
Na Leo Pilimehana at Halekulani's House without a Key
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Na Leo Pilimehana at Halekulani's House without a Key
In 1983, Kamehameha Schools’ Performing Arts teacher Holoua Stender recognized gems in a crowd of talented students. They were three young women – Nalani Jenkins, Lehua Kalima and Angela Morales – all blessed with beautiful voices individually, but together, with a sound that was magical.
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Na Leo Pilimehana at Halekulani's House without a Key
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In 1983, Kamehameha Schools’ Performing Arts teacher Holoua Stender recognized gems in a crowd of talented students. They were three young women – Nalani Jenkins, Lehua Kalima and Angela Morales – all blessed with beautiful voices individually, but together, with a sound that was magical.
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LEHUA KALIMA ALVAREZ: MAHAO TO YOU ALL OF YOU WATCHING WHEREVER YOU MAY BE.
NOW KICK OFF YOUR SLIPPAHSD SETTLE IN FOR OUR EPISODE OF NA MELE: FEATURING NA LEO PILIMEHANA AT HALEKULANI'S HOUSE WITHOUT A KEY.
♪ NALANI JENKINS: WHAT BETTER PLACE TO BE THAN RIGHT HER?
(SINGING “STROLLING ON THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI”) ♪ ♪ I LIKE TO BE BAREFOOT CAREE STROLLING ON THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI JUST SMELL THE BRE, HULA MELODIES STROLLING ONE BEACH AT WAIKIKI GARDENIA BLOSSOMS CALLING, SHARE THE DAY WITH ME BEACH BOYS GRAB THEIR BOARDS, AND HEAD STRAIGHT OUT TO THE SA OF ALL THE PLACES YOU CAN , ONLY ONE WILL SOOTH YOUR SL STROLLING ON THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI WAIKIKI OOO OOO OOH STROLLG ON THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI BROWN HAWAIIAN MAIDENS, GRT YOU WITH A SMILE RHYTHMIC WAVES CARESS THE SHORE, AND LINGER FOR A WHILE OF ALL E PLACES YOU CAN GO, ONLY ONE WILL SOOTHE YOUR SOUL STROLLING ON THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI ♪ ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ I LIKE TO BE BAREFOOT CAREE STROLLING ON THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI JUST SMELL THE BRE, HULA MELODIES STROLLING ONE BEACH AT WAIKIKI GARDENIA BLOSSOMS CALLING, SHARE THE DAY WITH ME BEACH BOYS GRAB THEIR BOARDS, AND HEAD STRAIGHT OUT TO THE SA OF ALL THE PLACES YOU CAN , ONLY ONE WILL SOOTH YOUR SL STROLLING ON THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI WAIKIKI OOO OOO OOH STROLLG ON THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI WAIKIKI OOO OOO OOH STROLLG ON THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI ♪ ♪ NALANI JENKINS: MAHALO.
ANGELA ESCONTRIAS: ALOHA EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO THE BEAUTIFUL HALEKULANI, MY GOODNESS, WT AN AMAZING TREAT FOR US TOE ON THIS BEAUTIFUL STAGE WIH SUCH A GORGEOUS BACKDROP OF WAIKIKI.
THAT SONG WAS CALLED, “STROLLING ON THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI” AND JUST A FUN LIE HAPA HAOLE TUNE WRITTEN BY NALANI IN THE CENTER.
WE'RE JUST GONNA SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH YOU AND SHARE SOME OF OUR MUSI, SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF STORS WITHIN EACH PIECE IF YOU WL ALLOW US TO DO THAT AS WEL.
THIS NEXT SONG WE ARE GOINO DO, UM, IT'S BEEN TOLD TO S THAT A GENTLEMAN FROM THE ISLAND OF NIIHAU WROTE THIS SONG.
AND HE WROTE THIS SONG JUSN CELEBRATION OF LIFE AND BEG THANKFUL FOR WHAT HE WAS GN IN LIFE AND JUST TO REALLYE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT HE HAD AD TO, OF COURSE, ACKNOWLEDGE WHERE ALL OF HIS BLESSINGS CAME FROM.
