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Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club

March 2015 Newsletter

Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club members and ohana ready to distribute water

to more than 20,000 Great Aloha Run participants

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Next General Membership Meeting

Thursday, march 19, 2015

6:30 p.m.

Halawa District Park Gym

In the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, please

bring a dish to compliment Hala Tutu’s

corned beef & cabbage and potatoes.

Items that would be welcomed

Drinks, salads, rice, soda bread, desserts (like lime jello). Please call Tina Andrade at 382-3729 to let us now what you are bringing.

In this newsletter……………..

President’s Message 2

Puakea Foundation Canoe Blessing 5

Community Day at Kualoa Park 6

Great Aloha Run 8

Ali‘i Sunday for our Prince 10

Floral Parade 10

Ho‘ike‘ike 11

Loko Ea Fish Pond 11

"The Essence of Kiho‘alu" 13

Hau‘oli Lā Hānau 16

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PEARL HARBOR

HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB

“E Paepae I Luna Loa I Ka

Malamalama”

“Hold High the Light of Knowledge” Chartered: April 16, 1964

President’s Message

As you can see, your club has been very busy since our General

Meeting a week ago. We participated in the Puakea Foundation

Koa Canoe Blessing, Community Day at Kualoa Beach Park

demonstrating arts and crafts, and paddling one of the koa canoes

that was blessed. Some of us also participated in the Ke Ahe Lau

Makani at Kawaiaha‘o Church in the Festival of Hawaiian Choral

Music with the Royal Hawaiian Band that same evening.

Our club had its March Board of Directors Meeting and discussed

our 2nd reading of our Club’s Constitution, which will be presented

to our members in the April meeting. The Board of Directors

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hopes to complete the By-Laws in our April Board of Directors

Meeting which will also be our 2nd reading and then we will

present both to the General Membership in the April meeting.

We are all getting ready for the Prince Jonah Kuhio Celebration

Floral Parade and Ho‘ike‘ike, which will be held on Saturday,

March 28, 2015. We will be participating in the parade and will

have a snack booth at Kapi‘olani Park after the parade. Please

come out and help us in the snack booth. This will be a great day

of fun and enjoying the wonderful Hawaiian Music in the park.

Remember, our meeting is early this month. The meeting will be

held Thursday, March 19, 2015 because the gym will be closed on

Kuhio Day, March 26th. I look forward to seeing all of you then.

I want to thank Charles Kapua for the ono Luau Stew he made for

our February meeting. You can all look forward to the Fresh

Corned Beef and Cabbage that Lorna Pacheco and Tina Andrade

will be preparing in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. You can all

bring your dishes to compliment this main dish. Please call Lorna

Pacheco at 781-2488 and let her know what you will be bringing.

Mahalo to Pohai Keli‘ia‘a for a job well done with the Second

Water Station for the Great Aloha Run. The turnout was great,

Mahalo to all that participated in the run and those family and

friends that came out to help.

The Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic has testified at the Legislature in

Support of SB786 SD 1 - Relating to the Aha Moku Advisory

Council with the Senate Committee on Ways and Means on

February 26, 2015.

I also sent in a testimony in support of Jobie Masagatani for

her confirmation to be kept on as the Director of Hawaiian

Home Lands. She has been confirmed.

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On March 11, 2015, I testified in support of Carleton Ching to be

confirmed as the Chairman for the Department of Land and

Natural Resources. His confirmation has not been announced yet.

These are all subjects that we talked about and discussed at our

past General Meetings.

SEE YOU ALL AT THE MEETING ON THURSDAY, MARCH

19, 2015!

Aloha pumehana,

Toni Lee

DUES

If you haven’t paid your Club dues, please send them in to:

PHHCC

P.O. Box 66

Aiea, Hawaii 96701

Our dues are $20.00 for adults, and $10.00 for the Opio.

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE

AVAILABLE

If you are interested in receiving a Scholarship from the Pearl

Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club for the next school year, please call

Charles Kapua at 479-3263. Scholarship applications are available

and will be at the General Meeting on March 19th. Come pick up

your Scholarship application at the meeting!

