Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
New PCC night show part of a long tradition
[Story and photos by Mike Foley: Originally published August 17, 2009] The Tongans welcome the young couple into their lives and community The Polynesian Cultural Center, where I have worked off-and-on in various student, full-time and freelance capacities for the past 41 years, premiered its latest night show — Ha: Breath of Life — on August […]
86-year-old singer continues to market her talents
[Story and photo by Mike Foley, originally published online in the BYU-Hawaii Newsroom, November 2, 2004. Note: Aunty Genoa passed away February 25, 2008] The “Hawaiian Lady of Song,” 86-year-old “Aunty” Genoa Keawe, continues to promote her successful recording business by performing regularly in Waikiki and in special appearances around the world. Keawe’s son and […]
Fresh is best…
[Blog entry by Mike Foley: Originally published June 2, 2009] You know that saying, when it comes to food, that fresh is best? It’s really true…or at least it certainly was in the case of several fresh-food stories I’d like to share — one about peanut butter, of all things, and the others about fish. […]
II. Things have changed: The sound scene
I was listening to a long TV advertisement this past weekend that featured Pat Boone and Patti Page pushing songs from the 1950s — all quite familiar to people my age and older. It was kinda’ fun listening to the old hits, and it spurred me to write my second installment about how things have […]