“UA MAU” (SINGING “UA MAU ─ HOSANA”) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ UA MAU MAI E KA PONO MAI KA MAKUA LANI MAI KE HUI NEI MAKOU I KONA LOKO MAIKAI HOSANA IA KE AKUA MA NA LAI KIEKIE KA WAIHO ANA MAI I O KAKOU OLA ♪ KE HUI MAI MAKOU MAKUA ME KEIKI LOKAHI PU KA MANAO I HOOKAHI PUUWAI HOSANA IA KE AKUA MA NA LAI KIEKIE KA WAIHO ANA MAI I O KAKOU OLA UA MAU MAI E KA PONO MAI A ♪ ♪ UA MAU MAI E KA PONO MAI KA MAKUA LANI MAI KE HUI NEI MAKOU I KONA LOKO MAIKAI HOSANA IA KE AKUA MA NA LAI KIEKIE KA WAIHO ANA MAI I O KAKOU OLA UA MAU ♪ ♪ ANGELA ESCONTRIAS: UA MAU [APPLAUSE] PBS HAWAII IS PLEASED TO OR YOU THESE SPECIAL MAHALO GS FOR SUPPORTING HAWAII'S PUC TELEVISION STATION.
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LEHUA KALIMA ALVAREZ: THIS NEXT SONG THAT WE ARE GOINO DO FOR YOU IS A SONG THAT I WROTE MANY, MANY HUSBANDS , NO, I'M JUST KIDDING, KIDD.
UH, MANY MOONS AGO AND IT S A SONG THAT I, ACTUALLY SOMEONE ASKED ME, WHY DID U WRITE THAT SONG?
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HEARD.
LIKE I, SO I WROTE IT LIKE FORM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEONE WRITING IT TO ME.
SO I THOUGHT KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE SPIN ON IT, YOU KNO.
BUT, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS LIE THIS ONE, IT'S CALLED “THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.” (SINGING “REST OF YOUR LI ) ♪ ♪ YEAH YEAH.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?
WE COULD WATCH THE STARS AT NIGHT, TWINKLING HIGH ABOVE 'CAUSE I PROMISE YOU, FOR E REST OF YOUR LIFE I WILL BE THERE BY YOUR SIDE, I WILLE YOUR LOVE.
OO OO OOO HEY E YEAH WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?
IF YOU BELIEVE IN DESTINY, THEN HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE TT I'LL BE WITH YOU FOR THE RT OF YOUR LIFE SOMEDAY YOU WL REALIZE WE WERE MEANT TO BE OOO OOO OOO LA LA LA LA LAA LA LA LA TIME FLIES ON GUID WINGS AND FAITH IN MY HEART SINGS, BUT I JUST HAVE TO W ONE THING... WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?
AND COULD I BE THE ONLY ONO KNOW THIS PART OF YOU AND U WILL FIND, FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE THAT I WILL LOVEU FOR THE REST OF MINE.
YES, I WILL LOVE YOU FOR TE REST OF MINE.
♪ ♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] LEHUA KALIMA ALVAREZ: MAHA.
NALANI JENKINS: GONNA SHARA SONG THAT I WROTE CALLED “BEAUTIFUL DAY.” I KNOW THIS IS COMING TO TE END OF OUR DAY BUT I'M SURE THIS WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY FR EVERYONE HERE BECAUSE ANY E YOU'RE ALIVE, YOU'RE IN HAWAI'I, YOU'RE IN WAIKIKI, HEY, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
WROTE THIS WHEN I WAS ESPECIALLY HAPPY, SO, IT GS SOMETHING LIKE THIS: ♪ ♪ (SINGING “BEAUTIFUL DAY”) IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, HEY,A BEAUTIFUL DAY SUN ON MY FAE I'M IN MY PLACE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, HEY A BEAUTIFUL DAY MY BABY AND E HAPPY AS CAN BE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY THE MOUNTAINS SAY “CLIMB ”" THE OCEANS INVITING THE S'S JUST STANDING BY FISH GONNA BITE I FEEL ALRIGHT I SEE H ME OH MY IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, HEY,A BEAUTIFUL DAY SUN ON MY FAE I'M IN MY PLACE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, HEY A BEAUTIFUL DAY MY BABY AND E HAPPY AS CAN BE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY THE RADIO'S PLAYING, SALT A SPRAYING THE MOON'S JUST BG SHY MY FRIENDS CAN'T GRUMB, WE JUST GOT THE FUMBLE I SY OH ME OH MY, AYE AYE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, HEY,A BEAUTIFUL DAY SUN ON MY FAE I'M IN MY PLACE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, HEY A BEAUTIFUL DAY MY BABY AND E HAPPY AS CAN BE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY BEAUTIFUL ─ GET YOUR CUP FL BEAUTIFUL ─ MAKE IT MEANINL BEAUTIFUL ─ I'M FEELING PLAYFUL AND LIFE IS MY RIDE TODAY, HEY AY IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, HEY,A BEAUTIFUL DAY SUN ON MY FAE I'M IN MY PLACE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
BEAUTIFUL DAY SUN ON MY FAE I'M IN MY PLACE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, HEY A BEAUTIFUL DAY FISH GONNA BE I FEEL ALRIGHT SUN ON MY FE I'M IN MY PLACE MY BABY ANE HAPPY AS CAN BE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY [APPLAUSE] LEHUA KALIMA ALVAREZ: THIS NEXT SONG WE ARE GOING TO , WE'RE GOING BACK TO MOKU O KEAWE, MY ISLAND MY HOME ISLAND, THE ISLAND OF HAWA.
