May 28, 2011 | Archives, Performances/Workshops Hawaii & US
Recalling Hawaii A multi-media chronicle awakening the past, the now and the future of Hawaii with oli, mele, and hula….. “In the beginning there were no canoes or people in canoes…” Out of the darkness / Po creates life. Hawaiians describe the geologic evolution as...
May 11, 2011 | Archives, Letters & Articles
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May 8, 2011 | Archives, In the Community
Kaimi dancers welcome the paddlers in the Kauai World Challenge canoe race annual event. Here they are at Kalapaki, greeting the paddlers with traditional and modern hula and oli. Click here to view the flickr photo gallery
Oct 9, 2010 | Archives, Performances/Workshops Hawaii & US
It was a glorious day in the meadow as Tracyann Hiipoilani Kanahele portraying Queen Emma rode into the meadow on horseback. “Isn’t she beautiful?” “How regally she carries herself!” “I cried when she danced.” were some of the...
Jun 15, 2010 | Archives, Performances/Workshops Abroad
Traveling and Dancing in Germany and Switzerland June 2010 Submitted by Savitri “Kama” Kumaran Click here for a flickr photo gallery “Where do we go next?” Whenever the members of Kaimi have traveled this is the question that is asked at the end of the trip! We asked...
May 8, 2010 | Archives, Performances/Workshops Hawaii & US
Kaua`i World Challenge Canoe Race, Kalapaki Beach May 8, 2010 Once again the cliffs of Kalapaki echoed the sounds of pahu, ipu, and mele as Ka`Imi members greeted competitors in the Kaua`i World Challenge Canoe Race. Dancers, paddlers, and spectators enjoyed being...
Feb 13, 2010 | Archives, Other News
Kauai Halau members and friends partner with Vi Ganesan from Kolam to have a fun and nurturing fund raiser. Guests enjoyed hula, yoga, water exercise, nurturing massage and a sumptuous Indian feast. Thank you to all who helped to make this a wonderful day. Click here...
Oct 10, 2009 | Archives, Performances/Workshops Hawaii & US
21st Annual Eo Emalani i Alaka`i Festival in Kokee: October 10, 2009 Ka `Imi Institute kumu and haumana and from four branches of the halau combined to perform at the 21st annual Eo Emalani i Alaka`i Festival in Kanaloahuluhulu Meadow, Koke`e on October 10, 2009. The...
Jun 28, 2009 | Archives, Performances/Workshops Hawaii & US
California Ho`ike in Creekside Park in Greenbrae: June 28, 2009 California had it’s first Ho’ike, June 28th, 2009 at Creekside Park in Greenbrae. Three keiki were out of town and not able to join us. The temperature reached close to 100 degrees that day...
May 23, 2009 | Archives, Performances/Workshops Hawaii & US
Asian Pacific Heritage Festival: May 23, 2009 On May 23rd, 2009, Kahiko Ha Lapa I Hula Alapa’i O Ke Anuenue, participated in the Asian Pacific Heritage Festival at the Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito. It was a particularly cold and foggy day as evidenced...
Apr 11, 2009 | Archives, Letters & Articles
Aloha Africa 2009: A Rewarding Experience I am so fortunate to be able to give the gift of hula. I have had a handful of inspiring na kumu hula (hula teachers). But, my main resource, Roselle Keli’ihonipua Bailey has been the most inspirational kumu hula in my life....
Dec 12, 2008 | Archives, Performances/Workshops Hawaii & US
Kahiko Ha Lapa I Hula Alapa’i O Ke Anuenue performed for the Elk’s Lodge, San Rafael California
Oct 16, 2008 | Archives, Performances/Workshops Hawaii & US
Friendship Force of Kauai Exchange with Osaka, Japan Ka `Imi members always enjoy their interactions with the Kaua`i branch of Friendship Force international. Since the Kaua`i club opened in 1984, Ka `Imi has helped its work to promote world peace by hosting...
Oct 11, 2008 | Archives, Performances/Workshops Hawaii & US
Eo, E Emalani I Alaka`i Festival, October 11, 2008 “It was the best program you ever did!” “…like a Broadway production!” “Chicken skin!” “I cried…” These were some of the comments Ka `Imi members heard from Emalani festival audience members. Reactions from our...
Jun 28, 2008 | Archives, Performances/Workshops Abroad
The Beginning Twice a year our Kumu Hula Roselle Bailey comes to Mauss near Berne to teach us hula. The classes take place in the Restaurant Sternen, run by Beat Wisler and Maik Hoppler. About one year ago Roselle and Jim her husband, came up with the idea that we...
Jun 11, 2008 | Archives, Letters & Articles
By Dawn F. Kawahara | June 2008 Published in Kauai’s Hawai`i State Teachers – Retired Newsletter 2nd Place in the National League of American Pen Women – Honolulu Branch prestigious biennial Lorin Tarr Gill Writing Competition. Copyright June 2008,...
May 3, 2008 | Archives, Performances/Workshops Hawaii & US
Kauai Museum ON THE MORNING OF SATURDAY, 3 MAY, AT KAUA`I MUSEUM, members of Ka`imi will give a presentation about the Institute’s visit to India in 2007.This will be one of the museum’s `Ohana Saturday programs, which take place on the first Saturday of...
Jan 1, 2008 | Archives, Performances/Workshops Abroad
This year the seminar started with a lecture by Roselle on Ho’oponopono– a tradtitional way of dealing with conflicts in Hawaii. Usually, the first 3 days of the Hula-seminar are dedicated to the beginners. However, as this time all the participants had already...
Nov 15, 2007 | Archives, Performances/Workshops Abroad
Performing of the Swiss Halau Hula Alapa’i I Ka Leo Mai – “Fire and Ice” Swiss Bankers meet the fire of Hawai’i on an Annual Meeting in Wallbach, Switzerland, in November 2007 The subject of the invitation to the bankers was “Fire and...
Oct 30, 2007 | Archives, Letters & Articles
Letter to Solomon Islands Ministry of Education in support of the Vaka Taumako Project’s application for renewal of its research permit Aloha, In 1976, for the first time in centuries, a voyaging canoe sailed from Hawai`i to Tahiti. Its hull was fiberglass, its...
