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Beth
Aloha
USA
13 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 06:41:12 AM
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I love Hawaiian music...but know so little. For many years my family has seemed to comunicate through it. Kind of funny growing up in a Philipino house. My father and Uncle are musicians and my cousin as well. The sounds of the South Pacific have haunted me as the memories of better times washes over me. It is the sounds that keep me connected to my family...but alas my instument was to be a brush. I know so few words, perhaps the most mainstream songs and what my father played growing up. I never post my name as my screenname but I saw family was here and wanted to stay connected. Aloha!
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 07:28:15 AM
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Aloha and welcome, Beth. You are right..Taro Patch is a great big and diverse family.
Plenty of wonderful Hawaiian music comes through those of Philipino background.
Sounds like you are a visual artist, so you certainly understand the blending of colors enriches a painting. The same holds true for Hawaiian music.
E komo mai and join us in our many discussions.
Wanda Certo Cleveland, OH (one W. Va. hillbilly and Paul, my Italian husband). Nothing like a nice hot Italian sausage, I say. |
Me ke aloha Malama pono, Wanda |
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Beth
Aloha
USA
13 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 07:48:06 AM
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Thank you! Your right, this forum seems very warm and friendly. And if my cousin can't find me here it seems that I may meet some other very lovely people and perhaps a good recipe for "Su-Tang-Huang"(the family one went to the grave with my grandfather). You are so right that music and colors flow within each other in harmony. I sometimes wonder how many people see that. |
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hwnmusiclives
`Olu`olu
USA
580 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 08:19:24 AM
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quote: Originally posted by Beth
Thank you! Your right, this forum seems very warm and friendly. And if my cousin can't find me here it seems that I may meet some other very lovely people and perhaps a good recipe for "Su-Tang-Huang"(the family one went to the grave with my grandfather). You are so right that music and colors flow within each other in harmony. I sometimes wonder how many people see that.
Beth, I am going to take a chance. I have responded privately but will take a chance and respond publicly, as well.
You used your real name here, and I use mine. If your father is my uncle and my father is your uncle and we are both living in New Jersey, then I am the musical cousin you referred to in your last post.
God, I hope I am right or I have just made an ass of myself privately and publicly. But the possibility of a reunion with family you have not seen in 35 years will make one do crazy things...
And if it's true, not only is there a joyous reunion in store, but we will find a good recipe for su-tang-huang - also my grandfather's speciality (along with a mean pancit). (I know many a Hawaiian and "Hawaiian-at-heart" that makes a pretty good chicken long rice.)
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 08:33:24 AM
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The rest of us await the potentially joyous outcome, Bill & Beth. |
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Beth
Aloha
USA
13 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 08:36:00 AM
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Billy, Yes It's me! You are quite hard to find all these years, changing your last name made it harder. Not only are we cousins but apparently the proverbial black sheep cousins of the family. I saw your picture last night and my hands started to shake, like you just know you know someone, and when I read your bio about Popop I knew it was you. I joined the forum to see if you were there but it looks like I found some other kindred spirits as well. By the way only a nephew of Barbara would make a Fozzie Bear reference. Sorry if I was stomping on private territory. But so much time has past, and your the closest cousin I have, well the only one on Dads side. Our lives have been full of baggage and lost time but I'm so proud and enamoured by what you have done with your talents I remeber your house in Blackwood, we lived there too we used to walk there with my mother when I was young. I tried to reply to your email but I get this "email is private message"
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Admin
Pupule
USA
4551 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 08:37:42 AM
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Beth,
Welcome to the 'patch. I don't get to welcome a fellow New Jerseyan here very often. Although you're closer to Philadelphia, you might be interested in checking out the upcoming Halawai Fall Pa`ina. Maybe join the email list to be notified of Hawaiian events in the New York area.
