NA MELE ON PBS HAWAII IS SPONSORED BY FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK FIRST INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAWAI AND THE OLSON TRUST ♪ ♪ MAI UWE KIOWAO, DON’T CRY KIOWA IT'S RAINING IN NUUANU LOKU ANA KA UA I NUUANU I KA MILI A KA UA, HOOLAI MAILE E KA BLOSSOM O KA HALA KA IPO KE KUI IA E NA MANU, E NA MAMO MAKANOE O KA LEI, KUU MILIMILI E UA NANI O NUUANU I KA LAU O KE KAWELU UA HALAWAI AKU LA I KA LAU O KE KAWELU UA HALAWAI AKU LA ME KA MAKANI NUI E IINI ANA KA MANAO E IKE IA KAHUWAILANA E IINI ANA KA MANAO E IKE IA KAHUWAILANA O KOU HOA NO IA O KA UA KIOWAO O KOU HOA NO IA O KA UA KIOWAO UA PONO NO KAUA HOOKOHU ANA IA KA MANAO HAINA MAI KA INOA NO KALANI IOLANI HAINA MAI KA INOA NA KALANI IOLANI PUANA NO KA IPO MAI KA IU MAI KA LANI KIOWAO, KIOWAO O NUUANU KIOWAO, KIOWAO O NUUANU UA NANI O NUUANU [GUITAR STRUMS] [APPLAUSE] NATALIE AI KAMAUU: THANK YOU SO THIS NEXT SONG IS MY FAVORITE HAWAIIAN LOVE SONG.

THIS IS KE ALOHA.

♪ ♪ ♪ MA KUU POLI MAI OE E KUU IPO ALOHA HE ALA ONAONA KOU NO KE ANO AHIAHI MA KUU POLI MAI OE E KUU IPO ALOHA HE ALA ONAONA KOU NO KE ANO AHIAHI MA MULI AO KOU LEO UA MALU NEIA KINO HE KINO PALUPALU KOU I KA HANA A KE ALOHA ♪ MA MULI AO KOU LEO UA MALU NEIA KINO HE KINO PALUPALU KOU I KA HANA A KE ALOHA UA LAI NO HOI AU KA HANU A KA IPO E HOOIPOIPO NEI NANEA PU KAUA UA LAI NO HOI AU KA HANU A KA IPO E HOOIPOIPO NEI NANEA PU KAUA HAINA MAI KA PUANA E KUU IPO ALOHA HE ALA ONAONA KOU NO KE ANO AHIAHI ♪ HAINA MAI KA PUANA E KUU IPO ALOHA HE ALA ONAONA KOU NO KE ANO AHIAHI♪ [GUITAR STRUMS] [APPLAUSE] NATALIE AI KAMAUU: THAT SECOND DANCER THAT JOINED OUR DAUGHTER SHA-LEI IS ACTUALLY OUR DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, CHAZ'S WIFE, SO THIS IS TRULY A FAMILY AFFAIR THIS EVENING.

IN 2008, TOWARDS THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE RECEIVED A CRAZY PHONE CALL.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR PHONE, IT SAID THREE LETTERS, NFL.

WHY THEY WERE CALLING OUR HOUSE?

I HAD NO IDEA, BUT THE NICE LADY ON THE PHONE ASKED ME, "NATALIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THE FIRST HAWAII PERFORMER TO DO A SONG FOR THE KICKOFF FOR THE PRO BOWL?"

WHAT WAS I GONNA SAY?

YES.

HAD TO SAY YES.

THEN SHE SAID, "WELL, NATALIE, DO YOU HAVE A SONG?"

I SAID, "YES."

SHE SAID, "IS YOUR SONG IN HAWAIIAN OR ENGLISH?

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW, CROWD, THE AUDIENCE."

I SAID, "IT'S IN ENGLISH."

SHE SAID, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT HAWAII, RIGHT?"