AND I'M GONNA TAKE YOU DOWA LITTLE ROAD IN THE VALLEY F WAIPIO TO GO VISIT A FRIENF MINE, HIS NAME WAS KIA FRO, HE WAS A WELL-KNOWN MAN DON IN THE VALLEY.
HE HAD A LOI THERE AND HE S VERY HOSPITABLE TO ALL OF S THAT USED TO GO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HI.
WE WOULD COME DOWN AND WE WOULD HELP HIM CLEAN HIS L, CAMP OVER IN THE VALLEY ANT WAS QUITE A BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE.
AND SO I WROTE THIS LITTLE SONG JUST TALKING ABOUT HIM AND THE BEAUTY OF WAIPIO.
THIS IS CALLED THE “TARO PH TWIST.” ♪ ♪ (SINGING “TARO PATCH TWIS”) GO ON DOWN A ROCKY ROAD, TE A LEFT AT THE STREAM YEAH, THREE HOUSES DOWN UNDER OLD MANGO TREES THERE'S A LITTE OLD SHACK MADE OF METAL AND WOOD AND WAY, WAY BACK IF U LOOK REAL GOOD YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE OLD MAN IN THE MORNG MIST AND HE'S DOING THE TAO PATCH TWIST HE GETS UP EVERY MORNING WE HIS ROOSTER STILL DREAMS AD HE COOKS UP HIS BREAKFAST FRESH CAUGHT FROM THE STREM TAKES A LOOK IN THE MIRROR THAT'S CRACKED AND WORN ANE LAUGHS TO HIMSELF ‘CAUSE THERE'S NO ONE AROUND WELL HE'S SEEN ABOUT EVERYTHING, AIN'T NOTHING HE'S MISSED T HE LIVES TO DO THE TARO PAH TWIST HE JUMPS INTO THE LOI RIGHP TO HIS KNEES AND WITH NO OE AROUND HE CAN DO WHAT HE PLEASE WITH THE COOL MOUNTN WATER RUSHING RIGHT THROUGH HIS HANDS HE CAN'T HELP BUT START MOVING, SEE HIM DANC, DANCE, DANCE WELL UP AND DOWN AND ROUNDD ROUND HE'S DOING THE TARO PATCH TWIST YEAH UP AND DON AND ROUND AND ROUND SEE HIM TWIST, TWIST, TWIST WELL HS SEEN ABOUT EVERYTHING, AI'T NOTHING HE'S MISSED BUT HE LIVES EVERY DAY TO DO THE O PATCH TWIST (GUITAR SOLO) ♪ ♪ ♪ (NALANI JENKINS: MR. BEN VS ON GUITAR.
♪ SO IF YOU'VE GOT THE TIME D YOU'RE EVER THAT WAY STOP D VISIT MY FRIEND ‘CAUSE HE'S THERE EVERY DAY IT'S A LON, LONG RIDE, BUT IT'S WORTH EVERY MILE AND I DO GUARAN, YOU'LL BE MET WITH A SMILE JUST BE READY FOR FUN, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE MISD TILL YOU'VE DONE THE TARO PATCH TWIST YOU JUMP INTO THE LO'I RIGT UP TO YOUR KNEES AND WITH O ONE AROUND YOU CAN DO WHATU PLEASE WITH THE COOL MOUNTN WATER RUSHING RIGHT THROUGH YOUR HANDS YOU CAN'T HELP T START MOVING, YEAH YOU'LL DANCE, DANCE, DANCE UP AND DOWN AND ROUND AND ROUND YOU'LL BE DOING THE O PATCH TWIST YEAH UP AND DON AND ROUND AND ROUND YEAH YOU'LL TWIST, TWIST, TWIST JUST BE READY FOR FUN, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE MISD TILL YOU'VE DONE THE TARO PATCH TWIST JUST BE READY R FUN, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE MISSED TILL YOU'VE E THE TARO PATCH TWIST ♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] PBS HAWAII IS PLEASED TO OR YOU THESE SPECIAL MAHALO GS FOR SUPPORTING HAWAII'S PUC TELEVISION STATION.
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NALANI JENKINS: GONNA DO A SONG THAT LEHUA WROTE.
THIS ONE'S CALLED, “YOU D'T REMEMBER.” AND SHE WROTE IT, YEARS AGE WERE GETTING READY FOR A MOTHER'S DAY SHOW.
