04-11-2012, 06:47 PM
The words "desperate" and "Merrie Monarch" don't go together that well. I hope your guests get their tickets, but I think of Merrie Monarch as a sort of Zen experience, like love: It comes from the most unexpected places and when you pursue it, it sometimes runs away and when you don't, it comes to you as quietly as the squeeze of a hand in a prayer circle. In the meantime, there is hula all around us. I hope your guests take home a dance in their hearts that is a moving prayer to the mountain, the sea, the coconut tree, to the sun, and to the moon as it shines on the water.