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The Kamaluwehiokapalai halau hula from Japan
Story and photos by Mike Foley
[First published in the Polynesian Cultural Center blog, February 2017]
As it has for the past several years, the Polynesian Cultural Center hosted its annual Moanikeala Hula Festival on February 4, 2017, in a perfect setting — under the monkeypod tree in the Hawaiian Village. [Read more…]
[Story and photos by Mike Foley: Originally published in the BYU–Hawaii electronic “newsroom” on 27 February 2009]
Cy M. Bridges [pictured at right], Theater Director for the Polynesian Cultural Center and a noted Hawaiian cultural expert, shared his love, passion and expertise on historical and genealogical aspects of modern hula with Brigham Young University Hawaii students during the February 25, 2009, Honors Program colloquium in McKay 101.
“The hula was really our hard drive — our textbook,” said Bridges, who in addition to his work at the PCC is an entertainer, musician, genealogist, kumu hula or master, and periodic judge for the well-known Merrie Monarch Hula Festival in Hilo. “Everything was committed to memory, because there was no written language; so we chanted, sang and danced about our lives.”
Two brothers who graduated from Kahuku High in the mid-70s have seen their Sunset Beach bakery grow dramatically because of a commitment to high quality products, such as their best-selling chilled chocolate haupia [Hawaiian coconut custard] and cream pie. Glenn and Ted Nakamura told BYU-Hawaii business students during the Entrepreneurship Lecture Series on Feb. 3, […]
[Blog entry and photos by Mike Foley: Originally published May 29, 2009] During the annual commencement ceremonies on May 28 in the BYU-Hawaii Cannon Activities Center, 232 seniors became “now and forever graduates of Kahuku High”:
For nearly the past two years I have been taking photos for Kaleo: Koolauloa News, the community newspaper of Laie, Hauula and Kahuku. While some of these were published either in the hard-copy or online editions, I usually didn’t have space to use all of them, so you’re seeing some of these pictures for the […]
[Story and photo by Mike Foley: Originally published in KALEO, March 12, 1998] The Lanihuli Hawaiian Civic Club (LHCC) scholarship luau on March 7 was described as “the best country luau you’ll ever find.” “To me, it’s what the old-time country luau used to be,” said new LHCC president Sheree Evans, who added that about 500 […]
