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...want to widen your dance repertoire beyond salsa and tango, there's always hula. Long before Captain James Cook arrived on the island of Kauai in 1778, Hawaiians were performing the hypnotic dance. Though its origins are steeped in legend, the hula is thought to have been brought to Hawaii by Polynesian immigrants more than 1,500 years ago. The stylized hand and foot gestures are meant to mirror natural phenomena like swaying palms and waterfalls, and are always accompanied by rhythmic chants. Grass skirts, leis and decorative ferns, nuts and shells, are intended to symbolize the integration of nature...
Since the Crimson’s season ended in November, the NFL hopeful and 2004 Ivy Player of the Year has been doing all he can to improve his draft potential. He has played in two senior bowls—the East-West Shrine Bowl and the Hula Bowl—impressing scouts with his accuracy and ability to throw on the run. He has practiced with big-name quarterbacks like Oklahoma’s Jason White. And he showed off his stuff to scores of NFL teams at last weekend’s NFL combine in Indianapolis...
Tomorrow’s final isn’t even the last of it, as Fitzpatrick will fly home to Arizona for a take-home final before heading off to Hawaii for the Hula Bowl and, yes, another Saturday final exam...
Some schedule shuffling, however, is a small sacrifice to make for the opportunities the Shrine Bowl—as well as next week’s Hula Bowl in Hawaii—will provide. These nationally televised senior bowls, along with the NFL combine in Indianapolis next month, will be crucial to improve Fitzpatrick’s draft status...
...Harvard football captain and Ivy Player of the Year has accepted invitations to play in two senior bowls in the month of January, Crimson Sports Information released this week. Fitzpatrick will play in the East West Shrine Game in San Francisco on Jan. 15 and the Hula Bowl in Kihei, Hawaii, on Jan. 22. Both games will be nationally televised on ESPN and ESPN2, respectively...