I SAID, "I AM A HAWAIIAN SINGER.

OF COURSE, IT TALKS ABOUT HAWAII."

GOT OFF THE PHONE.

I HAD NO SONG.

SO, TWO WEEKS PASSED AND I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME AND I FOUND MYSELF ON THE BACK PEW OF MY CHURCH ON A SUNDAY MORNING.

SO I THOUGHT, I'M HERE, SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA PRAY, SO I SAID, LORD, I NEED A SONG.

NOTHING.

OKAY, ONE MORE TIME.

LORD (WHISPERS) I NEED A SONG.

NOTHING.

OKAY.

I THOUGHT I MUST BE DOING SOMETHING VERY WRONG BECAUSE I WAS EXPECTING LIKE THE MIRACLE, OKAY.

I REALLY, REALLY WAS.

AND THEN, AH, I SAID, LORD, FORGIVE ME FOR LYING TO THE LADY ON THE PHONE AND TELLING HER I HAD A SONG, BUT I REALLY NEED A SONG AND I'M NOT JOKING.

IN THE BACK OF THAT CHAPEL, CAME THIS SONG.

♪ MY MAMA TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO THE HULA TO TAKE YOU ROUND THE ISLAND TO AND FRO SHE TAUGHT ME RIGHT, YOU BETTER HOLD ON TIGHT THIS BUGGY DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT SLOW LIKE MY GRANDMA DID DOWN IN SISCO HER AMI NEARLY CAUSED A HURRICANE CAUSE WHEN SHE GOT DOWN LOW, THE WINDS BEGAN TO BLOW AND NOTHING COULD STOP THE RAIN.

I'VE GOT LOVELY HULA HANDS GRACEFUL AS THE BIRDS ARE FLYING I'M YOUR SWEET LEILANI E WANNA GO BACK, TO MY LITTLE GRASS SHACK IT'S DOWN BY THE BAY I'M YOUR HULA, YOUR HULA BABY MY MOMMA TAUGHT ME WHAT TO DO I'M YOUR HULA, YOUR HULA BABY GONNA THRILL YOU THROUGH AND THROUGH I'M YOUR HULA, YOUR HULA BABY MY MOMMA TAUGHT ME WHAT TO DO I'M YOUR HULA, YOUR HULA BABY YOU'LL BE MINE BEFORE THE SONG IS THROUGH MY MAMA TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO THE HULA SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO BRING YOU TO YOUR KNEES CAUSE WHEN I START TO SWAY, YOU BEGIN TO PRAY TO SLOW THE SHAKING OF THE COCO TREES HER EYES ARE MINE AND I SEE RIGHT THROUGH YAH MY DANCING THROWS YAH IN A DIZZY WHIRL THE PLAYFUL OCEAN, MIMICS THE MOTION OF A SASSY LITTLE HULA GIRL.

I'VE GOT LOVELY HULA HANDS GRACEFUL AS THE BIRDS ARE FLYING I'M YOUR SWEET LEILANI E WANNA GO BACK, TO MY LITTLE GRASS SHACK IT'S DOWN BY THE BAY I'M YOUR HULA, YOUR HULA BABY MY MOMMA TAUGHT ME WHAT TO DO I'M YOUR HULA, YOUR HULA BABY I'M GONNA THRILL YOU THROUGH AND THROUGH I'M YOUR HULA, YOUR HULA BABY MY MOMMA TAUGHT ME WHAT TO DO I'M YOUR HULA, YOUR HULA BABY YOU'LL BE MINE BEFORE THIS SONG IS THROUGH YOU'LL BE MINE BEFORE THIS SONG IS THROUGH♪ NATALIE AI KAMAUU: TOUCHDOWN!

