This Weekend... Jan. 12 & 13

2 announcements:

We will be leading a SWERK SESH in the center court area at WINDWARD MALL this Saturday from 5:00-6:30pm... JOIN US!
Also dancing:  E OLA KOA (Kamehameha Elementaryʻs Keiki Dance Fitness Team) under the direction of GAYLA TRAYLOR!

Then on Sunday, our 24VII Danceforce Studio class (also at Windward Mall) will be moving back 1 hour (so start time at 4:00pm).
See you there!

This Weekend...

Hey SWERKers!

2 FREE events to get yo SWERK ON!

Our monthly class @ LCC, 8am

and
Mana's class on Sunday (Oct.2) is canceled because we'll be at CYD.
Stop by the TEEN STAGE where Mara & Gayla will be hosting.
Kamehameha Elementary's keiki dance fitness team E OLA KOA will be leading the crowd from 11:30-12 noon followed by SJW's crew from 12:00-12:30!

JOIN US!!!

Shenanigans!

Join us... You know you want to!

Saturday, Jan. 31
Windward Mall, 2-3:30pm
FREE jam sesh with Gayla Traylor & E Ola Koa, Kamehameha Elementary's Keiki Dance Fitness Team

Saturday, Feb. 7
Ala Moana Center Stage, 7pm
Dance performance with Honolulu Dance Company, Boogie Down Productions & SJW

Monday - Sunday, Feb. 9 - 15
All classes FREE
Boogie Down Productions

Saturday, Feb. 28

Kamehameha Schools' Ho`olaule`a, 12noon
FREE jam sesh with Gayla Traylor & E Ola Koa, Kamehameha Elementary's Keiki Dance Fitness Team

Sorry... NO Mana Fitness Class today...

ALOHA!

Because Mara (& E Ola Koa Director, Gayla) will be emceeing the TEEN STAGE at Children & Youth Day, we cannot hold class at Mana.  Class will resume next week.

Instead, why don't you join us?!  All activities are FREE and focused on the younger members of our community and their families!

Literally, you can STREET jam!  We'll be right on Punchbowl Street!

Our scheduled time is listed here, but we'll be dancing in-between acts as well.

Hope to see you there!  SwErK!

This Weekend...

Hey all you SWERKers!

Join us for TWO events this weekend:
Saturday, Feb. 15th

SJW and E OLA KOA (Kamehameha Elementary's Keiki Dance Fitness Team) will be warming up the crowd from 7:30-8:15am on the stage fronting Ward Avenue.  FREE!!!

Then on...

Sunday, Feb. 16th

We'll be helping raise funds for Ka Hula o Kealamailani at McKinley High School.  Don't forget: Parking and the traffic around that area might be a little CRAZY with The Lion King matinee going on at the Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall, so please give yourself some extra time!  Just $10!

The FB events page can be found by clicking HERE.

LIVE IT!

Windward Mall... Mon., Dec. 23rd!

Need to SWERK off some holiday stress?  Well, E OLA KOA, Kamehameha Elementary's keiki dance fitness team, will be hosting a 1-hour sweat sesh at Windward Mall on Monday, Dec. 23rd at the center atrium stage.  Free, FrEe, FREE!!!

Let's support Gayla and the haumäna!  They have a fun line up which includes holiday themed songs, so bring the whole family!  SJW will even jump up and lead a few routines!

See you there!

LIVE IT!!!

Mark Your Calendars! Monday, Dec. 23rd!

Aloha SWERKers!

SJW classes are on break right now, but we do have ONE MORE opportunity to SWERK before the end of 2013.  You need to join us on Monday, December 23rd at Windward Mall in Käne`ohe.

E OLA KOA, Kamehameha Elementary's Keiki Dance Fitness Team, will be hosting an hour long FREE session from 6:30-7:30pm (center atrium stage).

Let's support these AWESOME keiki and their director, Gayla Traylor, who will also be inviting SJW up on stage to lead a few routines!

Going through SJW withdrawals?  A`ole pilikia... See you Monday at Windward Mall!

LIVE IT!

BIG WEEKEND... Can U Hang?!

Alrighty Gang...

