FIRST PHOTOS: SPECTACULAR WAY TO CELEBRATE THE KING’S BIRTHDAY
TWO MESSAGES FROM MAUI OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
KAANAPALI BEACH, MAY 15. MESSAGE ONE: FEAR THE FORK, a t shirt warning about lifting your fork too often to grow fat and shorten your life, as seen on the Ka’anapali Beach path.
MESSAGE TWO: FEAR CONGRESS whose conservative members fail to fund Amtrak properly because they do not like “big government. ” In case conservatives have not noticed, big government gives Amtrak the funds to install a system that cuts train power automatically when speeding. A national safety board official said this week’s train crash would not have occurred had this system been in place. Amtrak has a been trying to add this protection system wide for many years but has not gotten the funds to complete it. It does not matter what improper actions the engineer took. The automatic system would have slowed the train.
Big government by the way also rebuilds infrastructure (including bridges that are disintegrating through lack of funding), protects our food supply when agencies have enough money do to so and keeps this country great.
Wake up Congress. Support our infrastructure and if your only decision maker is does a law help business, remember that business only thrives if it can has infrastructure to deliver its goods.
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UPDATED: PSYCHODELIC HULA TIMES FIVE
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KAPALUA, MAY 11 When you lose an $800 Nikon camera in a cab, you think twice about buying another. You use an IPAD which takes perfectly good pics in daylight that even reproduce well in full color in my Lahaina News columns, {Photos at night tend to be a bit psychodelic and even beautiful.
The psychedelic is a concept the name of which is derived from the Ancient Greek words psychē (ψυχή, “soul”) and dēloun (δηλοῦν, “to make visible, to reveal”), translating to “mind-revealing, ” according to Wikipedia
And so we begin coverage of teh wonderful 23rd Celebration of the Arts put on by cultural advisor Clifford Na’ole and his great Ritz team by showcasing the performers including Eric Guiliom who turned in a superb performance. And this ends 14 hours of photographing with the IPAD, which fortunately did not run of juice. KEEP SCROLLING DOWN.
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS
FIRST PERFORMERS PREPARE TO GO ON STAGE WATCH FOR MORE FESTIVITIES TOMORROW FROM VOICES OF MAUI TALK STORY, LLC, and an upcoming column in Lahaina News.
CELEBRATING MOTHERS DAY ON MAUI
KAANAPALI, MY 10–Some 1300 visitors and locals flocked to the Kaanapali Beach Hotel for a huge brunch, a record number.
They saw some of the State of Hawaii’s best hula dancers, Merrie Monarch winners and the award winning Kumu hulaKumu Hula Nāpua Greig , in a long, memorable show VOICES OF MAUI TALK STORY, LLC, publisher of the forthcoming book “Voices of Aloha Beyond the Beach” featuring profiles of a dozen na kumu, singers and dancers.
Where did 1300 go to celebrate Mothers Day and why is this such a big deal?
Kaanapali, May 10–HAPPY MOTHERS DAY FROM JOYS OF KAANAPALI The ohana, or family, is a 365 day thing in Hawaii that springs from the culture. Mothers are the core of the ohana, and that’s why Mothers Day is a much bigger deal here than on the Mainland, a long-time resident noted.
These mothers (not ours) celebrated. Our mothers, Mildred Margaret Bezane and Sandy Foley Jacobs are long gone. Where was this and what did mothers see” See the next post.
and family see. : See the next post.
10,000 VIEWS SPECTACULAR: Best Unpublished photos of the year.
Kaanapali, May 8–To celebrate the best blog on Maui’s approaching 10,000 views, we showcase the best of unpublished photos this year.
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Excerpt from the back cover: Guided by the stars, voyagers fro Polynesia came. . Explorers landed. A warrior king united the islands. Well=meaning missionaries came. MErchants built plantations and immigrants from around the world were recruited to harvest and process cane. Sugar barons overthrew the Hawaiian monarchy. Then tourists flocked to Maui. What all found was amazing people of aloha and a great culture that was almost destroyed.
Four books chronicle some 75 people over the last five centuries who have made Maui the Maui you love. Concise tales review how a king unified the islands year by year, how a queen lost her kingdom, how missionaries and thier descendents transformed the land, and how preservationists saved the island’s heritage.
Profiles of The Renaissance Man George Kahumoku came to Maui in 1992 The Hostess Laura Blears became the world’s first professional woman surfer. The Bird Man Brian Botka began photographing vvisitors with parrots in 1989. The Performer Willie K turned music professional in 1991. The Lahaina Luau Pioneers continues to thrive in 2015. The Trilogy Catamaran Clan launched its first tour July 5,1973. The MusicLegend IZ popularized Over the Rainbow here, died in 1997. PICTURED: IZ ON KAANAPALI BEACH (rare photo copyright Voices of Maui Talk Story, LLc.)
