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Holly Nagel

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Due to our fantastic growth, this site will be ramped up, so please pardon our dust in 2012!

"Holly's Hula Show!"
for children and families

Let's Visit Hawaii!
Holly's children & family show is fun and educational (it meets ISBE Early Elementary Standards)!

The show is 45 minutes and includes:
~~Holly sharing a Hawaiian folk story
~~Hands-on playing with Hawaiian rhythm instruments
~~Learning some Hawaiian words and hula hand gestures
~~Hula lessons and dancing, dancing, dancing!
~~Additional costumes, including colorful, exotic feather headdresses, can be used to highlight several children as volunteers or just the guest of honor

A 30-minute program is available and includes all of the above except the 'dress-up volunteers' segment.

"Going Back to My Grass Shack"
for Seniors, 30-min and 45-min

Let's go back to Hawaii as Holly shares the music, songs and dances of the Isles. This tropically engaging program will have everyone dancing and singing along!

   "Holly Nagel performed a "Hawaiian Stories and Dance" program to a sold-out crowd of families ranging in age from preschool to grandparents. It was a delightful and colorful program filled with interactive music, dance and storytelling that kept the kids and parents enthusiastically participating!

   Holly was a pleasure to work with in every aspect. She was prompt and attentive from the very beginning, from booking the program all the way through the evening of her performance. She is very professional. She understands children, she manages the crowd well and paces her show just right to keep the kids going. The parents enjoyed watching their children perform alongside Holly--they even wanted pictures after the show!" Silvia Kraft-Walker, Glenview Public Library

APPLAUSE! 

"Holly Nagel presented a wonderful interactive program at Palatine Public Library...Both our audience and staff had a very positive reaction to Holly's show...She had the audience dancing and singing and everyone was fully engaged...Her exuberant personality came through in her presentation and made this a show that was great for all ages." Gayla Swansen, Palatine Public Library

Interested in a Hula presentation for seniors or women's groups? Scroll down!

"Living with Aloha"
for women's groups

This is a fun, inspirational and motivational program, using Hawaiian hula dancing as the attendee activity. (This is not a show.)

Topics: women in leadership, ho'o pono pono and forgiveness in our professional and personal lives, multicultural perspective, overcoming adversity, humor, inspiration

Objectives include:
       ●experiencing the loving kindness in others  
       ●moving in the beauty that is within you
       ●instilling a sense of Aloha in us all 

National Geographic created
a mini video about the Hula!

To other hula dancers, you may recognize and briefly glimpse Kumus Mapuana de Silva, Darrel Lupenui and Kumano Palani Kuala in this hula documentary!

APPLAUSE!

"Holly’s "Going Back to My Grass Shack" performance was interactive and fun.  She provided just the right mix of Hawaiian education and entertainment.  We received rave reviews from the Seniors that attended and would recommend her to other organizations." Lori Childress, Certified Senior Advisor, Director of Sales & Operations, BrightStar