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♪ ♪ I'M GONNA TEASE YOU AND PLEASE YOU WHEN I SING MY SONG AND THEN I'LL TEASE YOU, AND PLEASE YOU WHEN I HULA ALONG THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI IS WHERE YOU'LL WANNA BE WHEN MY HIPS, THEY DO THEIR DIPS UNDER THE MOON MY HULA HANDS WILL TELL YOU STORIES THAT YOU'LL NEVER HEAR MY SWEET ALOHA WILL OBLITERATE YOUR EVERY FEAR AND IN MY TI LEAF SKIRT IT WON'T BE HARD TO FLIRT WHEN I ROMANCE YOU WHEN I'M DANCING YOU MY SONG I FLASH MY LASHES WHEN I SEE YOU LOOK MY WAY I TURN AROUND BUT I DON'T MEAN TO WALK AWAY THEN OVER MY SHOULDER I WINK, AND MY INSTINCTS TELL ME YOU DON'T WANT THIS SONG TO EVER END HAINA IA MAI MEANS MY SONG IS ALMOST DONE AND BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY I'VE HAD A LOT OF FUN I'LL AMI ROUND THE ISLE IN MY ENDEARING STYLE OH, GEES, I SEE YOU'RE FALLING FOR THIS HULA TEASE I'M GONNA TEASE YOU AND PLEASE YOU WHEN I SING MY SONG AND THEN I'LL TEASE YOU, AND PLEASE YOU WHEN I HULA ALONG THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI IS WHERE YOU'LL WANNA BE WHEN MY HIPS THEY DO THEIR DIPS UNDER THE MOON MY HULA HANDS WILL TELL YOU STORIES THAT YOU'LL NEVER HEAR MY SWEET ALOHA WILL OBLITERATE YOUR EVERY FEAR AND IN MY TI LEAF SKIRT IT WON'T BE HARD TO FLIRT WHEN I ROMANCE YOU WHEN I'M DANCING YOU MY SONG I FLASH MY LASHES WHEN I SEE YOU LOOK MY WAY I TURN AROUND BUT I DON'T MEAN TO WALK AWAY THEN OVER MY SHOULDER I WINK, AND MY INSTINCTS TELL ME YOU DON'T WANT THIS SONG TO EVER END NEVER END!

HAINA IA MAI MEANS MY SONG IS ALMOST DONE AND BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY I'VE HAD A LOT OF FUN I'LL AMI ROUND THE ISLE IN MY ENDEARING STYLE FORGET THE BIRDS AND BEES, YOU'RE MY MAIN SQUEEZE I SEE YOU'RE FALLING FOR THIS HULA TEASE.

♪ WHOA YEAH!

[APPLAUSE] NATALIE AI KAMAUU: I WROTE A SONG FOR SHA-LEI WHEN SHE WAS REALLY YOUNG, BUT AS CHAZ WAS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, I WANTED TO SEND HIM OFF INTO THE WORLD WITH A SONG AS WELL, SO I BEGAN BY TALKING TO MY BOY, I ASKED HIM, "MY CHAZZY, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER?"

AND HE TOLD ME THE SHOWER TREE.

HONEY, THAT'S A TREE.

NOT A FLOWER.

FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I COULD NOT WRITE A SONG ABOUT A SHOWER TREE.

AND SO INSTEAD, I CHOSE TO WRITE A SONG ABOUT MY FAVORITE LEI AND COMPARE HIM TO EVERYTHING THAT I LOVED ABOUT THIS FLOWER, THE PAKALANA.