Correction to Last Month's Cover Photo caption – Dan Kalili is the 2014 Mitchell Pei Award Winner (Not 2015)

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PUAKEA FOUNDATION KOA CANOE BLESSING

On Saturday, March 7, 2015, on the eve of Hokule‘a’s 40th

Birthday, Puakea Foundation blessed, and lauched their two

renovated koa canoes at Kualoa Beach Park. Master Koa Canoe

Builder, Uncle Bobby Puakea and his Foundation, perpetuate the

preservation of the traditional Hawaiian Art of Outrigger Canoe

Carving, and teach the Canoe Culture of the Pacific Islands.

"Kamana'o Dureg, Kevin Leonguerrero, Elke Ahleong, John

Klaiber, Tammy Dureg, Peter Ahleong, Penny Kalua, (In memory

of Kevin Wessel), Liz Sabog"

Uncle Bobby Puakea worked on the two koa canoes, “Honaunau”

belonging to the Honolulu Pearl Canoe Club, and a canoe his

father built, “Ho‘ola”, meaning “new life or rebirth.” “Rebirth” is

so appropriate considering “Honaunau” was almost 80% destroyed

during a canoe regatta in 2011. However, with Uncle Bobby’s

mastery skills and the dedication of a few volunteers, he

accomplished a task no one dared to take on. Our Pearl Harbor

Hawaiian Civic Club Crew paddled the canoe to Kualoa Beach

Park from He‘eia. The PHHCC team members are shown here.

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"Liz Sabog and Penny Kalua"

PUAKEA FOUNDATION COMMUNITY DAY AT

KUALOA BEACH PARK

"Chrissy Anjo, Alberta Low, and Fay Takahashi demonstrate

making wristlets of ti leaves and fresh flowers"

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Also, on Saturday, March 7, 2015, Pearl Harbor members shared

their talents in demonstrating arts and crafts to all who attended the

koa canoes blessing that morning. Our members shared the

following crafts:

Ti Leaf Wrislets Alberta Low and Aunty Josie Lum

Fresh Flower Wristlets Chrissy Anjo and Fay Takahashi

Poi Pounding Toni Lee

Coconut Weaving Charles Kapua and Tina Andrade

Lauhala Weaving Lorna Pacheco

Karen Alamida and her niece made the Hu (Kukui Nut Tops).

Karen also organized a competition between the children who

made the Hu so they could challenge each other. Our members

were there from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm demonstrating.

"Lorna Pacheco demonstrates lauhala weaving"

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"Charles Kapua and Tina Andrade demonstrate coconut weaving"

Mahalo to:

Carol & Wendell Lee for donating the taro

Alberta Low for donating the ti-leaves

Chrissy Anjo and Toni Lee for donating the flowers

Charles Kapua for donating the coconut leaves

Lorna Pacheco for donating the kukui nuts and the lauhala.

This was a really fun event!

Great Aloha Fun Run!!

Mahalo nui loa to all of the Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club

volunteers at this year’s Great Aloha Run. You just can't get any

better than PHHCC when it comes to setting up, passing out, and

cleaning up! We are already signed up for next year’s run and

hope to continue our tradition of giving back to our community. If

you volunteered, you should have received your t-shirt(s) at the

February 26, 2015 general membership meeting. Only a few shirts

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will be hand delivered. Special mahalo to the following

people that made this a great success: Maydeen Maika, Jeff and

Corey Pierce, Collette Chang-Hasegawa, Te Taina Iti Abalos,

Carol Rosa,

Michael Kapua,

Karen Alamida,

Ashley Padua-

Alamida, Kau‘i

Kaleo, Tina

and James

Andrade, Dan

Kalili, Joe and

Sharon Maluo,

Kanoe Walker,

Kaylee Maluo,

Kelson Maluo,

Ka‘iulani Hess,

Chrissy Anjo,

Alberta Low, Keikilani Oyama, Keanu Oyama, Kupono Hagiwara,

Ron Nacapuy, Don Nacapuy and Cheryl Kapua!

