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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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 Posted - 04/13/2011 : 4:02:33 PM
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Our Taropatch sister and friend Leilehua Yuen and her husband Manu Josiah have just released a very intriguing CD. It consists of a mixture of songs,chants and stories.
Here is a much better description from her page on CD Baby.
From a tranquil tropical night to the brilliant red dawn, the sunlit day, and evening again; from graceful goddesses of mountain and river to bold adventurers; storytelling, chant, and music bring traditional lore and legends to life.
You can listen to samples at the following link.
https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/leimanu
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Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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Hula Rider
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 04/15/2011 : 3:29:06 PM
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Aloha Wanda, mahalo so much for the post!
I grew up with a view of Maunakea. Each morning, from my bedroom window, I awoke to the great mountain's presence. If the sky was clear, I saw the mountain silhouetted against the fading cyan of night and watched the brick red glow wash down her slopes. If the sky was filled with cloud, I knew the moist air had piled up against the slopes, forming clouds which would soon drench Hilo.
As an adult, I have almost always lived within sight of the mountain. Even in Kona, I tried to rent where I could find some glimpse of that summit which represented, to me, "home."
Through my work as a Hawai`i Natural History Association cultural demonstrator I had many opportunities to learn more about Hawaiian culture and arts from a more academic viewpoint, and to study under many highly respected kūpuna and mentors in the Park Service.
As an editor at Space Age, I was able to refine my research and writing skills, and meet scientists, astronauts, and others in the cutting edge of space exploration.
Around 2000, through Steve Durst, the publisher and editor in chief at Space Age, I met Koa Rice and Dave Byrne. I was invited to give cultural presentations at the Visitor Information Station. as the presentations were given at the lend of an already-long work day, sometimes I was just too tired to ride home, so I would ease my motorcycle down one of the bumpy dirt roads and park behind a handy mamane tree, lay my raingear on the ground, and curl up in my leathers to watch the stars wheel overhead until I fell into a sound and satisfying sleep.
A few years later, my fiance, now husband, joined me in giving presentations. He has added a balance and depth which was missing all these years, and provides the solid bass on top of which we share our melody and lyrics.
In 2010, I was approached by the Robyn Ridley, of Crystal Clear Reflections, and asked to do a workshop for one of her groups. Generally, I put together my lesson plan, record the chants and songs into my cell phone, and then e-mail everything to the haumana [students]. That's a lot of work to do for each and every workshop! This time, we decided to put all of the chants and hula for the workshop into a professionally-recorded CD.
With Robyn’s encouragement - spiritual, verbal, and financial - we put it all together, phoned Charles Brotman, and headed back into his studio to record By Moonlight, By Sunlight. Although it is the second album we have recorded, due to some logistical problems with getting our first CD out, this is the first of our CDs actually to be released.
Mahalo!
Malama pono,
Leilehua |
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By Moonlight, by Sunlight by Leilehua Yuen
