Members of Hui Hula o Manoa perform a Hula Dancing Christmas for residents of the Trillium Landing Senior Apartments on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. The senior hula group will perform again next Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. at the Juneau Senior Center. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Members of Hui Hula o Manoa perform a Hula Dancing Christmas for residents of the Trillium Landing Senior Apartments on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. The senior hula group will perform again next Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. at the Juneau Senior Center. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Video: This senior hula group is spreading Christmas cheer

It’s a hula dancing Christmas.

  • By MICHAEL PENN JUNEAU EMPIRE
  • Friday, December 7, 2018 3:03pm
  • NewsVideo

Members of Hui Hula o Manoa perform a Hula Dancing Christmas for residents of the Trillium Landing Senior Apartments on Tuesday. Want to see them in person? The senior hula group will perform again next Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. at the Juneau Senior Center.


Contact staff photographer and videographer Michael Penn at 523-2262 or mpenn@juneauempire.com.


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