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    Hey, it looks like KITV is going to be streaming the Merrie Monarch! All you expats, pull out those extra hard drives and get set to capture the whole thing starting tonight...

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    We grabbed it via TiVo. Thank god we sprung for the high-capacity HD upgrade. Now we're busy making tapes for relatives on the mainland.

    I liked Jeri-Lynn Koko (daughter of the Makaha Sons' Jerome Koko) in the Miss Aloha Hula competition, but figured I wouldn't know good hula if it kicked me in the head. Turns out she got first runner up.

    Hula lessons
    Commentary by Gary C.W.Chun, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Monday, April 4, 2005
    There were a couple of instances of unexpected drama on Friday and Saturday nights. On Friday, right after Halau Mohala 'Ilima's hula kahiko, a group of Maori men rose in one section of the bleachers to give a rousing war haka in appreciation of their sisters-in-spirit and festival hosts, halting their exit through the stadium. The young women of Mapuana de Silva chanted, in return, their aloha and thanks to the Maori, then continued on their way out. And late Saturday evening, one of those infamous Hilo rain squalls hit, accompanied by enough wind to send a fine mist swirling from the back of the auditorium to near the front row, "blessing" the audience on an already chill night.
    Gallant efforts lift Merrie Monarch Festival
    Wanda Adams, Honolulu Advertiser, Monday, April 4, 2005
    There was the sight of [Robert] Cazimero's chin dropping to his chest as he took a moment to master his emotions when his halau's kane kahiko award was announced, while all around him people were on their feet screaming. This was the first hint of the upset win the men's group would achieve with impressively high scores. Halau Na Kamalei would go on to win kane 'auana and then the overall award. Through it all, Cazimero seemed most animated when recognizing the achievements of men with whom he has danced, and whom he has mentored over the past 30 years, since Halau Na Kamalei was formed.
    Last edited by pzarquon; April 4, 2005, 08:31 AM.

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      "Hilo rain squalls hit, accompanied by enough wind to send a fine mist swirling from the back of the auditorium to near the front row, "blessing" the audience on an already chill night."

      that was Lono and Laka, annointing, as it were...

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