SEATTLE
POST-INTELLIGENCERSeattle Calendar of Events – October 2009
Fridays, October 9, 16, 23, 30, 4:30 – 7:30 p.m.
ALOHA FRIDAY HAWAII CONCIERGE
Wenatchee Ferry departing for Bainbridge Island
http://www.somuchmorehawaii.com/2009/09/30/seattle/
SEATTLE
POST-INTELLIGENCER
Seattle Calendar of Events – October 2009
Fridays, October 9, 16, 23, 30, 4:30 – 7:30 p.m.
ALOHA FRIDAY HAWAII CONCIERGE
Wenatchee Ferry departing for Bainbridge Island
http://www.somuchmorehawaii.com/2009/09/30/seattle/
Seattleites
aboard The Wenatchee Ferry who may be thinking about a Hawaii vacation will have
the opportunity to speak with knowledgeable travel professionals and suppliers
about Hawaii specials and vacation packages to the Islands.
Saturdays, October 10, 17, 24, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
FREE HAWAII MUSIC CONCERT SERIES AT THE TRIPLE DOOR
The Triple Door – Musicquarium Lounge, 216 Union Street
The Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau presents a FREE weekly Hawaii music
series featuring some of the Hawaii’s most popular award-winning musicians. This
event is open to the public (21 years or older). For more information, visit
TheTripleDoor.net.
• October 10 – Willie K
• October 17 – Maunalua
• October 24 – Makana
Wednesdays, October 7, 14, 21, 28, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
FREE HAWAII OUTDOOR ADVENTURE SERIES AT R.E.I.
R.E.I., 222 Yale Avenue N.
The Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau and Outside Magazine present a FREE
weekly speaker series focused on Hawaii’s outdoor adventure at R.E.I.’s flagship
store in Seattle. Enjoy complimentary Hawaii-inspired appetizers as you learn
more about what Hawaii has to offer. For more information, visit REI.com/seattle.
• October 7 – Warren Costa, Native Guide Hawaii (volcanoes and hiking on
Hawaii’s Big Island)
• October 14 – Blake Moore, Pacific Whale Foundation (whale watching on Maui)
• October 21 – Joshua Comstock, Napali Kayak (outdoor recreation on Kauai)
• October 28 – Todd Bradley, C4 Waterman, and Archie Kalepa, Extreme Waterman
(standup paddling and surfing on Oahu)
Friday, October 9, 4:30 – 7:30 p.m.
PAU HANA TIME AT COLMAN DOCK
Colman Dock, Pier 52, 801 Alaskan Way
The Big Island Visitors Bureau provides Hawaiian entertainment for commuters at
Colman Dock. Wrap up the workday and enjoy music and hula from the Hawaiian
Islands.
Monday, October 12, 6:00 – 9:00 a.m.
FREE COFFEE AT BAINBRIDGE TERMINAL
Bainbridge Terminal, Pier 50, 270 Olympic Drive, SE
The Maui Visitors Bureau and Coffees of Hawaii serves free coffee to commuters
at the Bainbridge Terminal. Enjoy a hot cup of deliciously brewed coffee from
the Hawaiian Islands to start your day.
Wednesday, October 14, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
FREE HAWAIIAN ENTERTAINMENT AT WESTLAKE CENTER
Westlake Center, 400 Pine Street
The Maui Visitors Bureau presents an afternoon of free Hawaiian entertainment at
the Westlake Center Mall. Enjoy music, hula, and fresh flower lei from the
Hawaiian Islands.
Thursday, October 15, 3:30 – 6:00 p.m.
FREE HAWAIIAN ENTERTAINMENT AT HAWAII GENERAL STORE
Hawaii General Store, 258 NE 45th Street
The Maui Visitors Bureau presents an afternoon of free Hawaiian entertainment at
the Hawaii General Store. Enjoy music, hula, and fresh flower lei from the
Hawaiian Islands.
Friday, October 16, 4:30 – 7:30 p.m.
PAU HANA TIME AT COLMAN DOCK
Colman Dock, Pier 52, 801 Alaskan Way
The Maui Visitors Bureau provides Hawaiian entertainment for commuters at Colman
Dock. Wrap up the workday and enjoy music and hula from the Hawaiian Islands.