Good luck finding your cousin. |
Andy |
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Beth
Aloha
USA
13 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 09:22:12 AM
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If you email your number, I'll call. Since it seems I get your email but you don't get mine. That way we don't bore these lovely people with all our personal info. |
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GUke
Lokahi
188 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 09:35:31 AM
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FYI: The country is the Philippine Islands named after King Philip of Spain. However reference to the Philippine Islands is Filipino or Pilipino. Filipino can also refer to a male (Filipina a female). And Pilipino might refer to the national language which is the dialect TAGALOG. In Hawaii the dialect taught is ILOCANO because most Filipinos in Hawaii are from the ILOCANO provinces.
Beth glad you found your lost cousin Bill. And not to be nit picky but it just struck me as so odd seeing "Philipino" (to date I don't think it's correct) and when it was used again by Wanda my Ilicano-Capampangan nerve fired off. BTW do you have a taste for diniguan and pinakbit too? |
Genaro
Should I? Itʻs only $, and where Iʻm going itʻll burn or melt. |
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Beth
Aloha
USA
13 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 09:45:23 AM
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quote: Originally posted by GUke
FYI: The country is the Philippine Islands named after King Philip of Spain. However reference to the Philippine Islands is Filipino or Pilipino. Filipino can also refer to a male (Filipina a female). And Pilipino might refer to the national language which is the dialect TAGALOG. In Hawaii the dialect taught is ILOCANO because most Filipinos in Hawaii are from the ILOCANO provinces.
Beth glad you found your lost cousin Bill. And not to be nit picky but it just struck me as so odd seeing "Philipino" (to date I don't think it's correct) and when it was used again by Wanda my Ilicano-Capampangan nerve fired off. BTW do you have a taste for diniguan and pinakbit too?
You are so right! My bad. I know all that and if I saw someone else do that, I might reply the same. Our grandfather was from the Philipines, he spoke Tagalog to I swear, ANYONE who would speak it with him. He came here through the navy. The love of Hawaiian music was first sparked in his son. It was my uncle who forged that love in the rest of our family. Thank you for pointing out that he too is cursing me from beyond the grave. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 09:51:48 AM
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Guke - thanks for correcting me. I thought I was supposed to use an "F", but copied off Beth when I saw how she spelled it because I figured I didn't know what the heck I was doing. I appreciate it.
Bill and Beth -- this is so neat that you two found each other. Goes to show that Hawaiian music brings folks together. I am getting misty eyed thinking about how swell it is that you two reconected. Enjoy! Talk story. Remember. And stay connected. |
Me ke aloha Malama pono, Wanda |
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Beth
Aloha
USA
13 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 10:00:22 AM
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To be honest with you, I never understood why Philipines was ever spelled that way anyhow. I have yet to meet a true filipino who can even pronouce "F" . My grandfather said it was genetically impossible as us kids tried to get him to say it. It always came out as "ep" as in he bought "pree dollar shoes for his "peet". And my favorite "let's go to the chinese buppet." |
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hwnmusiclives
`Olu`olu
USA
580 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 10:09:09 AM
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quote: Originally posted by Beth
To be honest with you, I never understood why Philipines was ever spelled that way anyhow. I have yet to meet a true filipino who can even pronouce "F" . My grandfather said it was genetically impossible as us kids tried to get him to say it. It always came out as "ep" as in he bought "pree dollar shoes for his "peet". And my favorite "let's go to the chinese buppet."
I always use the example "Don't fark the car py the pire flug" (for "don't park the car by the fire plug").
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Join me for the history of Hawaiian music and its musicians at Ho`olohe Hou at www.hoolohehou.org. |
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Beth
Aloha
USA
13 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 10:11:48 AM
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Ha ha...Where can I find a fire plug? |
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Momi
Lokahi
402 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 10:18:11 AM
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quote: Originally posted by Beth
Where can I find a fire plug?
I don't know about fire plugs, but we seem to have found two firecrackers that are related. Congratulations on making the connection!
My favorite Fili-English phrase is "Mai lub por yu isss hiyer dan de telepone pole!" |
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Beth
Aloha
USA
13 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 10:22:40 AM
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quote: Originally posted by Beth
Ha ha...Where can I find a fire plug?
And somehow I know that answer... but thats not our grandfather that would be our completely non Filipino grandmother. She had a language of all her own. Fire plugs would definitly be in that dictionary. |
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