Aloha kakou!
In today’s newsletter:

• Pakele Live! with Tony Solis – Rodney Arias, Jr.
• Pakele Live! with Tony Solis (TV) – compilation show
• Steven Espaniola – San Francisco
• Ledward Kaapana – Waikiki
• Herb Ohta, Jr. – Waikiki
• Keola Beamer – Saratoga, CA
• Ia 'Oe E Ka La Hula Festival – Pleasanton
• Jason Poole – Chicago
• Uncle George Naope

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This week on Pakele Live! with Tony Solis our guest is Rodney Arias, Jr., of the Paradise Serenaders. Join us Thursday Oct. 29 from 6-8 pm HST in the Pakele Lounge at the Ala Moana Hotel (410 Atkinson Dr. Honolulu) or watch live online at: http://www.pakelelive.com/Those in Japan can watch at: http://www.j-wave.co.jp/
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This week's episode of Pakele Live! with Tony Solis on OC16 TV is a compilation show featuring O'Brian Eselu, Na Palapalai, Ledward Kaapana & Cyril Pahinui, Jeff Rasmussen, One Right Turn, and Pali. It started tonight and will air for one week (check listings for days/times). The show began airing tonight on OC16 TV and will continue to air for one week at various times. You can watch all OC16 programming online.
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Steven Espaniola (& friends) will be at the Sundance Kitchen in San Francisco (1865 Post St., between Fillmore St & Webster St) Friday, October 30 from 9:00pm till midnight.





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Ledward Kaapana will be at the Kani Ka Pila Grille in the Outrigger Reef (Waikiki) Saturday (Halloween) from 6-9 pm. If you’re going, get there early - he played there last Saturday, and the place was packed! No cover/no minimum.

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Herb Ohta, Jr. will perform at the weekly Waikiki Beach Walk Sunday Showcase music series on November 1 from 4-5 pm. Please note that this is an hour earlier than normal! The Sunday concerts on November 1, 8, 22 and 29 will all begin an hour early (at 4 pm), and will be followed by JAL Hula Week concert performances at 5 p.m.

(Herb will also play Beach Walk the following week, November 8, but as part of Jennifer Perri’s "back up" band.)

Valet parking for up to four hours is available for $6 at the Embassy Suites - Waikiki Beach Walk (201 Beachwalk) and the Wyndham Waikiki Beach Walk (227 Lewers Street), with any same-day purchase from any Waikiki Beach Walk merchant.

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Keola Beamer will play the Carriage House Theater at Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga Sunday Nov. 1 at 7:30. Click here for information and tickets.
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The Kumu Hula Association of Northern California presents the 29th annual Ia 'Oe E Ka La Hula Festival November 6-8 at the Alameda County Fairgrounds (4501 Pleasanton Ave, Pleasanton, CA). (Click here for tickets.)

There will be 17 halau (hula schools) participating, primarily from Hawai’i and California, as well as food vendors and arts and crafts. This year’s judges will be Aunty Mapu Yasue, Kunewa Mook, Charles Kaupu, and Patrick Makuakane, and Puakea Nogelmeier for 'Olelo Hawaii (Hawaiian language).

The San Ramon Marriott is offering a special rate of $79.00. Call (800) 228-9290 and ask for the Kumu Hula Association of Northern California rate, or go to the Marriott website and use group code: kumkuma

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Jason Poole will give a performance of Hawaiian music and stories on November 6 at 7:30 pm at the Zen Community of Chicago (163 N. Humphrey Ave., Oak Park, 1 block west of Austin Blvd. and ½ block north of Lake St.). Tickets are $10/$5 for children under 12.

He will also be available Nov. 5 - 8 for private lessons in ‘ukulele and Hawaiian song ($40/hour). Group classes will be held Nov. 7 from 3 to 5 pm and Nov. 8 from 2 to 4 pm ($20/person). All ages welcome.

Call (708) 445-1651 for appointments, group classes and performance reservations. Limited seating.

Click here for more information.

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Uncle George Naope, co-founder of Merrie Monarch (the premiere hula festival) succumbed to cancer in his Hilo home Monday at the age of 81. He will be greatly missed for his extensive contributions to Hawaiian culture, his sense of humor, and his wonderful style (it was never difficult to pick Uncle George out of a crowd!). Here are a couple of videos that I love – a little something to remember him. I hope they make you smile as they did me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiEzIbNf90A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWIxo6Mwvsc

(Photo by Tim Wright)


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Pau for now – e malama pono a hui hou!