Sunday, October 18, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
KAUAI KANIKAPILA AT BELLEVUE SQUARE
Bellevue Square (Center Court), 575 Bellevue Square
Enjoy a Kauai-style lunchtime kanikapila (play music) featuring the falsetto
singing and slack key guitar artistry of Kauai’s Nick Castillo and lovely hula
of Miss Garden Isle, Noelani Kaui. Under the theme, Kauai – 50 Years of Movies
in Paradise, test your trivia knowledge about Hollywood’s longstanding love
affair with Kauai’s beautiful scenery to win prize giveaways – including a free
trip for two to Kauai. Savor delicious Kauai Coffee and Kauai Kookies, explore
island-made products, and learn why Hawaii’s “Garden Island” is so enticing to
nature lovers.
Monday, October 19, 6:00 – 9:00 a.m.
FREE COFFEE AT BAINBRIDGE TERMINAL
Bainbridge Terminal, Pier 50, 270 Olympic Drive, SE
The Kauai Visitors Bureau and Kauai Coffee Company serves free coffee to
commuters at the Bainbridge Terminal. Enjoy a hot cup of deliciously brewed
coffee from Kauai to start your day.
Monday, October 19, 4:30 – 7:30 p.m.
PAU HANA TIME AT COLMAN DOCK
Colman Dock, Pier 52, 801 Alaskan Way
The Kauai Visitors Bureau provides Hawaiian entertainment for commuters at
Colman Dock. Wrap up the workday and enjoy music and hula from the Hawaiian
Islands.
Tuesday, October 20, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
KAUAI KANIKAPILA AT WESTLAKE CENTER
Westlake Center, 400 Pine Street
Enjoy a Kauai-style lunchtime kanikapila (play music) featuring the falsetto
singing and slack key guitar artistry of Kauai’s Nick Castillo and lovely hula
of Miss Garden Isle, Noelani Kaui. Under the theme, Kauai – 50 Years of Movies
in Paradise, test your trivia knowledge about Hollywood’s longstanding love
affair with Kauai’s beautiful scenery to win prize giveaways – including a free
trip for two to Kauai. Savor delicious Kauai Coffee and Kauai Kookies, explore
island-made products, and learn why Hawaii’s “Garden Island” is so enticing to
nature lovers.
Monday, October 26, 6:00 – 9:00 a.m.
FREE COFFEE AT BAINBRIDGE TERMINAL
Bainbridge Terminal, Pier 50, 270 Olympic Drive, SE
The Oahu Visitors Bureau and Waialua Estate serves free coffee to commuters at
the Bainbridge Terminal. Enjoy a hot cup of deliciously brewed coffee from Oahu
to start your day.
Wednesday, October 28, 4:30 – 7:30 p.m.
PAU HANA TIME AT COLMAN DOCK
Colman Dock, Pier 52, 801 Alaskan Way
The Oahu Visitors Bureau provides Hawaiian entertainment for commuters at Colman
Dock. Wrap up the workday and enjoy hula and music from the Hawaiian Islands.
All events are subject to change.
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The following is a guest blog from Shelia Scarborough and the original article can be found here.
If you are considering a vacation to Hawaii with the kids but think that it might be too expensive, there are plenty of ways to save money on your hotel bill if Mom, Dad (or both) are in the military. In addition to all of the military lodging and resorts described below, always ask to see if a military discount is offered at civilian hotels.
The Outrigger hotels and resorts have a military travel page on their Web site, for example.
These days, money is tight in the islands because tourism traffic has dropped considerably….good deals abound and in most cases, all you have to do is ask.
Bellows Beach, Oahu; Cadetx/Flickr Creative Commons
Waikiki – The big kahuna is the Hale Koa Hotel, right on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu. Since 1975 it has been “a first class hotel and recreation facility at affordable prices for military members and their families.” I stayed there with my family a few years back and found excellent amenities (a small PX in the lobby, self-service laundry facilities, nice pools and here’s a military Mom’s blog post about the Hale Koa Luau) plus a convenient location downtown. Reserve as far in advance as you can (up to a year) on their Web site or by calling 800-367-6027 (in CONUS) or 808-955-0555 in Hawaii.
Other Oahu military hotels and lodging (for access to these you’ll probably want a rental car…)
Close To Or On The Beach
Inland Oahu
Kilauea Military Camp — this is a Joint Service Recreation Center that is located in a mountainous (often quite cool) setting right inside in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island. You can’t beat that for being in the center of the action! There are ninety one-, two- and three-bedroom cottages and apartments, restaurants, a Recreation Lodge, even golf. Arrange to fly into the Hilo airport; it’s much closer to Kilauea than the Kona airport on the other side of the island.
For a personalized tour of the volcanoes by a native guide, I recommend Warren Costa’s company Native Guide Hawaii, based on my very positive experience with him during the So Much More Hawaii blogger’s tour.