SO THIS IS FOR THE MOMMIESD THE DADDIES OUT THERE, CELEBRATING THAT GIFT OF L. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT IS THAT WHEN SHE WROTE THIS SONG SHE HADN'T HAD HER THE KIDS, YET.
AND WHEN SHE WROTE IT I ASD HER, HOW DID YOU COME UP WH THIS SONG, NOT EVEN BEING A MOM YET?
SHE SAID, WELL, SEE IT WASR BIRTHDAY A FEW MONTHS BEFOE THAT, SHE SAID HER MOM WAS LIVING ON THE MAINLAND, MISSING HER VERY MUCH AND R MOM SENT HER A BIRTHDAY CAD WITH A BABY ALL SWADDLED UN THE FRONT AND IT SAID, YOU DON'T REMEMBER, AND WHEN SE OPENED IT UP IT SAID, BUT'L NEVER FORGET, HAPPY BIRTHD.
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL.
“YOU DON'T REMEMBER.” ♪ ♪ (SINGING “YOU DON'T REMEM”) YOU DON'T REMEMBER, I'LL NR FORGET THAT BLESSED DAY WHN WE FIRST MET AND I SAW THE FACE I ALWAYS KNEW, THE LIE SMILE, THE LITTLE YOU AND YOU DON'T REMEMBER, BUT I'LL NEVER FORGET ONE DAY N MY LIFE I WILL NEVER REGREO FEEL SUCH LOVE I NEVER KNEW ALL BUNDLED UP RIGHT THEREN YOU AS I HELD YOU NEAR MY HEARI UNDERSTOOD AT LAST THAT PAT OF ME I'D NEVER MET YOU DOT REMEMBER, BUT I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU DON'T REMEMBER, BUT I'L NEVER FORGET THAT BLESSED Y YOU DON'T REMEMBER, BUT I'L NEVER FORGET THAT BLESSED Y WHEN WE FIRST MET AND WHENI HEARD YOUR VOICE I REALIZED THE TRUTH EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE LED ME HERE TO YOU AND YOU DON'T REMEMBER, BUT I'LL NEVER FORGET ONE DAY N MY LIFE I WILL NEVER REGREA GIFT SO PRECIOUS GIVEN ME,Y ANGEL LOVE, TRULY A MIRACLE FROM GOD ABOVE AS I HELD YOU NEAR MY HEARI UNDERSTOOD AT LAST THAT PAT OF ME I'D NEVER MET YOU DOT REMEMBER, BUT I'LL NEVER FORGET AND WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR S I SEE THE REASON WHY I'VE LIVED MY LIFE AS I HELD YOU NEAR MY HEART I UNDERSTOODT LAST THAT PART OF ME I'D NR MET YOU DON'T REMEMBER, BUT I'L NEVER FORGET NO, YOU DON'T REMEMBER, BUT I'LL NEVER FORGET NO...NO...YOU DON'T REMEMB, BUT I'LL NEVER FORGET ♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] NALANI JENKINS: WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU TO MY HOME TOWN, WHICH IS ON THE OPPOSITE S, SO I'M POINTING THIS WAY BI REALLY SHOULD BE POINTING, THIS WAY, ON THE NORTH SHOE OF OAHU.
I WROTE THIS SONG DRIVING E ONE DAY.
AND THAT'S WHEN I HAD A REL JOB.
I DIDN'T GET TO PLAY MUSICR A LIVING.
AND I REMEMBER BEING SUPER STRESSED OUT, AND I'M DRIVG HOME, AND THERE'S A PLACE N THE NORTH SHORE WHERE YOU E DOWN THE ROAD, AND JUST, YU HIT THIS HILL AND YOU CAN E THE WHOLE OCEAN OPENING UPN FRONT OF YOU.
AND I FELT LIKE THE STRESS JUST LEFT MY BODY AND I FET RELAXED.
AND I SAID, OOH I HAVE TO L OVER AND WRITE A SONG ABOUT THIS.
AND SO, UM, INTERESTING PIE TO THIS IS I SAY, “TAKE ME DOWN TO THE NORTH SHORE,” WHICH PROBABLY SOUNDS WEIRO SOMEONE THAT'S NOT FROM HAI BECAUSE WE THINK OF THINGS FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE OCEAN.
AND SO MUCH NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST.
SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE GO VISIT MY BEACHES, AND THE SANDS, AND THE PLACE OF THE NORTH SHORE.
GIVE IT A LITTLE SMOOCH FOE BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN IN A WHILE.
