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They say when you thank a group of people in public itʻs best to not say names because youʻll always end up forgetting someoneʻs name. So weʻre saying “mahalo” visually to the 2011 Moku O Keawe media team, affectionately called “Team Front Row.” Big thanks to the work, laughs, drinks and positivity of Team Front Row who made this yearʻs event a great success. Mahalo nui loa!
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Kahiko Night
Pakahi, Melia Taganas from Halau Na Hiwahiwa ‘O Ku’ualoha performing to Manu
In the three years now that I have been working with Moku O Keawe, this is the first time I had a personal connection with one of the Olapa. Pakahi, Melia Taganas from Halau Na Hiwahiwa ‘O Ku’ualoha is actually a classmate of mine. I can’t even begin to explain how proud I am of her and all her hard work. Ever since High school times she was always THE dancers to watch. I remember when Melia and kona ipo performed a duet at our junior year ho’ike. It’s been a few years since high school days and it’s super fulfilling to see that some of us are excelling in what we do. For her first year at this competition second place is not bad at all, especially because I believe she was the youngest pakahi this year. A lot of compliments were shared from the media team about her kahiko performance and the picture that were taken of her. The best one was the part where she was full showing off her pele lauoho. Congratulation again to my girl Melia and good luck with all future endeavors in the world of Hula.
-Keahi the intern
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WĀHINE HULA GROUP WINNERS
1st Place – Ke Ala O Ke Ao Cultural Arts Studio (942 pts)
2nd Place – Beamer-Solomon Halau O Po’ohala (868 pts)
3rd Place – Hui Hula Naleikalakupua (835 pts)
WAHINE PAKAHI HULA WINNERS
1st Place – Li‘i Hoapili – Aulani’s Hula Halau (831 pts)
2nd Place – Melia Taganas – Halau Na Hiwahiwa ‘O Ku’ualoha (757 pts)
3rd Place – Emma Manulani Tunisan – Ke ‘Olu Makani O Mauna Loa (702 pts)
CONGRATULATIONS to these hālau and to all those who helped to make the 6th Annual Moku O Keawe International Festival a grand success! Weʻll see you at the after party!!!
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Tickets available at the Waikoloa Bowl entrance and at the Eddie Aikau Restaurant door. We see you there!
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Pāʻina: Meal, dinner, small dinner with dinner; to eat a pāʻina.
Inu: To drink; a drink, drinking.
Pāʻina + Inu = Pāʻinu (a platform to drink).
If the late-iconic waterman, Eddie Aikau, was still alive he would come cruise at the Moku O Keawe Punahele Party aka After Party. We would buy Eddie a beer at his restaurant (Eddie Aikau Restaurant) in the Kingʻs Shop at the Waikoloa Village so the legendary big wave surfer could have a drink while listening to Hiloʻs Mark Yamanaka. Eddie would shake Keahi and Britʻs hands for coming up with “pāʻinu.” Eddie might have gave knuckles to Moku O Keawe Ka‘ea Alapa‘i for promoting the “Punahele Party” during the Hōʻike Night performance at the Waikoloa Bowl. He would even get Nā Palapalai to jump on stage for an impromptu jam session during the after party. Garans!
I think Eddie would also give photographer Paul Kema props for being the “bait ball” and attracting all the aunties and sistahs. While itʻs wishful thinking with Eddieʻs attendance to the Punahele Party, itʻs a promise that tonightʻs Hōʻike After Party is going to go off at the Eddie Aikau Restaurant. Buy a ticket at the Waikoloa Bowl or at the door. Be there. Letʻs party and take a shot for Uncle Eddie.
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It was my pleasure to take another workshop today from Kumu Hula Iwalani Kalima. No Keaukaha mai ʻo ia. No it wasnʻt a coincidence that the two workshops I took, no laila mai no fo real na kumu! And this kamalani o Keaukaha graced me with the most touching song ever! Manu ʻOʻo. Not only was this a hula her kumu George Naope taught her, this was written by his grandfather, Harry Naope. Touching? You donʻt even know! I could feel all her love and aloha for her kumu and this song in every word she expressed, and you think you know expression, she didnʻt even have to translate the feeling you should be hulaing with, once you see her dance she learn you expression!
And thatʻs what I respected the most. In a room full of Kepani, she couldnʻt have emphasized more the importance of feeling what youʻre dancing, of the story youʻre telling, of the ipo you are trying to entice. And no you shouldnʻt look down when you trying to tell him ho mai, ʻoni mai! I was always a fan of Na Palapalai and their rendition of this song, but today was the first time I got to make a connection to the words, just knowing that her kumuʻs kuku hakued this, I betta feeel this! And I did!! She dances so smooth, she dances so gracefully, she dances with her heart… all over her uʻi maka. Ua ʻikea.
