Report on ute

Tuesday 2nd August 2007-Mangaia took to the stage with their ute,"The orama of Arokapiti" forseeing the arrival of the missionaries on their first visit when the Mangaians refused to accept them.There were 58 people on stage, the men wearing limegreen pareu with neck ei and head ei of rauti. The women were wearing plain yellow wrap around with the same rauti neck and head wear.3 minutes into the ute, a couple of the mamas got into action. Nga Maungaati left his position to go to the front and join in the action which got the crowd excited.About 150 dollars in floor money was donated by the crowd.The Prime Minister and his deputy sheriff were there and the rest of the crowd was hard to see from my position on the stage. We got a big applause at the end of the performance but no idea where we stand in the judging and we wont know until Saturday.