Welcome to Hawaiian Skies, the in-flight video magazine of Hawaiian Airlines. In our latest edition, we visit two very different museums…hear top pianists in action…go bouldering without a rope…experience the beauty of hula…catch a windsurfing competition at the sport’s spiritual home…meet the family that sets the standard for ukulele making…and witness artists doing what they do best.
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The ukulele isn’t the only instrument that’s big in Hawai‘i. Each year, top pianists from around the world make their way to the Islands for a week of music in paradise.
Watch tradition come alive at the largest non-competitive hula event in Hawai‘i. This annual festival honors Prince Lot Kapua‘iwa, who played a major role in reviving this uniquely graceful art. Many of the top halau, or schools of hula, gather here to share and showcase their art, demonstrating both ancient kahiko hula and chant, and modern ‘auana hula.
“You can’t love something without knowing it well,” observes one of the subjects of Stuart Yamane’s Artist series. The common thread connecting the masters profiled here is their dedication not only to practicing their art, but also to teaching a new generation.
If you could choose just one “can’t miss” destination on O‘ahu, it would probably be Pearl Harbor. Millions of people have visited this profoundly moving site over the years, taking the opportunity to literally walk in the footsteps of history.
The diversity of Hawai‘i. The beauty of Hawai‘i. The soul of Hawai‘i. It’s all there in the music of Hawai‘i, and there’s no better place to experience it than at the Na Hoku Hanohano Awards. In this story, Kuuipo Kumukahi, President of the Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts, gives us a personal introduction to these prestigious awards and explains what they mean to the artists and to the Islands.
This story is your passport to a Hawai‘i many people never see. We travel to Lahaina, on Maui, to explore an ancient treasure located in the unlikeliest of places: beneath the softball mounds of a county park. We also visit Chef Chai Chaowasaree, a master at incorporating local flavors into his menus, who shares one of his favorite recipes with us.
The Brothers Cazimero, one of Hawaii’s best-loved musical acts, recently invited some young guests to share the stage. Their concert at the historic Hawai‘i Theatre featured performances by the winners of the Keiki Hula Festival.
Viewers of Hawaiian Skies were recently treated to a special documentary entitled “Journey to Emalani,” chronicling a hula festival featuring three talented halau, or schools.
The festival is held yearly in commemoration of a journey taken in 1871 by Queen Emma Naea Rooke to the upland forests of Kokee in West Kaua‘i. It is a powerful evocation of a time and a spirit that have persevered through the ages.
There is no larger stage for hula than the Merrie Monarch Festival. This annual competition, held in the town of Hilo on the Big Island of Hawai‘i, brings together the finest dancers and halau, or schools of hula, that the Islands have to offer.
Hawai‘i is blessed with an abundance of sun, waves and wind, potential sources of alternative energy that can help keep the Islands clean and green. In this story, we meet some of the people dedicated to making Hawai‘i a better place by taking advantage of our renewable natural resources.
