Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 13, Number 3, 1 March 1996 — Ko Kamehameha Hoʻokūkū Hīmeni [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Ko Kamehameha Hoʻokūkū Hīmeni

Kamehameha's Song Contest

na Manu'aikohana Boyd E nā hoa heluhelu o Ka Wai Ola O OHA. mai ka lā hiki i ka hikina a ka la kau i ke komohana, aloha nui kākou. 'Oiai 'o ka makahiki kēia o ka 'ōlelo Hawai'i, i kūkala 'ia e ke Kia'āina, ua mana'o 'ia e ho'okomo i kekahi kōlamu 'ōlelo Hawai'i i kēia nūpepa nei e hō'ike ākea i ka nani a me ka waiwai o ka 'ōlelo 'ōiwi o kēia pae 'āina hanohano. Inā he mana'o kou e ho'ouna mai i kekahi mo'olelo i kākau 'ia ma ka 'ōlelo Hawai'i no ka pa'i 'ia 'ana ma 'ane'i, e ho'ouna i ia mea iā mākou, a na nā luna o kēia

nūpepa e wae aku. A, na'u ke kuleana o ke kākau 'ana i mo'olelo no kēia mahina. Ma ka mahina nei, ma e mālama ana ke Kula 'o Kamehameha i ka ho'okūkū hīmeni kūmakahiki, he ho'oilina no nā makahiki he nui. Aia ia papahana ma ka NBC ma Honolulu nei. a ho'ike 'ia ma ke kīwī pū

kekahi. E ho'okūkū ana na haumāna a pau loa o nā papa 'ehā o ke kula ki'eki'e, a he koina ia no ka puka 'ana aku mai ia kula

aku. Ke a'o 'ia nei he ho'okahi kaukani me 'ehiku haneli a m mau haumāna e hīmeni me ka Ieo nahenahe, 'o ia hō'i ke 'ano o ka Hawai'i, 'eā? 'Ekolu mau māhele o ka ho'okūkū: nā kāne (papa 10 - 12), nā wāhine (papa 10 - 12), a me nā kāne a me nā wāhine i hui pū 'ia (papa 9 - 12).

I kēlā makahiki aku nei, ua lilo ka lei 0 ka lanakila i ka papa 'eiwa! 'A'ole i ' ike iki 'ia kēia 'ano ho'okūkū hīmeni ma ke ao nei 'eā. Koho 'ia ke po'omana'o no ka ho'okūkū i kēlā makahiki kēia makahiki, a pili na mele i koho 'ia i ke po'omana'o. I kēia makahiki, ke ho'ohanohano 'ia nei 'o Dorothy Kahananui Gillett ma o ka hlmeni 'ia 'ana i nā mele ana i ho'onohonoho ai. He

lokomaika'i 'o ia, a kaulana no ho'i i na mea i pili i ka hīmeni Hawai'i 'ana. 'Oiai, ua ho'omaha 'o Gillett Wahine mai kāna a'o 'ana ma ke Kulanui o Hawai'i ma Mānoa, he kumu maika'i 'o ia. Palena 'ole ka mahalo iā ia no kāna "hana nui" e bo'eJ^qlomua i ke 'ano o ka hīmeni Hawatt ' ana.

'Ōlelo Hawai'i

l^ia'a kekahi niāhēk hoihoi ma ia hanuna. 'o ia EH^Whō'ike hula ma Haena o ka ^^■okūkū hīmeni a

me ka ho'oiana ' 'ana i nā lanakila. UakŌlio 'ia he kanaono a 'oi mau haumāna e hula ma ia hō'ike, akā ua ho'ā'o ma kahi o 'elua haneli me ke kanalima mau haumāna. Ua nui nā haumāna mākaukau i ka hula i kēia mau la, 'a'ole like me ka wā ma mua 'oiai ua pāpā 'ia nā 'ano mo'omeheu Hawai'i

