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lynn
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 Posted - 09/02/2009 : 10:20:59 PM
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 This week on Pakele Live! with Tony Solis our guest is Kamakakehau (Kamaka) Fernandez. Regular Pakele Live viewers may remember Kamaka from a brief guest appearance early this year when he was called on stage to sing “Alika” with Emily Abrigo during the Abrigo Ohana’s first Pakele Live performance. The response to Kamaka’s appearance was so overwhelming that we’ve been trying to bring him back ever since – and we finally succeeded.
Born in Arkansas but adopted as an infant and raised on Maui, Kamaka was raised surrounded by the Hawaiian culture. He attended a Hawaiian immersion school, he speaks Hawaiian fluently, he dances hula, he plays ‘ukulele – and his love of Hawaiian music led him to teach himself to sing leo ki’eki’e (falsetto) by imitating some of Hawai’i’s greatest, including Aunty Genoa Keawe and Uncle Richard Ho’opi’i. (He taught himself so well that he won Richard Ho’opi’i’s very prestigious Hawaiian falsetto contest in 2003!) Although he performs many traditional Hawaiian songs, Kamaka is also a prolific songwriter and performs many of his original compositions.
Join host Tony Solis for Pakele Live! this Thursday, Sept. 3, from 6-8 p.m. HST in the Pakele Lounge at the Ala Moana Hotel (410 Atkinson Dr., Honolulu). It’s free, all ages are welcome, and free parking is available next door at Ala Moana Shopping Center. Drinks are available for purchase, although the hotel no longer serves food.
You may also watch live online at: http://www.pakelelive.com/
Those in Japan can watch at: http://www.j-wave.co.jp/
You may email the show at pakele @ lava.net – mention your name and where you’re located - city, state – or country, if outside the U.S.!
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wcerto
Ahonui
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Posted - 09/03/2009 : 03:18:17 AM
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And I hear there is going to be a very talented guitar player with Kamaka.
Please give Kamaka Auntie Wanda & Uncle Paul's kindest regards (and to the mystery guitar plyer, as well). Auntie is proud of her boys. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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Kamaka Fernandez at Pakele Live
