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DON HO MY MUSIC MY LIFE BOOK

Our Price: $30.00

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Don Ho and Jerry Hopkins - 10" x 10" - 176 pages - color photos - Hardcover

In the spring of 2007, legendary Hawaiian entertainer Don Ho sat down with veteran music biographer Jerry Hopkins for a series of interviews meant to complete his memoirs...a project he'd put off doing for years. These interviews turned out to be the final ones of his life. Don passed away in April 2007.

This unique autobiography chronicling Donald Tai Loy Ho's life is a "modern Hawaiian quilt" of memories. The ambassador of aloha, Ho embodied the laid-back tropical lifestyle worldwide through his recordings and appearances both on television and in concert, and along the way became Hawai`i's best-known and most beloved personality of all time.

There are hundreds of images including album covers, memorabilia items and photographs from personal collections. Stories told in Don's own words, augmented by stories from family, friends and peers. Inside stories from his "small-kid" time, backstage at the shows, through his cutting edge stem-cell heart treatment and touching narratives about his funeral.

NA MELE HULA O HAWAII NEI BOOK

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S. Elbert - 6" x 9" - 110 pages - Softcover

101 well-known post-missionary songs written between 1850 and 1968. Includes lyrics, English translations, information on composers, meanings, and hidden symbolism. Includes Hi'ilawe, Alekoki, Aloha Oe, Ahulili, Hanohano Hanalei, Hawaii Ponoi, Hula O Makee, Hi'ilawe, Holoholo Ka'a, Hula o Makee, Ku'u Lei, Na Ali'i, Tutu, Hilo March, Hawaiian Rough Riders, Na ka Pueo, Palisa, Queen's Prayer, Royal Hawaiain Hotel, etc. and 12 Christmas Songs: Kana Kaloka (Santa Claus), Po La'i E (Silent Night), Mele Kalikimaka Ia Kakou (Merry Christmas for Us), Kani na Pele (Jingle Bells), He Po La'ela'e (It Came Upon the Midnight Clear), etc.

HOW TO MAKE HAWAIIAN INSTRUMENTS BOOK

Our Price: $18.00

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Jim Widess - 8-1/2" x 11" - 80 pages - color photos & illustrations - Softcover

Hawai'i has a rich musical heritage that is carried on in the rhythmic beat of the ipu and resonant pounding of pahu drums at hula performances throughout the Islands. While many of the musical instruments that accompany hula today can be traced back to early Polynesian roots, others-including the ipu heke (gourd drum), ipu hokiokio (gourd nose flute) and 'üliuli rattle-are considered to be uniquely Hawaiian, found nowhere else in the world. Here the manufacturing processes of eighteen traditional Hawaiian musical instruments are documented with carefully researched instructions and step-by-step photographs in an easy-to-follow craft guide. Includes: ipu, ipu heke, uli uli, puili, ili ili, kala'au, puniu drum and ka, pahu drum, ulili, ohe ka'eke'eke, papa hehi, ukeke, oeoe, nose flutes, and conch shell trumpet.

HE MELE ALOHA - A HAWAIIAN SONGBOOK

Our Price: $26.00 OUT OF PRINT. REPRINTING SEPT 2008

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C Wilcox, K Hussey, V Hollinger & P Nogelmeier - 8-1/2 " x11" - 290 pages - Softcover

"He Mele Aloha: A Hawaiian Songbook" is a collection of over 260 songs, listed alphabetically, about 40 of which are hapa-haole songs. It is intended to encourage the tradition of kanikapila. The emphasis is on accurate Hawaiian lyrics and translation. Simple chording and fingering for the ukulele is shown for each song. The lyrics are large for easy reading. It is in a workbook format, with ring binding, large print and room to make notes.

COMPLETE HAWAIIAN MUSIC COLLECTION BOOK

Our Price: $19.50

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9" x 12" - 164 pages - Softcover

70 classic Hawaiian songs with full musical notation for piano, chord names and guitar diagrams, lyrics, and some translations. Alekoki, Aloha Oe, Hawaii Ponoi, Hawaiian War Chant, Hilo, Kaala, Kuu Ipo, Kalua, Maori Brown Eyes, Pagan Love Song, Tomi! Tomi!, Waipio, Paahana, Kuu Lei Pikaki, Heeia, Kokohi, Lei Aloha, Sweet Leilani, Kalamaula, etc.

CHRISTMAS UKULELE, HAWAIIAN STYLE BOOK & CD

Our Price: $21.00

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9" x 12" - 31 pages - Softcover + CD

Play Christmas ukulele Hawaiian Style with ukulele expert Chika Nagata. Included on the CD are twelve songs, each played three times: the first and the third time with the melody, the second time with the melody left out for you to play or sing with just the rhythm. Songs include Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas To You), We Wish You A Merry Christmas and Jingle Bells (with Hawaiian words), Silent Night, We Three Kings, and many more!

HOW TO PLAY THE IPU BOOK

Our Price: $20.00

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Anne Blankenship - 9" x 11" - 20 pages - Softcover

An introduction to Hawaiian rhythms and methods of playing the ipu. Holding and playing the drum, various ancient and modern rhythms, coordinating hula steps, selecting, caring for, and repairing drums

HOW TO PLAY THE IPU HEKE BOOK

Our Price: $20.00

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Anne Blankenship - 9" x 11" - 20 pages - Softcover

An introduction to Hawaiian rhythms and methods of playing the ipu heke (double gourd drum). Holding and playing the drum, various ancient and modern rhythms, coordinating hula steps, selecting, caring for, and repairing drums.

50 GREATEST HAWAII ALBUMS BOOK - SALE

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Sale Price: $21.00

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Ronna Bolante & Michael Keany - 10-1/2" x 10-1/2" - 152 pages - color photos - Hardcover

Honolulu Magazine put together a panel of experts and named The 50 Greatest Hawai'i Music Albums Ever. The acclaimed music poll has been expanded into a lavish book of record of Hawaiian entertainment. Here are Gabby Pahinui, Bruddah Iz, Rap Reiplinger, Alfred Apaka, the Sunday Manoa, Genoa Keawe, Kui Lee and many others -- from the crooners of the '40s to the innovators of today. This beautiful, full-color volume comes complete with candid photos, song lists and the fascinating stories behind the songs. A portion of the proceeds supports the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame. Foreword by Kahauanu Lake.

ALOHA 'OE - THE SONG HEARD AROUND THE WORLD BOOK

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Leslie Ann Hayashi - 6-1/2" x 7-1/2" - 80 pages - color photos - Hardcover

This book chronicles Hawaii's first major hit song outside of the islands. Composed in 1878 as a love song by a woman who would become Hawaii's only ruling Queen, Lili'uokalani, the song made it debut in San Francisco. Since then, Aloha 'Oe has become famous around the world. Over the years, it has been immortalized in other songs, literature, plays and movies. With each new medium, Aloha 'Oe remains an enduring favorite with it's unforgettable melody.