Aloha Allure

Waikiki by alohaallure featuring aldo earrings

This group does a beautiful job doing a hula to a song "White Sandy Beach" available on iTunes recorded by   Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole 1st Annual Taste of Aloha "Island Jam'n" Spring Concert, March 18, 2012 at the Yorba Linda Community Center sponsored by Ike Mo'Olelo 'O Hawai'i Foundation . "White Sandy Beach" sung by Tini Grey. Music by Tini Grey and Sean Ishimoto. Hula choreographed by Kumu Hula Rolanda (Mohala) Reese . Dancers: Na Mea Hula   Untitled #162 by alohaallure featuring zip bags

Here is a beautiful song thanking King Kalakaua for bringing the hula back to the Hawaiian people Aloha Nō Kalākaua "So Beloved is Kalakaua"
 I aloha ia, e ka Mo'i 
 Hanohano no ia 
 E ka lehulehu o Hawai'i 
 Aloha no Kalakaua 

 Kauoha 'oia, e ke Ali'i 
 I ka ho'iho'i o ka hula 
 A'o ka hula no ka 'oiwi 
 Konikoni pau'ole i ka pu'uwai 
 Uluhia wau i ka hali'a 
 'O Hi'iaka ha'a i ka ua 
 'O ka ua noenoe o Kanilehua 
 Ho'opulu i ka punawai a ke Ali'i 
 'Akahi no wau ke nonoi 
 E hula ana ma kou alo 
 Mahalo wale e ke Ali'i 
 Aloha no Kalakaua 

 Translation Beloved is the King 
 Honored indeed by the 
People of Hawai'i 
 So beloved is Kalakaua 

 The King commanded the return of hula 
 For the native 
Hula be as forever in the heart 

 I am filled with the longing 
 Of Hi'iaka dancing in the rain 
 The misty rain of...

Beyond The Reef" is a song written by Canadian  Jack Pitman  in Hawaii in 1948. It was first performed by Hawaiian artist  Napua Stevens  in 1949.  Bing Crosby  covered the song a year later in 1950 and  Elvis Presley  recorded his version of the song on 27 May 1966. About the video you are about to watch: Lani Custino, hula dancer from a well-known family of entertainers, was born in Honolulu. she was best known for her poetry-in-motion hula art, as one of Hawaii's leading solo hula dancers. The following video is a very contemporary musical version of "Beyond the Reef". It's interesting to me how changing the rhythm to a blues rhythm changes the entire feel of the song - giving it a strong sexual implications while doing standard hula dance moves. At first I found it a bit alarming, but then again, being a musician myself, I looked at it from a musical point of view and I've decided it's a good interpretation, albeit, not a direct...

A contemporary hula / aparima from the 2010 Miss Hula Hawaii Contest - Japan The song  "Tapiri Mai Na"  is by the band  Hui Mana   in Papeete, Tahiti. Here is the best I could find for a breif translation of the song Parahi oe faaro'o mai na/ i ta oe tane* iti (Sit down and listen/ to your beloved husband) A tu'u mai/ na teie ahu taoto/ i nia to taua tino (let's put/ this blanket/ on our body) Ref Tapiri mai na/ ta'u i here/ mataitai taua teie po/ te mau fetia/ pura noa mai/ i nia, i te fenua (come on closer/ my darling/, we will watch tonight/ the stars/ twinkling/ in the sky) Sweet Hula by alohaallure featuring metal jewelry

Knock knock...Who's there...Orange.....Orange who?..... Orange you glad you're here to see this!?!  :)   Orange U Glad by alohaallure featuring flower hair accessories

The green rose is called the "leaf rose". Laida Paia, Mrs. James Keoni Willis, a member of John Almeida's trio composed this mele (song) although it has always been attributed to John  Kameaaloha Almeida . She was the mother of Koko Willis and John  Kameaaloha Almeida  acknowledged and always gave her due credit when he performed it, especially when Koko or other members of her family were in the audience. Confirmed by Pali Lee, wife of Koko Willis who died in 1994. Translated by Mary Pukui, Music clip by Lani Lee Blind from the age of 10, John Kameaaloha Almeida was a composer (over 300 songs), vocalist, instrumentalist, teacher, bandleader, recording artist, and recording executive.  He was truly one of the outstanding figures in Hawaiian music history and was known as the "Dean of Hawaiian Music".  Songs that he composed include Green Rose Hula, Roselani Blossoms, and perhaps his most famous, Pua Tuberose.  He had the reputation as a Casano...

Like the Hawaiian Islands themselves, HAPA 's Pan-Polynesian music is an amalgam of infuences ranging from ancient genealogical chants to the strummed ballads of Portuguese fisherman, Spanish cowboys, and the inspired melodies and harmonies of the traditional church choirs of the early missionaries. Add to this a dose of American acoustic folk/rock, and you have what has been described as the “most exciting and beautiful contemporary Hawaiian music the world knows!”… (Maui Times). These disparate ingredients blended together musically in the Pacific emotes the unique flavor of what Hawaii and HAPA music is: “beautiful, fragile, spiritual, powerful”… (L.A. Times). Often encapsulated as the “Sound of Maui”, HAPA’s music evokes a place that many people at different times have referred to as heavenly. The overriding quality of their music is one of beauty and serenity, found in the majestic tones of the oli (chant), mele (song), the elegant movements of the sacred dance known as ...

Mahealani means "heavenly moonlight" in Hawaiian and is also the name of one of the phases of the Hawaiian moon. My long time friend and former dancer of the Okalani's, Susan Sarno Karcher, known as  "Mahealani", leads a non-profit organization called  " Ohana O Ke Akua " (family of God). Their mission is to spread God's love island style and that's exactly what they do. Here is a video of them in action:

My Yellow Ginger Lei - Through the Decades The classic hapa haole song, "My Yellow Ginger Lei" was written by John Keawehawaii and copyrighted by him on January 29, 1948. John Kameaaloha Almeida oversaw the 1st recording of the song on the 49th State Record label in 1948, and apparently contributed the Hawaiian language introduction verse. Almeida voiced the intro himself on the recording, while Keawehawaii sang the now familiar melody line in English and falsetto. It subsequently became a favorite for falsetto and hula. (Karen Keawehawaii is John Keawehawaii's daughter.) Follow along through the decades as the song evolves: [(1948) John Keawehawaii & John Almeida, (1949) Joe Keawe, (1962) Charles Kaipo Miller, and (1998) Dennis Pavao.] Here is a beautiful contemporary version of  My Yellow Ginger Lei- Dennis Pavao

Beautiful "Pua Carnation" by Charles E King 1906 tells the story of a man searching all the islands for his love that has left him, hoping to find her through her scent that is as sweet as the beautifully fragrant carnation. Oh, thou fairest of all flowers Sweet carnation I adore thee Far from me thou art being borne, my love By the soft and gentle zephyrs Love for you is here with me Filling my heart with pain When you remember our love Come back to be with me