New Chant CD Help support Ka Lei Aloha O Hula by purchasing Kapi'olani, a CD honoring Queen Kapi'olani produced by Kūlia i ka Pūnāwai, the Kumu Hula Association of Southern California and Daniel Ho. $15 per CD plus $2 shipping (shipping is per order). From the liner notes..."Queen Kapi'olani was the wife of Hawai'i's 'Merrie Monarch,' King David Kalakaua. Composed in sets and published in 19th-century Hawaiian-language newspapers, these mele express distinct tributes from her relatives and close friends. Woven into a poetic tapestry of aloha for Queen Kapi'olani, each individual mele is like a flower whose beauty is multiplied when combined together into a lei. This unique recording presents 17 historical hula chants in contemporary hula kahiko settings by award-winning kumu hula. Full texts and translations are included. This project is curated by respected hula scholar Dr. Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman." For Historical and/or Cultural Perspective Shoal of Time, Gavan Daws Around the World with a King, William N. Armstrong Hawaiian Mythology, Martha Beckwith Grapes of Canaan, Hawaii 1820, Albertine Loomis Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, Liliuokalani The Hula, Jerry Hopkins Hula, Historical Perspectives, (Bishop Museum) Barrere, Pukui, Kelly Nineteenth Century Hawaiian Chant, (Bishop Museum) Elizabeth Tatar Hawaiian Music and Musicians, Kanahele (editor) Sacred Hula, Amy Stillman To Compare Sources and Translations Na Mele O Hawai'i Nei, Elbert and Mahoe The Unwritten Literature of Hawai'i, Nathaniel Emerson Hawaiian Dictionary, Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Grammar, Pukui and Elbert Spoken Hawaiian (textbook), Elbert Online Resources www.olelo.hawaii.edu - Hawaiian Language Online www.ulukau.org - Ulukau, The Hawaiian Electronic Library www.wehewehe.org - Hawaiian Dictionaries www.hccp.ksbe.edu - Hawaiian Cultural Center www.hulapreservation.org - Hula Preservation Society www.huapala.org - Huapala, Hawaiian Music and Hula Archives www.thegourdconnection.com - The Gourd Connection www.kenposney.com - Ken Posney Photography www.clarkedesign.net - ClarkeDesign, Graphic Design