The hotel that I was staying at had a hula dancing and ukulele show. I went up the hill and to the stage. A waitress took me to my seat and I watched as the show began. Hula Dancing isn’t just moving your hips! It's a complicated dance! As the hula dancers were dancing, ukulele players played a song and sang in Hawaiian. Then the music stopped and the hula dancers showed us how to do a simple dance! The waiters brought us leis and hula skirts after we mastered the dance.
" Right foot out, right foot back. Left foot out, left foot back. Sway hips and spin around. Hands crossed on chest then open up arms. And repeat." We hula danced and everyone was having fun, then we all sat down for more ukulele! The players played a few songs and I learned some words in Hawaiian! I found out that Aloha has more meaning than just “Hello” It means love, and affection! Not only does Aloha mean hello, but it also means goodbye. The people of Hawaii take the word Aloha to granted and touching to their hearts. It’s a beautiful word! The crowd and I also learned that Pono is an important word. Pono means Righteousness. It is an important word, and is used commonly in describing the land and people. It is a sacred word.



After the show was over the waitresses brought out dinner. And there was so much of it! They first brought out Oven Kalua Pork. Oven Kalua Pork is roasted pork prepared in an underground steam oven, known as imu in Hawaiian. The Oven Kalua Pork was covered lightly with sea salt and surrounded by onions and carrots.
Next the waitresses and waiters brought out Tuna Poke, which is a fish salad. Poke is the Hawaiian word for “section”. Traditionally, the fish used in this dish are tuna and octopi.
Finally we had mochi ice cream (which was brought by the Japanese) and is soft sticky rice cake with ice cream inside. There was chocolate and strawberry. But my favorite was the green tea mochi ice cream.