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Aloha Everyone. Well here we are at the ‘beginning’ once again. A New Year and new possibilities. It’s still chilly out and I’m still wearing my layers of fleece and overcoats . . . then it came up in conversation with a group of the Ohana Wahines about the different furs they all had, gathering dust in their closets. Of course, from that came an epiphany, “Hey! Why don’t we have a Friday Dress up with your Favorite (and probably Non-PC) Furs”. I’ve included some examples of Funky Fur here.

So go ahead and haul out those 60/70’s style over coats and let’s see who has the Funkiest Fur of all! Of course, we don’t expect you to go out and buy any new furs (especially real ones) just come with whatever you may have in your closet. Consider this an archeological urban experiment/documentary?

And speaking of FUNky, hear are some of the Fun-Key peoples from last Friday! Sorry, I’m really reaching for funny here. Give me time, it’s a New Year . . . btw, that really is the one and only Frank Simpson below . .

Duh-Oh! Welcome back Frank, we missed you!

Below: We celebrated KimoB’s La Hanau also! Mahalo to Laurette for the wonderful ‘Birthday Apple Pie’ and to Tucker for leading us in song . . . Say, don’t we have another big 70 coming up for another of our Ohana? Hmmmmm, I wonder who that could be?

and of course the Hula was anything but funky . . . Hana Hou!

Attention! On a slightly serious note . . .

Ok, since we’re on the subject of Hula, I’ve been asked to mention that our Hula dancers would appreciate it if we did not Pa’ani (i.e. Uke solos / instrumentals) during their dancing. As you know the Hula is closely tied to the lyrics of the Mele (song). With out lyrics (i.e. Pa’ani only) the dance has no meaning. As a result they may not know where they are in the dance, or it may confuse them at the least. So please keep it to a low strum and sing out when we play for our dancers. Mahalo Nui Loa.

. . . ok, at ease . . .

Uke-Ku
Life recedes behind,
A Horizon of promise,
Possibilities . . .

On behalf of the Ohana, Me Ke Aloha Pumehana to Aki-san and her Family on their loss . . .

-=SqL=-

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