http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_id=126§ion_id=12&sub_section_id=44&branch_id=Rs
Queens Rosedale Library, March 17, 2008 6:30PM
Hawaiian Cultural Dance With The Aloha Iolani Dance Troupe
Adorned in native dress, the Aloha Iolani Dance Troupe performs the cultural dances and songs of Hawaii. Sway along
to the sounds of the South Pacific!
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http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/dweck/
Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library Dweck Center, Saturday, March 1, 2008, 1:00 PM
Aloha Iolani Dance Troupe
Aloha, Brooklyn! The Aloha Iolani Dance Troupe performs traditional Hawaiian dances and highlights traditional
Hawaiian music and culture.
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http://www.gcnews.com/news/2007/0302/Community/053.html
Garden City News Online, Mar. 2, 2007
Hula Dance Concert & Workshop Sunday, March 18th at 2:00 PM
Time to shake off the winter blues and shake something else! And, we have just the people who can teach us to
do it right. The Aloha Iolani Hula Dance Troupe will be at the Garden City Public Library on Sunday March 18th at
2:00 PM to bring a taste of the Polynesian islands to our island. The company will entertain us with traditional
dances from Hawaii and then teach us all to do the Hula. Join us for some fun, a lot of laughs, and a little exercise.
For further information please call Laura Flanagan at the Garden City Library 742-8405.
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http://www.nassaulibrary.org/valleyst/LibraryNews/News2007Hula.htm
2007 Traditional Hawaiian Hula Dance & Steel Guitar Music
The Henry Waldinger Memorial Library is holding "Celebrating America's Musical Diversity," a series of musical
programs which were partially funded by a Nassau Grant for the Arts administered by the Long Island Arts Council at
Freeport. On Thursday, March 8, 2007, the Aloha Iohani Dance Troupe performed Traditional Hawaiian Hula Dance &
Steel Guitar Music and taught the children in the audience how to hula. The children had a great time wearing grass
skirts and learning the hula.
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http://www.caramoor.org/html/programsfamilies.htm
Caramoor, Programs for Families
April 22, 2006 KAILANI
Saturday, 11:30 am order online
and 1:00 pm order online
Single Tickets: $15
Special Family Ticket Price: (for groups of 5 or more): $65
Kailani, which means waters from heaven in Hawaiian, is made up of Olivia Iolani and Chris Merwin. They perform
traditional Hawaiian hula dance and steel guitar music for children and adults of all ages. Their mission is to introduce
audiences to authentic Hawaiian culture through dance and music. One thing that sets them apart from other hula
Olivia Iolani is the lead dancer of the Aloha Iolani Dance Troupe. The troupe was featured in New York Newsday and
ABC TV and performs in Queens, Nassau and Suffolk libraries, museums, senior centers and children's organizations.
Olivia Iolani is also the director of Dancealoha, a New York based company that specializes in Hawaiian theme and
Polynesian theme Luau party dance entertainment for children and seniors.
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http://www.nassaulibrary.org/hewlett/oljas05.html
A LITTLE SUMMER NIGHT MUSIC
Hawaiian & Polynesian Dance
Aloha Iolani Dancers, directed by Olivia Meyer
Wednesday, July 6, 2005
Hawaiian dance is one of the most beautiful and expressive of all dances. While the hips sway to the music, the hands
move gracefully to tell stories about the islands, its people, and culture. There will also be dances from other islands.
Warm up your hip joints and get ready to sway the evening away!!
Honoring Frank Zaret, past president Friends of the Library
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http://www.queens.lib.ny.us/events/pick_event.asp?operation=specific_date&selected_date=7/16/2005
Queens Library, Events Calendar
07/16/05 2:00PM Bayside An Afternoon of Hawaiian Cultural Dance, Music and Folklore Adorned in
native dress, the Aloha Iolani Dance Troupe performs the cultural dances, songs, and folklore of Hawaii.
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http://www.queens.lib.ny.us/events/pick_event.asp?operation=specific_date&selected_date=6/20/2005
Queens Library, Events Calendar
06/20/05 6:30PM Pomonok An Evening of Hawaiian Cultural Dance, Music and Folklore Adorned in
native dress, the Aloha Iolani Dance Troupe performs the cultural dances, songs, and folklore of Hawaii.
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http://www.babylonbeacon.com/News/2005/0415/Library/041.html
The Beacon, Babylon Library, Babylon, NY
Brentwood • 273-7883
Second Avenue and Fourth Street
Aloha Iolani Dance Troupe will be dancing to the Hawaiian Hapa Haole Classics Sunday, April 17, 2 to 3 p.m. There
will also be Polynesian dances from Tahiti with music from the beat of the Tahitian drums.
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The Long Island Museum in Stony Brook
Celebrates Two Decades of Fiddle and Folk:
The 20th Annual Long Island Fiddle and Folk Festival
Sunday, September 12, 2004 – Noon to 5PM
(Stony Brook, NY) The 20th Annual Long Island Fiddle and Folk Festival will be held on September 12, 2004 from noon
to 5PM at the Long Island Museum’s nine-acre complex in historic Stony Brook. Drawing music lovers from near and
far, last year’s festival attracted over 1,500 fans. Acclaimed duo Karen Savoca and Pete Heitzman will headline the
annual family festival this year.
