Okinawan Festival 9/5-6/09

We spent two afternoons at the Okinawan Festival since it is a festival that has everything... food, entertainment, people, just lots of things to shoot. This was my 2nd year of taking pictures of the festival and I learned from last year to use a longer zoom lens. It is still a great challenge to get the right exposure because of the dark and light areas on the stage and I had to do some post processing to fix the color and exposure.
There were entertainers from Okinawa who performed w/ very colorful costumes.
She was emotional in this dance choreographed about her mother's favorite dress.
After the performance, the performers were given a certificate of appreciation and leis.
The shave ice were HUGE!! I had one each day I was there! Yum!!!
We met this 92-year old man who said 'take my picha!' so we did...
I can't leave until I had a picture of the Andagi...
There were also SCARY games/rides for kids..
Even big kids were scared...
This year, the Bon Dance was under a near full moon. What a wonderful way to end a great day at the festival.