Barking Sands Beach Cottages on Kauai (at the Pacific Missile Range Facility or PMRF) – If you and the family want to get away from it all like Robinson Crusoe on the sunny western side of the island, this is the place. There are 12 oceanfront cottages and 6 set back a bit with “ocean view,” plus a small restaurant, shopette and tours/recreation center.
Although it is a beautiful beach and pristine area, it is a long drive to much of anywhere, so you may wish to spend a few days at Barking Sands simply unwinding (and maybe hiking Waimea Canyon) then shift to another part of the island for a little more access to restaurants and activities.
As a Navy veteran myself (my husband is as well) I hope that Service members and their families find this list helpful. Please let me know in the comments if I’ve missed anything.
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Hawaiian music rides a wave from novelty to niche in the Northwest
Friday, July 30, 2004 By KRISTIN DIZON SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
~Mahalo to Ron Testa for sending the information~
Go to Information on Bumbershoot Hawaiian Concert
Play some Hawaiian music and soon the sounds of aloha float by on a gentle tradewind. You smell the perfume of plumeria in the air and hear the whispering of palm trees.
Perhaps its soothing, relaxing nature is one reason Hawaiian music is gaining a growing following so far from its island roots. There are now more than a dozen concerts a year in and around Seattle, including at some of our most prestigious venues -- Benaroya Hall, McCaw Hall, Chateau Ste. Michelle and more.
Four local radio stations have Hawaiian music programs, and you can hear the music live every week at local venues. Recently, the Pacific Northwest chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences lobbied successfully to have a new category for Best Hawaiian Music Album added to the Grammys, beginning in 2005.
What is it about these island strains, with multisyllabic names that many can't pronounce, that captures the ears of mainlanders?
Part of the appeal is what the music speaks about.
"All the stories and the songs they sing are about what the land meant to them, what love is all about," said Steve Ramsey, general manager of KBCS radio station and one of a dozen rotating disc jockeys on its Hawaii Radio Connection show. "It's just beautiful music."
The music includes everything from falsetto singing to vibrato chanting to intricate harmonizing to remakes of popular English songs in Hawaiian. It tends to be very melodious or percussive, but it's usually on the gentler side. At the moment, there's no Hawaiian hard or industrial rock, though at least one group raps in Hawaiian.
Much of the mainland audience for Hawaiian music is concentrated on the West Coast, especially Southern California and the Bay Area. But the Seattle area has been embracing it in the past few years.
There are many reasons for this popularity. More Hawaiian music is being produced and it's distributed better and wider than before. You can find Hawaiian music in the local stores of national retailers such as Borders or Tower Records.
Plenty of Hawaii ex-pats, better known as locals, make the Puget Sound area their home and bring the culture with them. They're often ambassadors who share that island aloha and its sounds with others.
Though Aaron Langhoff is part Hawaiian and grew up in Hawaii, it was as a student at the University of Washington that he developed his love for the music.
"When I lived in Hawaii, I never listened to Hawaiian music. I guess it's sort of like you never want to listen to the music your parents listen to," said Langhoff, 27, manager of the Hawaii General Store & Gallery in Wallingford. (already listed in our links)
At UW, he joined the Hawaii Club, the largest social organization on campus, and began absorbing more island culture. By the time he graduated, he'd helped coordinate a luau for 1,200 people and brought in musicians from Hawaii to play. "Now, that's the only kind of music I listen to," he said.
With his newfound contacts, Langhoff
founded a non-profit organization,
Na Mele O Hawaii, to
hold cultural workshops and produce Hawaiian music concerts here. When he first
started in 1998, major venues weren't very excited about the idea of Hawaiian
music. (this troup entertained at my husbands NJROTC Luau and were
outstanding~Lea) "Most every hall laughed us out the door. They
said, 'You're kidding,' " he said.
In February, Langhoff helped bring The Brothers Cazimero, one of Hawaii's most popular musical acts, to Benaroya Hall.
Last year, another milestone was reached when Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom and Willie Kahaiali'i, better known as Amy and Willie K, played a concert at the Summer Nights at the Pier series. Recently, the performers finished a European tour where they opened for Carlos Santana in large venues and headlined some government-sponsored concerts in China.
They and other Hawaiian artists are represented by a Seattle-based talent management firm, WorldSound, headed by Warren Wyatt and his wife, Julie Hines.
Wyatt said he first really tuned into
Hawaiian music nine years ago when he listened to an album by Keali'i Reichel,
now one of the most popular and award-winning artists in Hawaii.
