand the "raison d'etre" and that will help. A regular recap of all the blogs. The party schedule for three weeks ahead has been cancelled. There are too many changes being made. But the photo albums are looking better.

Town Dancer is still in the number one spot. One more Guest Author and it should go on its own. Preferably someone in the competition and/or exhibition part of dancing. The blog is establishing that kind of readership. With one more good Guest Author Town Dancer could run up 200 average hits per day or the equivalent of 6000 hits per month. Time will tell.

Then the one that is going to be rolling now is Oahu And Beyond. With Richard's write up of town stuff and the new club in town, this blog is going nowhere but up. There will be more news on the new club in the Oahu And Beyond blog. The real social dancers on Oahu have been asking for just such a club as this. Is there going to be one in the West too? You'd better believe it!

Think of it, not so many rules and regulations. You can dance for the pure enjoyment of moving to music, like it has been done for centuries, without having someone inform you that you are doing it incorrectly. Gawd! Enough already. Of course we should respect those that must do it that way because they are competition dancers. And they can do it in their own places where they can dance with their own kind and no worry about "junk dancers." No harm done and every body happy that way.

How to get onto Oahu - West blog

I made a mistake and deleted myself as administrator in Platinum Horseshoe blog. I do not know how to fix it, and I asked Blogger, but they don't have a clue either. So I was forced to get another, new blog and named it Oaha -West. I sent the notice to the search engines about a week ago so it will take about 3 weeks before anyone can get on through a search engine.

Meanwhile, I cannot change anything in Platinum, but I can just blog. So I have links in the side bars of all the other blogs. If you can get on any of the other blogs, just click Oahu - West in the side bar and it will appear like magic on your screen. I have just posted Nora's terrific article on the Kapolei Social with some very good photos too. As per usual, Kapolei Chapter HBDA is looking very good.

When the search engines get the URL, anyone can then get it through any search engine. The URL is,

http://nanakuli87.blogspot.com/

Happy Dancing.

Yes, Still Here

We are hoping to hear from the famous Tim Cubero Jr. on his version of the Kapolei Chapter HBDA social. With his photos and my photos I plan on making four photo collages for the photo section of the Dance Guide.

"Then there was a tall girl named Frances Story who married a George Short

- a very pleasant way of making a Long Story short."

Whatever he sends in will be posted into the New Blog "Oahu - West" and since it is lagging in hits, his blogging will wake it up. I checked and if he wants to write a few words on Wahiawa Ballroom Dance Club, they would not object.. He is a very good reporter.

From the Dance News, Chicago
A word to all possible line dancers

A line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people in one or more lines or rows, without regard to the gender of the individuals. All facing the same direction and executing the steps at the same time. Line dancers are not in physical contact with each other. There are many styles of line dancing the most prominent, long time, the Country Western Line dancers that wear cowboy boots and hats and generally Western atire.

In the evolving group of line dancers the Western motif is no longer a necessary part of line dancing. And the increase in dancing to Latin music is very evident..

Pub's Side Note: Notice to those that have chosen to ignore us in Platinum Horseshoe may have a change of mind. You are welcomed in the New Oahu - West blog. Not yet in the search engines but you can get it by clicking the name in the side bar of any of our other blogs.

It seems to be plodding along

Yes, Richard and I can still blog in here but the hits are going to go gradually down because of the new blog, Oahu -West. I will be making most of my write ups in the New Blog. I have notified some search engines so it will take a while for them to be able to find it if someone asks. I will feel that I am making some contact when I can get over 10 average hits per day.Not anywhere near that now.

The easiest way for anyone to see the blog is by clicking the name on the side bar of any of our blogs except this one. None of us have the authority to set that up here. We will just gently phase over into Oahu - West. It shouldn't be that difficult. We've got some cool reader/dancers.

Maybe not completely dead yet.

Could be no more permitted and it is dead. We will see. I made one mistake and Blogger cannot fix it. We have no administrators and no changes can be made, no new Guest Authors can be permitted.

T-Shirt on lady in Waianae: "So much to do and so few people to do it for me."

There is something definitely wrong here and this may be the last of blogging on this blog.

It seems to be catching on now. Perhaps just this one time.

The new blog will be http://nanakuli87.blogspot.com/

The new blog URL will be in all the other blog links. No one can add anything to this blog anymore.

Richard and I maybe able to blog a little but better to work on the new one and let this one die in peace. We put a lot of work on this one and now it must go down the drain. As Blogger says, "don't gripe, you are getting it for free."

The results at Dots was a split.

Looks like First Friday, the Palladium, Ige's 19th Hole w/Wasabi siphoned off listeners and Dancers. No worries more dance space for the rest of us.

For the Leads that didn't show you missed dancing with some great single ladies. I did my best to accommodate.

This week Dots has Live music Friday and Saturday!

Audissey starts off the fun Friday 12/9/11. 7:30-10:30 PM.

Wasabi Follows Saturday same time. 12/10/11

Don't even know if I can post this so I'll keep it short.

Hope to see you there!

R

Kapolei, the Beacon for the West

Got there  before seven and I thought I was there too early. But there were plenty people already there and I could see the cars rolling in looking for parking. I got a couple of photos of the beginnings.

On the left people helping to set up the Kau Kau, and on the right
people just being there which is important too.

Met with the President Nora Dionisio and presented her with the CDs going to their key people. Went around and said my Alohas. Checked with Willy and Tim and there are so many nice people way out here in the West.

