After Dinner Dancing (Page Three)
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Starlighters 2013 Hawaiian Summer Casual
Page 1 - Meet and Greet | Page 2 - Who Was Heret? Page 3 - After Dinner Dancing | Page 4 - A Comical View |
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Nope! NOT out of focus... They are dancing too fast! (Courtesy of Hans)
Dancing to the Hawaiian Wedding Song
(Courtesy of Hans)
Did You Know? - "Hawaiian Wedding Song" is a 1926 love song written by Charles E. King for his operetta, Prince of Hawaii. It was originally entitled "Ke Kali Nei Au" - Hawaiian for "Waiting Here for You". In 1958, Al Hoffman and Dick Manning translated the original Hawaiian words into English, christening the song as the "Hawaiian Wedding Song".
The biggest hit version of the song in the United States, recorded by Andy Williams and released as a single in 1959, went to #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #27 on the R&B chart. On the UK Singles Chart, the biggest hit version was Julie Rogers' 1965 single, which went to #31.[2] Elvis Presley sang another version of the song in the 1961 film Blue Hawaii.
Time to dance....
Now what... Paul got his fingers stuck
(Courtesy of Hans)
Time for school.... Repeat after me....
Jan is surrounded by handsome devils
What Happens At Mile Square Park... Stays At Mile Square Park
What happened to cause this event???
Looks like a gigantic red bowling ball
Giggles begot giggles
"I do NOT know these two!"
A-h-h-h-h
.... It will be OK!
Our greeters finally get to sit down....
(Courtesy of Hans)
History being made... Paul with a cup of coffee... Not spiked... Well maybe not
(Courtesy of Hans)
It must be late!! They are checking for the winning numbers! We did NOT call any numbers!
(Courtesy of Hans)
Catching a breath between dances
(Courtesy of Hans)
The Floor Is Full Of Natives Doing The Dance
Looks like a flower garden in the wind
Did You Know? - Hawaii is the most isolated population center on Earth. It is 2,390 miles (3,846 km) from California, 3,850 miles (6,196 km) from Japan and 4,900 miles (7,886 km) from China.
Movin' movin' movin'
Love the matching outfits
Line Dance Hawaiian Style
Sway to the left... Sway to the right
Did You Know? - The state of Hawaii consists of eight larger, populated islands (with the exception of the island of Kahoolawe, which is not populated) and 124 small, uninhabited islands, reefs and atolls stretching from Nihoa, located about 280 miles (450 km) northwest of Honolulu, all the way to the Kure Atoll, located further northwest. The state of Hawaii encompasses all of these islands except for Midway Atoll, which is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) as the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
The whole building was moving in rhythm
How come Bill gets to dance with all the girls???
Parks & Teresa (Breakaway) keep the room jumping
They get a great view of the dancers
Breakaway Takes A Short Break
Oxygen bottles are on sale at the bar....
Dancing fluid being ingested.... It's a good thing
The camera is ready to go.... Hans is on duty
Kerstin and Hans hit the floor
Romance on the floor
Meanwhile, Back At The Table
George and Beverly discuss the finer points of swing-dancing.... Hawaiian style
Lucky grades the evening
Did You Know? - Hawaii shares the same general latitude of 20°N with cities and environments such as Hong Kong, Mecca, the Sahara Desert and Mexico City.
The state of Hawaii has four counties: City and County of Honolulu, Kauai, Maui and Hawaii (the Big Island).
Hawaii is the only U.S. state whose land area is increasing (from volcanic eruptions).
Great way to hide the Racing Form
Alan is thinking about hitting the floor.... May even dance!
The dancers provide a lot of entertainment
Mary is still taking it easy after the "Tomato Planting Incident"
The newlyweds
Did You Know? - Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee. Coffee plantations in Hawaii make up 6,200 acres. In 2003, 8.5 million pounds of coffee were produced.
Sugar is mainly produced on Maui and Kauai, on altogether 70,000 acres. In 2002, 340,000 tons of raw sugar were produced. One ton of water is needed to make a pound of sugar.
