Hawai`iana Live 250! - Celebrating 250 Shows in Five Years of Hawai`iana Live! December 28, 2011

Dec 28: "HL-250!" Celebrating 250 shows / five years of "Hawai`iana Live!"


Join the cast and crew of "Hawai`iana Live!" as they celebrate their 250th performance. The local variety show has run weekly for five years, providing a different program each Wednesday, following the changing Hawaiian seasons, exploring different aspects of Hawaiian history and natural history.


Rick Mazeraski opens the show with the resounding strains of the Palace Theater's vintage pipe organ. Quack Moor shares a bit of the history of Hilo's historic Palace Theater before introducing the Palace Theater’s cultural practitioners, Leilehua Yuen and Manu Josiah as they use hula, chant, story, and song to depict the history and heritage of Hawai`i.


Regular guests falsetto singer Stan Kaina and hula dancer Pi`ilani Rodrigues join Manu and Leilehua in sharing some favorite mele and of the past 5 years, and take a peek at what lies ahead.


"Hawai`iana Live!" presents a different facet of Hawaiian history and culture each Wednesday at 11:00 am in the Palace Theater, 38 Haili St. Hilo. $5 general admission. Keiki under 12 free. For more information, on the theater and the show, call 934-7010.

Official Website: http://www.hilopalace.com