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Pic credits: by Mia King

A big shout out to Mia King, who has been so great in doing what she does best to promote local entrepreneurs to share their 'wares' in various locations via her business networks.

As yesterday, I had the privilege to a part of the giveaway prizes through our books for 'Koko Queen' and dance competition at Mangere Town Centre on the last day of Samoan language week. 

Now as some of you may know, I love to dance (not so public) and it was neat to see so many receiving the books to not only encourage literacy but also that some may later be gifted to other family members to read. I knew that many would have loved to dance but were so shy but if asked would have jumped at the chance.

Something I remember in the 1970s and 1980s were the dance 'socials' or discos at church venues or halls and used as fundraisers which aren't as common or popular as they used to be in being a place where people would get together and dance which was not only good for showing their dance moves but was also a place for socialising and getting together.

Now we usually watch it on TV with the likes of 'dancing with the stars' (which is one of my fave programmes to watch when in season) or other dance movies that feature dance as a part of the storyline.

So a big 'faafetai' (Samoan for thank you), 'meitaki' (Cook Islands for thank you), 'malo au pito' (Tongan for thank you) and 'fakafetai' (Maori for thank you) to Mia King for her support for our community businesses...