Help us for our Hawaiian Hula Graduation
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My name is Miho Kauanoeanuhea and I'm asking your support to achieve our goal which is graduation as next Level of Hula Students.
We are 6 oversea students studying about Hawaiian culture and Hula in Hawaii.
Some of us have been studying under our teacher almost 20 years, I have been studying under her for 16 years.
The reason we are studying under her is because she is the most Lovable Kumu Hula (Hula teacher) for us and she shares everything with us even though she knows we are not Hawaiian or American.
She says she is forever a student of the Hula. She has been studying and researching for over 50 years even after she graduated as Kumu Hula. We all are inspired by her and we are dedicated to following in her path and keep studying.
Our study has required us to travel to Hawaii 3-4 times a year for 2 weeks of intense study. We've been doing this intense training for 7 years, and our graduation is happening soon! Our final test will be the Sep to see if we will graduate. This cost of the necessary travel has been very costly.
We have managed to support our hula training by teaching Hula or taking a part time job. (We can't work full time because we have to go to Hawaii 3-4 times a year for 2 weeks and none of the company will hire us as full time worker.) But with the upcoming expenses involved with a graduation our funding is even more difficult. We have already had to dip into our savings. And Now, the Coronavirus has deprived us of even that source of income.
Most rental studios are closed and even if it's open, students are hesitant to come to class, so we have been forced to cancel our classes… that means our source of income is cut off!
I would like to ask any of you who have great heart to support us to having our final step to go to Hawaii.
Any small amount will help us a lot, and we will all be so appreciative of it <3
Below is the short Video of What we do.
At Kukaniloko, Oahu, Hawaiʻi
Studied for Hawaiian wisdom, and danced for Hawaiian ancestors and gods.
We are 6 oversea students studying about Hawaiian culture and Hula in Hawaii.
Some of us have been studying under our teacher almost 20 years, I have been studying under her for 16 years.
The reason we are studying under her is because she is the most Lovable Kumu Hula (Hula teacher) for us and she shares everything with us even though she knows we are not Hawaiian or American.
She says she is forever a student of the Hula. She has been studying and researching for over 50 years even after she graduated as Kumu Hula. We all are inspired by her and we are dedicated to following in her path and keep studying.
Our study has required us to travel to Hawaii 3-4 times a year for 2 weeks of intense study. We've been doing this intense training for 7 years, and our graduation is happening soon! Our final test will be the Sep to see if we will graduate. This cost of the necessary travel has been very costly.
We have managed to support our hula training by teaching Hula or taking a part time job. (We can't work full time because we have to go to Hawaii 3-4 times a year for 2 weeks and none of the company will hire us as full time worker.) But with the upcoming expenses involved with a graduation our funding is even more difficult. We have already had to dip into our savings. And Now, the Coronavirus has deprived us of even that source of income.
Most rental studios are closed and even if it's open, students are hesitant to come to class, so we have been forced to cancel our classes… that means our source of income is cut off!
I would like to ask any of you who have great heart to support us to having our final step to go to Hawaii.
Any small amount will help us a lot, and we will all be so appreciative of it <3
Below is the short Video of What we do.
At Kukaniloko, Oahu, Hawaiʻi
Studied for Hawaiian wisdom, and danced for Hawaiian ancestors and gods.
Organizer
Miho Kauanoe Shinohara
Organizer
APO, US, AP