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Tonya
Lokahi
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 Posted - 02/14/2008 : 08:24:44 AM
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My sweet husband (the gifter of my custom LoPrinzi ukulele a few years back) handed me a romantic Valentine's card this morning (you know, those "mushy" ones that bring tears to a woman's eyes because she doesn't really expect it) and inside were taped two tickets to the Kahekili Hawaiian Performance (http://www.csuchico.edu/upe/performance/artists/Kahekili.html)
It'll be in a nearby town next week and Mark knew I would like it. It's an especially loving gift 'cause I know *he's* not really into chanting or kahiko dance yet he tells me he's looking forward to taking me. He's a keeper!
Has anyone else seen this performance? Anything I should study up ahead of time or especially watch for?
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http://www.uketreasures.com
http://www.ukuleletonya.com |
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alika207
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 02/14/2008 : 10:17:19 AM
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'A'ole! Aka, e maika'i ana ia!
(No! But, it'll be good!)
Are they a traditional group? |
He kehau ho'oma'ema'e ke aloha.
'Alika / Polinahe |
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Tonya
Lokahi
USA
177 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2008 : 11:10:25 AM
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It's described as:
"Celebrate the heritage of Hawaii, as a traditional array of hula dancers, chanters, and musicians come together to portray the story of one of Hawaii's most influential ruling chiefs — Kahekili. Through a hula drama which includes authentic Hawaiian chants, kahiko (traditional hula), dramatic interpretation, live percussion instruments, and storytelling, Kahekili's story will come to life. This performance will also include ceremonies and cultural traditions such as those used for marriages, awa ceremonies, and other traditions rarely seen performed on the stage today.
"Hawaiian hula master Hokulani Holt will take the audience back to ancient Hawaii to learn about the life and times of Kahekili, one of Maui's most influential ruling chiefs born in the 1700s...Audiences will have the chance to learn about the history of hula, different styles, chants, spiritualism, teachings of the master dancers, hula genealogy and cultural practices as they relate to Kahekili's story." |
http://www.uketreasures.com
http://www.ukuleletonya.com |
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Momi
Lokahi
402 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2008 : 6:23:11 PM
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By Paul Wood for Hana Hou!, Aloha Airlines’ in-flight magazine, Feb./March 2008:
"The last great ruling chief of Maui, Kahekili, was an avid cliff-leaper and a ferocious warrior who had the entire right side of his body tattooed pitch black to turn himself into an earthly manifestation of the lightning god Kane-hekili. Time and again, his troops humiliated the invading forces of Big Island chief Kalani`ōpu`u and after every bloody victory he ordered his men to lay down their weapons and return to their taro patches. When he died—of natural causes at age 97, in the year 1793—he was the ruler, directly or indirectly, of every island except Hawai`i. So who’s ever heard of this magnificent leader?
Well, actually, thanks to the National Endowment for the Arts, a few thousand residents of New York City now know a lot about him. They attended a September 'hula drama' performance called Kahekili¸ created and staged by Hōkūlani Holt and her Hālau Pa`u O Hi`iaka with assistance from two other Maui kumu hula, Keali`i Reichel and Pali Ahue. The NEA picked this work for its American Masters series, thereby ranking the Maui hālau with the pre-eminent dance companies of Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey and Paul Taylor. NEA funding (along with help from the Maui Visitors Bureau) allowed the hālau to do something it otherwise could never afford—tour.
It was a first taste of Manhattan for most, and the taxis were all on strike. Picture eighteen hula artists from Maui traveling to the concert site by subway, 'curlers in hair and everything,' giggles kumu Hōkūlani. The whole experience was 'absolutely fabulous,' she says. New Yorkers were not only kind and helpful but also 'excited to see this kind of dance, kahiko in this style, for the first time.'
The cast came home and gave a triumphal performance in Maui’s Castle Theater, and it continues to tour: University of California Chico (Feb. 19), UC Santa Cruz (Feb. 23), Scottsdale Center for the Arts (Feb. 28), and then O`ahu (Leeward Community College, March 15) and Hawai`i island (Kahilu Theater Foundation, April 19). Hōkūlani is still working up a Kaua`i date. 'It is important to us that people have the opportunity to get to know Kahekili,' she says, 'to experience the cultural practices of those days, the motion and the glory of the life of old.'"
I hope you have a great time, Tonya - Happy Valentine's Day! |
Edited by - Momi on 02/14/2008 8:28:59 PM |
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alika207
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 02/15/2008 : 12:45:29 AM
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| That's something I would love to go to! Tell us how it went! |
He kehau ho'oma'ema'e ke aloha.
'Alika / Polinahe |
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