[Found under: “He Kaao Hoonaue Puuwai no Puakaohelo”]
Ke ku nei au e hele e
A noho e na wahine o ka lua
O ka poe ino o lakou nei
E mana ka ia’u e hele e
E hele no wau e Continue reading
Mele by Hiiaka upon leaving Halemaumau, 1894.
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I wonder if this ever happened, and if it did, if the recordings are still around, 1934.
Genuine Hulas to Be Preserved In Series of Motion Pictures
Aid of modern motion pictures and phonographs will be enlisted to preserve the Hawaiian hula as it was danced in Kalakaua’s days, so that burlesque innovations will not cause the dance to degenerate in years to come, it was announced Monday when Akoni Mika, 68-year-old hula master, arrived here from his home at Keaukaha, Hilo. Continue reading
More on Kapo in the verdure, 1905.
[Found under: “Ka Moolelo o Hiiaka-i-ka-poli-o=pele”]
[Hiiaka and Wahineomao folks come upon a halau filled with men, women, and children, at Wailua Iki. The activity within the halau was hula.]
While they were standing, those inside were dancing hula. The hula being performed at that time was a hula olapa. When they were at a break, Hiiaka chanted, for she saw her cousin, Kapokulani, sitting amongst the verdure. Kapo saw their young alii and her tears began to flow.
THIRTY-FIFTH CHANT OF HIIAKA.
1. Kanikanihia Hikapaloa—e,
2. O ka lai o Wailua-iki,
3. Lai malino a Kapo i noho ai,
4. I noho nanea no i ka lai o Kona,
5. Alo—ha,
6. O kanaenae aloha iho la no ia la,
7. O ka leo,
8. O ka leo ka mea aloha—e,
9. Noho ana Kapo i ka ulu-wehiwehi, Continue reading
“Noho ana Kapo i ka uluwehiwehi…” 1885.
[Found under: “HE MOOLELO KAAO NO KEAOMELEMELE.”]
“Noho ana Kapo i ka uluwehiwehi,
Ku ana iluna o Maohelaia,
Ohia ku i Maunaloa,
Aloha mai Kaulanau—la, Continue reading
Forty years ago, Brothers Cazimero May Day Concert at the Shell! 1978.
[Found under: “Show Biz: Wayne Harada”]
Hana hou
For You a Lei Day Program. The Brothers Cazimero, who just appeared in Ken Rosene’s Hawaii Contemporary Music Festival, will do an “encore” of sorts come May Day. Yep, on Lei Day—May 1—Robert and Roland Cazimero will headline a May Day concert at the Waikiki Shell. Continue reading
Hawaiian Halloween in LA, 1937.
WAIKIKI
Commencing
Saturday, Oct. 30
HAWAIIAN HALLOWE’EN
CELEBRATION–for 7 Days
–as in The Islands!
SOL HOOPII’S Orchestra
LENA MACHADO
PRINCE LEI LANI
ALOHA KAIMI Arrives from Honolulu to Join TANI MARSH in Interpretive Hulas!
NO COVER CHARGE
Hawaiian, Chinese and American
Cuisine — Special
DINNER SATURDAY $2.50
All Other Times $1.50
LA BREA AT BEVERLY York 8183
Try a Poi Cocktail at “Noa-Noa”
(LA Times, 10/30/1937, p. 5)
Los Angeles Times, Volume LVI. October 30, 1937, p. 5.
Hilo’s Kauihealani Mahikoa Brandt, Jack Brandt, and Teitu Kameenui, 1960.
Hilo’s Huladynamic Kaui Brandt
A pencil sketch from the notebook of associate instructor Teitu Kameenui shows Kaui Brandt doing one of her Polynesian dances
“Hula entrepreneur instructor, troupe leader, featured dancer and vocalist, sometimes disc jockey, plus full-time wife and mother of two healthy children”—gives a fairly accurate thumbnail description of Hilo’s Kauihealani Mahikoa Brandt, better known as “Kaui.”
In partnership with her husband Jack, this vivacious hapa-Hawaiian has upended the Big Island’s hula business, punched and pulled much of it into a shape of her own design and presented malihini and kamaaina with a variety of Polynesian entertainment sparkling with color, excitement, speed and imagination
At 27, with some 14 years as student, amateur and professional performer, producer and instructor, Kaui stands near the top of her profession.
She hastens to point out that she has not reached her ultimate goal, but nevertheless, Kaui commands a position not usually enjoyed by so young a Kumu Hula (hula director). Continue reading
Tom Hiona at Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1939.
Shown With Hawaiian Drums
Tom Hiona, hula master, who is in charge of Hawaiian dances at the Hawaiian Festival to take place Thursday evening at 8 o’clock at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Continue reading
Tom Hiona opens halau, 1947.
TOM HIONA
WELL KNOWN TEACHER Of Hula to Open Studio on March 1
One of Hawaii’s best known teachers of the hula and directors of hula dancing, Tom Hiona, will open a new studio March 1. the studio is located at 1914 Kahai St., Kalihi.
For the past 15 years, Tom Hiona has been a leader in teaching both ancient and modern hula dances. He will instruct classes in all types of hula, including the following—pahu or drum dances, the olapa, uliuli or rattle gourd, puili or bamboo, iliili or pebble, ka kalaau or tapping sticks as well as modern dances. Continue reading
More performances by David Bray, 1931.
BRAY GROUP OFFERS PROGRAM OF DANCES AND SONGS SATURDAY
Hawaiian music, old and new, together with exhibitions of hula dancing will make up a varied program to be given at the Latter-Day Saints hall, Kalihi, Saturday evening by David Bray’s group of Hawaiian entertainers. Continue reading
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