Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
Samoa: Wedding cake and the shaking ‘fale’
Life in mid-60s Samoa could get a little strange for a guy who grew up in urban Salt Lake City. Here are just two examples:
PCC celebrates 27th annual Moanikeala Hula Festival
The Kamaluwehiokapalai halau hula from Japan Story and photos by Mike Foley [First published in the Polynesian Cultural Center blog, February 2017] As it has for the past several years, the Polynesian Cultural Center hosted its annual Moanikeala Hula Festival on February 4, 2017, in a perfect setting — under the monkeypod tree in the […]
Aloha, baby Gavin Norton…
[Story by Mike Foley] People from all over the world have been praying for and following the story of Gavin David Bruce Norton, the eight-week old son of Richie Norton and his wife, Natalie Link Norton, who was born in Hawaii on October 24, 2009 and died in Salt Lake City, Utah, on January 7, […]
Laie ladies named top teachers at Kahuku
[Originally published in KALEO on October 3, 1996] Students, staff and faculty at Kahuku High and Intermediate School recently elected two Laie women as top teachers at the North Shore school: Sunday Mariteragi (left) and Elizabeth Kammerer (right). In addition to tying for the teacher of the year award and winning $100 each, Mariteragi received the Oceanic Cablevision/Finance […]