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| Mark E |
Posted - 04/06/2011 : 6:47:31 PM
Does anyone have suggestions of music I can/should take in while on Oahu the first ten days of May? Any advice will be gratefully received. I plan, of course, to go to the Willows to see PakeleLive which I always watch from home.
Mahalo nui,
Mark E |
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| Mark E |
Posted - 05/15/2011 : 2:46:04 PM
Thanks, Wanda - I think I'll just let it ride. Looking at them on a bigger monitor, I find that the videos aren't as good as I thought anyhow.
Malama pono, Mark
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| wcerto |
Posted - 05/15/2011 : 01:01:27 AM
I think it would be a faux pas to post them without asking her permission. if could figure a way to get in touch with her, I would suspect she would let you post them. There is a person called 'coconutqueen" who posts Melveen's videos from int'l marketplace quite regularly. |
| Mark E |
Posted - 05/14/2011 : 6:36:05 PM
Well, I finally joined Facebook, just to try to contact Melveen. Guess what! I still can't find any way to get in touch with her.
What about posting her videos on YouTube without asking her first? Is that doing her a favor or is it committing a sin of some kind? Anyone know? There already are other pieces of hers there. |
| markwitz |
Posted - 05/13/2011 : 06:50:54 AM
Melveen is on facebook. Perhaps you can try contacting her that way. |
| Retro |
Posted - 05/12/2011 : 7:07:58 PM
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Originally posted by Mark E
If I can figure out how to contact Melveen Leed to ask her permission ... (Any thoughts on how to email her would help.)
I'd love to find out as well. The e-mail address I had for her is no longer active, and I have a friend who has had a question for her for some time, about a rare recording of her that he located.
Welcome back, Mark. That explains the sunshine we got today - it came back with you. |
| Mark E |
Posted - 05/12/2011 : 6:25:29 PM
Well, we got back to Seattle at 6:00 this morning. I have now today (10 min. before PakeleLive starts) experienced more sun than there was on O'ahu this entire past week!! Oh well - such is karma.
If I can figure out how to contact Melveen Leed to ask her permission, I will post on YouTube a number of her pieces that she did at the International Marketplace last week. Including a medley of pieces from "Hawaii Calls" days and, with Rodney Cazimero, a beautiful rendition of "I'll Remember You" that brought tears to my eyes. (Any thoughts on how to email her would help.)
Another interesting item that came out of this trip was at the Polynesian Cultural Center where I attended a half hour presentation at the Hawaiian section. In the course of this, I heard about how speaking Hawaiian was prohibited and kids who spoke it in schools were punished. And since there was no written language, this tended to destroy the Hawaiian culture. If Dr. Kenneth Conklin (referred to in Bau's posting of 2/22/11) was right, then this is a myth that is being quite widely and publicly perpetrated. I intend to send PCC the reference.
So, all in all, it was an interesting albeit moist trip. We hope to go back. Thanks, once more for your help.
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| Retro |
Posted - 05/08/2011 : 6:49:07 PM
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Originally posted by thumbstruck
In WA state, swimming in the rain is not uncommon. Doing anything in the rain is not uncommon.
Yeah, but Mark lives in the beautiful rain-shadow region. |
| thumbstruck |
Posted - 05/08/2011 : 12:21:03 PM
In WA state, swimming in the rain is not uncommon. Doing anything in the rain is not uncommon. |
| Earl |
Posted - 05/08/2011 : 09:38:09 AM
I'm always amazed that snorkeling and scuba diving trips get cancelled due to rain. You would not get wet otherwise, eh?  Seriously, have fun and enjoy the shows. Wish I were there, rain or not. |
| Mark E |
Posted - 05/07/2011 : 10:51:18 PM
Mahalo Nui all you folks who posted suggestions. They are more than welcome because I am now on O'ahu in rain, rain and more rain - so musical events are having to take the place of snorkeling, hiking and other outdoor activities. So, for example, I got to see Kimo West at the Willows Thursday (my wife and I were most of the live audience) and today, at the International Marketplace, we saw Melveen Leed who was joined by Rodney Cazimero and Anne McCormack. Lots of fun and more to come.
So many, many thanks, folks!! |
| slipry1 |
Posted - 04/18/2011 : 10:44:37 AM
Don't forgeet that May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii. There's entertainment all day long at the bandshell in Kapiolani park, near the zoo. There's also choke food booths (haha), a lei making contest and goodie booths. As for me, I'll be on Maui at the Henry Allen Steel Guitar Festival at the Ka'anapali Beach Hotel celwbrating Lei Day there. |
| les_maverick |
Posted - 04/18/2011 : 10:34:52 AM
Check out this web site weekly also:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/current/en/tgifcal |
| wcerto |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 1:08:15 PM
Here is some information from the city's website:
http://www.gohawaii.com/oahu/guidebook/topics/oahu-entertainment |
| thumbstruck |
Posted - 04/07/2011 : 2:23:50 PM
Plus jams around the island. |
| wcerto |
Posted - 04/07/2011 : 09:06:24 AM
Don't forget `Ohana Keawe - Aunty Genoa's family on Thursdays at the Marriott Waikiki. |
