On Saturday we had our annual Neighborhood Party. This year we hired Polynesian Dancers from Utah to come as our entertainment and had a Luau. We cooked a pig for dinner and had everyone bring a side dish. We were excited to have a great turn out. Our neighborhood is all 1+ acre lots with no fences and lots of kids so our kids were running around playing with all of their friends. When it came time for show to start I went looking for my kids figuring that all the girls were in our little playhouse like last year but, I could not find them. When I got back to my seat I noticed that they were snuggled up on the front row watching the performers. Near the end of the performance the host called 5 men to come up and dance with the hula ladies and I just knew that Jairo was going to get called and sure enough, he did. He was a very good sport and was “shaking it” pretty good! We all had a good laugh. During the show Ryan kept trying to talk in Tongan and was dancing very silly. The last performer was a 12 year old fire dancer. He was so good. Apparently he travels all over for competitions with his father and brothers. At the end all of the dancers sang I Am a Child of God in Tongan then had the audience join in English for the last verse. It was so neat. We had a great time and learned a lot about other cultures.
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I can only imagine Jairo dancing the hula. That is hilarious! He is such a good sport. What a fun tradition in your neighborhood. Atleast it helps keeps peace between the neighbors.
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