I'm so happy you've come to visit us here at the Girl Scout Hale.

This house is very special to me.

I remember as queen, I picnicked here with the Sunday school children in 1889.

John T. Waterhouse owned it then and we had so much fun.

I enjoyed and wanted to support those children.

Just as I wanted to support the new Girl Scout organization here in Hawaiʻi.

You know that Girl Scouting began here in Hawaiʻi, only five years after it started on the mainland by Juliette Gordon Low.

It began for me when a group of girls from the factory district of Kakaʻako formed one of the first troops.

In October of 1917, I was honored to receive a letter from their leader, Mrs. Mabel Chilson.

She wrote: Narrator In view of the fact that an organization of the Girl Scouts is about to be formed, I am writing to find out whether or not it would be possible to have the Queen's personal sanction of the work.

It would seem delightful and charming if her Majesty would allow the girls to call their first troop, the Liliʻuokalani troop.

What do you think of it?

I speak with some authority when I say that the Queen's approval of a Girl Scout movement would be hailed with delight by the girls and their organizer, Mrs. William Knott Sincerely yours, Mrs. Mabel Chilson.

"Queen Liliuokalani" In response to this, my Chamberlain, Mr. Curtis Iaukea wrote to Mrs. Chilson.

Narrator Dear Madam, I am happy to say that her majesty has graciously consented to have the first troop of Girl Scouts formed in Honolulu, named after her, and in earnest of her full sympathy and accord, the Queen has authorized me to arrange for an occasion when the Liliʻuokalani troop may come to the Washington Palace and receive at her hands a silk pennant.

"Queen Liliuokalani" Sincerely, Mr. Curtis Iaukea, Chamberlain to Queen Liliʻuokalani.

Narrator As the Kakaʻako troop came together, another group began a troop at the Kamehameha School for Girls.

The Hibiscus Troop was the first on Oʻahu to be officially recognized by the National Girl Scout Organization.

Originally established in Savannah, Georgia in 1912, the mainland Girl Scouts movement was to be a character building program, encouraging girls of the early century in recreational and community service activities.

The goal for the Hawaiʻi girls was no less.

By mid-February 1918, there were three troops in Honolulu with more forming in Mānoa and Kaimuki.

Each troop was named after a native flower in Hawaiʻi.

Minutes from one of the first Oʻahu Girl Scout Council meetings reflected society's expectations of young women in the early 20th century.

A council member had suggested that the leaders encouraged domestic things among the girls.

In a time when women were full time homemakers, the young girls were taught domestic skills.

The scouts also use these skills in their communities.

In World War I, Girl Scouts knitted stockings and hemmed handkerchiefs for overseas soldiers.

They also grew flowers and gave them to children in hospitals, or to the elderly at the Lunalilo Home.

But the young girls also enjoyed the outdoors and camping was a particular favorite.

The Kakaʻako troop would go camping in the wilds of Kahala.

The girls camped everywhere, on the beaches and in the mountains.

Unlike other young women of the early 1900s, the young scouts learn to bugle and signal and to make an open fire and cook over.

Parading on Armistice Day, the Girl Scouts showed off both their marching skills and their tropical white uniforms unique to Hawaiʻi.

As recognition of scouting grew on Oʻahu, girls on the other islands became interested.

In April 1919, girls from the Big Island asked the Oʻahu council for camping tips.

Soon Scout councils were established on the islands of Hawaiʻi and Maui.

Girl Scouting became so popular on Oʻahu that territorial governor Charles J. McCarthy proclaimed the week of February 8, 1921 as Girl Scout Week.

The girls have today become the homemakers of tomorrow.

Through the spirit of play, the girls come to a knowledge of the five phases of a woman's life today: of the homemaker, the producer, the consumer, the citizen and the human being.

In 1926, the Oʻahu Council purchased Camp Haleopua on the Pearl City peninsula.

The camp became a favorite because of its singing tree.

In the 1930s, Lucile Smith Mistysyn and Miriam Desha Dowson attended the camp.