The gigs are coming fast and furious, so we're just gonna post THIS weekend's events:

Starting on SATURDAY...

National Dance Week Hawa`i JAM-A-THON
Mililani Mauka Elementary, 9:00-11:30am  $10 donation
Join an awesome line up of Zumba instructors and our SJW `ohana for a 2 1/2 sweat-fest!
Our newest SJW Kumu-In-Training, Debbie Rosario, will be leading both Zumba and SJW routines, so lets all get out there and support her!

STEPS TO HEALTH
Pearlridge Mall, Uptown, 10am-2pm
A new walking path is being opened around the mall, so Pali Momi is hosting a health fair.
SJW will be leading routines from 1:15-2pm in the Center Court area of Uptown.
FREE!!!

Then on SUNDAY...

20th Annual CHILDREN AND YOUTH DAY
State Capitol and Surrounding Capitol District, 10am-3pm
Mara will be emceeing the Teen Stage with our good friend, Gayla Traylor.
Gayla and the Kamehameha Elementary Keiki Dance Fitness Team, E OLA KOA, will be rocking the stage from 11:40-12 noon.
At 12:00, the 5-2-1-0 music will start and we'd LOVE for all of you to join us with this routine to promote healthy lifestyles for our island keiki.

To see our Instructional Video Part 1, click HERE
For the Instructional Video Part 2, click HERE

Then, SJW's set follows until 12:20.

WHEW!!! That's about it... For now.
Please, JOIN US!  We always love our SWERKer SUPPORT!

Give it. Serve it. LIVE IT!

Support Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus, jamathon style!

What's up everyone,

If ya got January 12th free and want to kick off the 2013 year on a healthy headstart, then be sure to come to Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus "Livin' Out Loud" Jamathon/Dance Fitness Fundraiser.  It'll be bumpin' with all of the gang from Street Jamz Werkout, E Ola Koa and Zumba.  For $10 ($15 at the door) not only will you help send KSCC to Hawai'i Island, but there will be complimentary refreshments too!  It doesn't get any better than that!  So be there from 1-4pm at Kamehameha Schools' Kalama Dining Hall!

E Ola Koa crew inspires SJW with new designs...

So,

About a week ago, CEO and I were talking story, and she brought it up that a group of students from the the E Ola Koa crew have been following quite closely at our events and online with all of our happenings. Now for those of you who don't know who the E Ola Koa crew is, you bettah ask somebody.  They are a group of Kamehameha Schools elementary students dedicated to fitness through dance... and these guys are BEAST!

But back to the story... CEO was sharing with me that during recess, a group of EOK have been meeting up, doing our SJW routines aaaaaaaaaaannnnd... they have been coming up with their own mock up's of SJW graphic designs. How friggen unreal is that?!  According to CEO, these students have really been inspired by SJW with our mission to bring happiness to people's lives through dance and fitness, but on the real, EOK has done the exact same for me.

It's hella awesome to know that we embrace, nurture and motivate people in different ways, but the fact that a group of kids dove TOGETHER into the creative world... that's jus' UNREAL!  As a creative head, I was lucky to be embraced and mentored by a couple of adults who pushed for getting kids like myself (at the time) to think out of the box.  I've been hella blessed that I had people like that in my life, and with that, it's my duty to pay it forward.

Creativity, for a lot of us, is something that we're all blessed with as children.  We all dream about being a super hero or let our imaginations take us to a world of dragons and wizards or mermaids or unicorns, and for whatever the reason, as many of us grow up, it's lost.  Luckily for me, creativity is something I've been able to harness throughout the years and it's something I use both in my professional and personal life.  It's also the very reason why I surround myself with creative master minds both within and outside the SJW crew.

Okay, so back to the kids, lol... these creative genius heads banded together and came up with some KILLER SJW mock up's, and these designs have become the basis for the SJWgraphics you're about to see.  It's now time to pay it forward...

First, there's this bad boy, created by one of the EOK students.  Take "note" (haha) of the musical note in the drawing... friggen AMAZING!

From the drawing above, it became the inspiration for this...

Then there are these two drawings... again UNREAL! The kids simply used our initials and went with a simplistic feel.

