Tonight's Main Event:
MA'OHI NUI kicking off the ProBowl Party @ Waterfront, Aloha Tower.
Live performances by T-Pain and JBoog
You're probably thinking that I'm crazy to be blogging on a "show day," but trust me this one will be short, because I'm running on a tight schedule... tight like my pu........ Bahahahaah! Okay so before working my 7 hour shift today [with no break, as usual], I got up early to work out, eat breakfast, pack my lunch, shower, brush my teeth, and then I had to scrounge for ti-leaves to make our fresh costumes for tonight's show.
You're probably asking, "Why did I procrastinate and not have my fresh costumes done earlier in the week?" Well, for two reasons, 1) I was working during the day and practicing nights to prepare for our upcoming tour. 2) Our clients don't hire dancers that dance with dead crap for costumes, thus we try to keep our costumes as fresh as possible... [Just like fresh ahi poke from Tanioka's].
So, if you don't own a farm or botanical garden, which most dancers don't, you're gonna have to go on a wild search to find the plants and resources you need for costume making....... et Voila! Here is my secret spot for picking my red ti leaves. I try to look conspicuous or pretend that I'm doing regular maintenance so that I don't get caught, busted, or arrested! Yiiiikes!
I already have green ti leaves in my yard, so that's where these babies in the pic below came from. Now I have to clean, strip and braid the leaves into material to make my costume, which for tonight will be a hip costume and a hei for my head.
Even if you're a pro at making these, finding the time out of a busy schedule to have your costumes done is still a hassle because it is time consuming. Just like cooking, you want to make your costumes with love, otherwise the end result just comes out sh***y. Preparing for shows and being a hardcore dancer in general gets really tiring :0( but the pay off is great, which is why I'm still die hard!
Anyways, the end result is shown below :0) Now all I have to do is throw some water on her, put her in a cooler, or a cool place in general, and I'll be ready to rock the sh** out of her at our show!!
awesome blog about how time-consuming prepping for a show can be!
ReplyDeletegood luck and have fun tonite!!
so...what you're trying to say is that your schedule is tight like prom night?!
Bahahahahaha!!
ReplyDeleteexaaaactly ;)
Wow, I totally didn't know how much goes work goes into making costumes. Kudos sister!
ReplyDeleteHahaha! Yesss sis, totally! That's why I usually get super stressed out during big show events because of all the preparations involved, but making the ti leaves is just a part of the preparation... I'm thinking about doing a whole 'nother blog about how to prep "show hair" Hahaha!
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Good job on keeping up with your wedding blog :0)