Mana Review

Mana Performence Review

On Friday the 10th of May, there was a performance being taken in the Room Eight classroom for Karoro School. This was a show about what cultures do and is based on family historys. A man called 'Bernard Mangakahia' had been doing performances since is he was little. He has done many many shows all around the world and had done one for Karoro School. The show was called Mana which means "The Spirit Of Polynesia."

Bernard has 3 sons. One who grew up loving to dance and decided to dance on the street one Saturday afternoon and had earned one hundred dollars. He decided to dance every week after that on Saturdays. That son  is now dancing as well as his dad. One other son hasn't decided what he wants to do and the last one likes to play basketball and play games and go tournaments. Bernard told us he had family spreaded all over the world like his parents were born in different countries and people like his grandparents as well.

Bernard likes to dance so he is hosting a show at Karoro School. He used many objects in his dancing. Bernard used hula hoops and he said each hula hoop represents a challenge and each time you achieve one challenge you wear that hula hoop. When he was dancing he was using hula hoops and making different birds like an eagle flying across the sky, a butterfly and a snake. He also used poi's. He asked if anyone would like to volunteer to do the poi. Many students put there hands up in the air to be chosen. I remember a few who when up to try do a routine with a poi. People like Wairini, Sam, Mia, Luke and with  4 or 5 others.
Bernard also talked to having courage and saying that you can buy things and earn money but you can't buy courage. He says" standing up in front of everyone and saying or doing something takes a lot of courage."

At the end of the show Bernard said his sons gave his parts of an outfit to do a dance in. Since one of his sons likes basketball he gave his dad some basketball shoes to dance in and he got given other things likes a hat and these hawaiian flower necklaces I think are called "Leis."
Overall I really enjoyed this show and I found it cool to watch and I thought it was very entertaining to watch.