Aia kekahi mau kānaka o Hawaiʻi nei ma ka Hoʻokūkū Hīmeni, ʻo Ka Leo.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 3 o Noowemapa, he Pōʻalima. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
ʻO nā mea ʻekolu i koe e kau ana i ka hano hāweo ma muli o kā lākou hana ma ka ʻoihana ʻoki leo, ʻo ia ʻo Karen Keawehawaiʻi, ʻo Audy Kimura, a ʻo Cynthia “Cindy” Ann Lance. ʻO Keawehawaiʻi, he lālā ʻo ia ma ka pāna nā Kāhuna ʻAkaʻaka i nā makahiki 1970. ʻO ia ka wā i hoʻomaka ai kona hīmeni ʻana i mua o ka lehulehu. A i ka makahiki 1979, haʻalele ihola ʻo ia i ka hui a hana akula i kāna pāleo mua i kapa ʻia ʻo Karen. A lilo aku nei ka Makana Nā Hōkū Hanohano iā ia no ia pāleo i ka makahiki 1980. ʻO kāna makana Hōkū Hanohano mua ia. A lilo hou iā ia he ʻelua mau makana hou mai ia makahiki a i ka makahiki 1985. He kāhuli leo leʻa ia no ka nahele, ʻo ia hoʻi, he keu kona leo a ka nahenahe akā, mahalo ʻia nō hoʻi kona ʻano hoʻokāʻau.
ʻO Kimura, ua hele a kaulana loa a puni ʻo Hawaiʻi nei i kāna mele mua, ʻo Lovers and Friends. No ia mele a me ke pāleo nona ia mele, lilo akula he ʻelima mau Makana Hōkū iā ia i ka makahiki 1984. A ma hope mai a i ka makahiki 1990, he ʻekolu hou makana i lilo aku iā ia. He mea kākau nō hoi ʻo ia no nā polokalamu kīwī a me nā hoʻolaha, a he haku mele nō hoʻi no nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. A he puʻukani ʻo ia ma ka hale ʻaina ʻo Hy’s ma Waikīkī no nā makahiki he kanakolu kūmākahi, a ʻakahi nō a pau i ka makahiki 2020 ma muli o ka maʻi kolona.
ʻO Lance, he luna hoʻohana ʻo ia ma Hula Records no nā makahiki he ʻumi kumamāhiku. A nāna ka hana ʻana i nā ʻōlelo “laina” ma nā pāleo he nui. He mea koʻikoʻi nō ia ʻōlelo ma nā pāleo Hawaiʻi. He noke nō ka hana a Lance i ka noiʻi ʻana i nā mea like ʻole e pili ana i nā mele kahiko a me nā mele hou. A i kekahi manawa, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia a hoʻonui nō hoʻi i nā ʻōlelo “laina” o kekahi mau pāleo kahiko. A nui kona paipai ʻana i ka hoʻopuka hou ʻia ʻana o nā pāleo kahiko o Hula Records i pau ke paʻi ʻana. Ua moe aku nei ʻo Lance i ka moe kapu o Niolopua i ka makahiki 2021.
Ma ka puni mua o ka Hoʻokūkū Hīmeni ʻo Ka Leo, lanakila aku nei nā puʻukani ʻelua o Hawaiʻi. ʻO Kaylee Shimizu ka mua. No ʻEwa mai ʻo ia a he ʻumi kumamāhiku ona makahiki. Aia ʻo ia ma ka hui a John Legend. A ʻo ka lua, ʻo Jason Arcilla. No Pukalani, Maui mai ʻo ia. A he kanakolu kumamāhā ona makahiki. Aia ʻo Arcilla ma ka hui a Gwen Stefani. E hoʻomaka ana ka puni ʻelua i ka Pōʻakahi.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau.
Kū mai nō he pali.
He ʻōlelo mahalo kēia i ke kanaka nohea.
Ke Aolama 