The Artist Jim Kingwell first landed on Maui in 1955 at age five. The Pop Artist Davo began creating Warhol style pop art in 1983. The Showman Rudy Acquino starred at tthe Kaanapali Beach Hotel 15 years, retired in 2008. The Golfers Crenshaws married on Maui, participated in the Maui Skins in 2010. The Restaurateur Peter Merriman opened Hula Grill in 1984 The Chef CJ opened his comfort food restaurant in 1984. The Server Christina was named a manager in 2013. the Lei Lady Fayth Marcinano left lei selling in 2014 to teach yoga. The Catamaran Clan 43 The first Trilogy excursion launched July 5, 1973. The Surf Shop Owner Wayno Cochran landed in Maui in 1960 to surf. The Preacher Pastor Laki opened Church on the Go in 2008. The Realtor 54Bob Cartwright joined Whalers Realty in 1983. The Concierge Malihini Keahi-Heath celebrated her 24th year at the Ka’anapali Beach Hotel in 2015. The 400,000 Mai Tai Man Dale Simonson joined Ka’anapali Beach Hotel in 1970 , The Author Norm Bezane first visited in 1969,has s lived here 15 years.The Loyal Friend Kea Aloha was born on Hawaii Island in 2008 and enjoys being off his leash. Legend 90 Emma Sharpe taught hula beginning in 1923 and her style is still prevalent today. The Singer Song Writer Amy Hanaiali’i Guiliom won four music awards in 2007. The Older Timer Sammy Kadotani still serves community in his nineties. The Entertainer The Morning Goddess began her at KPOA in 1983. The Ricebird Roz Baker joined the Hawaii State Legislature in 1983. The TV Producer 157 Jim Kartes opened the Paradise TV channel in 1974. King Kamehameha unified the Hawaiian Islands in 1810 after two decades of warfare.. The History Buff Jim Luckey started on historic preservation in Lahaina in 1973. The Mill Manager Keoki Freeland whose family built Pioneer Inn in 1901 retired in 1979, saved smokestack. The Visionary 203Theo Morrison has made history here since 1979. The Architect Uwe Schulz helped complete the development of Whalers Village in 1970. The Kupuna 203Ke‘eaumoku Kapu first traversed Maui in 2008 to celebrate the culture and promote unity. . The Kumu Church Dancer Kalele married her fiance in court right after he was sentenced to prizon for seven years. .
Voices of Maui books will continue to be sold in both the Kahului and Lahaina bookstores of the Maui Friends of the Library at Kahahumanu Center and Wharf Cinema Center, the Ka’anapali Beach Hotel, the coffee house at the smokestack and a number of other locations. Inquires from merchants wishing to carry the book are welcome.
*All of these profiles appear in the new book Voices of Maui Beyond the Beach. Other books include some of these same profiles plus others on Blackie Gadararam. Mike Victorino, Clifford Na’oele and others.
Which famous cook has had the greatest impact on Hawaii.
May 2, O Wayhee He did not invent Pacific cuisine. and he did not go on any chef’s TV show.
He sailed here. He is one of the “THE NEWCOMERS, 1778 to 1895 portrayed in Maui in five centuries, the last section of my forthcoming book Voices of Aloha: Beyond the Beach. He is Captain James Cook. As the tale goes:
ONCE UPON A TIME—the year was 1778—a British sea captain named Cook landed on a majestic set of islands. Polynesians had discovered them thousands of years ago.
Cook, from England, viewed the natives as “a handsome people, hospitable, friendly and cheerful living in a beautiful land.”
Others more than a century later had a different view:
“These were a strong and hardworking people skilled in crafts and possessing much learning,” another early observer noted. The Calvinist leader from New England, however, described a different people—a people view as naked savages. Cook got it rightt, yet paid for the visits with his life:
PICTURED: The many travels of Captain Cook who crissrossed ed these seas and channels many times before his last and fatal landfall on Hawaii Island near present-day Kona.
Who long ago said of Maui, “the memory will stay with me always.”
May 1, Maui, Hawaii–The famous humorist pictured here during a recent enactment said in the eighteenth century:
“I went to Maui to stay a week and remained five. I never spent so pleasant a month before, or bade any places goodbye so regretfully. I have not once thought of business, or care or human toil or trouble or sorrow or weariness and the memory of it will remain with me always.
He is Mark Twain, as quoted in the front page of my new book coming soon, Voices of Aloha Beyond the Beach. Proof of the finished book is finally on order. Hurray!
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