OKAY, HERE WE GO, “NORTH SE SERENADE.” ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (SINGING “NORTH SHORE SERENADE”) COME ALONG TAKE A RIDE TO E ISLE'S NORTH SIDE THROUGH E WINDING IRONWOOD TREES BUTE SURE TO TAKE CARE NO ONE FOLLOWS YOU THERE AS YOU'RE DRIFTING ALONG ON THE BREEE FOR IF ANYONE KNEW WHERE 'M TAKING YOU TO THEY'D SURELY NEVER DEPART THE MAGICAL CT THAT I LOVE THE MOST NEARET AND DEAREST MY HEART OH MY OH ME OH, TAKE ME DON TO THE NORTH SHORE WHERE TE WHITE SAND ROLLS IN THE POUNDING SURF YEAH, WHY D'T WE GO, WAY ON OUT TO THE NH SHORE WHERE THE SKY IS BLUE AND THE OCEAN IS TOO NEARET TO HEAVEN ON EARTH ♪ ♪ ♪ TURN UP THE TUNES, SETTLE N FOR THE RIDE FOLLOW THE SINKING SUN FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL THE SURF'S BREAKIG STILL MY NERVES GENTLY STAT TO UNWIND EVERY MILE THAT I DRIVE BRINGS ME CLOSER TO WHERE I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN I SHOULD BE IT'S NOT A BIG CY BUT THE SUGAR CANE'S PRETTY BEAUTIFUL HOME BY THE SEA OH MY OH ME OH, TAKE ME DON TO THE NORTH SHORE WHERE TE WHITE SAND ROLLS IN THE POUNDING SURF YEAH, WHY D'T WE GO, WAY ON OUT TO THE NH SHORE WHERE THE SKY IS BLUE AND THE OCEAN IS TOO NEARET TO HEAVEN ON EARTH ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ NORTH SHORE ♪ ♪ PBS HAWAII IS PLEASED TO OR YOU THESE SPECIAL MAHALO GS FOR SUPPORTING HAWAII'S PUC TELEVISION STATION.
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LEHUA KALIMA ALVAREZ: I'VE NOTICED THAT A LOT OF THE SONGS THAT WE WRITE ON OURN ARE OFTEN ABOUT PLACES THAE LOVE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A VERY HAWAIIAN THING TO DO.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE WRITG IN ENGLISH IT'S OFTEN ABOUT NORTH SHORE FOR NALANI, FOR ME, YOU KNOW, MOKU O KEAWE.
THIS NEXT SONG WE'RE GOINGO DO IS A SONG I ACTUALLY WRE WHEN I WAS DRIVING AROUND E ISLAND OF HAWAII.
I WAS COMING FROM WAIMEA DN THE HAMAKUA COAST, WATCHING ALL THE WATERFALLS, LOOKINT THE CLEAR SKY, AND DECIDEDO WRITE THIS SONG.
IT'S CALLED, “WHEN I THINKF YOU.” ♪ ♪ (SINGING “WHEN I THINK OF YOU”) I SEE WATERFALLS, CRYSTAL SKIES AND MILLIONS OF STARS OOH WHEN I THINK OF YOU ANI HEAR LULLABYES, SOFT GUITAS AND WHISPERS IN THE NIGHT H WHEN I THINK OF YOU NO ONE HAS EVER GOTTEN IN Y SOUL NO ONE HAS EVER MADE E FEEL THIS WHOLE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW H WHEN I THINK OF YOU WELL I FEEL GENTLE WINDS EMBRACING ME AND WARM SUMMR NIGHTS OOH WHEN I THINK OFU AND I AM FLYING HIGH, SPING ROUND AND FLOATING ON A BRE OOH WHEN I THINK OF YOU AND NO ONE HAS EVER GOTTENN MY SOUL NO ONE HAS EVER MAE ME FEEL THIS WHOLE THERE'SO MANY THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW H WHEN I THINK OF YOU LEHUA KALIMA ALVAREZ: MR. N VEGAS.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ AND NO ONE HAS EVER GOTTENN MY SOUL NO ONE HAS EVER MAE ME FEEL THIS WHOLE THERE'SO MANY THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW H WHEN I THINK OF YOU WHEN I THINK OF YOU WHEN I THINK OF YOU (WHEN I THINK OF YOU WHEN I THINK OF YOU) JUST THINKING ‘BOUT YOU BAY (WHEN I THINK OF YOU) YEAH ALL THE TIME (WHEN I THINK OF YOU WHEN I THINK OF YOU) WHEN I THINK OF YOU ♪ ♪ LEHUA KALIMA ALVAREZ: OKAY WELL THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG WS WRITTEN BY KAINANI KAHAUNA.
