Na Kai Ewalu – 20 June 2009
June 20, 2009
Music up front all the way! Another great Saturday here. Office of Hawaiian Affairs at-large trustee Rowena Akana joined us by phone right off the plane from Washington D.C. She was there to lobby for the Akaka Bill. Listen in to find out her assessment of the bill’s chances in the House and Senate this time around. Trustee Akana also shared her views of the past Hawai’i legislative session and current challenges for OHA.
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Na Kai Ewalu – 13 June 2009
June 20, 2009
This Saturday we were celebrating the music of this unique place on earth and talking about the Na Hoku Hanohano awards that happened last Tuesday. We talked with John Aeto, General Manager of Visionary Related Entertainment and member of the Hawai’i Academy of Recording Arts Board of Governors about HARA and the recording industry. Interesting, he outlined the history of live and recorded music in Hawai’i, drawing a parallel between the 1970’s and the present. All we know is, musicians need our support at their live performances, also, clubs and venues need our dollars to stay in business, and we need to purchase all the music we enjoy just to keep musicians going. We’re going to start charging to listen to Na Kai ‘Ewalu. Not! But we will do our part to keep you connected with the music of Hawai’i.
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Na Kai Ewalu – 6 June 2009
June 20, 2009
Wow this was a fun Saturday with summer in full swing. We had Kainoa Daines, Chair of the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission in to help us look ahead to the holiday. The 93rd Annual King Kamehameha Floral Parade is going to be incredible again this year because of the love and commitment behind every bit of it. Funding for Kamehameha Day events has been sketchy at best, still, Maui, Hawai’i island and Kaua’i are hanging tough with their commemorations. Mahalo and much aloha to all the participants in Lahaina, Hawi, Kea’au and on Kaua’i and O’ahu. Kainoa was saying that the commission is in a building phase, as are the sponsoring groups on Maui and in Hilo, as the young guard rises to their kuleana.
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