Hula anyone?

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Do you recognise these dancers? Because we don't. What we do know:

Date: c. 1945

Title: A Group Portrait of Hula Dancers; Tashme, BC

That is it!  What can you tell us?

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  1. From the left:

    2nd: Tats Hori

    3rd: Arnold Arai

    4th: Harley Hatanaka

    5th: Wally Fukumoto

    6th: Kaz Kadonaga

    7th: Ryoichi (Ricky) Nishikawa

    Courtesy of my dad's memory :)

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  2. Dancer on right - brother of Joe Takahashi. Joe was a dance instructor in Toronto :)

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  3. Thanks Mark.

    So from your Dad's memory we have updated the description to this:

    This image shows eight boys dressed up in hula costumes and standing on stage. Behind them is a backdrop of palm trees and the moon. The boys shown from left to right are Willie Takahashi, Tats Horii, Arnold Arai, Harley Hatanaka, Wally Fukumoto, Kaz Kadonaga, Reichi Nishikawa and Henry Takahashi. On the page this photograph is mounted on in pen it reads, "Hula Dancers. Me. Arnold. Wally. Reichi. Tats. Harley. Kaz. Henry".



    Would you say that is about right?

    A

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  4. There is a facebook site called town of woodfibre. I noticed the name Wally Fukumoto on an item on the site the references a 1982 Woodfibre reunion in Toronto. There are many pictures on the town of woodfibre some that go back to 1912. If this Whally Fukumoto is from Woodfibre there might be interest in viewing the site.

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