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| Friends with Amy Gilliom & Cousin Chino backstage |
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Our family has been involved in the teaching
and performing of Hawai'ian culture and art for multiple generations, and the unique style and knowledge
has been carefully passed down over the years. Our cousin CHINO MONTERO who performs with AMY GILLIOM ("Generation
Hawai'i", "Hawai'ian Tradition", "Amy & Willie Live", "Aumakua", "Nostalgia"...) ,
NAPUA GREIG ("Pihana") and formerly of the world famous singing group, PALOLO (Hawai'ian Girl, Palolo
and Kaliuwa'a), is a world-renown and venerated musician specializing in the traditional and contemporary songs
of Hawai'i.
| LOKELANI mentored by legend LENA MACHADO |
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| Lokelani - Makua (SONG BIRD OF MAU'I) "Hawai'i Calls - Under the Banyan Tree" |
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| OUR KUPUNA: Akoni (Antone) & Kini (Jane) |
| THE FAMOUS ALA MOANA HOTEL |
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| HAWAI'I CALLS SHOW: "Under the Banyan Tree" |
The Kumu/Director of this award winning performance
group has trained with the foremost Hawai'iana/Polynesian experts in the world; her mother, LOKELANI (Song Bird of Mau'i)
- LENA MACHADO and KU'ULEI STIBBARD; and VIOLA AKI - LOKALIA MONTGOMERY and MARY KAWENA PUKU'I.
Her parent's dynamic
Polynesian performing group, "Lokelani's Islanders" was the first commercially successful Polynesian dance and musician group
within the state of California (1962), and it was through the efforts of Kumu Lokelani that the Hawai'ian culture flourished
on the West Coast. Lokelani performed for many years on the Hawai'i Calls - "Under the Banyan Tree" as well as with Aunty
Genoa Keawe, Arthur Godrey, Don Ho, Bob Hope, her mentor Lena Machado and an array of world renowned Hawai'ian entertainers.
Today Lokelani still performs at private functions and venues.
| NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: LULLABIES: DREAM SONGS |
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| "He Punahele" performed by Manulani |
  
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HAWAI'IAN HULA HIPS, INC./HULA HALAU HO'OPALAMA'S purpose is to
bring the community together in an effort to educate the public about the diverse and rich, albeit quickly changing, culture
of Hawai'i and its people.
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