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Pōmaikaʻi - Mele Hawaiʻi Performance Series
Performing artist, educator, and administrator are some of the many hats worn by Pōmaikaʻi. Through her thoughtful mele, Pōmaikaʻi perpetuates the legacy of Hawaiian music and ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi left by her grandmother, Aunty Genoa Keawe. Pōmaikaʻi was joined by Halehaku Seabury-Akaka, Kama Hokins and Mālie Lyman for an evening of traditional Hawaiian mele and moʻolelo.
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Left to right: Kama Hopkins, Pōmaikaʻi, Alan Akaka, Mālie Lyman, and Halehaku Seabury-Akaka in the Atherton Performing Arts Studio. Pōmaikaʻi is seated in the rocking chair of her grandmother, Aunty Genoa Keawe. (HPR)
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Left to right: Kama Hopkins (bass), Halehaku Seabury -Akaka (guitar), Pōmaikaʻi ('ukuklele) and Alan Akaka (lapsteel guitar) perform at the Mele Hawai'i Performance Series.
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HPR staffers Ananddev Banerjee, Kyla Herrmann and Paige Okamura observe the performance from inside the Atherton Studio engineering booth. (HPR)
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Guitarist Halehaku Seabury-Akaka looks on as Pōmaikaʻi talks story with the audience in the Atherton Performing Arts Studio. (HPR)
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Alan Akaka plays the lapsteel guitar at the Mele Hawaiʻi Performance Series. (HPR)
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From left: Kama Hopkins, Mālie Lyman, Pōmaikaʻi, Halehaku Seabury-Akaka, Uncle Gary Aiko and Alan Akaka. “This is Pōmaikaʻi,” the vocalist said, referring to her family and fellow musicians. (HPR)
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Left to right: Kama Hopkins, Pōmaikaʻi, Alan Akaka, Gary Aiko (seated), Eric Keawe, Mālie Lyman, and Halehaku Seabury-Akaka in the Atherton Performing Arts Studio. (HPR)
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