a tribute to Aunty Genoa Keawe

Video Title :	a tribute to Aunty Genoa Keawe
Description :	Here are excerpts from songs she performed at the Waimea Music Festival in 1974. And here's an article by John Berger (Honolulu Star Bulletin): Genoa Keawe, the foremost female Hawaiian falsetto singer of the second half of the 20th century died this morning at her home in Papakolea, according to her family. She was 89. Keawe had been in failing health for several weeks. Born Genoa Leilani Adolpho on Halloween, Oct. 31, 1918, she married Edward P. Keawe-Aiko in 1935. She performed as "Genoa Keawe" because her husband wasn't sure at first that it was appropriate for his wife to be performing in bars and nightclubs, and she continued to use the shortened version of the name for the rest of her life. Keawe made her first recordings for 49th State Hawaii Records in 1946. She subsequently recorded for Hula Records before she founded her own label, Genoa Keawe Records in the mid-1960s. Keawe's command of Hawaiian falsetto singing -- particularly her use of ha'i (the technique of emphasizing the break between her upper and lower vocal registers) made her the inspiration for several generations of female falsetto singers. Her ability to simultaneously inhale and sing was the key to hold a single note seemingly forever when she sang "'Alika," the song that was known for decades as her musical signature. Keawe was a 1980 recipient of the Sidney Grayson Award (the predecessor of the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts' Lifetime Achievement Award) and became the second living inductee into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 2001. She also won the Na Hoku Hanohano Award for Female Vocalist of the Year for "Hula Hou" in 1995. Keawe celebrated her 89th birthday with two days of public performances at the Ala Moana Hotel and the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort, and continued to perform each Thursday at the Marriott until, finally, she had to take a break. Keawe is survived by three of her 12 children, 40 grand children, 98 great-grand children and 81 great-great-grand children. The ohana also included two hanai daughters.
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Keywords, Tags :	Genoa Keawe hawaii hawaiian music hula ukulele Kuu Lei Hoku Kaulana Na Pua Pauoa Liko Ka Lehua Mauna Loa Alika auntie
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Rest in Peace tutu.

bigger the better :) (meetyourfling) c o m brandi 66236

love miss yew tutu3

I am so sad that she is not with us anymore. I am glad that she has left so much beautifull music behind

Aunty Genoa said that as long as she was alive, Hawaiian music would be alive. She was wrong, because of people like her and her neverending love for our people and our land, Hawaiian music will continue. Mahalo's to you Aunty!We miss you

keonepax, mahalo nui for this tribute.Last time I saw auntie's show was November in waikiki and she looked like she would go on forever.Unfogettable experience.I shook her hand afterwards - she nearly crushed mine!Once in a lifetime talent - and such a pu'uwai.I am stunned. She maybe someplace else but her music and memories will live on. The signed photo she dedicated to me now has special place in my home.Me ke aloha pumehana Auntie.my heart is also out to the band and her ohana.

thank you keonepax...i havent had a chance to see any of these videos, but im letting my ohana all know...tutu rest in peace and we miss you and always will love u...u have taught us the greatest gift about life and dats our ohana...to always love one another and always be there for eachother...without u and tutu man, i cant imagine life without this family...i couldnt ask god for any other family... hale o keawe, i know u are all watching over us...until we meet again...LOVE U ALL..HALE O KEAWE

I'll never forget you.Thank you for your ALOHA.I love you forever. Big mahalo to you and aloha.

i pay my respects to one of--no the greatest hawaiian female singer that ever lived..and who's one of my idols who is full of the pride of Hawaii...may she rest in peace

Mahalo for the great content for a great woman. This video is now playing on HawaiiPictures(.)com We will miss you Aunty.