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cyril
Lokahi
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 Posted - 04/15/2010 : 11:25:47 PM
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[size=3]Announcing the 3rd Annual Gabby Pahinui Waimanalo Kanikapila
August 7th at the Waimanalo Beach Park.
The event is FREE and open to the public.
We have designed a great t-shirt and a poster. We will be giving one to each of the musicians and sponsors and hope to raise a little money to help with their travel expenses too.
ADDED BONUS*******
$1 from each t-shirt sold will be contributed to raise the $1.4 million needed to build the Hawaii Museum of Music and Dance
Please contact Cyril directly with any requests or questions or to make a contribution at cyril @ cyrilpahinui.com
The Pahinui Ohana presents the third annual Gabby Pahinui Waimanalo Kanikapila Saturday, August 7, 2010 at the Waimanalo Beach Park from 10am to 6pm.
The day-long musical celebration is a long time dream of Cyril Pahinui, one of Gabby’s six sons and a pretty good musician himself.
During Gabby Pahinui's life, weekends at the Pahinui home in Waimanalo were a continuous jam session, dozens of musicians, both young and old, came by to jam with "the Master". Memorable guests included slack key masters Leland “Atta” Isaacs, Sonny Chillingworth, and Ray Kane, along with David “Feet” Rogers, Joe Marshall, Jessie Kalima, Palani Vaughan, and Peter Moon to name only a few. With a welcoming pot of beef stew and rice always on the stove, the Waimanalo home became the perfect setting for a rejuvenation of Hawai‘i's musical traditions. As Gabby's fame grew, attendance at the weekend jam sessions mushroomed — sometimes hosting a hundred or more musicians and fans. The jam sessions would begin early on Friday morning and continue straight through to Monday morning.
Following Gabby’s passing in the early 80’s, Kanikapila sessions were founded at “Pop’s” Gabby Pahinui’s namesake Waimanalo Park Pavilion to feature and perpetuate his Hawaiian style kiho‘alu-slack key music. Pahinui Ohana also wants to acknowledge Waimanalo as a focal point of Kiho‘alu and Hawaiian music by reestablishing these musical gatherings and their ability to perpetuate, and preserve the uniqueness of Hawai‘i’s musical identity. And most importantly to recognize Gabby’s contribution at the building dedicated in honor of him and everything he stood for. His music has no time it is still played everywhere and still holds its own as strong as ever.
By presenting the Annual Gabby Pahinui Waimanalo Kanikapila we want to preserve and support Hawai‘i’s music industry and our unique identity as a world-class destination. And it supports community pride in Waimanalo and partnerships among our ohana, the community organizations, businesses, and the government agencies.”
In the old days it was a whole lot easier to just gather the coolers and guitars and head down to the park. It’s a lot more work today with all of the permits and security. We owe a big Mahalo to the Mayor’s Office. The staff has been very supportive and really helped us with all the details. They also awarded us with a $5,000 HTA CPEP grant to get things going and in recognition of Gabby’s ongoing contribution to Hawai‘i’s music.
Vendor and educational/informational booths are available by contacting: Cyril @ cyrilpahinui.com
The musicians have been a wonderful support. So far we have nearly a hundred performers on the schedule and the phone just keeps ringing. As soon as we have them all scheduled we will get a program posted to this site. Anyone interested in participating can email <cyril @ cyrilpahinui.com> to sign up.[/size=3]
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Cyril Pahinui
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Edited by - cyril on 04/15/2010 11:28:01 PM |
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wcerto
Ahonui
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Posted - 06/01/2010 : 09:28:11 AM
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I got my shirt today! They are very nice fabric, generous in size and well constructed.
Go order one at www.gabbypahinui.com |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 06/02/2010 : 06:34:51 AM
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| Eh, Cyril, I saw the t-shirt design, way cool! |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
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Posted - 06/02/2010 : 09:21:14 AM
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| Eh, Cyril! I jus getwan, too! Am trying to figure out how to make it. - Jack Aldrich |
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