hula

The hulk of an ancient wreck burned with blue fires, in the light of which danced the HULA dancers to the barbaric love-calls of the singers, who chanted to tinkling UKULELES and rumbling tom-toms.

And when she strummed the guitar and sang liquid, velvety Hawaiian hulas, he sat entranced.

Several of them had been to Honolulu, and knew the instrument, confirming Mercedes' definition of ukulele as "jumping flea." Also, they knew Hawaiian songs she had learned from Mercedes, and soon, to her accompaniment, all were singing: "Aloha Oe," "Honolulu Tomboy," and "Sweet Lei Lehua." Saxon was genuinely shocked when some of them, even the more matronly, danced hulas on the sand.

I begin with a general description of the Hula and their encounter with Christianity.

Learning hula steps and motions and dancing every day is a great way to keep a body flexible while enjoying Hawaiian music.

"They're very frequent ATA users; a lot have condos in Florida," Hula says.

Place the hula hoop on the ground at your location.

For at least two thousand years and numerous generations before Western contact in 1778, our mo'olelo were passed down orally from ha'i mo'olelo (storyteller) to ha'i mo'olelo, from kumu hula (dance master) to kunm hula, from kanaka (person) to kanaka.

In Hula Workout for Weight Loss (Natural Journeys; $14.95) Kili teaches the "Story of the Sunshine Hula." While the combination is as easy to follow as Hula Workout for Beginners, this dance targets the heart rate as well as strengthens and tones the body.

The blindfolded bowler stands in a hula hoop (which is placed at varying distances from each target).

Jody Gardner, a former Long Beach State player, gave me a great idea on how to improve a player's shooting technique -- the use of a hula hoop.

According to Bianca, the things she was looking forward to the most were, "Watching the hula girls dance, eating coconuts, and swimming in the beautiful Pacific ocean" Bianca also confessed that the children at her school have treated her like a movie star, and some students even asked if they could accompany her!