Category: Bon Dance
Champuru featured on Channel808’s bon dance video
I was recently interviewed by Melissa Chang of Nonstop Honolulu / Hawaii IRL to talk about bon dancing. David, president of the Young Okinawans of Hawaii, and I had a great time chatting with Melissa. Enjoy!
There are a couple of videos up so be sure to check out Channel808’s YouTube channel.
And so marks the beginning of Hawaii’s bon dance season. 🙂
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It’s bon dance season!
Donna’s BonDance.com website has a schedule up for the 2011 bon dance season. I’m planning on attending a few with her Bon Dance Posse so maybe I’ll some of you there.
There’s also an informative video about Obon and eisa up on BonDance.com so be sure to check it out. Here’s the link: What is Obon?
Kadena’s Senbaru Eisaa
Like I’m wont to do, finding an interesting link (from ChatanTown’s channel) on YouTube led me to look for other things and I found video clips of my hometown’s eisaa group, Senbaru Eisaa (千原郷友会) from Kadena. I’m so stoked!
Let’s Bon Dance!: We need your help!
If you are hosting a bon dance, please take a moment to complete our survey so that we may list your event in our calendar.
Link: Bon Dance Survey (Let’s Bon Dance)
Website: “Let’s Bon Dance!” www.bondance.com
For all of you bon dance lovers out there, Donna has created a new website for you to keep up-to-date on where the action is at as well as posts that show you what bon dancing is all about through wonderful photos and videos.
It’ll be great to see others in different parts of the world (so far only the Hawaiian Islands are represented) join in on her website so be sure to contact Donna with your information and let’s make this the place to go to on the Web for bon dance info!
YouTube: “Tenyo Bushi” uploaded by champuru
Hawaii’s bon dance season is well underway and Donna (champuru) of DancingFools.org uploaded a clip on her YouTube channel:
The Young Okinawans of Hawaii (YOH) team up with the Ukwanshin Kabudan at the Pearl City Hongwanji bon dance, August 7-8, 2009.
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Slideshow of Nidaime Teishin Kai Hawaii Shibu’s trip to Lanaʻi in 2008
Created a little slideshow of a trip that Nidaime Teishin Kai Hawaii Shibu took to Lanaʻi to take part in the bon dance there this past July. (Can you spot me in any of the slides? 😛 )
Okinawa City Okinawa (沖縄市) blogs “Obon=Eisa”
We live in Okinawa City, which boasts the best Eisa teams in the country; so each section of the city (Goya, Takahara, Awase, etc.) has a team that goes through the neighboroods playing during Obon.
Paul has YouTube clips up on his site too so check it out! (Paul, I have family in Goya. 🙂 )