Miriam Desha Dowson Some of the fun of going down to camp was how to get there, a lot of us would go down to the depot and get the train.

And we'd go as far as Pearl City, the junction.

And then we get on the what we call the Tunaville trolley.

And it would take us down the peninsula.

And we're carrying on all our luggage.

Our town was small in those days, you know, you could get the boundaries, maybe from Nuʻuanu Avenue to 13th Avenue.

So when you went beyond that you were really going down in the country.

(Laughs) Lucile Smith Mistysyn We just climbed up that tree, because at that time we were wearing bloomers, we were not able to wear shorts.

So we'd climb up there and somebody would have an ukulele and we would sing all kinds of songs.

And that's the most I remember of the singing tree.

One would think birds were singing in the tree.

They had a long pier extending out from the camp and we used to spend many times just out there talking, enjoying and telling stories out in the pier.

And then one day we decided we were going to go clam digging and we went clamming.

Of course it was really very muddy, muddy, but it was was something different and something we enjoyed doing.

I mean, it's, it's something special for us because we never did it before.

Miriam Desha Dowson To me that stands out the most.

I learned a lot from Girl Scouts.

And it's I guess it's stuff that, you know, everybody knows how to do today.

For instance, one of the badges was housekeeping.

And one of the questions was, do you dust first before you, before you sweep?

I mean, you know, little things like that.

But see, we're kind of young too.

So yeah, it's all learning.

Lucile We learned a lot.

And we went on excursions and visited, you know, different factories which none of us would have had the opportunity of doing.

I owe lots of my happy times in my life as a Girl Scout, really and truly.

(Explosions) Narrator One Sunday morning in 1941.

Hawaiʻi's happy times were changed irrevocably.

Gone were the singing tree and the long pier.

The camp was taken over by the military due to its proximity to Pearl Harbor.

Wartime scouts joined the Office of Civil Defense and, like their World War I predecessors, helped out on the homefront.

Peacetime meant a resurgence for scouting.

The girls hit the streets selling a local version of Scout cookies, macadamia nuts.

In 1963, the Hawaiʻi Girl Scouts joined with the troops for Midway and Wake islands to form the Girl Scout Council of the Pacific.

As society changed, so did the scouts.

No longer were the girls limited to the homemaker role laid out for them in the early 1900s.

They had new role models such as astronauts like Tammy Jernigan, business women like Joan Bickson, community leaders like Lynne Waiheʻe, performers like Melinda Carroll.

And journalists like Ann Botticelli.

Ann Botticelli When I was 10 pondering what I would be when I grew up, I thought of office receptionist, beautician, now known as cosmetologist, or stewardess.

Narrator In 1995, a time capsule was sealed behind the Girl Scout's hale, as Tammy Jernigan flew overhead in her shuttlecraft in deep space.

25 years from now, these young girls as adults will open the capsule and will be able to look back to an earlier day of scouting.

(Chanting: E mai ana) Narrator What is Hawaiian music?

To some in ancient chat.

Or the easy strumming of an ukulele or steel guitar.

To others, a robust royal march performed with great vigor and dignity.

For many, it's a language and sweet vocal quality that is unmistakably Hawaiian, nahenahe.

In truth, Hawaiian music is all these things and more.

It's a natural connection with everything that is Hawaiʻi.

The music is indelibly tied to the heart and soul of the islands.

It is as integral to Hawaiian experience as is the ocean, the land and its people.

Through the years Hawaiian music has had global recognition and impact.

In 1994, to honor and celebrate the great tradition that is Hawaiian music, the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame was created.

Grom literally hundreds of names to choose from, a blue ribbon advisory board chose 10 names that represented significant contributions to Hawaiian music.

More names and a permanent museum are to be added in the future.

From a precontact kahuna, to the royal composers, to the stars of Waikīkī, these are the legends of Hawaiian music.

Names that will live on for generations to come.

E hiʻipoi e na makamaka poʻokela - to cherish our gifted ones.

