Recalling Hawaii

Recalling Hawaii

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...
Kauai World Challenge Canoe Race

Kauai World Challenge Canoe Race

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

Eo E Emalani I Alaka`i

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...
Recalling Hawai’i – Europe 2010

Recalling Hawai’i – Europe 2010

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...
Spa Day Fundraiser

Spa Day Fundraiser

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...
California Ho`ike

California Ho`ike

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...
Aloha Africa

Aloha Africa

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....
Eo, E Emalani I Alaka`i Festival

Eo, E Emalani I Alaka`i Festival

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...
Re-capping “On Education & Respect”

Re-capping “On Education & Respect”

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,...

Letter in support of Vaka Taumako

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...