Pan Pacific Fesitival 6/5-6/7/09

This year's Pan Pacific Festival performances were at the Ala Moana Center Stage and we found a pretty good spot to capture the action. I had just gotten my 50mm back from Canon repair so this was a great opportunity to give it a test run. The performances also gave me a great chance to practice pressing the shutter to capture action at the right time.
He was able to balance a spinning top on a sword. Later he was also able to balance the top on a piece of string.. amazing!
A lot of performers brought their family to take pictures of them from the audience. Some families were really getting into it.
Bamp! was a fashion show of kimonos.
This group made different shapes with a sheet of bamboo sticks. This is the large Eiffel Tower.
As it got darker, my photos started got get a little more yellow.
The guy w/ the accordion reminded me of Doc, the dwarf from Snow White.. too bad they didn't do 'whistle while you work' from Snow White..
I think this group came last year and they were really good.
The troupe from Taiwan were sooo colorful.
I was able to get a lot of practice to capture stop action with this troupe's lively performance.
The parade on Sunday afternoon included pageant queens.
More Daiko performers..
He smiled for us then ran off after seeing all our huge lens...