[Music] palana years a new day for older Americans a time for living your host Bob Barker hi and welcome to the program four and by the senior citizens of Hawaii well today on Pani years we're pleased to have with us one of the master teachers and performers of the classic dances and chants of old Hawaii hak kamu [Music] [Music] hak you are the Hawaiian coordinator for the state Council on Hawaiian Heritage what is the work of this Council well it's to carry on the program here on the island of Oahu which has been given to us from the state foundation on cultural in the Arts uhhuh and that is uh perpetuating the Hawaiian traditions in song and chant and dance yes it is uhuh how are how are you going about this well about two years ago we've started on the instructors class for potential instructors so we'll have more of the people here learning and that we may be able to teach more in this class and I suppose this is more in the authentic line rather than the uh Wy tourist type of hoola yes it is all doing the traditional holas traditional you uh now the passing passing of the knowledge of the classical dance Hawaiian dance and music from one generation to another is not casual it's not uh by happen stance is it well no you have a a regular form of passing it down yes well in my case it is uhhuh because it was passed down from my aunt to me who is y luini yes uhhuh and which I'm very thankful for all the time she has taught me so what I know today I really give credit toolani luini and someone like yolani would not pass this on to just anyone would they they you have to really qualify don't you I think we all should uhhuh or even what I hand over to anyone it should be you will do the same you will hand it over to someone that you feel is qualified to carry on yes you are the niece of yolani you are also then considered her disciple aren't you well I hope so now you have some friends with you today and to help in the performance would you tell us who they are yes these girls here have started in this class about two years ago for potential instructors and who are teaching now oh into the different areas here we have one representing the yanii area oh and who is teaching with the model City program there another instructor who is teaching in the W Manalo MH area here MH so it is part of the program which we started that they are able to teach so that others will be very good uh what are their names we have kalfar who is from the yni we have Kay mumi and she is from honlulu oh and we have kav Ali who is teaching in the wh Manalo now you have a couple of mail dancers too with you yes now during this period of time we're able to the Grant from the state Foundation the state Council on Hawaiian Heritage we're able to hold six five work uh conferences on Hawaiian dance and here we have some of them that took advantage of this workshop and who has gone to learn the dances and gone back to their school to the club they belong to and are still doing these dances that they've learned so it is not just done for the first day but it's continuing on expanding in other words uh are there many uh men or fellows who are taking this up well through our conferences we had quite a few there and I know they're very interested in but here we have two of these young boys to doing this men whoa for us uhhuh what are their names we have khay and we have na oh very good well now will you demonstrate and explain some of this ancient folk art of Hawaii surely will do the first that we'll do is the hula pahu we know that the pahu was introduced here by laiki as he came here to visit his father MOA there was first heard of the island of K Ando from then it branched out to the other Islands so using the pahu drum it's a hollowed out coconut shell with the Shar skin for its drum head also in use will be using the pun that's a small coconut shell nrum and during to the dance of K Lua Al Ali or Cole and Hearty stands byi this dance comes to us from the island of [Music] [Music] kawaii [Music] [Music] [Laughter] for [Music] for [Music] I [Music] for fore [Music] [Music] for a second Hulu would like to do our this relates a prophecy made by iaka the grandfather of King Clara that a day would come when we the Hawaiian must hold first to our ideals our tradition and our heritage [Music] oh for [Music] [Music] would like to do a hoola noo or sitting hoola at this time using the Illy or Pebbles were two waterworn lava rocks are held in each hands and click together somewhat like the Spanish castets I here oani or where is the heavenly one AO for King lunar [Music] Lio for [Music] oh oh [Music] we now have Na and KH to do for us two men hulas the first using the Hoy or the paddles as they dance to Ho pun second they'll do a sitting hola the this dance was usually done by men while seated at a feet of a beloved Chief a Hilo or we too at Hilo for [Music] [Music] go fore [Music] [Music] the hula apapa now called Ola done to the accompaniment of the IU or good which is own instrument our dancers do for their first a dance which tells of Pelle and of her travels on the island of Havi [Music] [Music] in here for [Music] [Music] I believe you have already noticed that our dancers kah or call at the beginning and at the end of our dance at the very beginning the title or the first line of the Milo chant is given at the end a dedication for whom the dance is for a dance which tells of the love that Queen cap had foro [Music] for for [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] spee [Music] [Music] or bright red is the sun AO for Queen Emma it's a descriptive dance for the island of Co [Music] foree [Music] for for [Music] [Music] [Music] for [Music] [Music] no program of ancient hul is complete without a personal chant to an Al or a chief this evening we honor kameha the [Music] fourth [Music] [Music] [Music] e for [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] another hula for Kun we'd like you to note at the close of this hula where the Hawaiian vowels were used in this dance [Music] my for [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] or deep deep love also known as kavi oopa this dance tells of kavi the [ __ ] as he HED along the beach while waiting for his loved one this dance is also used as an except for our dances h [Music] [Music] spe for [Music] [Music] haak kamu it was beautiful and thank you and our thanks also to KI Kal kav and this is Bob Barker leaving you with this thought gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward Harmony of the Soul life was so tender that no one WEP except the willow try to remember when life was so tender that dreams were kep beside your pillow deep in December it's nice to remember the fire of September that made us mellow try to remember and if you remember then follow follow follow follow [Music]