Word: hawaii
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...mightiest force of naval vessels ever engaged in maneuvers under the U. S. flag fought for the capture of Hawaii and control of the Pacific...
...member of the Bureau and Mr. Whalen's visit at this time is only a matter of form, but the Bureau's blessing will be useful. Twenty-four U. S. State Legislatures have already decided to participate officially. Missouri has voted $250,000; Pennsylvania & Hawaii are considering bills appropriating $500,000 and $300,000 respectively. Grinning cheerily Mr. Whalen declared that his fair was running four months ahead of schedule...
...sings them, is free to improvise or repeat. She gives the accompanying musicians their cues, establishes the time with her swaying hips. Different dances require different costumes. Huapala wore grass skirts, tapa gowns, the Mother Hubbard cloak introduced by missionaries. She described in words and gestures the districts of Hawaii, the torments of despised loves, the varieties of Hawaiian fish. Connoisseurs were interested in her seated dances wherein she swayed from the waist, wriggled sinuous arms, clicked a pair of pebbles called ili ili. Mikel Hanapi, dressed in a cape of red and yellow feathers which Huapala had made...
...thrusting her right foot forward and putting the weight on her left. A large sprinkling of Hawaiians shouted interminable hikis, the equivalent of "bravo." People who do not understand Hawaiian were most amused by Miss Mader's Roosevelt Dance which she sang in English. When the President visited Hawaii three years...
...Nawahi wrote a song of welcome, upon which Miss Mader based a dance. Words: "O Roosevelt, universally known, President of the nation, the foremost of America. You are the only President who has come to Hawaii. You have braved the stormy weather and traveled the long seas, stepping over the waves to our calm shores to find Hawaii situated in the midst of the Pacific. Welcome! Here we stand ready before you, the President of the people. Tell us, what would you like us to do, Roosevelt...