Hawaiian Civic Club Of Kansas City

Zombie Prom Strum Party! Join us for our Halloween CL x Ukulenny Community Livestream {Public post} Aloha, friends!... Ukulenny and I return this Saturday -- Halloween! -- for our monthly Community Livestream. For October, we are pulling out all the spooky stops and sharing our creepiest songbook to date! All are invited to join us on YouTube for a Virtual Concert and Jam. Download the songbook pdf below, and you can strum and sing along at home with hundreds of folks across the world! The songbook download is free for everyone, thanks to the support of the Patrons. Thank you for supporting these virtual community events in a time of physical distancing! #madewithPatrons October theme: Zombie Prom! When: Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 3pm Pacific Time >> Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HAy5jOtDPZE Log in to YouTube to join the live chat, please check in and say hello. Timezone chart - going Live on YouTube at: 12pm Hawaii 3pm California 6pm NYC 7pm Rio 10pm London 11pm Berlin 7am Tokyo (Sunday) 9am Sydney (Sunday) use a timezone converter, or click on the video link to get a countdown and reminder Download the Jam Songbook Click the orange link at the bottom of this post to download the pdf. This Songbook is available for free download. Our setlist (and practice links): Hungry Like the Wolf - play-along A Thousand Years - patron tutorial The Addams Family - flash mob play-along Love Potion No. 9 Superstition Thriller - play-along Ghost and Owl (Cynthia Lin original) - audio Zombie Heart (Cynthia Lin original) - music video Ukulenny and I will perform these songs live and without much instruction, so I encourage you to play along at a level that's comfortable for you. For the harder songs, you can just sit back and enjoy the show. The livestream will also be recorded, so you can practice along with it afterwards. Support more Livestreams Both Ukulenny and I love bringing the community together, in person and online, because we believe in the power of music to change the world. If you have the means and you'd like to support more livestreams, send some love to Lenny at Paypal.me/Ukulenny or Venmo @Ukulenny, and join me on Patreon, or check out other options at cynthialin.com/support. Questions? Comment below. Look forward to jamming with you all! And have you heard our new album? xo cynthia + Ukulenny *** Community Livestream FAQ Q: Will the livestreams be recorded? A: Yes, the livestreams are recorded and can be watched later using the same link. Find previous livestream songbooks here and watch previous livestream recordings here. 1 ATTACHMENTS Zombie Prom Strum Party Songbook - Oct 2020 Livestream.pdf download attachment Watch now

THE HAWAIIAN NIGHT MARCHERS: In Hawaiian legend, Nightmarchers (huaka'i p or "Spirit Ranks," 'oi'o) are the ghosts of ancient Hawaiian warriors. On the nights of Kane, Ku, Lono, or on the nights of Kanaloa they are said to come forth from their burial sites to march out to past battles or to other sacred places. They march at sunset and just before the sun rises. Anyone living near their path may hear chanting and marching, and must go inside to avoid notice. They might appe...ar during the day if coming to escort a dying relative to the spirit world. Anyone looking upon or seen by the marchers will die unless a relative is within the marchers' ranks- some people maintain that if you lie face down on the ground they will not see you. This is to show respect. However, if exiting the area is the fastest option, it is recommended. Placing leaves of the ti around one's home is said to keep away all evil spirits, and will cause the huaka'i p to avoid the area. Another thing is to always highly respect the night marchers which can result in great things. The ceremony and conduct of the march is customised to the tastes of its honored leader. A chief known to be fond of music would be honored with much drumming and chanting. If the chief enjoyed peace and quiet, the march would be as silent as possible. If a chief did not like to walk around much, he would be carried in a sling. In old Hawaii, laws declared parts of a chief to be sacred, and not seen. The punishment for looking at these parts was death. If a chief's face was not supposed to be seen, he would lead. If his back was not to be looked upon, he would be in the back. However, for some chiefs, there was no part of them that was forbidden to look at. This chief would march among the other warriors in the group. There are gods in some marches. The torches are said to burn brighter in these marches. The largest torches are carried at the front, back, with three within the group. The number five is key in Hawaiian mythology. In the march of gods, there are six gods, three male, three female. The Goddess named Hi`iaka-i-ka-poli-o-Pele, (commonly shortened to Hi'iaka), is often within the march. The marches are extremely varied. "The first thing you will hear is drums in the distance, then you will smell a foul and musky odor, and you will hear a conch shell being blown, for fair warning to get out of the way, and you will see torches getting brighter and brighter as they get closer. Your best chance is to have an ancestor that recognizes you, they will call out,"Na'u!" which means mine. But if you are in the night marchers' bloodline no one in the procession can harm you. No matter what you build in their path they go straight through it. The night marchers are the vanguard for a sacred chief or chiefess who unusually have a high station in life." - Po Kane. **Repost by popular demand

Hau’oli la Hanau to our Pelekikena (Iho Nei)! We love and adore you and hope you’ve had an amazing day!