(Music: Kūpaʻa ma hope o ka ʻāina Hiki mai ka ʻelele o ka loko ʻino) (Music: Palapala ʻānunu me ka pākaha Me ʻoe ka ʻano`i e ka ʻāhihi ) Narrator It was a night to remember, the newly created Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame held its inaugural event, an invitation only reception held at Washington Place to unveil a traveling display that is currently the centerpiece of the organization and to celebrate and honor its first 10 inductees.

The display is divided into five panels, each side portraying one of the 10 inductees.

Additionally, David Kalākaua, Queen Liliʻuokalani, Miriam Likelike, and William Leleiohoku are honored as patrons of Hawaii's musical culture in a separate portion of the display.

The Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame will eventually become a museum.

Its mission is to provide a single permanent gathering place where people can learn about and enjoy Hawaii's unique musical culture and history.

Marjorie Scott It was the idea that there was no single place where Hawaiian music could be celebrated, where education could be passed on to the children, where there could be a pride in Hawaiian music that was missing.

It was scattered.

Many other sounds have come to the children.

So someone said to me not too long ago, what has happened is we created a whole new context in which to hold Hawaiian music, and in which to pass it on and give it a place where people can come and listen.

I'm speaking from a fresh enthusiasm of just coming from one of our wonderful board meetings.

I get so energized, I'm just bouncing all over the place because there's so much enthusiasm and energy for this.

We do want a physical place for a museum.

And it's more than a museum.

Where school children can come by the busload and have a wonderful, wonderful concert by, say, Auntie Irmgard or any one of the wonderful people who are steeped in history that have a little talk story that they can give the while they play, that can talk about the inductees, that can talk about the flowers, the place names that are being sung about, the elements, the sea and the winds that are being talked about in the music.

It's an immense thing that children can learn and by learning it that way they're learning it the way their grandparents learned it - at the feet of their elders.

I love that very much.

(Instrumental music) Narrator The crowd assembles at the foot of the stairs of the Honolulu Academy of Arts.

Tonight, local Taoist priest, the Reverend Duane Pang blesses the opening of the exhibition, Tomb Treasures from China.

As with other major exhibitions, the Academy staff has prepared a cultural experience for the duration of the show.

(Drumming) The lion brings good luck to the new show and is greeted by Academy director George Ellis.

The exhibition is now open.

Narrator Tonight's crowd will be the first of thousands of visitors that will pass by centuries of incredible art.

Everyone wants to see the large terracotta figures, but also on view are other artifacts from other Chinese aristocratic tombs.

In this gallery, 65 pieces represent the glory of the Qin, Han and the Tang Dynasty is Honolulu is the final stop after a successful trip to San Francisco and Fort Worth, Texas.

(Cymbal changing) Narrator Several weeks earlier, special guests and museum supporters were treated with the first view of the figure.

Inside with his ears pricked forward, as if it could hear the welcoming applause, stands a calvary horse of the Qin army, more than 2000 years old.

Soon he will be joined with soldiers and archers, dancing girls and camels.

(Instrumental music) Narrator Immortality is a strong ancient belief.

For the early Chinese, an afterlife was real and an extension of their earthly existence.

It was then imperative for the ruling classes to be well prepared for the life to come.

The first Emperor of China was Qin Shihuangdi.

He brought China together in lasting ways.

A written language, the Great Wall of China, standardized weights and measures.

While doing so he was also having his mausoleum constructed.

The tomb is at the bottom of Mount Li outside the present day city of Xi'an in the western part of China.

But none can compare with archaeological discovery of the army of the First Emperor.

The location of the army was discovered in 1974.

Covered by dirt for centuries, the figures are being reclaimed by careful digging in pits as seen in this model.

More than 7,700 warriors, chariots and horses have come to light.

It is fitting for the first Emperor to have such a magnificent army.

During his life, he had unified China for the first time by conquering the Warring States.

