ALOHA NO! Please join us for the Sixth Annual Gabby Pahinui Waimanalo Kanikapila!
More info at: www.GabbyPahinui.com, Cyril Pahinui on Facebook, and Gabby Pahinui on Facebook
Mark your calendars! The 2013 Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila has been set for Saturday, August 10, 2013. Order your collectible shirts now in our online store! (Try Firefox if you cannot see the new shirts in our store.)
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WHAT: The 6th annual GABBY PAHINUI WAIMANALO KANIKAPILA is a gathering of musicians to celebrate and perpetuate Hawai‘i’s unique musical identity and to honor Gabby Pahinui’s contribution and acknowledges the musical heritage of the Waimanalo community. This free event featuring more than 150 of Hawai‘i’s best musicians and hula dancers also includes: community organizations that have educational and informational booths, music workshops, cultural demonstrations and displays, lomi lomi massage, food booths that support athletics and community groups, and some craft vendors. At: 41-741 kalanianaola Hwy Waimanalo, HI 96795
WHEN: Saturday, August 10, 2013, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Slack Key and ukulele Workshop on August 9, at 1:00 at the Waimanalo Beach Park Pavilion
WHERE: The GABBY PAHINUI WAIMANALO KANIKAPILA is held at the Waimanalo Beach Park where Mayor Fasi dedicated the pavilion in Gabby Pahinui’s name the park is located near the Waimanalo Hawaiian Homestead community where Gabby lived with his family.
COST: The Gabby Pahinui Waimanalo Kanikapila is FREE and open to the public. The event is supported through t-shirt sales. T-shirts are available for purchase at the event or in advance online at gabbypahinui.com.
WHY: During Gabby Pahinui’s life, weekends at the Pahinui home in Waimanalo were a continuous jam session, hosting dozens of musicians, both young and old, who came by to jam with “the Master.” Memorable guests included slack key masters Leland “Atta” Isaacs, Sonny Chillingworth, and Ray Kane, along with David “Feet” Rogers, Joe Marshall, Aunty Jenoa Keawe, Jessie Kalima, Palani Vaughan, and Peter Moon to name only a few. With a welcoming pot of beef stew and rice always on the stove, his Waimanalo home became the perfect setting for a rejuvenation of Hawai‘i’s musical traditions. As Gabby’s fame grew, attendance at the weekend jam sessions mushroomed — sometimes hosting a hundred or more musicians and fans. The jam sessions would begin early on Friday morning and continue straight through to Monday morning.
During the early 80’s, Kanikapila sessions were again founded at “Pop’s” Gabby Pahinui’s namesake Waimanalo Park Pavilion to feature and perpetuate Gabby’s contribution and his Hawaiian style kiho‘alu-slack key music. It has long been the dream of the Pahinui Ohana to acknowledge Waimanalo as a focal point of Kihoalu and Hawaiian music by reestablishing these musical gatherings and their ability to perpetuate, and preserve the uniqueness of Hawai‘i’s musical identity. And most importantly to recognize Gabby’s contribution at the pavilion dedicated in honor of him and everything he stood for.
The Pahinui Ohana along with the Na‘alehu Theatre, and the Waimanalo community, feel that Gabby “Pops” Pahinui and everything that he has done for the State of Hawai‘i, the City and County of Honolulu and the renaissance of Hawaiian music, language and culture played an important role in our past and continues to play an important role in our present. We strongly believe that by presenting the Annual Gabby Pahinui Waimanalo Kanikapila we will preserve and support a thriving Hawaiian Culture, Hawai‘i’s continued music industry growth and our unique identity as a world-class destination while, at the same time, developing and strengthening community pride and partnerships among Ohana, Community Organizations, Businesses, and Government Agencies.
CONTACT: Please feel free to contact me with any requests or questions by phone: 808-722-8575 or email: cyril@cyrilpahinui.com
Maps:
Lineup for the day includes:
MCs
Billy V.
Kimo Kahoano
Jackie Skylark Rossetti
Rev Herbert Sniffen
Kailihiwa “Hiwa” Vaughan-Darval & Halau Hula Ka Lehua Tuahine
Maka‘ala
Pineapple Jam
Bernard Kalua
Barry Kimokeo
Alika Odom
Ryan Tang
Nikki Hines & Friends
Nikki Hines
Alan Akaka
Gary Aiko
Sherrie Kaku
Momi Kahawaiolaa
Halau Mele Hawai‘i O Pahinui – Bell Street / Waimanalo Class
Anita Nakamura
Kawika McKeague
Frank Colburn
Cy Irvine
Kamaka “Flower” Pahinui
Halau Mele Hawai‘i O Pahinui – Bishop Museum Class
Keoki I
Clayton Kaneshiro
Donald Osurman
Darryl Valdez
Len Kamakawiwo‘ole
Punana Leo O Ko‘olau Poko
Sean Robbins
Ricky Hana
Doug Fitch
Patrick Landeza
Jeff Petersen
Dennis Kamakahi
Mark Yamanaka
The Carmen Haugen Quartet
Keith Haugen
Carmen Haugen
Ron Miyashiro
Frank Uehara
Kaiholu
Nathaniel Mahealani Stillman
Trax Enos
Hanale Ka’anapu
Al Roland
Kanakapila
Ben Kaili
Victor Chock
J.J. Ahuna
Dwight Tokumoto
Olomana
Jerry Santos
Haunani Apoliona
Wally Suenaga
Nalani Fernandes
Hi‘ikua
Kamuela Kimokeo
Kalehua Krug
Blake Leoiki-Haili
Waipuna
Kale Hannaha
Matt Sproat
David Kamakahi
Regency Park Boys
Roland Cazimero
Duane Komine
Glenn Rosa
Hawaiian Boy
Mike Kaawa
Paul Kim
Analu A’ina
Jessie Kalima Ohana
Jessie Kalima
Kaliko Kalima
Zac Castro
Cyril Pahinui
Peter Moon
Jeff Au Hoy
Kata Maduli
Rhonda Lamoka Osurman
Palani Vaughan
Kailihiwa “Hiwa” Vaughan-Darval & Halau Hula Ka Lehua Tuahine
The Aloha Boys
Isaac Jesse Waipulani Ho‘opi‘I
Irv Queja
Glen Hirabayashi
David Kahiapo
Dean Wilhelm
Walt Keale
Ron Loo
Pomai Loo
Greg Sardinha
Gordon Freitas
Keahi Conjugacion
Hawaiiloa
Eddie Palama
Herb Lee
Bobby Kahihikolo
Kealoha Kalima Ohana
Kealoha Kalima
Pomaikai Kalima
Bumbo Kalima
Ipo Kalima
Mike Keale Band
Mike Keale
Dickey Cantohos
George Kuo
Bo Cortez
Makapu Sand Band – City Bus Gang
Albert Kaai
Ken Fischer
Ray Fuegas
Nathan Ioane
Loli‘i
Andy Lianos
Bobby Ingano
Pat Paaoao
Kimo Naylon
David Kahiliaulani Kuhia Kaio
Harrison Murray
Kaimana
Donald Kaulia
Jeff Rasmussen
Bushrod Meyers
Special Mahalo to
Windward Community College
Kana‘iolowalu
Kahe Power Plant Crew
Office of Hawaiian Affairs
City and County of Honolulu
HTA CPEP