So I went with that theme of simplicity, tilted the SJW initials around in different angles, and added punches of color and came up with this...

Then there's this bad boy... friggen GENIUS I swear! With the word "street" in our name, why didn't it ever occur to me to use a street sign?  (As seen in the bottom right corner.)

It immediately took me back to the day of that good ole kid's show we alllllllll grew up with, and thus this design...

Then there's this design... simply AMAZING!

With growth of SJW, the crew has been having some serious discussions of creating a "Jr." crew jus' for kids.  Though we haven't made anything official as of yet, the above drawing became the inspiration for the design below.  I just know the crew is going to GAG when they see this... as this is the FIRST TIME we're sharing this design...

And then there's this unreal drawing of our initials in the middle of a pair of headphones.  I can't express how unreal this is... the creativity is off the hook!

That was the inspiration for this design.  I SERIOUSLY WANT THIS MADE INTO A SHIRT!

So to the EOK crew: Props on some ridiculous work and for the jolt of unreal creativity.

Much aloha,

HaynMade

Pono Ola Fest is returning!

What's up everyone,

SJW is proud to announce the return of PONO OLA FEST.  Come September 15, from 11-5pm at Windward Mall, you'll have the opportunity to enjoy a day of fitness classes, along with a number of health-related information tables... entirely for FREE!

You'll be happy to know that along with Street Jamz Werkout, the infamous E Ola Koa crew (from Kamehameha Elementary) will be rockin' Zumbatomics, as well as other instructors leading different genres of dance-fitness... such as Hot Hula Fitness, Zumba Fitness and Zumba Gold.  But hang on to your seats! For the very first time we're going to be featuring BodyCombat... one mean workout inspired from mixed martial arts!

And in true SJW fashion, there will be a few surprises at this event, so be prepared!

LIVE IT!

Shake Yo Body 2 Shake a Nation Jam-A-Thon...

Come and "Shake Yo Body 2 Shake A Nation" at a Word of Life Jamathon Fundraiser for only $10 pre-sale & $15 (@ the door)! It's 3 hrs of various music, styles of dancing & FUN! If you haven't attended this type of event, we urge you to come & bring a friend! You'll be ROCKIN' with various instructors from Hot Hula Fitness, Zumba Fitness, Zumbatomics & of course, Mara w/ Street Jamz Werkout. Even if you don't dance, it's ok! The important thing is moving your body, getting a great cardio workout & having a BLAST!

You can purchase tickets through any of the team members from WOLCC or contact Michele Meletia Morgado at 554-0671.  They also created a Facebook events page.  RSVP there, and they'll hold a $10 ticket for you at the entrance to the Jamathon.

So, please support the WOLCC Mission Team, "Shake Yo Body 2 Shake A Nation" and help them get to Japan and to the Philippines!

WERK IT!

"Back to School Boogie" Jam-A-Thon "The Breakfas Club" shot

"Back to School Boogie" Jam-A-Thon with Bernard

"Back to School Boogie" Jam-A-Thon with Pat Watkins

"Back to School Boogie" Jam-A-Thon with Fiona Harmony

"Back to School Boogie" Jam-A-Thon with Bruce Norris

"Back to School Boogie" Jam-A-Thon with Lisa Kawakami

"Back to School Boogie" Jam-A-Thon with Ms. P

Purchase tix online or make a donation to "Back to School Boogie" Jam-A-Thon online!

What's up everyone,

Wanna come to Boogie Down Productions' "Back to School Boogie" Jam-A-Thon but can't make it to a class or to BDP's headquarters to purchase a ticket?  Or... you can't make it to the event but still wanna support the cause?

Well then we've got the solution for that!  SJW is now offering online ticket purchases via our online store here at: http://streetjamzwerkout.bigcartel.com/.  (Debit, credit card and Paypal accepted.)  All online ticket purchase orders will be available on the day of the event at the Will Call table at the "Back to School Boogie" Jam-A-Thon.  If you don't end up showing up for the event, not a problem!  We'll take it as a very gracious donation!  (Sorry no refunds ticket purchases, all sales final!)

So please support the cause and purchase a ticket or few!

LIVE IT!