In his death, the soldiers and the rest of the immortal army were commissioned to fight any obstacle facing the Emperor on his trip to the afterlife.

There were generals, archers, servants, and the calvary.

The figures are made from the fine clay found in the Xi'an region.

Basic parts are made from molds and then assembled to create a particular member of a certain rank.

The general wears a long sleeve robe under a vest of fish scale armor, with a scarf at his neck.

Waiting for his orders, the servant wears a simple robe.

What is remarkable is the detail and individuality of each figure.

Using a fine coating of wet clay called slip, the artists were able to define distinguishing features such as facial expressions, hairstyles, and even bows on shoes.

Once these figures were brightly painted and held weapons, but time and the elements robbed the graves and left only terracotta surfaces.

But why construct life sized clay figures made so realistic that each one is different?

As Chinese-born artist, Betty Ecke explains, it was customary in earlier periods dating to 1500 BC to kill the king's household and bury them with him.

Betty Ecke And it's not really we can consider as a pure cruelty because they kill them, but they will live into another world.

And the same time as he had served the king in his lifetime, they will follow him to the other world.

Narrator This other world was considered to be a better place and the sacrifice of life was appropriate.

But a century later, this practice was criticized.

Betty Ecke Down to the Qing Dynasty, he couldn't just kill living armies to go with him.

And then he built those figures.

Narrator The collection also featured other funerary objects from succeeding dynasties.

At this time, the ancient capital in western China, Xi'an, was a terminus on the Silk Road.

Through its gates came traders and travelers from foreign places, and the later tombs of the Han and Tang dynasties would reflect this cultural diversity.

In the collection, it became apparent that certain images persisted through the ages.

This gilt bronze horse of the Western Han dynasty was fashioned after a heavenly horse.

Originally, it was intended to be used to trade for actual horses.

After the offer was refused, it later became a tomb treasure.

It is the largest skilled bronze piece found in a Chinese tomb.

This mortal horse from the Tang Dynasty is elegantly groomed.

His muscles are better defined than earlier pieces.

His pose indicates as if he is listening to music, ready to dance.

One emperor of the Tang period did own dancing horses, such a horse as depicted on a silver flask.

This one also drank from a dish.

But the most important role for the horse was in the calvary.

These earlier pieces of mounted men are from the Western Han period, 200 years before Christ.

They are ready to fight on their sturdy steeds.

The heavenly horse appears again, in this beautiful Jade piece from the Han Dynasty.

This horse could carry a person into the immortals' realms.

Other animals were always present in the tombs, such as this jade bear.

Serving as an amulet, it endowed the owner with strength and courage.

A goose that is a bronze lamp and other domesticated animals one might need in the next world.

For the travelers on the Silk Road that connected China with the West, the camel was the best means of transportation.

These tomb figures remind us of the exotic life in Xi'an during the Han and Tang periods.

The tombs, of course, contained figurines that also represented the contemporary times and needs of the persons seeking the afterlife.

Popular in the Tang tombs, the purpose of these soldiers was to scare off evil spirits.

As with other pieces from the later periods, these figures are well developed in their musculature and costume.

But all was not warfare.

Musicians and dancing ladies abound in the tombs.

Years later this graceful Tang period dancer is the epitome of high fashion.

Her shoes gives the illusion of clouds.

Her dress is stylized with a low neckline and long sleeves.

Her coiffure is enormous loops of hair, and her face is classic.

This tomb figure shows the presence of Africans known as the Kunlun.

They were popular dancers in their native costumes.

The presence of these ladies showed a shift in attitude about the ideal beauty.

In their flowing gowns and elegant coiffures, they convey dignity and class.

When art is excellent, it will withstand the passage of time.

It carries information about life in those earlier days, even when it was never meant to be seen at all.

(Music "Kaulana Nā Pua: Pane mai Hawaiʻi moku o Keawe Kōkua nā Hono aʻo Piʻilani Kākoʻo mai Kauaʻi o Mano Paʻapū me ke one Kākuhihewa)