Hawai`iana Live! - A Hawaiian State of Being August 17, 2011

August 17 - Moku Hawai`i; Hilo; Palace Theater; Hawai`iana Live! – A Hawaiian State of Being: 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 chant, story, and song to depict the history of the only US state to have been an independent monarchy. After a vintage video train ride around the island, falsetto singer Stan Kaina and hula dancer Pi`ilani Rodrigues join Manu and Leilehua for some Territiorial Era kanikapila. Be prepared to sing Hawai`i Pono I and Hawai`i Aloha! 11:00 am Wednesdays, 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.

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