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VIDEO: Tahitian Dance Competition

Highlights from Manahere I Ori Tahiti 2011 at Milpitas High on July 30.

The showcase of talent in Tahitian dancing and drumming was demonstrated at .

More than 1000 people attended the Milpitas event, according to Lorie Roldan-Almogela, who owns and teaches at the Milpitas-based with her husband, Chris Almogela.

On the competition side, more than $1,000 was raised for Milpitas High, she estimated. (They are still calculating the numbers.) That number doesn't include what the MHS Athletic Boosters Club raised in selling concessions.

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Competing groups came from all over the state, including dancers from Union City.

Learn more about the event in the video above.

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