Makaha Sons and Hula friends

Let me preface this by saying that I began today in a really bitter mood. Completely bored and uninspired, totally tired of Disneyworld and the same old stuff, and just generally feeling lousy. Recap: not that it's been a bad trip or anything, cause it hasn't. Jo-chan and I went boating for a while the day before last, and that was pretty fly. I bought one or two cool little things. I got a neat henna tattoo on my hand, and I met a group of witches who were getting henna tattooes at the same booth at night right before the fireworks show. But anyway. Mostly I miss the rest of the folks who usually are down here with me and generally I've been bored, but it's not like anything bad happened or anything. Then today, while I was busy hating how I looked again, the a capella quartet was singing and they started singing to me in the candy shop, some song about a girl who was "sugar and spice and everything nice, everything a girl should be" and I just had to laugh around my candy apple that I was shoving into my gaping maw.

Then tonight was the Makaha Sons concert and at first I was just feeling like, "I'll be happy if I just manage to see the show. I probably won't see any of my friends at all. I'll just watch the show and then leave. And then tomorrow I'll just hang out by the pool and Monday I'll g home. Meh." I had already missed the early morning ho'ike because someone at the hotel who supposedly knows Auntie Kau'i told me that you needed tickets to get in and I didn't have any. Ends up, you didn't need tickets and I could have gone. So that made me feel a little down, too.

Anyway, so today I just went around feeling mad and bored, then came backk after dinner, brushed my teeth and barely ran a brush through my hair and said "Hmmph!" and left for the concert, figuring that we would get there late and even the seats would suck.

No sooner did I find some seats (they were close but they did still kinda suck,) then I see my friend Kaleo walking around, so I ran to him and we started talking. He told me that everyone was meeting up at 'Ohana tomorrow night, Incuding Makaha Sons. We already had reservations there, but they were too early. I said we'd try to stretch it out as long as we could and hopefully meet up. Talking to Kaleo always puts me in a better mood. Then I saw Auntie Kau'i and she brightens my days and nights, too. We talked for a while, and then I see Uncle John from Makaha Sons just kind of walking around the venue. Only a few people were recognizing him, so I kinda ran up to him to say hi. He was like, "IT'S JULES!" and gave me a big hug. He asked what I was doing in Florida and I said that I had come down mainly to go to their concert. He said, "That's 'cause you're our baby girl!" Which really made me smile. Then I saw my Hula friend Brian (who dances with Auntie Kau'i) walking around too, and I went to say hi to him and he said, "Hello, gorgeous girl!"

By the time the show started I had seen a few of my really good Hula friends, and then the show itself was fantastic. Kaleo was actually the opener tonight (which really surprised me!) and he did some beautiful songs and Auntie Kau'i's group got up to dance. Then Kaleo did the song "Kau'i" in honor of her while her girls danced, and it nearly made me cry. I taped some of it because it was so beautiful. And might I add, for those of you who don't know, pretty much sums up Auntie Kau'i. She is beautiful. Auntie Kau'i, ladies and gentlemen. Most of you have read my ranting and raving about how much I adore her, so now you get to read a little about her and see a picture if you want. It is a beautiful article about her.

The Makaha Sons were, as always, awesome. listening to them live is better than the CD, they do such amazing things. Aside from being terrific musically, thei show is hilarious and fun. They're like half beautiful music, half comedy. Gran loved the show. It was her first Makaha Sons show, so I was hoping they would do their usual mix of angel-music and fun, and tonight they were better than I've ever heard them. (A few years ago the in-joke was to yell BEVERAGE! everytime someone took a drink or something vulgar or naughty got said. I yelled that tonight between songs and got a giggle. Tonight's joke was to say "MEAN!" in a high pitched, nasal voice at random times. No one knows why but them.) I can't say enough about this band. For tose of you who are new to my blog and have no idea what I'm talking about, Makaha Sons is Hawai'i's biggest band, a trio that has launched the careers of many other musicians through their influence. Back in '00 I pretty much idolized them, then met Uncle Moon Kauakahi at a Hula seminar quite on accident, at dinner one night when we were the only two people at the restaurant. We became good friends after that. Uncle Moon has helped me get in contact with most of these people in the first place. He kind of placed me into the Hula community in the beginning, and he also taught me a lot of Hawaiian, too.

Anyway. I'm sorry I'm rambling but it's late that the TV is kinda loud. The show was awesome, and afterwards I saw Kawehi and Kamai running around. I always pretty much throw myself at Kamai because I adore her. I got to talk to them for a while and hopefully I'll get to see them tomorrow. Then I saw JoNathan and we're all going to dinner at 'Ohana tomorrow; he changed out reservation so that we can all go later and, well, hang out pretty much with one of my top favorite bands ever. Blog-friends from various music buletin boards: Think having dinner with 30 Seconds To Mars and My Chemical Romance. ^_^s

Point is, much better mood.

