{"id":5765,"date":"2017-04-19T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T16:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=5765"},"modified":"2017-04-18T16:06:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T00:06:04","slug":"night-culture-food-music-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/night-culture-food-music-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"A night of culture, food, music and dance"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Paige Scofield\r\nCampus Life Editor<\/pre>\n
This year, Hawaii Club hosted their 11th annual Luau on Western\u2019s campus. A night of culture, food, music and dance, the Luau is one of the most popular events on campus. This year was special, according to the Hawaii Club President Nolan Arasato: \u201cThis is the first time in history that the Luau has sold out all of its tickets.\u201d<\/p>\n
On April 15, the Luau began in the Pacific Room of the Werner University Center. Event goers were piling up waiting for the doors to open so they could get some Hawaiian food. While participants were eating, Western\u2019s female a cappella group, Suspended, performed a few songs and members from the Hawaii Club had a jam session for people to enjoy while they ate their dinners.<\/p>\n
When asked why the Luau is an important event to have on campus, Arasato replied, \u201cI
\nthink it\u2019s important to learn about other cultures. I think that we can benefit from each other, and being that WOU is big on diversity, the Luau is a great cultural program for people to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n
Once dinner was finished, the crowd moved to the New P.E. building to grab seats for the Polynesian performances, such as Hula, Fijian, Tahitian and Samoan dances.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love watching my peers dance onstage,\u201d said Cassidy Bek, senior exercise science major and Luau helper. \u201cAll of my friends, you know, they\u2019re so pretty and I just love watching it. It\u2019s a beau\"\"tiful art.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re telling a story in their dances, and I think that\u2019s something that we often look past, they\u2019re telling a story, it\u2019s not just a dance,\u201d Bek added, \u201cThey\u2019re speaking through their motions.\u201d<\/p>\n
All performances were performed by students in the Hawaii Club and the Nesian Club. The crowd was constantly filled with cheers and applause throughout the performances. Some members of the audience even threw money on the stage, in a show of support, while the students were performing. There were several different dances, including a performance by the graduating seniors of Hawaii Club.<\/p>\n
At the end of the night, Arasato asked everyone to stand up and hold hands while the Hawaii Club performed a song to thank everyone for participating in the Luau.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Luau can never be successful without everyone\u2019s support,\u201d stated Arasato, \u201cMahalo nui loa! [Thank you very much!]\u201d<\/p>\n
Contact the author at journalcampuslife@wou.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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