Two Nikkei among top 20 finalists on dance competition show
Two Hapa Nikkei are among the top 20 finalists on the American show "So You Think You Can Dance". Katee Taira Shean was born in San Jose, CA and now resides in Orange, CA. Mark Kenneth Ioane Kanemura is from Honolulu, HI. So far 8 have been eliminated from the show. There's an article about Katee with some info on Mark on Hokubei.com: Local JA Makes Cut on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ According to the article, Katee is Japanese on her mother's side. Mark's ethnicities include Samoan, Japanese, Irish, English, Spanish, Ukrainian, Scottish, English and Portuguese. |
There's a new article on Pacific Citizen's website about the two Hapa dancers on the show "So You Think You Can Dance":
Becoming America's Favorite Dancers, One Step at a Time
Katee Shean and Mark Kanemura are representing APAs as top eight contestants on the hit dance show, 'So You Think You Can Dance'
By Todd Kushigemachi, Special to the Pacific Citizen
Published July 23, 2008
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