Mahalo, Maydeen Maika for inviting the Vice Commander of the

515 Air Mobility Operations Wing Colonel Jeff Pierce and his wife

Corey to come out and share in our Great Aloha Run experience.

The Pierce's are stationed at Hickam.

Great Aloha Fun Runners!!

I want to say Ho‘omaika‘i to all of our members and friends that

participated in the Great Aloha Run. They were Kaleiaina Lee and

Kimberly Gay, Keala Lee and her children, Sanoe, Eha and

Ka‘ahiki, and Walter and Doreen Rabago. GREAT JOB, POHAI

KELI‘IA‘A on setting up our second water station again, and to all

of our members who came out to help! A JOB WELL DONE!

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ALI‘I SUNDAY FOR OUR PRINCE

The Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana‘ole Ali‘i Sunday will be held

on Sunday, March 22, 2015 at Kawaiaha‘o Church at 8:30 a.m. If

you are available please come and join us. Come and learn about

our Beloved Prince.

PRINCE JONAH KŪHIŌ KALANIANA‘OLE FLORAL

PARADE

We will be honoring Dan Kalili, our 2014 Mitchell Pei Award

Winner, in the Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana‘ole Floral Parade on

Saturday, March 28th. He will be in a decorated vehicle driven by

his daughter, DreanaLee Kalili.

We are looking for two banner carriers to carry our Club Banner

through the parade. If you are available, please call Toni Lee at

222-7853. The dress code will be our Club red & white t-shirt,

shorts and tennis shoes. The parade line up begins at 8:30 a.m.

Michael Kapua will be making our floral arrangement for the

decorated vehicle. If you have flowers to donate, please call Toni

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Lee to let her know what you have. Michael will be making the

arrangements on either Thursday the 26th or Friday the 27th of

March.

CALLING ON PHHCC MEMBERS

After the Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana‘ole Floral Parade on

Saturday, March 28th, the PHHCC will have a snack booth at

Kapi‘olani Park. We need members to volunteer to work in our

snack booth. Please be at Kapi‘olani Park no later than 9:00 a.m.

as they will close off the road which may enable entrance into the

park. Jennifer Gomes will be in charge of our snack booth. We

will be selling Poi Mochi, Shrimp Chips, Chinese Pretzels and

Samurai Ice Cream. Please wear our club red and white t-shirts.

Also, please do not volunteer to help line up the parade, ALL will

be needed to help in the booth at Kapi‘olani Park. Pearl Harbor

Hawaiian Civic Club will also have two craft tables under the Craft

Booth Tent. Moana Eisele will be demonstrating the Art of

Making Tapa and Kau‘i Kaleo will be demonstrating Lauhala

Weaving. There will be lots of entertainment at the Band Stand for

everyone to enjoy.

LOKO EA FISH POND

Community Day will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at the

Haleiwa Fish Pond. They will also have, after the Pond Clean Up,

Kanikapila with Ocean Kaowili and some ono pupu. Many of our

members have been to the fishpond several times to participate in

the clean up. This will be at the end of Spring Break. If you

would like to attend, please call Toni Lee at 222-7853.

(See Flyer on next page)

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THE HAWAIIAN MUSIC HALL OF FAME

(HMHF) proudly announces:

The Essence of Kiho‘alu, A Hawaiian Legacy

Date: March 28, 2015, Saturday,

Time: 6 pm

Venue: Kawaiaha‘o Church

Tickets: General Admission $30/ticket

Groups of 10 or more and students $20/ticket.

Contact: Call Ann at 392-3649 for tickets.

Join us for the third and final Na Mele Mae‘ole (Never

Fading Songs) concert for 2015.

Featured Artists: Frank Carlos

Leonard Keala Kwan, Jr.

Kevin-Lee Kwan

Bobby Moderow

Danny Carvalho

George Kuo

Martin Pahinui

Aaron Mahi

This special concert will feature some of Hawaii’s finest kiho‘alu

artists playing a wide range of slack key styles. Whether

traditional or contemporary, the common bond of the older or

modern styles is the feeling of “chicken skin” and amazement at

how the guitar can sound like two guitars being played at the same

time, plucking the bass and melody together creating a sound that

is unique to Kiho‘alu.

