Last weekend, I participated in my first hula performance at a local Japanese festival. Remember that my host mom is a hula instructor and she has insisted that I attend all hula practices and perform with her students. I'm sure I looked a little strange standing among all 9 year and 11 year old Japanese girls... It was fun to see the shock on peoples face's when they caught a glimpse of me backstage though.
I borrowed the white hula dress from my host mom but the second outfit my host mom made for me!
During the performance, one of the hula dancer's younger brothers, a five year old who has a crush on me, kept shouting がんばってローレン (Good Luck/You can do it, Lauren)!
I am really enjoying hula dancing and although I wouldn't qualify it as exercise, it is very relaxing and stress relieving!
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