Hawaiian Legacy Foundation: Eddie & Myrna Kamae

Sons of Hawaiʻi award and performance Bishop Museum 1/25/97 tape 2

Continued from title 22823 recorded on January 25, 1997 at Bishop Museum. In 1996 Eddie Kamae was named the Charles Reed Bishop Medalist. In this video the band are introduced by Bishop Museum Director Donald Duckworth and play a set in Bishop Museum's Hawaiʻi Hall in front of the hale. For this set the Sons of Hawaiʻi playing are Eddie Kamae, Ocean Kaowili, Pekelo Cosma, and Paul Kim. Songs performed include: "Hilo March," composed by Joseph Kapaeau Aeʻa with additional lyrics by Mary Kawna Pukuʻi; and "Laʻi Au E" and "Hanakeoki" both composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani.

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