Hawaii produces about 320,000 tons of pineapple each year.
No Hans... You do not need to put film in it
Marsha and Leon
alone on the floor
It does not look like the hula
Did You Know? - In the 1890s and early 1900s, hula dancers and Hawaiian musicians toured the U.S. mainland. Usually female, the dancers danced in their grass skirts with musicians playing their kitschy Hawaiian melody on their steel guitars and ukulele. This advertisement appeared in an Ohio newspaper in 1921.
Now this is looking like the hula
NO whispering on the dance floor
Neal is enjoying the dance-floor antics
Did You Know? - The highest recorded temperature in Hawaii is 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 C), measured in Pahala on April 27, 1931, and the lowest is 12 degrees Fahrenheit (-11.1 C), measured on Mauna Kea on May 17, 1979. (The lowest temperature under 3,000 feet (914 m) altitude was 56 F/13.3 C).
Among all the 49 continental United States (except Alaska), Hawaii has both the highest state minimum of 12 F (-11.1 C) and the lowest state maximum of 100 F (37.8 C). (Alaska’s highest recorded temperature is also 100 F/37.8 C).
Hawaii’s average daytime temperature in July is 82 F (27.7 C) and the average daytime temperature in January is 72 F (22.2 C).
I Hear The Sounds Of A Train Or Is It A Conga Line???
"I think I can... I think I can"
(Courtesy of Hans)
Do You Remember? - A little railroad engine was employed about a station yard for such work as it was built for, pulling a few cars on and off the switches. One morning it was waiting for the next call when a long train of freight-cars asked a large engine in the roundhouse to take it over the hill.
"I can't; that is too much a pull for me," said the great engine built for hard work. Then the train asked another engine, and another, only to hear excuses and be refused.
In desperation, the train asked the little switch engine to draw it up the grade and down on the other side. "I think I can," puffed the little locomotive, and put itself in front of the great heavy train. As it went on the little engine kept bravely puffing faster and faster, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can."
As it neared the top of the grade, which had so discouraged the larger engines, it went more slowly. However, it still kept saying, "I—think—I—can, I—think—I—can." It reached the top by drawing on bravery and then went on down the grade, congratulating itself by saying, "I thought I could, I thought I could."
Donna leads the parade....
Look out.... Here they come
The line is getting longer
Out the door on their way to the parking lot
Change of mind: Here they come
Lucky knew they needed a bridge
(Courtesy of Hans)
The Harrington Bridge
has been formed....
Under we go.....
Last one... Called the Caboose
Dang.... Here she comes
Engine to Caboose.... Hang on!
The dance gets into one's soul....
Some people (Bob) gets into it and does his War God pose....
Definitely some resemblence -
In Hawaiian mythology Kū or Kū-ka-ili-moku is one of the four great gods
"Now this is fun!!!!!"
"Hang on... the curve is coming up!"
Faster than the shutter
... The Little Engine that thought she could..... DID!
Time To Relax
Oxygen bottle please
Did You Know? - Trees make oxygen through a process called photosynthesis. They need water and carbon dioxide to live and grow. Sunlight powers the process and the plants release oxygen as a waste product.
Therefore.... Only dance in a forest!!!!
Dancing the night away
Visiting continued... The bar was not very busy... Responsible dance club
Getting late and thinning out
Wine and camera on the go....
The diehards kept the floor busy until the end
Dancing to the War Chant
"Why dear, of course he will not take the picture...."
Love and romance definitely in the air
Great Stories Are Told
Hang on.... Here comes the punch line
(Courtesy of Hans)
Must have been a good one.... Care to share???
(Courtesy of Hans)
Do We Have To Go Back To The Mainland Now???
Only a few natives remain
If we dial back the clock to the 1950's... We would be black and white....
Breakaway did a great job this evening.... We are all a "good" tired!!
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Starlighters 2013 Hawaiian Summer Casual
Page 1 - Meet and Greet | Page 2 - Who Was Heret? Page 3 - After Dinner Dancing | Page 4 - A Comical View |
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