Travel Requirements Beginning October 15, 2020 Aloha, Now that we can once again welcome you back to the Hawaiian Islands, we would like to provide more details about Hawaii’s new Safe Travels program. ... The new program allows travelers to bypass the mandatory 14-day quarantine by taking a COVID-19 test no more than 72 hours before departure of the final leg of your trip. All travelers five and older will be required to take a Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) from a certified Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) lab. The state of Hawaii will accept test results ONLY from Trusted Testing and Travel Partners. Travelers will be responsible for the cost of the test. Currently, a second test is required upon arrival to Hawaii Island, it’s administered by Hawaii County, and it’s free. Please reference the Safe Travels Hawaii Quick Facts below. For further details, including how to register for the Safe Travels program, and to ensure you have the latest updates, please visit HawaiiCOVID19.com/travel. Mahalo and welcome back, The Hawaiian Islands For more information on traveling to Hawaii, visit gohawaii.com

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Bernice Pauahi Paki HCC Meeting: When: Saturday, Oct. 17, 1 PM Where: Auntie Dorindas hale, 7236 Woodson rd. Raytown... Meeting outdoors and socially distance, please bring your mask and chair Kaukau: Bring sealed packaged snacks only sanitizer available Agenda: Election of officers for 2021 Dues for 2021: We are foregoing dues this year, BUT are asking for donations. Please consider donating to the Civic Club. Monetary donations help the club move forward. Program: The Night Marchers as told by Andi Meyers RSVP: E ‘olu ‘olu Mai, respond so we can plan for attendance. We appreciate your support and kokua to help perpetuate the Hawaiian culture and to keep it alive. We need to continue to provide support and hand down precious knowledge. See you all Saturday!!

In just 48 hours we are excited to welcome over 600 virtual guests to the 19th Annual Native Hawaiian Convention! While this years convention agenda is slimmed down from past years, the conversations are critical and relevant to our advancement as a lhui. If you haven't registered, there's still time! Visit this link to join us, www.hawaiiancouncil.org/convention. Convention Highlights:...Continue reading

Register today for our first EA (Education with Aloha) E-learning course. Only a few more seats left. www.kuakanaka.com/eaelearning

ALOHA! We have made it to our new home, in Hawai’i. Thank you so much to everyone who wished us well and supported us through this big move. We are thrilled to be here, and Cameron is having the BEST time. We are currently quarantining, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still do virtual events! Check out our new events!... KYAS ONLINE UKE FEST - JAPAN We will be teaching and performing at our friend, Kyas’s, event. We are thrilled to be invited, and look forward to seeing him again. Last time we were together at the ‘Ukulele Festival of Great Britain, over three years ago! This event will be on Friday the 25th, if you live in the US - but Saturday the 26th if you live across the International Date Line (Japan, Australia, etc). The event is free to watch HERE If you’d like to purchase workshop materials, go HERE Our First Live Workshop From Hawai’i We can’t wait to start back up, again. Packets will be available for purchase starting October 7. Bookmark our Live Stream Link, if you haven’t already! www.Youtube.com/CraigandSarah/live Mighty Uke Day 10 Due to the coronavirus situation, MUD X was cancelled, scheduled for May 8 - 10. Now it will be held virtually with the same lineup of Craig Chee, Sarah Maisel, Bryan Tolentino, Herb Ohta Jr., Gracie Terzian, Gerald Ross, Marlowe, Karla Kane, and Melissa Sigh together for a fun and educational weekend of instruction, strums, open mic, and more. Special guest stars will include The Ukulele Kings, Mike Hefferan, Punch Drunk and others. The complete schedule (subject to change) is available to view at: http://mightyukeday.com/schedule-tickets/. http://www.cheemaisel.com/live-streams-videos CheeMaisel LLC, 4231 Balboa Ave , San Diego, CA 92117, USA Powered by Squarespace

Hauoli loa mkou e hoolaha i k kkou papahana hou loa, oia hoi n papa lelo Hawaii ma ke ano he E-learning. In hoihoi oukou e kipa i www.kuakanaka/...eaelearning. So excited to start our E-learning classes next month. To find out more or to register go to www.kuakanaka.com/eaelearning See more

