Let’s Play Music Part II Moea No I Ka Pu‘uwai E Waimānalo, Straight From the Heart of Waimānalo

Aloha no hoapili na mele,

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We are very excited to introduce our exciting Hawaiian Music Documentary project and ho’olu komo la kaua, the untold story of the Hawaiian Music Renaissance of the 1970s and 80s, Moea No I Ka Pu‘uwai E Waimānalo, Straight From the Heart of Waimānalo. Part II of our Let’s Play Music video project.

Following the release of this film we will again contract it to PBS for their fundraising purposes in support of the new center they are building on Oahu. PBS has continued to be a major supporter documenting Hawai‘i’s music masters and adding to Hawaiian music archival collections.

We are also introducing our webisode broadcast from Waimanalo monthly. With this, we hope to have as many of Hawai‘i’s musicians young and old come out to the backyard to kanikapila and do extended interviews with our project MC Skylark Rossetti. Content form these sessions will be made available as archives for future generations.

So your contribution to this kickstarter campaign helps to preserve the story of Hawai’i’s pivotal musical generation from the 1970s and ’80s and many of today’s next generation of musicians, makes it possible to create some amazing new music, kanikapila style and supports PBS Hawai‘i.

The contribution of the music of the Hawaiian Renaissance to the social changes underway in Hawai‘i today should not be overlooked. Before dismissing music as “epiphenomenal,” one should at least consider the question of whether it may be of more basic influence as an impetus to social change.

Hawaiian music and dance as the focal point in many cases have been effective in helping to establish a common consciousness and concern with pressing social issues that on the part of Hawaiians can be seen in many areas of life today. By tying these pressing social issues to traditional culture and musical forms, artists have also tied them to the central values and symbols of the Hawaiian people, giving them at the same time cultural legitimacy and emotional urgency. The Honolulu Advertiser remarked in an editorial on March 23, 1982: “A movement which some people dismissed as short-lived and superficial has become well established. My own family’s recordings and Waimanalo sessions have supported and continue to support this goal.

The timing of this project is critical, as recognized through the passing of Dennis Kamakahi shortly after the completion of Let’s Play Music Part I. We cannot begin too soon to record and capture these treasured performers and their beloved music.
The questions is how big can we make it? Although our goal is $65,000, we have an angel investor who has committed to match up to $115,000 if we can raise it. So every dollar counts and is sincerely appreciated.

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Mahalo nui in advance for your consideration and support.

Me ka ‘oia ‘i’o a hui hou,

Cyril