CAMA'I FESTIVAL 2012.

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

I WENT TO THE CAMA'I FESTIVAL 2012 IN BETHEL, ALASKA.

The CAMAI dance festival, sponsored by the Bethel Council on the Arts, is an annual three-day event which draws dozens of performance groups from rural Alaska as well as some groups from urban Alaska and other states.  Most of the Festival performance groups are Native Dancers performing traditional Yup’ik and Inupiat story dances.

The CAMAI festival lasts for three days and draws very large crowds, filling the Bethel High School gymnasium to overflowing with hundreds of Bethel residents as well as people who travel to Bethel for the festival from throughout southwest Alaska.  More information about the CAMAI festival (with pictures of the 2002 Festival, including the Anchorage Youth Symphony) may be found at the Bethel Council on the Arts website (www.bethelarts.com).

I ENJOYED MY TIME WITH FRIENDS AND GOT TO SEE MANY PEOPLE WHOM I'VE HAVEN'T SEEN FOR SOME TIME.  IF ANY OF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO ATTEND THIS FESTIVAL...  PLEASE DO SO...  IT'S AN AWESOME AND UNFORGETTABLE EVENT YOU'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER!!!

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WAIPA

ANOTHER CRUISE IN BETHEL, AK.

ANOTHER VIDEO OF ME AND BETH CRUISING THROUGH BETHEL, ALASKA ON A MUCH WARMER DAY.  SPRING IS COMING SOON!!!

I CAN'T WAIT!!!

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WAIPA

HAU'OLI LA HANAU E KAHEALANI.

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

TODAY IS MY DAUGHTER, KAHEALANI'S BIRTHDAY.  SHE IS 9 YEARS OLD!!!  I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW FAST TIME WENT BY.  IT ONLY SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY I WAS HOLDING HER IN MY ARMS AND NOW SHE'S 9!!!

KAHEALANI...  MOMMY & DADDY WISHES YOU A BIG "HAU'OLI LA HANAU" ALL THE WAY FROM ALASKA!!!  WE BOTH MISS YOU VERY MUCH AND WISHED WE COULD BE THERE CELEBRATING WITH YOU.

MAY THIS DAY BE AN AWESOME DAY OF JOYS AND MEMORIES THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER!!!  GIVE OUR LOVE AND ALOHA TO PAPA, GRANDMA, AUNTY LOKE, AUNTY LEHUA, AUNTY LEO, AUNTY JOANN, UNCLE MIKE, UNCLE KAI, AND MANY OTHERS WHO HAS MADE YOUR TIME IN KEAUKAHA WELL ENJOYED AND ALWAYS BUSY WITH FUN ACTIVITIES.  WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE HAVE DONE SINCE YOU MOVED TO KEAUKAHA...  WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL TOWARDS YOUR OHANA IN KEAUKAHA FOR ALLOWING YOU TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE AND LEARN.

DON'T FORGET TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS GIVEN YOU GIFTS & GREETINGS ON YOUR BIRTHDAY!!!

AGAIN...  WE LOVE YOU AND ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU!!!

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LOVE ALWAYS,

MOMMY & DADDY

KARAOKE & DANCING!!!

THIS IS THE 2ND WEEKEND IN THE ROW WE'VE BEEN HAVING "KARAOKE & DANCING"!!!  LOOKS LIKE I'M GONNA BE HAVING THESE EVENTS ON A WEEKEND BASIS.  I'VE BEEN REUNITING WITH OLD FRIENDS WHOM I'VE HAVEN'T SEEN FOR SOME TIME, GOOD FOODS & DRINKS...  AND THE BEST OF IT ALL...  IT'S FUN!!!

I'M ALSO ANXIOUS FOR THE SPRING WEATHER TO ARRIVE BECAUSE I AM JUST ABOUT HAD IT WITH THIS ARCTIC WINTER!!!

COUPLE MORE WEEKS TO GO AND HOPEFULLY I'LL BE HEARING THE BIRDS ARRIVING FROM THE SOUTH!!!

MAHALO:  MY BRADDAS, KA'IWA & IOKEPA AND ALSO BETH, SARAH, AND SHARON FOR JOINING US IN THE FUN!!!

AGAIN...  STAY TUNED FOR MORE CRAZY, FUN, AND UNEXPECTED VIDEOS AND PICTURES AS YOU MAY NEVER KNOW WHAT COMES UP NEXT...  BECAUSE "YOU" COULD BE ON NEXT!!!

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WAIPA

KARAOKE FUN AT "WAIPA'S"!!!

WELL I FINALLY GOT TO HAVE SOME FUN TIMES WITH MY OHANA & FRIENDS...  AFTER GOING THRU A ROUGH WINTER OF ARCTIC FREEZE UPS...  I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET MY PLACE UP AND RUNNING.

WE STARTED THE EVENING EARLY AT 7:00PM WITH BETH COMING OVER AND HELPED ME WITH PREPPING FOODS...  "SPAM MUSUBI", "KAMABOKO MUSUBI", "SHRIMP COCKTAIL MUSUBI", BETH'S HOMEMADE HUMMUS WITH BAKED BREAD, IOKEPA'S DESSERT(WE NEVER DID EAT YET...  LOL!!!), I ALSO MADE MY FAVORITE "COLD GINGER TOFU SALAD", OH AND ALMOST FORGOT THE "KILLER JELLO SHOOTERS" AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT...  MY BRADAS, KA'IWA & IOKEPA CAME OVER AND UNEXPECTEDLY YET AMAZINGLY...  AMY FINALLY CAME OVER AND HANGED OUT WITH ALL OF US AFTER NEARLY 13 YEARS PASSED...  LOL!!!

WE STARTED THE EVENING WITH SOME "X-BOX 360 KINECT SPORTS 2", PLAYING "DARTS" AND "GOLF".  AFTER THAT WE WENT STRAIGHT FOR THE "KARAOKE" AND SANG OUR VOICES TIL WE LOST IT!!!

AND WE ENDED THE EVENING...  OR SHALL I SAY MORNING 6:30AM...  YOU READ CORRECTLY...  6:30AM WITH "JUST DANCE 3!!!"

IT WAS GRUELING AND EXHAUSTING...  BUT A NIGHT IT WAS!!!

BIG MAHALOS TO KA'IWA, IOKEPA, BETHE, AND AMY FOR COMING OVER AND HAVING AN AWESOME TIME!!!

SHALL WE DO THIS NEXT WEEKEND???

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WAIPA

HAU'OLI LA HANAU E IOKEPA!!!

BABY IOKEPA...  LOL!!!

CELEBRATED BRADA IOKEPA'S BIRTHDAY AT SHOGUN RESTAURANT WITH OHANA!!!  IT WAS GOOD TO BE BACK HANGING OUT WITH MY BRADAS WHOM I HAVEN'T SEEN FOR SOME TIME BECAUSE OF MY HECTIC WORK SCHEDULE AND EMT CLASS COMBINED.

BRADA IOKEPA, "HAU'OLI LA HANAU" AND I WISH YOU A WONDERFUL AND BLESSED LIFE FOR AS LONG AS YOU LIVE!!!

ALOHA ME KA MALAMA PONO!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA