Welney Huang is a graduate from San Diego State University with a B.S in Foods and Nutrition. She currently works as a dietetic technician and as a videographer for Walter A Media. She enjoys singing and writing music, filming and editing, and anything that has to do with food and fitness.
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Motu Nehenehe
Motu Nehenehe Polynesian Dancers is a professional Polynesian dance group and Polynesian dance studio in existence for over 27 years. It was established in 1990 under the direction of Babe U’ilani Valero. Motu Nehenehe are Tahitian words which means “Beautiful Island”. It signifies all the beautiful aspects of island life; the sights, the songs, the dances, and especially the people. Dances from the islands of Tahiti, Hawaii, Samoa and New Zealand are performed. Motu Nehenehe performs all over San Diego County, Orange County, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Some of the dancers have also performed abroad in Hawaii, Tahiti, Bora Bora, Mo’orea, Philippines and aboard a cruise ship. Contact: Babe U’ilani Valero Phone: 858-272-MOTU (6688) Email: [email protected] Website: www.MotuNehenehe.com
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CYPHER ST8
We are a collective of bboys, bgirls & artists. Our art is a reflection of our life, we love to travel and learn from our generation’s past/innovators, share and pass down knowledge to the youth, collaborate through organizing community events, performances, hold it down in the cyphers, workshops, and camps. We value the endless creative process and expression of self in this art form, and we do what we do to uplift our communities; which is the cypher that never ends.
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Buddhist Temple of San Diego Taiko and San Diego Taiko
Buddhist Temple of San Diego (BTSD) Taiko is an intergenerational taiko group made up of members of the Buddhist Temple of San Diego, starting from the age of 14 and older. The temple practices Jodo Shinshu Buddhism and has been a place of cultural preservation for Japanese and Japanese Americans in San Diego since 1926. BTSD Taiko was originally founded in the 1980s and after a hiatus the group reconvened in 2007. The goal of its drumming is not necessarily perfection for performance, but to put into practice mindfulness, oneness and gratitude. BSTD Taiko has performed at numerous community events including local festivals, cultural celebrations and library programs. Members performing: Junko Kajita, Chelsey Koga, Margo Spears, Yuri Taira, Laura Yoshida
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San Diego Taiko is a close-knit, open-hearted group of individuals who are passionate about learning taiko, and find joy in sharing taiko through performance, practice and community building. The group was founded in 2004 and practices at the World Beat Center in Balboa Park. Members performing: Michele Chin-Purcell, Margo Evans, Jack Hsiao, Bobby Koga, Tony Perez, Mamiko Suzuki, Satomi Zeigler-Rash
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U-Jam Fitness: Jam Diego
Combining the energy and grittiness of urban dance with fitness, U-Jam Fitness has taken the industry to a new level by creating student-minded instructors, while building unity through community, both in and out of the Group X room." Join some of San Diego's hottest instructors as thy bring the party to the SDAPI Culinary Fusion Festival. Expect funky, adrenaline-based urban beats from around the world with easy-to-follow choreography so that everyone, everywhere has the potential to get their JAM on!
Food Demonstration: Olivewood Gardens
Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center's historic 6.85-acre property in National City serves as an interactive, indoor-outdoor classroom for children and adults from around San Diego County. Our purpose is to build healthy families and a healthy environment.Cooking for Salud (TM) is an 8-week nutrition education, behavior modification program designed to teach participants how to make healthy changes at home that will improve their families' short and long term health outcomes. Cooking for Salud (TM) gives families tools to change their cooking and eating habits, as well as transform the way they view food and health.