The O'ahu Eight. I have always loved this story. Happy to have finally been able to paint this. These eight chiefs are portrayed wearing their niho palaoa uncar...ved a style favored by the O'ahu ali'i. The names of these eight were: Pupuka, Makaioulu, Puakea, Pinau, Kalaeone, Pahua, Kauhi and Kapukoa. THE O’AHU EIGHT By Brook Kapukuniahi Parker www.hawaiianatart.com Following the death of Captain Cook in 1779, Kamehameha was slowly gaining dominion over the large island of Hawaii. Meanwhile the king of Maui, Kahekili, seemed to be far more successful in extending the boundaries over which he exercised rule. Kahekili had control of Maui and the adjacent islands and had sent expeditions to harass the followers of Kamehameha on Hawaii. A former ruling chief of O’ahu at the time was Kumahana, son of Peleioholani. He is the opposite of his father. People of O’ahu were not happy with his rule; he was indolent, selfish, and wasteful and was deaf to the advice of others. The chiefs, priest and commoners devised a plan, which removed him from power. Kahahana is chosen as a replacement as Ali’i Nui over O’ahu. Kahahana is the son of Peleioholani’s sister, Kaionuilalaha’i and his father was Chief Elani. While as an infant he was taken to Maui and raised as the foster son of Kahekili. Kahahana ends up married to Kahekili’s younger sister Kekuapoi and was living on Maui at the time when he is asked to return and be ruler over O’ahu. Kahahana is dictated by protocol to seek Kahekili’s approval. He feigns great grief (calling them his children) at the future absence of his young sister and younger brother in law. He will only approve if his grief is to be compensated by Kahahana ceding to him the O’ahu lands of Kualoa and its supply of whale ivory, for this is the place the whales drifted ashore. Kahahana innocently agrees to this request. At his installation ceremony the O’ahu contingent is notified of Kahekili’s request for the Kualoa lands. Ka’opulupulu the Kahuna Nui explains to Kahahana that that land is the most sacred land on O’ahu, and one of the most sacred places in the Hawaiian archipelago. He told Kahahana that if he gave these lands away, Kahekili would be ruler over the lands and he would become a vassal in Kahekili’s hand. Any other request could have been granted but not this one. When Kahekili is informed of the decision by his spies he is extremely bitter. Kahekili’s Kahuna Nui is Ka’opulupulu’s younger brother Kaleopulupulu. He is jealous of his older brother and in conjunction with Kahekili, conceives a plan to destroy his older brother by planting lies in the mind of Kahahana. Time passes and following a meeting on Moloka’i, Kahekili asks Kahahana about the Kualoa lands. He is told that they have been held back by Ka’opulupulu. Kahekili replies deceitfully; That is strange, Ka’opulupulu offered me the whole dominion over O’ahu but I refused for your sake. With the seeds of suspicion planted deep in Kahahana’s mind Kahekili return’s to Maui. Kahahana returns to O’ahu and takes a turn for the worst and starts to lay burdens upon the people and desecrates some of the sacred sites and iwi (bones). Ka’opulupulu warns him he is headed in the wrong direction, but due to the lies already planted, he ignores those warnings. Ka’opulupulu, and all his followers, relatives and members of his household tattoo their knees as a sign of the chief’s deafness to his admonitions. (The word kuli means both knee and deaf). After a few years Kahekili continues to plant more lies and Kahahana decides to tour the island of O’ahu with the main intent to put to death his trusted advisor. Ka’opulupulu is requested to come to meet the chief in Waianae. Ka’opulupulu and his only son Kahulupu’e leave their home in Waimea/Pupukea and start for Waianae. They stop in Kaena Point to pray for guidance. Ka’opulupulu tells his son the god’s showed him that they would die however they still had two choices, the one to life in which they would not gain vengeance in this life; but the other to death would be avenged by Kahahana losing both his life and his kingdom with no survivors among his immediate offspring. He suggests the road to death, his son Kahulupu’e consents. As they approached, Kahahana ordered the death of Kahulupu’e. Before the soldiers could act, Kahulupu’e run’s and heads for the sea cliffs. Ka’opulupulu calls out to his son, Take a deep breath and give your body to the sea; the land is the sea’s! the boy does so and drowns. Ka’opulupulu is taken to Pu’uloa and killed. Word reaches Kahekili that the pillar that held up O’ahu is now gone and decides to attack O’ahu with his huge army, landing at Waikiki. Messengers were hurried to all parts of O’ahu, and the warriors were hastily gathered together. Over the mountains and along the arid plains they came. But the force was woefully inadequate to meet the Maui invaders. In this company there were eight famous warrior chiefs, who seemed to think themselves invulnerable. They had often faced danger and returned chanting victory. The names of these eight were: Pupuka, Makaioulu, Puakea, Pinau, Kalaeone, Pahua, Kauhi and Kapukoa. Word had been passed from one to the other and a secret expedition