Hi. In Pacific Islander Heritage
Days at Riverfront Park,
Very exciting. Yeah. And ahead f
that, this morning we invited
a group in that is performing.
Welcome. Good morning,
everyone. Azumi, Hi.
So tell us about the group.
Who are you all? Well,
we are the Spokane Bono Dory Dancers and
these are our students. Good morning.
And we're excited because we're going
to be performing for UM tomorrow
on May 13th at the Heritage Day.
Almost kind of dance.
Do you guys do we do Japanese
Folk Festival dancing?
And some classical too,
but it's very traditional.
It's very cool that you get to
showcase the culture and you kn,
show it off to Spokane.
And so you brought in some.
You brought us a gift, I hear.
Well, because today is the luau.
Yes, we wanted to present. Well, thank
you with the leg. Thank you.
And because it's a special day
where we're presenting the plaqs
for Trent Alley, we just want to
make sure that everyone knows at
its think, come down and see it.
I love it. So tell us a
little bit more about.
About the dance we're going to e
seeing from you guys, what is i?
Well, today we wanted to show ya
Japanese samba is kind of a modn
take on Japanese festival danci.
But there's a little bit of Brazilian.
Oh, OK. But it's also very Japa.
So we want to show you a little brief clip
of what we're going to be doing tomorrow.
OK. Take it away, Shall we? I love it.
So what's we're going to step of
the way and let you all do your dance,
and then we might join in and
learn a little bit. It sounds g.
OK. All right. Thank you. Hi.
Oh,
I like the turn this way.
Oh, and back it up and this way.
And then two up, one down. You .
One down. OK. Thank you. OK. If someone else
wants to learn, do you guys have a place
where someone can come and learn or? Well,
what we do at the Buddhist
temple, Spokane Buddhist Temple is we
open the doors and we invite pee
to come to Oban Festival and
we do free lessons there.
And then tomorrow at Heritage
Day, we like to invite the audi.
So if you, the audience,
wants to come in and jump in
and learn some dances we'll be
teaching tomorrow, wonderful.
OK. So for folks who don't know for the
the Heritage Days with Tell us the info,
it's happening today and tomorr,
let folks know what's happening
today. We're having the luau ane
fire dancers and actually the bg
presentation for Trent Alley's marker.
Yes, which we're so honored
to be a part of with Spokane.
United We stand is putting this all together.
But I think what's important abt
what the way we do our O bone dancing,
we remember our ancestors.
So it's a time of remembrance,
but it's also a time of celebra.
I love it. And so we want everye
to come and have a good time.
So today will be the luau and tn
tomorrow we're having food truc.
This would be more music and
dancing and lots of live perfor.
Wonderful.
And I'll be in seeing
that event tonight, so be sure to join us.
You can go to Spokane United We
Stand to get more information.
You do need to purchase a ticket
to the Lu out, but there are may
free things happening this week.
You can see Friday today,
three to seven, Saturday 3:50.