Well, it’s hula-update day. It gets easier and harder each week. It’s easier to do the moves, but something new is added every week, which again makes me wonder if I will ever get it.

This week it was doing the hula movements to the beat on the ipu heke (that’s a double gourd). This is the more traditional hula. Frankly, it would help if the teachers would explain when you are supposed to do certain movements before I attempt it. I think it helps to hear the music or beat first. The Tahitian danicing seems to be going better. My knees are getting stronger, but I still can’t get down very low. I have a lot of work on perfecting the movements before I can go fast as well. I seem to be learning this dance quicker.

I get a lot of encouragement from a couple of the teachers, but one was a bit surly last night. Perhaps she had a bad day…but I do see that she doesn’t have much patience with the beginner class. She’s very knowledgeable about hula, but I wish she could explain it better.