Hawaiian Legacy Foundation: Eddie & Myrna Kamae

Sons of Hawaiʻi sound check at the National Sylvan Theater, Washington D.C. 7/3/99

Recorded on July 3, 1999, this video consists of shots of the Sons of Hawaiʻi doing a sound check at the National Sylvan Theater on the Mall in Washington, D.C. for a Fourth of July event. The band members at this event were: Eddie Kamae, Claybourne "Braddah Smitty" Smith, Pekelo Cosma, and Charlie Mahi. Songs in the sound check include "Hiʻilawe," composed by Sam Liʻa Kalainaina Sr.; "Ahe Lau Makani," composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani; "Maemae Lihau," composed by Mekia Kealakaʻi "Ka Ua Loku," and "E Kuʻu Morning Dew" composed by Eddie Kamae for his wife Myrna.

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