AUTSA Dance Group - Samoan Language Week 2015

AUTSSA Dance Group

On a cold morning on Monday 25th May we went to the hall to watch a Samoan dance group perform on stage.

First we waited until everybody was quiet so they could start. When everybody was quiet they did the National Anthem in Samoan with the help of some people from the Pacific dance group.

Next Jake (from the AUTSSA dance group) taught us some commands in Samoan for example, One clap, Two claps, Rub hands together, Three claps with flat hands the same way then three claps with curved hands two ways then one way together, Hands on the ground and head down, Hands on knees and head up, If he said He He you would say Ho and some others.

After that the boys and girls did a dance. The first bit of the dance was the boys slowly moved forward to give the girls a pretty pink flower (and the girls all got one there was five girls in total). The next bit was the boys swiftly moved back to the back of the stage.

Then they all sang a lovely peaceful song in Samoan. The boys then did a lovely dance together.

Next the girls went to a corner of the stage but the boys stayed to do their Samoan dance. The boys dance looked like the had practised a lot by themselves.

After that the girls came back on and did another dance together. It looked really nice together (they looked even better together).

Then a small man did a beat while the boys and girls did a dance that was kind of like a beat. It was nearly coming to the end. At the end they just said Tofa (which means goodbye in Samoan).

By Zoe