Wyatt was so impressed that he shifted from mostly promoting rock and pop acts to making it his mission to get Hawaiian music appreciated outside of Hawaii.
"It has melody. It has sincerity. It has emotional power. It's unique," he said. "The West Coast is in love with Hawaiian music. There's no doubt about it."
WorldSound has put together a show called Aloha Live, which plays here tomorrow, and stops in 24 other cities on the West and East coasts.
Besides locals who've moved to the area, such concerts are a draw for many who've visited Hawaii.
"We have a huge visitor market here, and from the minute they're on the airlines until they touch down on the tarmac, the music is playing," said Suzi Mechler, vice president of The Mountain Apple Co., one of the biggest producers and distributors of Hawaiian music. "It's in their hotel, it's on their car radio. They're surrounded by it."
Mechler adds that about 40 percent of the company's sales come from outside of Hawaii.
The music makes for and brings back memories.
Gail Stringer, owner of the Hawaii General Store & Gallery, said she regularly gets calls from people who've visited the islands just once, but want to find a particular tune that moved them.
"It helps people remember the sweet things about Hawaii," said Stringer, who grew up there. "There's an element of the music that's so soothing and so rich that people are just drawn to it."
There's another big reason Hawaiian
music is winning listeners outside of Hawaii, though it was also popular around
the world in the '20s and '30s. His name is
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, better
known
as IZ.
His hauntingly beautiful ukulele-version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" has been featured on "ER" and in movies, helping his album "Facing Future" go gold, or sell more than a million copies. (It's likely on its way to platinum status, or sales of 2 million records.) His success is all the more amazing given that IZ, a giant of a man, died in 1997.
Others credit Dancing Cat Records -- a label almost exclusively devoted to Hawaiian slack key guitar music started by pianist George Winston -- with drawing more musicheads and guitar lovers to the genre.
Though he grew up in Iowa, Gregg Porter has fallen for Hawaiian music, big time. A volunteer DJ on the Hawaiian Radio Connection, he also danced with a local hula halau (troupe) and learned to play ukulele for their performances. When he travels to Hawaii with his longtime girlfriend, who grew up there, he buys several hundred CDs at a time.
"There's a feel to the music that takes you do a different space, that puts you on a beach," said Porter, an audio architect with Muzak.
He's also part of a local ukulele group, the Seattle Ukulele Players Association SUPA | Seattle Ukulele Players Association Thirty to 50 regulars of all levels play at its monthly meeting, and they've performed at the Folklife Festival and the Fremont Solstice Parade.
People here who love Hawaiian music hope that the current interest isn't a fad. Some hope Hawaiian music will capture a bigger part of the market and produce household names, much like another island sound -- Jamaican reggae -- did. So far, Hawaiian sounds have been largely limited to specialty programs on smaller radio stations, or occasional play on world sound or jazz shows on adult contemporary stations. But, Wyatt predicts that will change and there will be a national radio hit within the next year.
"I think we're just starting to catch our stride and there's a lot more coming," he said.
There's a lot of diversity in Hawaiian music, but here are some of the most popular categories:
Ki ho'alu, or slack key guitar -- Music featuring acoustic guitar with an open (or slack) tuning, often in major keys, and a wide range of improvisation.
Ancient Hawaiian -- Usually spoken or sung chant, with or without rhythmic accompaniment from gourds or other traditional instruments. Often played in ancient, or kahiko, hula.
Hapa Haole, or half white -- Popular Western-style compositions, mostly from the 1940s and '50s, written by white folk about the islands. Includes some famous ones such as "Pearly Shells," "Little Grass Shack" and "Lovely Hula Hands."
Contemporary -- Ranges from syrupy, commercial pop to jazz to fairly traditional melodies and lyrics. Songs are in Hawaiian or English or can be purely instrumental. Crafted beginning in the late '60s and early '70s by a few groups, including the well-known Brothers Cazimero.
Jawaiian -- Reggae rhythms with a Hawaiian feel. Popular with the younger generation and scorned by some traditionalists.
At last it is a pleasure to see Hawaiian Music in the Headlines, here at home and to see it finally accepted into the Grammys. I encourage you to write to the Newspaper Reporter, and above links to help encourage the music we love. I have! Perhaps we'll get to see Danny Couch on familiar ground soon. ~Lea
From: MOODETTE@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: Hawaiian music at it's best (It's about time!)
Mahalo for your support of Hawaiian music I love Danny Couch also I'll try to play more of his music on our Radio Show Email me to remind me ok!?? Aloha, A hui hou, Auntie Moody
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