Sybil Pruett:
CLASS OF 1957
Waipahu High SchoolClass of 1957
Waipahu, HI
Sybil's Story
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MY BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS TO TEACH POLYNESIAN DANCING IN CA ON AUGUST 1969. WHAT STARTED OUT AS A HOBBY MUSHROOMED INTO ONE OF THE BIGGEST HALAUS IN HERCULES, CA.
MY GRANDMOTHER, AUNT HELEN AND UNCLE DORING WERE THE PEOPLE WHO ENCOURAGED TO TAKE HULA LESSONS FROM KUMU HULA KU'ULEI CLARK. MY MOM BROUGHT ME OUT OF MY SHELL TO TEACH. SHE INSPIRED ME TO SING, PLAY THE UKULELE, CHANT, AND TEACH TAHITIAN DRUMMING. WHENEVER WE HAD AN ANNUAL HOIKE, SOME OF THE PROCEEDS WENT TOWARD SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MY STUDENTS ENTERING COLLEGE. OUR GROUP KNOWN AS, KU'UIPO 'ANELA 'O KALANI, WON MANY AWARDS IN VARIOUS COMPETITIONS. OU...Expand for more
R MOST REWARDING EXPERIENCE WAS TO COMPETE AT THE 1984 AND 1985 MERRIE MONARCH IN HILO, HI.
I RETIRED IN NOVEMBER 2000; MY HUSBAND JIMMY AND I MOVED TO WAIKOLOA ON THE BIG ISLAND ON APRIL 1, 2001.
I'M CURRENTLY GIVING UKULELE LESSONS TO THE NA KUPUNA FROM HONOKA'A, PA'AUILO AND WAIMEA EVERY WEDNESDAYS IN HONOKA'A. I TEACH THE NA KUPUNA, OLI, CHANT,SINGING PLAY MUSIC IN HAWAIIAN, TAHITIAN, SAMOAN, MAORI AND ENGLISH. WE RECENTLY PARTICIPATED AT THE 2004 KUPUNA HULA FESTIVAL WHICH WAS HELD AT THE KING KAMEHAMEHA HOTEL IN KAILU-KONA, HI. WE HAD FUN AND MET SO MANY KUPUNA FROM JAPAN, CA AND OUTER ISLANDS.
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