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Mark E
Lokahi
USA
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 Posted - 04/06/2011 : 6:47:31 PM
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Does anyone have suggestions of music I can/should take in while on Oahu the first ten days of May? Any advice will be gratefully received. I plan, of course, to go to the Willows to see PakeleLive which I always watch from home.
Mahalo nui,
Mark E
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 04/07/2011 : 04:39:38 AM
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Led Kaapana at Kona Brewing Company Sunday nights, music every night at Chais Island Bistro, check their web site for specifics, Kani Kapila Grill, every night, check with them, Slack Key Sundays at the Waikiki Marriott Hotel, featuring George Kuo, Aaron Mahi,Martin Pahinui, and Bobby Ingano. Check with the Marriott for other evenings as well. Sunday afternoons at Honey's, in the Ko`olau Golf Club, featuring Mike Ka`awa, Paul Kim, Ocean Kaowili, Analu Aina,and sometimes legend Eddie Kamae. Check with the Honolulu Elks club for the same line up. Friday at Nico's on Pier 38 is an excellent lunchtime show, featuring Ramon Camarillo. At many of these shows, there's no telling what guests will turn up to sing,play, or dance hula. There are amazing musicians in every family in Hawai`i, not all make recordings. Any group you see jamming on the beach will probably have some players with awesome talent. There's a lot more that I have missed, partly due to poor memory, partly to lack of time to explore everything available.
Unko Paul |
"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2011 : 05:22:14 AM
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Ai. That husband of mine. He screwed up. He was supposed to say that CUTE Ocean Kaowili.
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Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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Hookani
Lokahi
232 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2011 : 08:55:23 AM
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| Can also check poolside at the Princess Kaiulani Hotel. Starting this Thursday, Welo will be playing at the Ilikai every Thursday from 7-9. Kamaka Fernandez sometimes plays at Formaggios in Kailua and sometimes at Wahoos on Ward Ave. Check the schedule for The Edge at Sheraton Waikiki. |
Ke Kani Nahe
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2011 : 09:06:24 AM
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| Don't forget `Ohana Keawe - Aunty Genoa's family on Thursdays at the Marriott Waikiki. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2177 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2011 : 2:23:50 PM
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| Plus jams around the island. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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les_maverick
Lokahi
USA
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 04/18/2011 : 10:44:37 AM
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| Don't forgeet that May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii. There's entertainment all day long at the bandshell in Kapiolani park, near the zoo. There's also choke food booths (haha), a lei making contest and goodie booths. As for me, I'll be on Maui at the Henry Allen Steel Guitar Festival at the Ka'anapali Beach Hotel celwbrating Lei Day there. |
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Mark E
Lokahi
USA
186 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2011 : 10:51:18 PM
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Mahalo Nui all you folks who posted suggestions. They are more than welcome because I am now on O'ahu in rain, rain and more rain - so musical events are having to take the place of snorkeling, hiking and other outdoor activities. So, for example, I got to see Kimo West at the Willows Thursday (my wife and I were most of the live audience) and today, at the International Marketplace, we saw Melveen Leed who was joined by Rodney Cazimero and Anne McCormack. Lots of fun and more to come.
So many, many thanks, folks!! |
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Earl
`Olu`olu
USA
533 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2011 : 09:38:09 AM
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I'm always amazed that snorkeling and scuba diving trips get cancelled due to rain. You would not get wet otherwise, eh?  Seriously, have fun and enjoy the shows. Wish I were there, rain or not. |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 05/08/2011 : 12:21:03 PM
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| In WA state, swimming in the rain is not uncommon. Doing anything in the rain is not uncommon. |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 05/08/2011 : 6:49:07 PM
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Originally posted by thumbstruck
In WA state, swimming in the rain is not uncommon. Doing anything in the rain is not uncommon.
Yeah, but Mark lives in the beautiful rain-shadow region. |
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Mark E
Lokahi
USA
186 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2011 : 6:25:29 PM
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Well, we got back to Seattle at 6:00 this morning. I have now today (10 min. before PakeleLive starts) experienced more sun than there was on O'ahu this entire past week!! Oh well - such is karma.
If I can figure out how to contact Melveen Leed to ask her permission, I will post on YouTube a number of her pieces that she did at the International Marketplace last week. Including a medley of pieces from "Hawaii Calls" days and, with Rodney Cazimero, a beautiful rendition of "I'll Remember You" that brought tears to my eyes. (Any thoughts on how to email her would help.)
Another interesting item that came out of this trip was at the Polynesian Cultural Center where I attended a half hour presentation at the Hawaiian section. In the course of this, I heard about how speaking Hawaiian was prohibited and kids who spoke it in schools were punished. And since there was no written language, this tended to destroy the Hawaiian culture. If Dr. Kenneth Conklin (referred to in Bau's posting of 2/22/11) was right, then this is a myth that is being quite widely and publicly perpetrated. I intend to send PCC the reference.
So, all in all, it was an interesting albeit moist trip. We hope to go back. Thanks, once more for your help.
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2011 : 7:07:58 PM
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Originally posted by Mark E
If I can figure out how to contact Melveen Leed to ask her permission ... (Any thoughts on how to email her would help.)
I'd love to find out as well. The e-mail address I had for her is no longer active, and I have a friend who has had a question for her for some time, about a rare recording of her that he located.
Welcome back, Mark. That explains the sunshine we got today - it came back with you. |
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
841 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2011 : 06:50:54 AM
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| Melveen is on facebook. Perhaps you can try contacting her that way. |
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
Mark Twain |
Edited by - markwitz on 05/13/2011 06:52:18 AM |
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