Kou Lima Nani E. Thatʻs her. She is that. Her hands are purrrfect. Naninaninani. Yes I just hoʻopākolued nani. Cause thatʻs what she did for me. She teaches with a great amount of respect for her kumu, for her kuleana as a kumu and for hula. We started the class with aloha kekahi i kekahi. She made sure we knew to aloha each other even if weʻre out of class, whenever we see each other, “as long as we have aloha, we have hula.” Pa ka naʻau!! Paʻa ke mele. And unlike this heartbreaking break-up me ka ʻehaʻeha, ua paʻa ke aloha.
Mahalo e Kumu Iwalani no kou ʻike a me kou mau wahi moʻolelo hoʻoheno no ʻanakala George, ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ua, ka pua lehua, ka ʻiliʻili kau poʻohiwi.
All my aloha,
b.alia
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Ua hō’eu’eu mai ‘o ‘Anakē Nalani iā mākou ma kāna papa hula no ka hula ‘o “Ko Ma’i Hō’eu’eu.” He loea ‘o ia ma ka hula keu me nā mea ho’okani o ka hula. He mākau maoli nō ka hula pū me ka ipu heke ‘ole pono e ‘eleu loa i ‘ano wanana i ke au o ka wawae a me ke kuhi o ka lima. No laila ua kūlou a lele wale a’e mākou i ka pola o ko Kalakaua malo e ‘oni mau a’e ai ‘o Halala a pa’a ka le’ale’a o ka hula ma’i iā mākou.
ʻO ka ma’i nō ka mea hanohano o ke aliʻi ʻoiai ʻo ia nō ka mea e mau a’e ai ka lāhui kanaka. Ma ka maʻi nō ka leʻaleʻa a ʻo ia nō ke ʻano o ka papa i kēia lā he leʻaleʻa wale iho nō. He hana nui ka hula pū me ka
ipu heke ʻole a he hoʻoikaika maoli nō i ka noʻonoʻo kanaka. Ma laila au i ka ho’oikaika i ka’u hula ‘ana i ka pola. Ua mohala ho’i au i keia huaka’i hula a na lani.
Mahalo au i ka pa’a iho o ke kaona o ka hula ma’i no Kalākaua iā mākou i mau a’e nō ke ola o ka welo ho’oulu lāhui o ke ali’i iā kākou. Ua ‘eu’eu a ola nō ‘o Halala iā mākou i ka ipu heke ‘ole.
Ha’a ho’i iho i ke a’o ‘ia e ‘Anakē Nalani, mahalo ‘Anakē no kou ho’oili mai i kou ‘ike, kou le’ale’a, a me kou hō’eu’eu iā mākou! E ola no ka le’a o ka hula ia ‘oe e ‘Anake Nalani, a he mahalo palena ‘ole kau wahi haumana ia ‘oe.
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First things first, If you haven’t grabbed your Official Moku O Keawe 2011 T-shirts, you better get yours as soon as possible! With a bold, new, and innovative design, it’s easy to see why they are flying off the shelves and we only have very limited amount of sizes left.
With the advertisements out of the way, let’s get back to business. Today was the second official day of the festival and we were greeted early this morning by a mean combination of haze, mountains, and clear skies getting everyone stoked on the day ahead.
As in years past, my duty is to sell the event shirts and today I was stationed in the back stage of the bowl selling to rehearsing halau. Sales were as expected with the bigger of the rushes coming from our Kepani dancers. Between rushes was a lot of down time which I was able to spend talking story with Lorna, Nani, Ho’o, and Nohea. From the first time I Helped with Moku O Keawe two years ago, it always tripped me out how accessible these musicians were and how easily it was to just interact with them. I was never on the backstage team and I never had a connection to these artist more than just a spectator. My first experience with musicians as more than entertainers happened during my first year working this event and I had the honor to kokua Amy Hanaiali’i Gilliom(My most favoritest female artist ever) during a cd signing after her performance. As small as this task seems, it was the first time I ever had anything to do with a musician of her maginitude.
Now, with only two years of exposure in to this new life, I’m sitting at table backstage joking with award winning musicians having casual conversations about stuff like space bags….SPACE BAGS! The stuff you use to save space by sucking the air out of big ziplock kine bags! These are conversations I usually have with friends I see all the time.
Ho’o and Nohea doing their thing and keeping the everything from falling apart at rehearsals
-Keahi the intern
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