♪ YEAH, OH OH AUHEA OE E KE ALOHA O MAI OE ME KOU AALA MOANIANI MAI NEI E KUU PUA PAKALANA E OOH OOH AUHEA OE E KE ALOHA O MAI OE ME KOU AALA MOANIANI MAI NEI E KUU PUA PAKALANA E OOH OOH YEAH, OH OH LEI ANA I KA PUA PAKALANA I KA POLI O KE ONAONA KE ALOHA PONIUNIU E KUU PUA PAKALANA E OOH OOH YEAH, OH OH HE LEI AI NA KA MAKUA PULAMA IHO OE E HIIPOI MAU HE PUNAHELE NO OE OLINOLINO I KA LA HAINA IA MAI KA PUANA O MAI OE ME KOU AALA KILIPOHE I KA NOE E KUU PUA PAKALANA E OOH OOH HAINA IA MAI KA PUANA O MAI OE ME KOU AALA KILIPOHE I KA NOE E KUU PUA PAKALANA E OOH OOH MMM MMM YEAH, OH OH KUU PUA PAKALANA MY PAKALANA KUU PUA PAKALANA YEAH, OH OH MMM MMM YEAH, OH OH KUU PUA PAKALANA ♪ NATALIE AI KAMAUU: I LOVE YOU CHAZZY.

[APPLAUSE] NATALIE AI KAMAUU: THIS SONG IS CALLED BLOSSOM NANI HOI E. MY GRANDMA'S NAME WAS BLOSSOM.

MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT IT'S JUST ABOUT A FLOWER.

OH NO, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT A FLOWER.

IT'S ABOUT THE SWEETEST FLOWER I'VE EVER SMELLED, EVER KNOWN, EVER HELD.

THIS IS BLOSSOM NANI HOI E.

♪ HE BLOSSOM NANI HOI E KAALA KA MAUNA KU KILAKILA UA NOHO I KA MALU I KA ULUWEHIWEHI HE BLOSSOM NANI HOI E HOOLANA I KA MALIE KAALA KA MAUNA KU KILAKILA UA NOHO I KA MALU I KA ULUWEHIWEHI HE BLOSSOM NANI HOI E HOOLANA I KA MALIE WAHIAWA, E IKE IA LEI LEHUA I WILI IA ME KA LEI KAULANA HE BLOSSOM NANI HOI E HOOLANA I KA MALIE WAHIAWA, E IKE IA LEI LEHUA I WILI IA ME KA LEI KAULANA HE BLOSSOM NANI HOI E HOOLANA I KA MALIE PUULOA O KA IA HAMAU LEO A ME KA MOMI HOOHENOHENO HE BLOSSOM NANI HOI E HOOLANA I KA MALIE PUULOA O KA IA HAMAU LEO A ME KA MOMI HOOHENOHENO HE BLOSSOM NANI HOI E HOOLANA I KA MALIE HAINA MAI ANA KA PUANA I WILI IA ME KA LEI KAULANA HE BLOSSOM NANI HOI E HOOLANA I KA MALIE HAINA MAI ANA KA PUANA I WILI IA ME KA LEI KAULANA HE BLOSSOM NANI HOI E HOOLANA I KA MALIE KA PUA ALA ONAONA ♪ (GUITAR STRUM) APPLAUSE NATALIE AI KAMAUU: MAHALO THAT’S FOR YOU GRANDMA ANNOUNCER: PBS HAWAII IS PLEASED TO OFFER YOU THESE SPECIAL MAHALO GIFTS FOR SUPPORTING HAWAII'S PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION.

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♪ AUHEA OE E MALIU MAI OE E KUU IPO I KA UA AUHEA OE E MALIU MAI OE E KUU IPO I KA UA, I KA UA NOE ♪ AIA ME OE NO KAU I KA UKA, KANAHELE AIA ME OE NO KAU I KA UKA KANAHELE, O LANIHULI ♪ I LAILA NO WAU I KA LIHILIHI O KA PUA AWAPUHI I LAILA NO WAU I KA LIHILIHI O KA PUA AWAPUHI, ONAONA E E KAUAHEAHE I KA WAI LUKINI O KA PUA KAU I KA IU I LAILA I KA ULUWEHI ULUWEHIWEHI I KA PUUWAI PUUWAI HAINA HAINA IA MAI ANA KA PUANA NO KUU IPO HAINA IA MAI ANA KA PUANA NO KUU IPO I KA UA, I KA UA NOE OHH OHH ♪ NATALIE AI KAMAUU: NO KUUIPO IOLANI KAMAUU: KA UA NOE.

