HBDA Kokua Aikane Fundraiser.

Showered at three PM and got ready for the evening. I got the bike on the bus early and I was on my way to Honolulu. Several errands to run all over and then got to the Palladium before 7:00 PM for the well known, HBDA Kokua Aikane Fundraiser.

"Music is an outburst of the soul."
~Frederick Delius

Nice people at the reception table, as per usual, and I asked them for a photo. But then there was some movement in the kitchen and it looked interesting enough to try for a photo of the kitchen people. These kitchen people are very important in a function such as this. So let's face it, we have the kitchen and a photo there was due. But our dancing friends are that way, there is a photo let's get in on it. Too many people to get the names but we got a nice picture.

Happy in helping out. Good People

Then I went back in front and I took the photo of the people in the reception table with a few others. Nice, too many, no names needed. Ran the lottery for a CD music, and almost missed the winner. Then I gave Mrs Yamanaka her pick for a dance lesson tape.

These people look like they are having fun.

Went around the ballroom, and God, there are an awful lot of regular "run of the mill" nice beautiful people. Then ran into Patty Dela Cruz. Perfect for the "Good People" in Dancing in the Dark blog. I think I made good communication to Marco and Patty, that they do not have to do anything but pick the couple for the next month. Let's face it, we have an awful lot of "good people" in our dance community. I didn't say "perfect" I said "Good People."

The "Good People" appear in the side bar, for one month. Then they in turn pick the next months "Good People." This guarantees that the "Good People" will not be "teacher's pets." In these social blogs, everyone will have an opinion to express and this is one of them.

After that I ran into Felipe and Madeline from Wahiawa and I see them often in HBDA functions in town. Perfect for the Town Dancer blog, "Good people" and of course I advised them that they should pick the next month's "Good People," from Town for it is going into the Town Dancer blog. We are getting there slowly.

Then I wanted at least one more photo. I ran into three nice ladies but I needed some men in the photos. We went around and around. Then one of the ladies spoke Spanish so we had a Rumba but the conversation changed to blogs.

She has a blog and I got my first quote for the Spanish edition. "Bailamos" Leone De Ponte. We must start somewhere. By the time we finished the Rumba, we had a different crowd for the photo. However, I goofed, I had left the old pictures still in the camera and I don't have a memory card. OK, I have to get a memory card.

"Young At Heart" by Frank Sinatra

Anyway, I went around the ballroom again I said hello to so many good friends, then approaching the entrance, I was glad to see Calvin and Debra come in. Perhaps he can add a few photos to his blog.

I had been planning on going to DJ Rod, Salsa at Dream to Dance Studio after, but feeling tired in my old age and no camera, I thought about an alternative. Last "C" bus leaves for the Waianae Coast at 8:35 pm from Ala Moana Center. I decided to try to make that.

I would miss all the beautiful routines by the good chapters out there, but I had to go. Hopefully, June will fill it in with the proper places and perhaps Calvin too. I left the Palladium at 7:55 and got the 13 bus to town. A short ride and I was at the Ala Moana Transit Center with 15 minutes to spare.

My beautiful music and the Time Solution made it easy, a dream come true all the way to Nanakuli. Almost ran out of the Time Solution but otherwise made it home before ten. I made another R & C and I got almost all of the essentials in the blog and I could finish it Sunday morning.

"It is getting harder and harder to support the government in the style to which it has been accustomed."