The title? Nā Hīmeni A John Kameaaloha Almeida: He Kalailaina Hoʻohālikelike Me Ke Kālele Ma Luna O Ka ʻOkoʻa O Ka Puana Kamaʻilio A Me Ka Puana Hīmeni (The Songs of John Kameaaloha Almeida: A Comparative Analysis With Emphasis On The Differences in Spoken and Sung Pronunciation). Web version to come soon, but it’s only available in Hawaiian, and will probably remain that way.
Don’t know if this is true or where it came from, but Hawaiians can relate.
When NASA was preparing for the Apollo Project, it took the astronauts to a Navajo reservation in Arizona for training. One day, a Navajo grand elder and his son came across the space crew walking among the rocks. The elder, who spoke only Navajo, asked a question. His son translated for the NASA people: “What are these guys in the big suits doing?” One of the astronauts said that they were practicing for a trip to the moon. When his son relayed this comment the Navajo elder got all excited and asked if it would be possible to give to…
We won, I hope.
Yesterday our faculty, staff, students, friends, family and supporters turned out to rally support for our underfunded, understaffed College of Hawaiian Language from the university system’s Board of Regents, and have them hold the university president to his promise of “full funding of historic Hawaiian studies requests.” Our demands – new permanent faculty and staff positions, a new building, and full funding of programs that have been run on grants for years, and now need stability. We got the commitment we sought, now all we need to is see if it actually materializes. Other coverage in the Hawai’i Tribune Herald…
Clan of 10 studying Hawaiian
Here’s the touching story of 10 members of a single family studying Hawaiian language together at Windward Community College of O’ahu. Makes you feel a little better about the future of the language.
Tsunami Watch Cancelled.
But seas may be dangerous, so be careful out there!
Tsunami Watch!
“Hawai’i was placed under a tsunami watch this morning after an 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s northern Hokkaido area today. If a tsunami was generated, it would reach the Islands at 5:01 p.m. today, officials said.”
Dave seems satisfied with Brent’s handling of the link vs permalink issue…
and as far as being a NetNewsWire user, I’m pretty happy with the outcome as well. I guess it’s case closed – for now. Things will probably be pretty slow on Radio Keola for the next few weeks (not that there is a lot of activity in the first place) as I move into the final phase of writing and tweaking my MA thesis. I need to get the first draft to my thesis committee by the end of September. It’s been amazing process – analyzing the music of one of Hawai’i’s most influential composer/performers ever, John Kameaaloha Almeida, and…
Well, I survived the last of my MA classes, and now get to have some fun and begin the research for my thesis.
Well, I survived the last of my MA classes, and now get to have some fun and begin the research for my thesis. My working thesis title: Comparing The Placement of Diphthongs, Vowel Clusters and Stressed Syllables in the Compostions of John Kameaaloha Almeida With Pronunciation Stress In Spoken Hawaiian. If you think that is long you should see it in Hawaiian John Kameealoha Almeida was one of, if not the most important Hawaiian composer, musician and vocalist of the 20th century. He was a native speaker of Hawaiian, and many of his compositions have become standards repetoire for todays…
Our college will be offering the first ever Hawaiian language classes online this fall.
Our college will be offering the first every Hawaiian language classes online this fall. If you know anyone interested please point them to the website.
Dishing It Out!
I was so stoked this past weekend to find that DishNetwork has added Honolulu’s local network affiliates to their programming packages, particularly with the election season kicking into high gear. We have no cable in our neighborhood and the quality of the broadcast stations in our area sucks. Thanks, Charlie!