NATALIE AI KAMAUU: FOR MY SWEET IN THE MISTY, MISTY RAINS [GUITAR PLAYS] ♪ HE MANAO, HE ALOHA NO KA IPO KUU LEI HOOIPO I KA MALANAI WEHIWEHI I KA WAOKELE NANI NO KE ALA HENOHENO KA BEAUTY HEMOLELE AWAPUHI MINE HOAPILI O KA NOE KIOWAO HOOPULU IA KA NAHELE KA BEAUTY POINA OLE AWAPUHI MINE HE MANAO, HE ALOHA NO KA IPO KUU LEI HOOIPO I KA MALANAI POAI IA E KE ANUHEA HOOWALEWALE IA MAI KA BEAUTY LAUNA OLE AWAPUHI MINE AHUWALE NO KA MANAO UA EHU WALE I KA LA KA BEAUTY PAUOLE AWAPUHI MINE HE MANAO, HE ALOHA NO KA IPO KUU LEI HOOIPO I KA MALANAI EO MAI KUU LEI MAKAMAE KA NANI IO NO KUU PUA, KUU LEI AWAPUHI MINE ♪ [GUITAR STRUMS] NATALIE AI KAMAUU: FOR MY IOLANI [APPLAUSE] NATALIE AI KAMAUU: THE HARDEST THAT I'VE HAD TO DO IN MY LIFE IS GIVE MY DAUGHTER AWAY.

[SIGHS] IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TRUST THE YOUNG MAN THAT HAD WOOED HER.

I WAS SO VERY WORRIED AND SO I WROTE THIS SONG FOR HIM.

I SANG IT TO HIM BEFORE SHE WALKED DOWN THE AISLE TO HIM.

I COMPARE HER TO THE SWEET PIKAKE LEI, SO VERY PRECIOUS AND FRAGILE.

AUHEA OE E KE ALA AUHEA OE AUHEA OE E KE ALA AUHEA OE E KE ALA AUHEA OE E KE ALA O KUU SWEET PIKAKE LEI E IINI ANA KA MANAO NO KA UA KIOWAO AUHEA OE E KE ALA AUHEA OE IKE AU I KA NANI O KUU SWEET PIKAKE LEI ANUANU I KA ILI O KE AHIAHI AUHEA OE E KE ALA AUHEA OE KU IA, LAWA IA WILI IA ME KA MAILE E LEI ANA I KUU PUUWAI AUHEA OE E KE ALA AUHEA OE MUST I GIVE TO YOU?

I'M TRUSTING YOU.

JUST LOVE HER AS I DO• NOW I GIVE TO YOU MY SWEET, MY SWEET MY SWEET, MY SWEET PIKAKE LEI.

AUHEA OE E KE ALA MY SWEET AUHEA OE MY SWEET AUHEA OE E KE ALA MY SWEET AUHEA OE ♪ [APPLAUSE] ANNOUNCER: PBS HAWAII IS PLEASED TO OFFER YOU THESE SPECIAL MAHALO GIFTS FOR SUPPORTING HAWAII'S PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION.

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♪ E IMI OE I MAKUA NOU EIA HOI AU I KAPENA HOU O KA LEI MOKIHANA KAU I ALOHA HE LEI HIIPOI IA NA KUU POLI ME OE KE ALOHA A MAU LOA HE LEI POINA OLE IA NAU HE LEI HOOHENO WAIALEALE HIWAHIWA KAUAI I KA MOKIHANA (HUMS) OHH OHH AUHEA WALE OE PILI ALOHA KUU HOA I KA UA I KA UA LOKU A HE LOKU NO WAU LA I LAILA KILIHUNE MAI NEI I NAMOLOKAMA KAMA KE ALOHA KA I HIKI MAI HOOLALE NEI I KA PUUWAI O OE AO WAU LA I LAILA E PUEHU I KA HULU O KA MANU E PUEHU I KA HULU O KA MANU OHH OHHH YEAH >>Natalie: MAHALO.

