Videos—Ka‘ūpūlehu Hoike—May 2024. Ola!

Trailer Motherʻs Day 2024
(flooding rains, Early in the Day & Concert,
becomes spectacular evening Clearing)

PROGRAM OPENING AND INTROS

Mahalo Introductions of makua: Aunty Leinaala & Aunty Kihalani.
Ku‘ulei honors water with Wai a Kane.
A short from 2010 Kahe Mau o Waimea—May The Waters Forever Flow.
(Spoken word: Ku‘ulei Keakealani. Photos & video: Yvonne Yarber C. & Keoki Carter.
Music composition and guitar: Keoki Apokolani Carter.)
And a poem: “Viewplanes”.

See More Videos below…

Snippets & Clips of Hoike & Ka‘ūpūlehu team and partners sharing, working and celebrating the gifts of place. Full videos of performances coming as theyʻre readied..a few special offerings had technical audio difficulties, so were not captured off the main board.

WAIWAI
2024 PROGRAM:

Kumu (Teachers), Kilo Land Stewards & and tireless revitalizers,
share creative gifts of collaborative gratitude and storytelling—old & new
honoring wellness, respectful relationships, legacy, community & ‘Āina

Lehua Alapai (MC)

Po‘o, program organizers “uncle” Keoki & “aunty” Yvonne

And to the Ho‘ola Ka Makana’ā hui (and staff—mahalo to HFIA, HFI, HTA, KS & Ka‘ūpūlehu Foundation)

Front lobby resource sharing by the Makana’ā Pili‘āina Hui (forest team) & Hoike:
next generation co-Directors (planting lā‘au & creative seeds): Lehua Alapai & Kekaulike Tomich; outreach support, Lauren Terwilliger; reporting data support, La‘i Bertlemann …and to many others offering kokua for this event

Original Music: Apokolani
Musicians: Keoki Apokolani Carter, Yvonne Yarber Carter, Paul Lindbergh, Elliot Maker, Michaeloha Elam, Diesel Tucker….
Mo‘olelo & Poetry through oli, voice, music and movement:
Hula & Hoike of “Ohia Lehua o Ka‘ūpūlehu”. Lehua Alapai,
additional songs by Leilā…always ready to feel, weave and hula to a new song with “Uncle Keoki” playing guitar or ukulele strings to resonate with kumu lā‘au.
Special Kalaemano ‘ohana offering: Oni Boy, & Lilinoe with tūtū Leinaala Keakealani Lightner sing and share.
Special Kohala Guest Offering—Global Wa‘a Aloha Emissaries, ohana & sweet musicians. Chadd Paishon & Pomai Bertelmann; (‘ohana Kumu, , Musicians , celestial navigators, offer reflections, and whatever the moment brings)
Special Global Guest: Richard Russell (mele & guitar), Karma Lama (flute)—sharing a touching personal story song “By The Flyways” of hope, awareness, healing and connecting.

Event Arrangers & ‘Āina Collaborators

“Uncle Keoki” & “Aunty Yvonne”

&
Apokolani house band

Keoki Apokolani Carter, baritone ukulele, guitar; Paul Lindbergh, saxophone;
Elliot Maker, keyboards; Michaeloha Elam, trumpet;
Diesel Tucker, percussion; & Yvonne Yarber Carter, vocals.

Special Highlight & ‘āina ‘ohana sharing
Chadd & Pomai

“backyard style…music we donʻt hear enough of anymore…”

Global Wa‘a Aloha Emissaries,
ohana & sweet musicians
Chadd Paishon & Pomai Bertelmann
Celebrate Wai, Waimea, Wa‘a & Worldwide Voyages

More about Chadd & Pomai and their wa‘a kuleana:
https://www.nakalaiwaa.org/nkw-staff
https://www.nakalaiwaa.org/nkwboard
https://www.nakalaiwaa.org/nkw-history

Special Guests & Friends

“By The Flyways”

A moving mele of waterways, birds, and the gift of life
by Richard “Ricardo” Russell,
weaving sound together with Karma Lama.

More by Apokolani

Songs by Keoki Apokolani Carter & Yvonne Yarber Carter
grateful to ‘āina and spirit
that inspires song stories
AND TO THESE MUCH LOVED MUSICIAN BRADDAHS!!!

A variety of recordings can be heard at
https://apokolani.com/hear-albums-here/
on the
Kumau Barn Sessions
Auē Nohoh‘i—Pili ‘Āina Kahi
Hele On Kinda Day and more…

But here they are, backyard style.
On a day wading through flooding rains,
To gather and celebrate the blessing of water.

Musicians Intro:
Keoki Apokolani Carter, Yvonne Yarber Carter, Paul Lindbergh
Elliot Maker, Michaeloha Elam, Diesel Tucker

Closing song: Kiss The Sky

Mahalo To:

Our oldest mother and father. Earth. Ola! All that sustains waters, earth and sky.

The fishers, planters, reverent guardians, family tenders, the multitude that weaves communities and families of Kohala and Kona, Hawai’i island. Those who shared this day. And those elsewhere—this page offers a way to view videos at home.

The gifted, overworked and dedicated creatives & teachers on these videos and the many behind the scenes, who still find ways to share, rejuvenate and transcend—often with sleep deprivation— through heart, healthy living and living arts.

Uncle Keoki and Aunty Yvonne for lifting up, creative honoring of place and ancestors as vital to community and kinship to place by people of many origins, shores, winds and waters. Mahalo for creating this website and dedicating efforts to planting seeds of creativity, encouraging respect and perpetuation of the wisdom of ‘āina.

The team capturing these precious and spontaneous moments of sharing: Rudy DeRochment —sound, and Ari Bernstein, video engineer and teacher at Gates Performing Arts Center (GPAC). Support: Brannigan & Nick Freitas. And all who helped in assorted ways this stormy day: Matt, Lynn, Lā, and….

And the sponsors listed on the previous page, and here again: Hawai‘i Forest Institute, (Heather Simmons, E.D.) HFIA (Chris Chwastyk, E.D. ), HTA, Kamehameha Schools, & Ka‘ūpūlehu Foundation. Mahalo HPA for welcoming, expanding and supporting community—many stepping on campus for the first time.

And to the Ho‘ola Ka Makana’ā hui (and staff)and the many hats they wear to sustain the kuleana and multi-generational succesion to care for—and to be cared for by place. Ola!