Mike Foley's blog
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‘Mutiny’ in Samoa
Speaking of Samoa, where I served as a Mormon missionary in the mid-1960s, one day a number of us were traveling from Upolu, the main island in Western Samoa [now just called Samoa] and Tutuila, the main island in American Samoa. In those days Western Samoa maintained a World War II-era grass landing strip at […]
New PCC night show part of a long tradition
[Story and photos by Mike Foley: Originally published August 17, 2009] The Tongans welcome the young couple into their lives and community The Polynesian Cultural Center, where I have worked off-and-on in various student, full-time and freelance capacities for the past 41 years, premiered its latest night show — Ha: Breath of Life — on August […]
Thinking of New Zealand…
After attending the Polynesian Cultural Center’s Te Manahua 2009 festival of kapa haka or traditional Maori songs and dances (as examplified by the group pictured at right) on August 8 in Laie, Hawaii, it got me thinking of New Zealand — a great place. So, I started going through some of my old photos and journal […]