[APPLAUSE] ♪ HOOHENO NEI KE ALOHA NO KA UA UHIWAI HOOMAU IA NO MI NEI E HANI MAI, E HANI AKAHI HOI AU A IKE A HIKI MAI KA WANAO HOOHIWAHIWA IA MAUNA KEA NAU, NO OE WAIMEA I KA LAI E PULUELO I KA ILIHIA PULUPE KA LEI HULU MAMO PALENA OLE KOU NANI KA NOE HALII I KA NAHELE PUANA IA MELE E ALOHA AE ANA NO WAU E HOI MAI NO KAUA LA E PILI O OE AO WAU WAIMEA I KA LAI E PULUELO I KA ILIHIA PULUPE KA LEI HULU MAMO PALENA OLE KOU NANI KA NOE HALII I KA NAHELE PUANA IA MELE E ALOHA AE ANA NO WAU E HOI MAI NO KAUA LA E PILI O OE AO WAU WAIMEA I KA LAI E WAIMEA I KA LAI E WAIMEA WAIMEA I KA LAI E ♪ [GUITAR STRUMS] [APPLAUSE] NATALIE AI KAMAUU: THANK YOU.

I DID NOT WRITE THIS SONG.

MY GOOD FRIEND NATHAN AWEAU WROTE THIS SONG, AND ACTUALLY, HE WAS THE CATALYST FOR ME WRITING WAIMEA I KA LAI.

I LOVE THIS SONG.

WHEN I SING THIS SONG, I CAN FEEL MY KUPUNA.

I CAN FEEL THEM HERE WITH ME.

I CAN FEEL THEIR LOVE ENCIRCLING ME.

I LOVE TO SING IT SO THAT I CAN FEEL THEM.

THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF HAWAIIAN MUSIC.

WITH EACH WORD AND EACH NOTE, WE KEEP PEOPLE AND PLACES THAT DON'T EXIST ANYMORE ALIVE.

WE CONTINUE TO TELL THEIR STORY, SHARING OUR HISTORY.

HOO UHIWAI - THAT BEAUTIFUL MIST.

♪ ‘AUHEA ‘OE E UHIWAI KE HEA MAI NEI UHIWAI MAKANA NO ‘OE HE NANI MAOLI NO, EA A KAU MAI E KE AHIAHI KE AO MALAMALAMA O KA WELO A KA LA, KALA IA OE, EA UHIWAI, UHIWAI HE NANI MAOLI NO UHIWAI, UHIWAI O UA KU'U NEI, LA UHIWAI EIA E KUU PUUWAI UHIWAI (HUMS) KE KALI NEI I KA HOINA HOI KE ALOHA AINA EIA HOI AU, EIA HOI AU, EA UHIWAI, UHIWAI HE NANI MAOLI NO UHIWAI, UHIWAI O UA KUU NEI, LA UHIWAI EIA E KUU PUUWAI UHIWAI (HUMS) UHIWAI, UHIWAI EIA E KUU PUUWAI UHIWAI ♪ NATALIE AI KAMAUU: ON BEHALF OF MY HUSBAND, MY SON, OUR DAUGHTER AND DAUGHTER IN LAW THANK YOU SO MUCH, PBS, FOR HAVING US TONIGHT THANK YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF FOR JOINING IN AS WELL.

WE'RE EVER SO HUMBLED AND EVER SO GRATEFUL.

♪ UHIWAI EIA E KUU PUUWAI UHIWAI ♪ NATALIE AI KAMAUU: MAHALO AND A [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] ♪ ANNOUNCER: PBS HAWAII IS PLEASED TO OFFER YOU THESE SPECIAL MAHALO GIFTS FOR SUPPORTING HAWAII'S PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION.

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