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Kupu Hou Ka Lauaʻe [The Lauaʻe Fern Sprouts Anew]: a special night of oli, mele, and hula
Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives is hosting “Kupu Hou Ka Lauaʻe [The Lauaʻe Fern Sprouts Anew]” a special night of oli, mele, and hula celebrating the 20th anniversary of the ʻuniki of Papa Lauaʻe from Kumu John Keola Lake. ʻUniki is a process that trains master dancers.
Hālau Mele is a featured Hālau and has presented many times during the Hawaiian Mission Houses’ Mele Series which lasted from 2012 to 2019. Kumu Sam ʻOhu Gon, Kumu Māhealani Wong, and others steered that series as members of the planning and advisory committee.
“This will be a night to celebrate oli, hula, mele, and memories of Kumu John Keolamakaʻāinana Lake, who directed us, his graduates, to hoʻomau and hoʻoulu – to continue his legacy and to make it grow. This we do by dedicating our hālau to learning and appreciating the huge richness that Hawaiian culture, language and arts can provide to all of us today” Nā Kumu of Hālau Mele -- Māhealani Wong and Sam ʻOhu Gon.
The event will be Saturday February 25, 2023 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm.
Tickets are $40 per person and are available at the Hawaiian Mission Houses’ website www.missionhouses.org. The ticket price will benefit Hawaiian Mission Houses’ education programs and Hālau Mele.
There will be a cash bar with beer, wine, and soft drinks before and during the program.
Some of the featured performers and Kumu are:
Sam ʻOhu Gon
Kumu Sam ʻOhukaniʻōhiʻa Gon is both a PhD conservation biologist and a traditionally trained Kahuna Kākalaleo (Papa ʻŪniki Lauaʻe 2003) a master of chant and ceremony, which allows for a blending of intimate knowledge of our unique Hawaiian plants, animals and ecosystems, with the rich cultural heritage that sprang from that living environment. Co-Kumu for Hālau Mele and affiliate faculty at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, he has shared the rich natural and cultural heritage of Hawaiʻi across the US and internationally.
Kathryn Māhealani Wong
Kumu Māhea has traveled to many places around the world teaching and sharing both hula and oli. Co-Kumu for Hālau Mele and Kumu Hula for Honolulu Waldorf School. Her students have ranged from 4-year olds to grandmothers and has performed in many different venues, from barns to cathedrals.
Kilohana Silve
Kumu Hula, Hālau Hula o Mānoa
Kilohana shares hula not only with her students in Paris, Italy, Alaska, and China, but here in Hawaiʻi nei at the Salvation Army, Kapiʻolani Womenʻs and Childrenʻs Hospital, and Kokua Kalihi Valley. She was a student of Ellen Castillo, George Holokai, John Keola Lake and underwent ʻūniki under Kimo Keaulana.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.missionhouses.org
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/1554928-0
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/1554928-2
