Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 30, Number 7, 1 July 2013 — E ola e ... e ola e ... e ola e Ka Leo Hawaiʻi [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

E ola e ... e ola e ... e ola e Ka Leo Hawaiʻi

Aloha e nā 'ōiwi 'ōlino, nā pulapula a Hāloa, mai Hawai'i a Ni'ihau, puni ke ao mālamalama. After more than 36 years Ka Leo Hawai'i returned to celebrate the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame 20 13 Lei of Stars. Kauanoe Kimura was, has been and always will be the voice of Ka Leo Hawai'i, whieh for over three-plus decades gathered "special guest kūpuna in studio" along with Hawaiian language

speakers statewide to talk story "ma ka lekiō KCCN (on KCCN radio) for Ka Leo Hawai'i " a one-hour radio program sponsored by the Gas Co. and 'Ahahui 'Ōlelo Hawai'i. As a fundraiser in 1977, musician-per-formers organized to record and produce the long-play alhum Ka Leo Hawai'i (see photo from alhum cover). Ka Leo Hawai 'i remains a collector's item, strong, vibrant and on point with its enduring mana'o and message into 2013. "E nā Hawai'i e huki like i mau ke ola ko kākou waiwai" (People of Hawai'i pull together so our richness will live forever.) Kawena Puku'i and Malia Kawaiho'oūluohā'ao composed two of these special mele ("Ho'oluli Noho Paipai" and "Ni'ihau o Ka'eokūiani") while Kauanoe Kimura penned the remaining nine with some melodic help from friends Laiku, Lolena, Haunani and Kaniela mā.

A "New York Hula," "kau a'e la i ka sub way ke ka ' a uila e halulu ana puka aku i ka Times Square" heralds a first time visit to New York City; "Kohaia Unu Pa'a," whether Kohala waho or Kohala loko, "he aloha, he aloha unu pa'a" (my love to you oh Kohala, firm as a solid stone); "Ku'u 'Āina o Waimea," "hi'ilani ke aloha i ke alo o nā kūpuna," (here is my praise of aloha in the presenee of my grandparents). Unele Joe Maka'ai says just look at this country jack with his wicker bag

going-a-traveling, "Kua'āina Holoholo," "e nānā mai i kēia kua'āina me ka'u paiki 'ie a'e holoholo a'e nei." Cherishing "Kaiāhuipua'a," "no ka malu 'olu o Kalāhuipua'a" (in the tranquility of Kalāhuipua'a); "Kaupō," "e ake a'e ana, e 'ike iā Kaupō" (longing to see Kaupō); "I Ka Ua o Ka Pō Nei," ' 'ua sila i nā ke'ena pu'uwai" (and it is sealed within the little rooms of my heart); and "Wa'a Hōkūie'a," a tribute to Kapena Kapahulehua and Hōkūle'a sailors, then and now, past to present, "Ho'okahi nō kia'i nāna nō e mālama ma loko nō o kona mana nā holokai Hawai'i" (There is only one guardian, he will take care of you, within his power are the sailors of Hawai'i). Ka Leo Hawai'i, mau a mau. 7/48 ■

You ean watch the Hawaiian Music Hall ofFame 2013 Lei ofStars, online at www. youtube. com/watch ?v= 690LH6- T5W4.

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Pholo from the 1 977 alhum cover, from left, Alan Akaka, Haunani Bernardino, Ainsley Halemanu, Danny Akaka Jr., Larry Kimum, Haunani Apoliona, Kalena Silva, Lolena Nicholas and Aaron Mahi. - Courtesy photo