Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
Kumu hula, family observe pahu tradition
[Story and photo by Mike Foley, originally published in Kaleo, October 21, 1999] Ko’olauloa friends, family and students of Kela Miller experienced a rare opportunity on Oct. 14th when the well-known kumu hula carried out a special hoike for her new pahu — a beautiful, hand-carved drum that has its own name. First, a little […]
Origins of Laie street names
[Originally published in KALEO on April 3, 1997] A recent proposal to rename one of the streets in Laie caused Kaleo to investigate how the streets came to be named as they are. Kupuna said talk to retired art professor and longtime Laie resident Wylie Swapp. Typical of his high degree of organization and sense […]
Kupuna tales: Old Laie and the Hukilau
[By Mike Foley: Originally published in KALEO, September 25, 1997] Ahi Logan’s [pictured on left] family roots run deep in Hawaii. Names like Kuakaha, Kawaiopua, Kaleohano, Nainoa and Lokona Kalili have great meaning to him, his family and the community. These are names of just a few of his ancestors. Logan can trace his family […]
Samoa Mission Eldares sing again
[Story and video by Mike Foley — whose own LDS mission in Samoa partially overlapped the Eldares, originally published in Kaleo, February 2008] The Eldares, then (left-right): Elders Richard Nielson, Carl Fonoimoana,Wayne Willis, Randy Broadhead with Samoa Mission President John Phillip Hanks. When Elder Broadhead got sick in mid-tour, Elder George Murdock took over for him. A […]