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Frank Carlos studied kiho‘alu with Aunty Alice Namakelua and

presents her old style from the early 1900’s of picking one string,

one note, very simply played, but so sweet and soothing, taking

you back to the old Hawaiian lifestyle when life was simpler.

Leonard Keala Kwan, Jr. and Kevin-Lee Kwan represent the

Hawaiian tradition of learning kiho‘alu passed on through

generations, learning from their father Leonard Kwan Sr., who in

turn learned from his Uncle Pete Hau‘oli. Leonard recorded the

very first full length album of kiho`alu in the early 1960’s and his

recording “Opihi Moemoe” has inspired younger generations to

take up kiho‘alu, and even inspired one of the all-time great

guitarists, Chet Atkins, to record his own version of “Opihi

Moemoe.”

Bobby Moderow performs and records with his group, Maunalua,

and learned kiho‘alu from Raymond Kane, who had also

collaborated with Leonard Kwan on the first full length albums of

kiho‘alu. Raymond taught many students from Hawaii and around

the world, and imparted his unique style that was passed on to him

from an older Hawaiian fisherman, Albert Kawelo, who lived in

the old Hawaiian fishing village at Zablan Beach, Nanakuli.

Danny Carvalho represents the younger generation of kiho‘alu

artists who were inspired by the older traditional artists in learning

kiho‘alu, and have infused their own modern influences into their

style of playing kiho‘alu. Danny’s father and mother both played

kiho‘alu and influenced Danny from a young age to take up

kiho‘alu. Danny records and also performs at various locations,

and is noted for his very complex style of Kiho‘alu.

George Kuo learned kiho‘alu from playing along and getting close

with many of the older generation of kiho‘alu artists and Hawaiian

musicians and carries on their feelings of having good times and

kanikapila with friends from the older carefree days of Hawaiian

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lifestyle. George, who played with Eddie Kamae and the Sons of

Hawaii from 1986 to 1998, has been recording and performing

from the 1970’s, and currently records and performs with Martin

Pahinui and Aaron Mahi.

Martin Pahinui grew up in a very famous musical family, and

recorded many landmark albums with his brothers Bla, Philip,

Cyril, and most notably his father, Gabby Pahinui. Martin later

played with Peter Moon and his band during the 1980’s, and

recorded many albums that influenced the start of today’s

contemporary pop style of Hawaiian music. Martin currently

performs and records with George and Aaron, and is carrying on

the legacy of his dad, in the playing of Gabby’s tuning and singing

in the old Hawaiian soul sound.

Aaron Mahi developed a love for both traditional Hawaiian and

classical symphony music while attending Kamehameha Schools,

learning and performing traditional Hawaiian music along with

classical orchestra music. Aaron graduated from Hartford Music

College to become the Bandmaster of the Royal Hawaiian Band

and an Associate Conductor of the Honolulu Symphony. Aaron has

dedicated his life to learning and perpetuating traditional Hawaiian

music, language, and cultural traditions in his current performing

and recording with George and Martin, conducting various chorale

groups, and in his foundation work of assisting Hawaiian

communities.

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Hawaiian Civic Club members may subscribe to this weekly digest to receive it directly. To do so, please e-mail our Corresponding Secretary, Dre Kalili, at AHCC.Nuhou@gmail.com

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Let’s send out Birthday Wishes to our members who are celebrating

birthdays in the month of March

Hayden Kahiau Butler Catherine Iwalani Dill-Johnson

Tedi Kau‘i Kaleo Charles Kapua

Michael “Jack” Kapua Benson Lee

Kilohana Michael Low Momi Phillips Patrick Sniffen

Brittni Waine‘e

Hau‘oli Lā Hānau

A closing Mahalo to Collette Chang-Hasegawa for being brave and helped edit, format, and assemble

this newsletter.