Newsletter 6. Hawaii July 2016

The Hawaii Experience So Far…

Well you know what they say? “It was well worth the wait”. That’s exactly how I feel right now. Sitting here writing this note to you all i’m feeling extremely grateful to a very kind and generous family. They have opened their hearts and their homes to us and have created a pathway for Anna and I to explore the Island of Maui in one of the United States most popular destinations, Hawaii.

Gary and Monica Worth have been instrumental in getting us here to Maui in the fact that almost one year ago they offered us their Maui condo to stay in for a month to really see Maui and to have the opportunity to teach them and their friends to dance. What was our answer you ask? “Let me see what our schedule is like on that date and Ill see if we can squeeze you guys in”? HELL NO!!! We said “OMG are you kidding me??? YES YES YES Of course we will come”

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WHERE ARE WE THIS MONTH…

Maui, HAWAII Today’s Dance Tip

Match your steps to the beats. Practice counting the beats in a track or a song that your listening to. then count the bars of music. Is this track or song a 2/4 or a 4/4, or possible a 3/4. What this all means, is how may beats of music can you hear being played before the style of the music changes and literally tells you thats enough. “You only get 2 beats in this bar or section of music before you have to start to count again.” Or does it tell you “now this track has four beats in this bar.”

The reason this is important is because you will be able to identify what dance you can dance to what music. For example a Cha Cha Cha needs a 4/4 track to dance to, but if all you hear is a very slow 3/4 track then your probably listening to Waltz music. Dancing Cha Cha Cha to waltz music would be like filling up your cars petrol tank with orange juice. Here is a small guide to get you going. 1. Rumba = 4/4 2. Samba = 2/4 3. Waltz = 3/4

DANCE HOUSEI N T E R N A T I O N A L

Part 1&2 of the MAUI trip | Online dance lessons Introduction | Todays dance tip.

Newsletter 6. Hawaii July 2016

The excitement of that moment still rings in my ears, bounces through my nerve endings and still now gives me heart palpitations. Only small ones that get it running quicker. I feel short of breath as I think to myself, “here I am sitting in one of Maui’s most amazing condominiums, writing this letter to our friends from all over the world and its 4am.” Im not tired. I can’t sleep and I know it’s not the jet lag as my body is pretty used to it. I am simply too excited to sleep as I don't want to miss even a second of this magical place.

Walking around the island you begin to feel a type of energy that permeates through every tree and flows around every corner. The Aloha spirit is felt by all who step on this land. The people of Hawaii seem to breath friendship, love and a welcoming desire to serve and show you their home. I have not felt this much at home since my grandmother passed away in 1991. Am I getting emotional? Absolutely. You can’t help but feel the love, pure love that blows through you like the wind through your hair and changes every though of negativity you had a second ago into pure peace and harmony.

Anna and I landed on the 8th of July. We made our way to the condo and checked in. Gary has been emailing us and making sure everything is in order. He and Monica are absolutely amazing hosts and have prepared everything. They know everyone on the island and it looks like everyone loves them. We got into the the room at around 12:30 pm. Walked around a little, unpacked a little and were asleep by 2pm. The sun was high in the sky and the day was beautifully warmed for us.

Anna and I awoke that evening at 8pm from hunger pains. We decided to go out and find some food which as we learned, finishes at around 9pm. So the only other thing we could do is go find somewhere to dance. I mean what else is there in life? Eat, Sleep, dance then repeat right? Well to our surprise we walked a few meters outside the condo and began to hear the faint sounds of a baseline. “Somewhere in this 800 meter vicinity was a club belting out sounds" I said, “because that is the unmistakable sound of

a subwoofer planting its baritone roots through the floor of a sweat soaked salsa club. Thats right, I could hear all that from 800 meters away. Plus Gary told me there would be a Salsa club in our area but thats beside the point right?

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Newsletter 6. Hawaii July 2016

Needless to say Anna and I found it, paid our US $5 entry fee and proceeded to take ownership of the floor. We made a few friends that night and some who even have contacted us literally the next day for private lessons, what a trip. Today has been quite a lazy day. Lots of emails and social media uploads. Lots of communication with Australia and finalising this newsletter. Dinner at Lelani’s Restaurant was nearly as delicious as the food on Crystal Symphony and tomorrow its time to hit the gym.

Stay tuned folks as there is much much more to come on this totally awesome adventure that has had us hit the ground running. No other way to live life fully self expressed than by biting off more than you can chew and then chewing like hell.

Aloha…

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Newsletter 6. Hawaii July 2016

Hawaiian Video Diaries Connect with us to get daily update’s of our travel’s and

adventure’s on this amazing world trip.

Maui Part 1: https://youtu.be/j7YOhwN8pHc

Maui Part 2: https://youtu.be/kUATrOBsE7w

Online Dance Lessons A small explanation of what’s to come. Click below to see whats

happening on the website.

WWW.dancehouseinternational.com

https://youtu.be/DQHOcOQFIK4

ALOHA !

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