Five local dance groups showed up at the First Annual Marianas Traditional Dance Festival held Saturday at Kilili Beach Park.<\/p>\n
Despite “minor glitches,” the Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture, which organized the event, was pleased with the outcome of the project.<\/p>\n
“It’s pretty good today despite a couple of dropouts,” said Robert Hunter, executive director of the arts council.<\/p>\n
Seven groups were originally set to perform, but Hunter said two groups “called in sick.”<\/p>\n
As a result, the program which was originally scheduled to run until 7:00 PM packed up four hours earlier.<\/p>\n
A good crowd gathered at the park during the first few performances, but it dispersed due to “gaps in between the performers’ preparations,” Hunter said.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, Hunter said the council was more interested in taking the project off the ground and launching it to become an annual event for Chamorro and Carolinian dances.<\/p>\n
“With this event, we hope to encourage the formation of more dance groups, and the inclusion of traditional dance programs in school, ” Hunter said.<\/p>\n
“We want this to grow huge eventually and we hope to get more people involved next year,” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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