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Presentations in
MACC'S "Generations" Series


A'I FAMILY: GENERATIONS

Howard and Olana A‘i founded Hālau Hula Olana in 1975 to as a way to teach music and hula to their children and keep the family together; the hālau is now one of the largest hula schools in Hawai’i. The A’i children have been dancers and musicians since they could walk, and have won major hula competitions; daughter Natalie A'i Kamau'u was named 2006 “Female Vocalist of the Year”. The A‘i ‘ohana demonstrate how the torch of Hawaiian culture is passed through the family, from one generation to the next.

BROWN 'OHANA: GENERATIONS
Featuring several generations of Brown family musicians from Maui’s own Waiehu district, all of whom help to perpetuate the 160-year old artform of kī hō‘alu. Brothers Kevin Brown and Sheldon brown (of Waiehu Sons band fame) and Kevin’s son Ikaika join together onstage to perform their family traditions - talent and talkstory - passed along from one generation of artists to the next. Like a family reunion …but you’re all invited!

Presentations in MACC'S Storytelling Festival

Storytelling Festival

The essence oftraditional and contemporary Hawaiian storytelling incorporates a number of different ways to tell stories. This year’s workshops will highlight storytelling through the use of objects, dramatic interpretation, and through the voice in mele or poetic form. The evening performance features traditional master storyteller Tom Cummings and Lopaka Kapanui.