Augusto was throwing down his beautiful Christmas  music and the Dance was starting to roll with the appropriate styles and there was good dancing until close to eight. I decided to let Willy and Tim get the dancing photos and for sure we will have some to post in the next blog.

Talking story on the side, Mark and Susan in the foreground and then the Ring Of Prayer.

We give thanks for being the lucky ones.

The Kau Kau just waiting for this terrific bunch of people.

The Christmas music continued to keep us all in the Christmas spirit and the people were enjoying their meal. This was followed by another round of good dancing. We are probably going to need more than one more blog to include all the photos I expect to get. Of course, this blog is where you get the hits.

The folks enjoying the Ono grinz, on the far and the near sides, listening to some nice music.

And finally got one where I could identify and get the names.

Tinoy Agcaoli, Nieves Cubero, Jean Leano, Rubelyn Lucas, Ernesto Leano,

Connie Cubero and Tim Cubero Jr. Yes, I know, I shoulda got mo da kine.

The line dancers, one of the biggest groups on this Island and led by DJ Augusto. There seems to be an addition of one or two more gentlemen everytime. So this is the place for line dancing men. And believe me some of them are very good. Of course most of the ladies are good too

And what is even more good about it is that they all have the same step routine, but the styling is so different and so gratifying. No clones, just beautiful to watch, it can be a terrific spectator experience.

I left twenty minutes early to get the last C bus at the Transit Center at 9:30. I biked it in ten minutes but now I know this short cut and it is easy. Was home by ten, not bad.

The Filipino DI

The "Dance Instructor" has been with us on Oahu all these years but under different names and not just Filipino. In Waikiki, they have been known (from the Beach Boy days) as Gigolos, Play For Pay Partners and Dally For Dough Daddies.

Most involved with the dance clubs have referred to themselves as "semi-professional." But as has been pointed out on several occasions by an experienced professional, "There are no "semi-professionals." You do for money or you don't.
And it has been more readily acceptable lately as carried over from the Philippines. For some wealthy women in the Philippines, ballroom dancing has risen from a mere social pastime to being almost a way of sustaining life. The phenomenon had been chronicled in Baya-rang Puso (Heart for Hire), a blockbuster film from the 1990s showing to packed houses.

"Dahil Sa Iyo" by Cora and Santos Beloy

In it, matinee idol Aga Muhlach plays a handsome young man who finds easy money working as a DI -- a ballroom dance instructor. His prime partners are the affection-starved, cash-rich matrons that Manila has in abundance. One after another, they fall for his charms and ply him with extravagant cash tips and gifts.

Afternoon-tea gatherings of the bluebloods of Manila society, known as the "Sparklers," are rich with gossip about the ballroom scene. Which matron has fallen in love with which DI? Which one has bought her DI a new car? Sometimes it is just gossip. Sometimes the ballroom has clearly led to the bedroom. Says a known dance regular: "You can always tell who's having an affair. It's in their eyes and in the way they dance."

"Mi Amor Para Siempre" by Julio Iglesias

Some are shocked, but not newspaper columnist Barbara "Tweetums" Gonzales. "I'd rather have my mother dancing the night away with her DI and having the time of her life than wasting away on her lonesome," she said.

Nearly all Manila hotels offer ballroom dancing, but only one, the Heritage, combines high tea and twirls. Also available there are female DIs. "Men want to dance too," says Geena Zablan, an executive at the hotel. "We have an increasing number of men coming in."

The Heritage's DIs are paid a regular salary. On top of that are the "hire charges" -- up to about $60 for an evening -- and tips. "You also have to feed him or her and provide drinks," says Zablan. "Like someone who drives for you, you feed your DI because they provide a service."

Is it going to move to the West when it starts grooving? You can bet your dancing shoes on that.

Week, Sunday, December 4 to Saturday 10th.

Another good week ahead for Platinum Horseshoe dancers. Some people do notice that the action in this section has increased but "you ain't seen nuttin' yet!" Wait till the Waianae Coast wakes up. There is going to be dancing all the way up to Makaha.

"May Our Home Know Joy, Each Room Hold Laughter,

Every Window Open To Great Possibilities"

Sunday, December 4th, most will be recovering from their hangovers after swinging from the chandeliers the night before. Take it easy, folks.

Monday evening December 5th, starts off very nicely with Kapolei Chapter of HBDA having the slam bang social to end their session for the year, of course, they still have a Christmas HBDA at the Palladium and the famous HBDA New Years bash in Honolulu.

"Tangerine" by Jimmy Dorsey

Monday evening, December 5th,  Dance Waipahu, dance class session ends and they will have a rip-roaring Social at August Ahrens School. Ono Kau Kau, line and social dancing party. The location getting a good reputation for a dance fun party.

Wednesday evening, December 7th, Dance Waipahu, dance class session ends and they will be having their Social at the Visayan Hall. Ono Kau Kau, line and social dancing party. Everybody gonna be there.

"Imagine" by John Lennon

 

Audissey Friday December 9th, There will be some terrific coverage by the famous Richie Fun on da bode a-dem.

Wasabi  Saturday, December 10th. And with one more Guest Author, Platinum Horseshoe could give Town Dancer a little competition. It is moving.

Overheard at the Waipahu District Park parking lot:

Lady driver to a friend, "The part I don’t like about parking is that noisy crash."

Resolutions: Try again. Everyone has made, and broken past resolutions, that does not mean that you won’t succeed this time. Start with a positive approach, including thinking about what has disrupted your good intentions in the past. Don’t discourage yourself with a negative outlook.