Stage Manager Amber Isaguirre, left, tells the contestants to smile as they prepare to parade together as a group in front of the hundreds of attendees in the audience before their solo performances on stage during the Te Mana Ori Tahitian Dance Solo Competition held at Castaic Middle School in Castaic on Saturday. Dan Watson/The Signal
Dancers dazzle SCV with their cultural performances
The crowd gets silent in anticipation. A fast drum beat quickly erupts from the percussionists. Three children walk on stage in cultural, Polynesian garb, visibly nervous. They begin a swift…