SO SHE IS A VERY, WELL SH'S VERY OLU OLU FOR ONE THING, BUT SHE'S JUST A PHENOMENAL HAKU MELE, A SONGWRITER HEE IN HAWAII, A TEACHER, SHE'S EVERYTHING, SHE'S SHE'S EVERYTHING, SHE'S SHE'S EVERYTHING.
BUT SHE GIFTED US WITH THIS SONG THAT WE RECORDED ON OE HULA MAI KAKOU ALBUM.
AND IT'S CALLED “E HULI HOI MAI.” AND SO THE STORY BEHIND THS WAS, SHE, WELL ANGIE CAN TL YOU LIKE THE TRUE, TRUE VERSION, BUT IN THE POETIC VERSION, KAINANI SPEAKS OF THIS HINANO FLOWER THAT IS GIVING OFF THESE, WHAT IS T CALLED?
NOT POLLEN BUT• ANGELA ESCONTRIAS: PHEROMO?
LEHUA KALIMA ALVAREZ: YES!
IT'S WAY UP HIGH, YOU KNOWN THE TREE AND IT'S GIVING OF THIS, YOU KNOW, MAGIC FAIRY DUST AND IT'S MAKING THE PERSON BELOW, JUST, FALL IN LOVE.
AND, THAT'S KIND OF JUST TE GIST OF IT, REALLY.
ANGELA ESCONTRIAS: SURE, Y. LEHUA KALIMA ALVAREZ: YEAH.
ANGELA ESCONTRIAS: NO, NO, YOU'RE RIGHT.
OKAY SO, SO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION IS SO THERE'S S GIRL AND SHE SAW THIS VERY HANDSOME TALL, DARK CHOCOLE MAN GOING UP AN ESCALATOR T ALOHA TOWER AND SHE SAID, I HAD HIS PHONE NUMBER AND CALLING HIM SAYING, BROTHE, TURN AROUND, I'M RIGHT HER.
I'M WAITING.
RIGHT?
LEHUA KALIMA ALVAREZ: YEAH.
ANGELA ESCONTRIAS: THAT'S E GIST OF IT.
OKAY, HERE WE GO.
(SINGING “E HULI HOI MAI”) ♪ ♪ PA NAHE ANA KA LEO HE IPO NOHEA HE AHAILONO I KAHI HA KULI O KA PO, EA POLOHINANO KAU HOOLAI LA ILUNA HUNEHUE MAI KE ONAONA EHU PUA NA WI LA HOI OE E PAKELE AKU IA HOOLALE ANA IHO E HULI HOII IA HOOLALE ANA IHO E HULI I MAI E HULI HOI MAI E KE HOA O U NO I AI, IAU NEI E MALIU ME OE I KUU LEO A KAU KA MAKAI KA ONOHI A KAU KA MAKA I KA ONOHI EIA KA HOI OE KAPALILI KONI KUU LOKO E UMEUME ANA I KA PILI I KA PILI AUMOE UA PUU AE KAUA I KA HUNAHUNA KAHIE KAI KUEHU LA AO MAMALA HAIA KOU WEHI E SWEET MAHIEHIE E KAHEA WALE MAI NO IAU NEI E KAHEA WALE MAI NO IAU NEI E HULI HOI MAI E KE HOA O U NO I AI, IAU NEI E MALIU ME OE I KUU LEO A KAU KA MAKAI KA ONOHI A KAU KA MAKA I KA ONOHI EIA KA HOI OE KAPALILI KONI KUU LOKO E UMEUME ANA I KA PILI I KA PILI AUMOE UA PUU AE KAUA I KA HUNAHUNA KAHIE KAI KUEHU LA AO MAMALA HAIA KOU WEHI E SWEET MAHIEHIE E KAHEA WALE MAI NO IAU NEI E KAHEA WALE MAI NO IAU NEI E KAHEA WALE MAI NO IAU NEI ♪ ♪ ANGELA ESCONTRIAS: HEY!
AHE HULI HOI MAI.
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ANGELA ESCONTRIAS: THIS NET SONG WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WIH YOU IS ONE THAT LEHUA WROT.
IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY WE WERE ACTUALLYT NALANI'S HOME ON THE NORTH SHORE.
AND WE WERE JUST HANGING OT AND WE'RE PLAYING MUSIC AND HAVING PUPUS AND SPIRITS AD JUST ENJOYING EACH OTHER''' COMPANY AND WE WERE CONTEMPLATING, ARE WE GONNO THIS AGAIN, RIGHT?
AND LEHUA GOES, WELL I KINF HAVE A SONG I WROTE, AND SE STARTED PLAYING IT AND NALI AND I JUST, WE JUMPED IN WH OUR PARTS, WE KNEW WHERE WE WERE GOING.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE SONGS N OUR, IN OUR RELATIONSHIP, N THIS PARTNERSHIP, THAT WE W EXACTLY WHERE WE NEEDED TOO MUSICALLY, WHAT WE NEEDED O SAY, AND JUST HOW WE FELT ABOUT IT.