like 'ole ma ia kula. Mahalo kākou, ka lāhui, no ka ikaika a me ke ola pono o ko kākou mo'omeheu i kēia mau lā! 'O "Ho'okupu" ke po'omana'o no ka ho'ike hula, e alaka'i 'ia ana e ka Papa 'Uniki 'A'ali'i o Hālau Nā Kamalei, nā kumu hula 'ehā i 'ūniki mai nei ma lalo o ke a'o 'ana o Robert Uluwehi Cazimero. Eia kekahi, 'o Uluwehi ka luna loiloi kūlana nui o ia ho'okūkū hīmeni, a he kupono ho'i ma muli o kāna mau hana pili i ka hīmeni 'ana. 'A'ohe ona lua e like ai. Aia ana ia ho'okūkū ma ka lā 22 o Malaki, he Pō'alima, a ma muli o ka piha'ū o ia hale 'o ka NBC i nā 'ohana a me nā haumāna, hiki iā 'oukou ke nānā ma ke kānela 'ehā o ke kīwī hola 'ehiku 0 ke ahiahi. E hō'ike hou 'ia ana 1 ka Lāpule, lā 24 o Malaki, ma ia kānela nō i ka hola 'ekahi o ka

'auinala. Aloha. English Translation To you, the readers of Ka Wai Ola O OHA, from the rising sun in the east to the setting sun in the west, greetings, one and all. As this is the "Year of the Hawaiian Language" as designated by the Governor, it was decided that a Hawaiian language eolumn would be included in this paper to give greater visibility to the beauty and value of the native language of this glorious archipelago. If you wish to contribute a Hawaiian language story for printing consideration, send it to Ka Wai Ola O OHA who will review it. I am pleased, however, to contribute this month's writing.

This month, the Kamehameha Schools will hold its annual Song Contest, a legacy passed down through more than seven decades. The event, held at the NBC Arena in Honolulu, is also broadcast live statewide. The contest involves all Kamehameha high school students, grades 9 - 12, with participation counted as a graduation requirement. More than 1,700 students are presently preparing themselves to sing in the "nahenahe" way of our people. There are three divisions in the contest: boys (grades 10 - 12); girls (grades 10 - 12); and a co-ed competition (grades 9 - 12). Last year, the freshmen won the co-ed eup! Surely this kind of school-wide contest is held nowhere else in the world.

Eaeh year, a contest theme is chosen, whieh is supported by the songs selected. This year, Kamehameha Schools graduate Mrs. Dorothy Kahananui Gillett is being honored with the performanee of many of her musical arrangements. Mrs. Gillett is a gracious woman, who is a noted proponent of Hawaiian language and choral singing. While she retired several years ago from UH Mānoa's music department, she is regarded as an outstanding educator. We are grateful for the excellence she has fostered in the area of musical arranging, performanee and education. Another entertaining and educational facet of the Song Contest is the ho'ike or dance interlude whieh occurs between the contest and the presentation of the awards. More than 60 students have been selected to participate, although nearly 250 students auditioned for the program. Hundreds of students are involved in hula these days, unlike an earlier time when hula and other cultural expressions were disallowed at the school. How lucky our people are to know that our culture is alive and

well today! The ho'ike theme is "Ho'okupu," and will be produced and directed by the Papa 'Uniki 'A'ali'i o Hālau Nā Kamalei, the four kumu hula graduates of Kumu Hula Robert Uluwehi Cazimero. He, incidentally, will serve as overall judge in the contest (music and language) because of his life-long dedication to music performance, education and excellence. The Kamehameha Schools Song Contest will be held on Friday, March 22, 1996. As a full-house of family, friends and faculty is expected, you C£in catch the live broadcast on Channel 4 at 7 p.m. The Song Contest will be re-broadcast on Sunday, March 24, 1996 at 1 p.m. Aloha.

1995 Kamehameha Schools Song Contest, senior women