(snip)
Kicking off the 20th Fiddle & Folk Festival is Kailani (“waters from heaven” in Hawaiian)— Olivia Iolani and Chris
Merwin—performing traditional Hawaiian hula dance and steel guitar music. Olivia has been dancing the hula since
the age of five. She is the lead dancer of Aloha Iolani dance troupe, and has performed and taught at spas and resorts
all over the U.S. including Canyon Ranch, Gold Door and the Kaiulani Hotel in Honolulu.
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http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=04-32
'Islands of the Pacific' Show at Brookhaven Lab Features Polynesian Dancing and Japanese
Drumming, April 24
March 30, 2004
Upton, NY - "Islands of the Pacific," a special event to celebrate National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, will
be held at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory on Saturday, April 24, at 7 p.m. in Berkner
Hall. The public is invited to the event featuring the Aloha Iolani Hawaiian Dance Troupe and Japanese drumming
group Ryu Shu Taiko. All visitors to the Laboratory age 16 and over must bring a photo ID.
Founded by Olivia Iolani Meyers, the South Huntington, NY-based Aloha Iolani Hawaiian Dance Troupe has performed
at numerous venues on Long Island and at resorts and spas throughout the U.S. The dance troupe will perform
Polynesian dancing from Hawaii, Tahiti, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
In 1998, Gerard Senese founded Ryu Shu Taiko, which is based in the karate studio of Ryu Shu Kan in Farmingville,
NY. Ryu Shu Taiko is composed of children and adult karate students who have made their own taiko drums out of Long
Island wine barrels. Their performance is an exciting blend of martial arts, folk dance and drumming. Throughout the
year, Ryu Shu Taiko performs at local schools and at various Long Island events, as well as throughout the Northeast.
Tickets for the event cost $10 each for adults, and $5 each for children and students who present a student ID. They
may be purchased at the door or in advance at the Brookhaven Employees Recreation Association Sales Office on
weekdays, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call (631) 344-7988. The Laboratory is located on William Floyd
Parkway (County Road 46), one-and-a-half miles north of Exit 68 of the Long Island Expressway.
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http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/libraries/babl/newsletters/june03.pdf
The Anchor, The Monthly Newsletter of the Babylon Public Library
Hawaiian Dance Program
Wednesday, June 18 7:00 – 8:00 PM
The Aloha Iolani Dance Troupe gives an amazing, graceful
performance of the traditional hula dance. This show promises
to be energetic, beautiful and fun for everyone who attends!
Reserve your seats today!
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http://shpl.suffolk.lib.ny.us/newsletter/previous/030506/030506_news.pdf
HAWAIIAN DANCE
WORKSHOP
Wednesdays, May 28, June 4, 11 & 18, 4:15-5 p.m., Grades K-5
Learn the art of hula from South Huntington resident, Olivia Meyers of the Aloha Iolani Hawaiian Dance Troupe.
Children
will also be introduced to Hawaiian music and culture. Registration begins Saturday, May 17, 9 a.m. (Limit: 2 tickets per
person) Please note: This is a 4-week class. Please do not register if you cannot attend every week.
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http://www.queenstribune.com/news/1126203738.html
Remembering A Tragedy: Celebration & Reflection Sept. 11 Events Planned Throughout Queens
Post 9/11 Reflection
Queens Library invites everyone to welcome back Sunday service at the Central Library, Flushing Library and Jackson
Heights Branch. Those three library locations will resume seven-day-a-week service beginning Sunday, Sept. 11 and
will continue through June 2006. (The Kew Gardens Hills Branch and the Richmond Hills Branch have service on
Sunday all year.) Special programs are scheduled throughout the day. Admission is free.
The centerpiece will be “Reflections, Remembrance and Renewal, A Celebration of our Resiliency in Commemoration
of 9/11.” It will feature the finest multi-cultural performers in Queens volunteering their talents in a live, marathon
celebration for the future. Reflections, Remembrance and Renewal will take place at three library locations
simultaneously.
Appearing at various locations will be Aloha Iolani Dance Troupe; Americas Vocal Ensemble; Ba Ban Music Society;
Chinese Music Ensemble of New York; The Dancing Crane Georgian Dance Theater; Flutist Norman Dee and Pianist
Josephine Chan Yung; Pop Jazz Singer Stan Edwards; Sri Lankan Artists Eranga & Prianga; Jazz Musician Dan Faulk &
Vocalist Robin Ellis; Insight Out’s ROCKOLAGE; *Instituto de Arte Teatral Internacional; Guitarist Horacio Laguna &
Percussionist Brandon Passarelli; Singer/Storyteller Soh-Young Lee-Segredo; Charles Moore Dance Theatre; Music
from China; New York Art Songs Association; Jazz Vocalist Gabriele Tranchina & Pianist/Composer Joe Vincent
Tranchina; Jazz Vocalist Dorothy Parks; Queens Poets; César & Nelly Vuksic; Classical Guitarist Don Witter; *Yekuana
Productions Theater Group. (*Part of the performance is presented in Spanish.)
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