AND OF COURSE WHEN WE FINID WE ALL LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID, OKAY, WE'LL HANAU AND DO THIS AGAIN.
AND THESE ARE ONE OF THOSE SONGS THAT HAVE TRULY MOVES INTO A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERT JOURNEY, A DIFFERENT PATH N OUR CAREER AS NA LEO PILIMEHANA.
YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT BEFE WE DO THE SONG, OUR TEACHET KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ACTUALLY GAVE US THE, THE NAME NA LO PILIMEHANA BECAUSE BEFORE T WAS JUST, NALANI, ANGELA, LEHUA, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE CHORAL UPBRINGING THAT WE RECEIVED FROM KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS THT HE CREATED THAT NAME, GAVES THAT NAME.
AND NA LEO IS “THE VOICES”" YEAH?
AND PILIMEHANA, PILI IS TH, THIS CONNECTION, THIS INTERTWINING RELATIONSHIP.
A LOT OF HUSBAND AND WIVES HAVE THAT.
BUT FOR THE THREE OF US TO CREATE SUCH A SOUND, BASEDN WHAT OUR TEACHER SHARED WIH US, THAT'S WHY WE BECAME, A LEO PILIMEHANA, THE VOICES BLENDING TOGETHER IN WARMT.
SO KNOWING THAT THIS SONG S ONE OF THOSE MAGICAL MOMENS FOR US AND WHERE IT HAS TAN US ALL THESE YEARS, WE WANO SHARE THAT SONG WITH ALL OF YOU.
IT IS DEFINITELY A SONG THT PEOPLE, IT TUGS AT THEIR HT STRINGS FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS AND WE JUST APPRECE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE THOSE MOMENTS IN OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES WITH “FLYING WITH ANGELS.” ♪ ♪ ♪ (SINGING “FLYING WITH ANGE) WHERE ARE YOU GOING, INSIDE YOUR MIND?
I GUESS WE'RE ALWAYS LIVINN BORROWED TIME YES I WILL BE HERE TO HOLD YOUR HAND JUST HERE TO HOLD YOUR HAND, JUT CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SLEEP I UNDERSTAND YOU'LL FLY WITH ANGELS ABOE US ALL AND I'LL BE HERE TO CATCH YOU IF YOU FALL IF OTHERS LEAVE YOU, YOU KW I'LL STAY MY DREAMS WILL WHISPER TO YOU AND GUIDE YU WAY SO SLEEP MY DARLIN' ONE KISS GOODNIGHT ANOTHER SONG AWAITS YOU WITH RISING LIGT YOU'LL FLY WITH ANGELS ABOE US ALL AND I'LL BE HERE TO CATCH YOU IF YOU FALL YOU'LL FLY WITH ANGELS ABOE US ALL AND I'LL BE HERE TO CATCH YOU IF YOU FALL OH I'LL BE HERE TO CATCH IF YOU FALL ♪ ♪ ♪ NALANI JENKINS: IT WAS MAN, MANY YEARS AGO THAT WE WERN THE STAGE OF THE WAIKIKI SHELL, NOT FAR FROM HERE, TREMBLING IN OUR SANDALS.
I WAS GONNA SAY BOOTS BUT E WEREN'T WEARING BOOTS.
BECAUSE WE HAD ENTERED BRON BAGS TO STARDOM, WHICH WASA STATEWIDE CONTEST.
IT WAS ALL OVER TV, ALL OVR THE STATE.
ALL OF OUR FRIENDS WERE WATCHING.
THERE WERE ABOUT 10,000 PEE IN THE AUDIENCE AND I HAD WRITTEN THIS SONG AND WERE SCARED TO DEATH.
BUT IT ENDED UP BECOMING KD OF A MANTRA, A MANTRA FOR LOCAL BOYS.
TO SAY, HEY, YOU MAY NOT LK LIKE THE GUY ON THE TIGER T MAGAZINE, WASN'T THAT WHATT WAS BACK THEN, RIGHT?
THE SHAUN CASSIDY LEHUA KALIMA ALVAREZ: OR SEVENTEEN.
NALANA JENKINS: YEAH, TEEN BEAT.
YOU MAY NOT BE THAT GUY IN THAT MAGAZINE BUT WE THINK YOU'RE PRETTY COOL.
SO, WE DEDICATE THIS SONG O ALL THE LOCAL BOYS.