Makaha Sons and Hula friends

Let me preface this by saying that I began today in a really bitter mood. Completely bored and uninspired, totally tired of Disneyworld and the same old stuff, and just generally feeling lousy. Recap: not that it's been a bad trip or anything, cause it hasn't. Jo-chan and I went boating for a while the day before last, and that was pretty fly. I bought one or two cool little things. I got a neat henna tattoo on my hand, and I met a group of witches who were getting henna tattooes at the same booth at night right before the fireworks show. But anyway. Mostly I miss the rest of the folks who usually are down here with me and generally I've been bored, but it's not like anything bad happened or anything. Then today, while I was busy hating how I looked again, the a capella quartet was singing and they started singing to me in the candy shop, some song about a girl who was "sugar and spice and everything nice, everything a girl should be" and I just had to laugh around my candy apple that I was shoving into my gaping maw.

Then tonight was the Makaha Sons concert and at first I was just feeling like, "I'll be happy if I just manage to see the show. I probably won't see any of my friends at all. I'll just watch the show and then leave. And then tomorrow I'll just hang out by the pool and Monday I'll g home. Meh." I had already missed the early morning ho'ike because someone at the hotel who supposedly knows Auntie Kau'i told me that you needed tickets to get in and I didn't have any. Ends up, you didn't need tickets and I could have gone. So that made me feel a little down, too.

Anyway, so today I just went around feeling mad and bored, then came backk after dinner, brushed my teeth and barely ran a brush through my hair and said "Hmmph!" and left for the concert, figuring that we would get there late and even the seats would suck.

No sooner did I find some seats (they were close but they did still kinda suck,) then I see my friend Kaleo walking around, so I ran to him and we started talking. He told me that everyone was meeting up at 'Ohana tomorrow night, Incuding Makaha Sons. We already had reservations there, but they were too early. I said we'd try to stretch it out as long as we could and hopefully meet up. Talking to Kaleo always puts me in a better mood. Then I saw Auntie Kau'i and she brightens my days and nights, too. We talked for a while, and then I see Uncle John from Makaha Sons just kind of walking around the venue. Only a few people were recognizing him, so I kinda ran up to him to say hi. He was like, "IT'S JULES!" and gave me a big hug. He asked what I was doing in Florida and I said that I had come down mainly to go to their concert. He said, "That's 'cause you're our baby girl!" Which really made me smile. Then I saw my Hula friend Brian (who dances with Auntie Kau'i) walking around too, and I went to say hi to him and he said, "Hello, gorgeous girl!"

By the time the show started I had seen a few of my really good Hula friends, and then the show itself was fantastic. Kaleo was actually the opener tonight (which really surprised me!) and he did some beautiful songs and Auntie Kau'i's group got up to dance. Then Kaleo did the song "Kau'i" in honor of her while her girls danced, and it nearly made me cry. I taped some of it because it was so beautiful. And might I add, for those of you who don't know, pretty much sums up Auntie Kau'i. She is beautiful. Auntie Kau'i, ladies and gentlemen. Most of you have read my ranting and raving about how much I adore her, so now you get to read a little about her and see a picture if you want. It is a beautiful article about her.

The Makaha Sons were, as always, awesome. listening to them live is better than the CD, they do such amazing things. Aside from being terrific musically, thei show is hilarious and fun. They're like half beautiful music, half comedy. Gran loved the show. It was her first Makaha Sons show, so I was hoping they would do their usual mix of angel-music and fun, and tonight they were better than I've ever heard them. (A few years ago the in-joke was to yell BEVERAGE! everytime someone took a drink or something vulgar or naughty got said. I yelled that tonight between songs and got a giggle. Tonight's joke was to say "MEAN!" in a high pitched, nasal voice at random times. No one knows why but them.) I can't say enough about this band. For tose of you who are new to my blog and have no idea what I'm talking about, Makaha Sons is Hawai'i's biggest band, a trio that has launched the careers of many other musicians through their influence. Back in '00 I pretty much idolized them, then met Uncle Moon Kauakahi at a Hula seminar quite on accident, at dinner one night when we were the only two people at the restaurant. We became good friends after that. Uncle Moon has helped me get in contact with most of these people in the first place. He kind of placed me into the Hula community in the beginning, and he also taught me a lot of Hawaiian, too.

Anyway. I'm sorry I'm rambling but it's late that the TV is kinda loud. The show was awesome, and afterwards I saw Kawehi and Kamai running around. I always pretty much throw myself at Kamai because I adore her. I got to talk to them for a while and hopefully I'll get to see them tomorrow. Then I saw JoNathan and we're all going to dinner at 'Ohana tomorrow; he changed out reservation so that we can all go later and, well, hang out pretty much with one of my top favorite bands ever. Blog-friends from various music buletin boards: Think having dinner with 30 Seconds To Mars and My Chemical Romance. ^_^s

Point is, much better mood.