partially outlined. Therefore each man was laden with his spear, club, and javelins. When free from all chance of interference they encouraged each other to undertake an expedition, as Fornander says, "on their own account and inflict what damage they could." The Waikiki of that day looked very different from today. It was over this arid plain dotted here and there by coconut trees and across a few streams bordered by taro patches that the eight famous chiefs picked their way. It was not smooth walking. Lava had been poured out from the craters in the mountains and foothills. The softer parts of the petrified streams had dissolved and the surface of the land was covered with the hard fragments that remained. The trail, which they followed, led in and out among great boulders until they came to the sandy slopes of Diamond Head. With the coming of morning light they found themselves not far from the old temple, which had been used for ages for most solemn royal ceremonies, a part of which was often the sacrifice of human beings, and here, aided by their gods, they thought to inflict such injuries upon the Maui men as would make their names remembered in the Maui households. Fornander says: "It was a chivalrous undertaking, a forlorn hope, wholly unauthorized but fully within the spirit of that time for personal valor, audacity, and total disregard of consequences. Several hundred warriors from Maui were stationed near this temple at the foot of Diamond Head. Probably some of them had carelessly watched the approach of eight chiefs of O’ahu. "Into the valley of death rode the six hundred," but this was not an impetuous torrent of six hundred mounted cavalrymen sweeping through Russian ranks. It was a handful of eight against what was said to be a force of at least six hundred. Into these hundreds the eight boldly charged. The conflict was hand to hand, and in that respect was favorable to the eight men well skilled in the use of spear, javelin and club. Side by side, striking and smiting all before them, the little band forced its way into the heart of the body of its foes. The Maui warriors had expected to take these men easily. They had thought that this little company would afford them an excellent sacrifice for their war gods, and had hoped to take them alive, even at the expense of the lives of a few men. But quickly, the formidable ferocity of the eight fighters were grimly realized by the invaders Wave upon wave of men from Maui beat against the eight, but each time the wave was shattered and scattered and destroyed. Large numbers were killed while the eight still fought side by side apparently uninjured. It has been said that this was a fight "to which Hawaiian legends record no parallel." Eight men attacked an army and for some time were victorious in their onslaught. But the force around them was continually receiving additions, and an overwhelming body of men was slowly crowding over the dead and dying and preparing to crush them by weight of numbers. Then came the whispered call to retreat, and the eight made a terrific onslaught against the circle of warriors surrounding them. It was a marvelous escape. After an awful struggle the opposition was broken down and the eight leaped over the piles of the slain and fled toward the mountains. One of the eight was short and bow-legged. He could fight well, but could not run away as swiftly as his comrades. The Maui men pressed closely after the fleeing chiefs. The bow-legged man was tripped and thrown. In a moment his spear and javelin were taken from him and a renowned Maui chief caught him and placed him on his back with the face upward, so that he could not do any injury. He started swiftly toward the temple to have his captive sacrificed "as the first victim of the war." The friends of the captive were still near at hand and heard him cry out that he was captured. They had no hope of being able to rescue him but turned to see if anything could be done. He saw them and called to one of them to kill him rather than let him be sacrificed alive. He urged that a spear be thrown to pierce him through the stomach. "In hope of shortening the present and prospective tortures of his friend, knowing well what his fate would be if brought alive into the enemy's camp, the chief did as he was bidden." The spear came unerringly toward the prisoner, but as he saw the polished shaft almost piercing him he twisted to one side and it sank deep into the body of the chief who carried him. In the confusion attendant upon the death of this great chief the bow-legged warrior escaped to his friends and soon all the little company were beyond pursuit. What became of the eight? Only one lived to perpetuate his name among the families of O’ahu. Pupuka became the ancestor of noted chiefs of high rank. The others were probably all killed in the destructive battles that soon followed. Kahekili eventually conquered the O’ahu army with great slaughter and finally received the body of Kahahana, which was taken to the temple at Waikiki and offered in sacrifice. After this annihilation of the O’ahu army no hint is given of the other members of the band of the famous eight. They live on the pages of history.