  {"id":153327,"date":"2021-12-16T13:17:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T23:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=153327"},"modified":"2021-12-17T14:19:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T00:19:44","slug":"holly-jolly-holidays-uh-hilo-performing-arts-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/12\/16\/holly-jolly-holidays-uh-hilo-performing-arts-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoy &lsquo;Holly Jolly Holidays&rsquo; with <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo performing arts students"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hilo-jolly-3.jpg\" alt=\"Dancers holding presents\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-153329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hilo-jolly-3.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hilo-jolly-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hilo-jolly-3-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A variety of colorful performances under the bright lights&#8212;&ldquo;Holly Jolly Holidays&rdquo;&#8212;featuring students from the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at Hilo <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/depts\/performingarts\/\">Department of Performing Arts<\/a> will stream December 17&#8211;24.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The production is a collaboration between multiple performing arts classes in dance, choral singing, acting and technical theatre, showcasing the skills students have gained over the fall semester in a festive holiday offering,&rdquo; said <strong>Justina Mattos<\/strong>, associate professor of drama and chair of the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo performing arts department.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hilo-jolly-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Dancers on stage\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-153331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hilo-jolly-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hilo-jolly-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hilo-jolly-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The program is free to the public. <a href=\"https:\/\/artscenter.uhh.hawaii.edu\/special-events\">Viewers can access the link via the Performing Arts Center webpage<\/a>. The show celebrates the beauty of communities by sharing the joy and togetherness of many different traditions.<\/p>\n<p>The University Chorus and K\u0101pili Choir offer several pieces to remind us that &ldquo;through all seasons we belong and our light will only grow stronger when we come together.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The show also features jazz dance students portraying happy elves bustling about and getting ready for Santa to come to town. Ballet students honor the season with a suite of traditional hymns and carols.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning acting students share the fun and foibles of reindeer, elves, and others, with excerpts from Christmas, Virtually.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With COVID conditions continuing to prevent performances for live audiences, our classes have worked together to videotape their work so it can be shared online with friends, family and community members,&rdquo; said Mattos.<\/p>\n<p>For more go to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/stories\/2021\/12\/15\/2021-holly-jolly-holidays\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/a><\/em>.<br \/> <br \/>\n&#8212;By <strong>Susan Enright<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hilo-jolly-2.jpg\" alt=\"Dancers on stage\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-153331\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The program will stream from December 17&#8211;24 and is free to the public. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[78,14,907],"class_list":["post-153327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-dance","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-hilo-stories","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153327"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153423,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153327\/revisions\/153423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}