2025 All-State `Ukulele (Ka ‘Aha Ho‘okani ‘Ukulele)
After a long six years, the NAfME #418 chapter is excited to announce that we are going to hold the second All-State `Ukulele (Ka ‘Aha Ho‘okani ‘Ukulele) on November 16, 2025. Our goal is to promote `ukulele performance and to provide an opportunity for students from various schools to perform on the same stage. The Music Department of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is proud to host this event at the Mānoa campus.
O KOA ALOHA
In August 2023, a fire destroyed Lāhainā, a historical town on Maui. Many students were affected by this tragedy. They were unable to return to school for a period of time. Although some students were able to return to a “normal” life, the stress they have endured has had a profound impact on them.
O Kou Aloha was a piece of mele that was given to Lāhaināluna High School by the late Kunu Hula John K. Lake in honor of David Malo Day in 1992. It is a song that closely bonds with the Lāhainā community. Dr. Yasui arranged this piece, and Kumu Carolee Nishi and Robyn Koraoka choreographed the hula.
The NAfME 418 chapter and our `ukulele ohana would like to dedicate this mele hula to the Lāhainā students to embody the `ohana spirit. We want to exhibit our Aloha `Aina, or love of the land and its people, to the Lāhainā community. E nānea mai (Enjoy)!
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