♪ ♪ ♪ (SINGING “LOCAL BOYS”) BLUE EYES AND BLOND HAIR DT THRILL ME ‘CAUSE I'M IN LOE WITH THE LOCAL BOYS DON'T Y TO CONVINCE ME BECAUSE THE LOCAL BOYS ARE NO KA OI IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ISLD IN THE MOUNTAINS OR NEAR TE SEA IF I WANT SOMEONE SPECL LOCAL BOYS ARE THE ONE FORE YOU MAY SAY I'M CRAZY BUT M RIGHT LOCAL BOYS WILL KEEPU WARM THROUGHOUT THE COLDEST NIGHT WHEREVER YOU GO IN THE ISLS YOU SEE THE MALIHINI ON THE STREET BUT MY EYES NEVER WANDER BECAUSE THE LOCAL BS JUST CAN'T BE BEAT OH, OH LOCAL BOYS DA DA DAA DA LOCAL BOYS (INSTRUMENTAL BREAK) ♪ ♪ YOU MAY SAY I'M CRAZY BUT M RIGHT LOCAL BOYS WILL KEEPU WARM THROUGHOUT THE COLDEST NIGHT ♪ ♪ OH, OH LOCAL BOYS DA DA DAA DA LOCAL BOYS YOU MAY SAY I'M CRAZY BUT M RIGHT LOCAL BOYS WILL KEEPU WARM THROUGHOUT THE COLDEST NIGHT BLUE EYES AND BLOND HAIR (THIS WAS THE BIG DRAMATIC ENDING.)
DON'T THRILL ME (WE REALLY WANTED TO WIN THE CONTEST,U KNOW WE HAD TO BRING IT ON HOME) 'CAUSE I'M IN LOVE WH THE LOCAL BOYS DON'T TRY TO CONVINCE ME BECAUSE THE LOL BOYS ARE NO KA OI I SAID I LOVE THOSE LOCAL BOYS.
♪ ♪ ♪ LEHUA KALIMA ALVAREZ: YEAHR ALL THE LOCAL BOYS.
♪ NALANI JENKINS: THIS SONG S CALLED, “I MISS YOU, MY HAWAII.” AND MR. KENNETH MAKUAKANE WROTE THIS SONG.
AND IT'S ONE THAT WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING TO SG ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR PEOE WHO LOVE HAWAII AS MUCH ASE DO AND THERE ARE MILLIONS D MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND E WORLD WHO LOVE HAWAII.
THE BEAUTIFUL KUMU KAUI DALIRE.
♪ ♪ (SINGING “I MISS YOU, MY HAWAII): I HEAR THE WIND TRAVELING DOWN THE KOOLAU T TOUCHES MY SKIN AND MAKES E THINK OF HOW MUCH I MISS Y, MY HAWAII I BREATHE THE FRAGRANCE OF A YELLOW GINGR LEI I LOOK INSIDE MYSELF TO FIND THE WORDS TO SAY HOW H I MISS YOU, MY HAWAII EVERY TIME I STOP TO WATCHE MOON DANCE ACROSS THE EARLY EVENING SKY EVERY TIME I HR A COUNTRY TUNE I CAN SEE TE SHORES OF WAIANAE AND EVERY TIME I LISTEN TO MY HEART TELLING ME IT LONGS TO GO K HOME AND IT MAKES ME WANT O CAUSE I MISS YOU, MY LOVE I CATCH A GLIMMER OF YOUR E ACROSS THE SKY I WATCH THE SETTING SUN AND I BEGIN TOY BECAUSE I MISS YOU, MY HAWI I REST MY HEAD UPON THE SAS OF WAIKIKI I CLOSE MY EYESD I HEAR YOU CALLING ME HOW I MISS YOU, MY HAWAII.
EVERY TIME I STOP TO WATCHE MOON DANCE ACROSS THE EARLY EVENING SKY EVERY TIME I HR A COUNTRY TUNE I CAN SEE TE SHORES OF WAIANAE EVERY TII LISTEN TO MY HEART TELLINGE IT LONGS TO GO BACK HOME AD IT MAKES ME WANT TO CAUSE I MISS YOU, MY LOVE ♪ ♪ EVERY TIME I STOP TO WATCHE MOON DANCE ACROSS THE EARLY EVENING SKY EVERY TIME I HR A COUNTRY TUNE I CAN SEE TE SHORES OF WAIANAE EVERY TII LISTEN TO MY HEART TELLINGE IT LONGS TO GO BACK HOME AD IT MAKES ME WANT TO CAUSE I MISS YOU, MY LOVE, MY LOVE ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ PBS HAWAII IS PLEASED TO OR YOU THESE SPECIAL MAHALO GS FOR SUPPORTING HAWAII'S PUC TELEVISION STATION.
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