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30th ANNIVERSARY OF TERRITORIAL AIRWAVES!!! JUNE 13, 2009 MARKS OUR 30th ANNIVERSARY OF CONTINUOUS BROADCASTING VINTAGE HAWAIIAN MUSIC! Our first broadcast was on June 13, 1979. Harry B. Soria, Jr. is pictured in the Territorial Airwaves studio broadcasting the weekly program. This photo accompanied John Berger's informative feature on Territorial Airwaves in the Friday, June 12th, 2009 edition of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. (Photo: Dennis Oda) Click on page 19 of our Territorial Gallery section to read John Berger's article in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin for our 30th annivesary, and even one from 10 years ago, for our 20th anniversary.
HARRY B. SORIA, JR. EMCEES MEMORABLE JAPAN HULA CONCERT.
Harry B. Soria, Jr. was in Japan in April of 2009 to emcee the "Japan Hula 'Oni E Hula Festival" featuring the Makaha Sons, Ho'okena, Halau Hula 'O Hokulani, & numerous Japan hula studios. Click to see more Japan photos on page 18 of our Gallery section. (Photo: Nani DeRego)
COMING SOON: HAPA HAOLE HULA COMPETITION. Esther Short Park, Vancouver, Washington. Friday, July 24th, 2009. 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Harry B. Soria, Jr. will emcee. Judges include Debbie Nakanelua-Richards, Kanoe Maumeheiwa Miller, & Victoria Holt Takamine. Winning soloists and groups will be showcased at the following day's Ho'ike and Hawaiian Festival. Presented by Ke Kukui Foundation and PA"I Foundation.
Clcik on the "E INU TATOU" link to the right, and hear the recording from the late 1940s that inspired Kingston Trio co-founders Dave Guard & Bob Shane to record a Tahitian song on their 1959 LP recording. By request for Bob Lawrence of San Francisco, California. Also found in our Tributes section.
Click on the "PUA TUBAROSE" link to the right, and hear a stunning rendition of that Hawaiian classic performed in a duet featuring falsettoist extraordinaire, George Ka'inapau, and Hawaiian music ohana matriarch, Vickie I'i Rodrigues. By request for Zachary Helm of the Moloka'i Helm ohana. Also found in our Territorial Tributes section.
Click on the "KU'U HOME" link to the right, and hear a pure and clean 1920s recording of that Hawaiian classic sung by the great Rose Tribe, (pictured), while accompanying herself on ukulele. By request of her great granddaughter on Maui, Rynette "Ipo" Keen. Also found in our Territorial Tributes section.
Click on the "PUKA IN THE PALI" link to the right, and hear the rare recording made to aid the campaign for the 1st tunnel on the island of O'ahu. Andy Cummings penned the dittie, and Hilo Hattie sang it. By request of Sandra Carlson of Mililani, O'ahu, Hawaii. We've also added the "PUKA IN KALIHI" so you can hear the answer song for the 2nd O'ahu tunnel that followed 3 decades later. Both songs also found in our Territorial Tributes section.
46th ANNUAL MERRIE MONARCH HULA FESTIVAL IN HILO, HAWAII IN APRIL 2009. Holly and Harry B. Soria, Jr. hung out with members of the Halau Mohala Ilima Merrie Monarch competition class on Thursday evening, April 16, 2009, to enjoy the Miss Aloha Hula competition. HMI was awarded 3rd place in Women's Kahiko for their Friday evening performance. Click to see more Merrie Monarch photos on page 17 of our Gallery section.
GOLDEN PRINCESS - SCHOLARSHIP @ SEA LECTURE SERIES FEATURES TERRITORIAL AIRWAVES. Harry B. Soria, Jr. & Holly Soria presented a 4 part port lecture series on the week-long Los Angeles to Hawaii leg of the TransPacific cruise on the Golden Princess of the Princess Cruises fleet. Harry B.'s talks about pre-Statehood Hawaiian music subjects were underscored by timely hula by wife Holly Soria. (Click for more cruise photos on pages 16 & 17 of our photo gallery.)
KUMU HULA MAPUANA DE SILVA & HALAU MOHALA ILIMA @ 3rd ANNUAL JAPAN HULA 'ONI E HULA FESTIVAL. Emcee Harry B. Soria, Jr. joined Kumu Hula Mapuana de Silva and Halau Mohala Ilima in Shinegawa, Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, January 18, 2009. (Click to see photos from Japan on pages 15 and 16 of our photo gallery.)
APRIL CHOCK - THE ORIGINAL "PUA AHIHI" SOLOIST. April Chock danced "Pua Ahihi" in her trademark peach color for Maiki Aiu Lake at the American Masterpieces presentation at Mamiya Theatre of "Mele and Hula - Kahauanu and Maiki Aiu Lake" on Sunday, January 4, 2009. April was selected by her kumu hula Maiki in 1964 to debut the solo of "Pua Ahihi" by the Kahauanu Lake Trio. The tribute concert featured hula by "Halau Hula Ka No'eau", "Pua Ali'i 'Ilima", "Halau Hula Kamamolikolehua", and "Halau Na Kipu'upu'u". See photos on page 15 of our Photo Gallery.
Click on the Sony feature to the right and hear the latest radio spot voiced by Harry B. Soria, Jr. for the 40th anniversary Sony Hawaii Sony Expo in Honolulu.
2008 NA HOKU HANOHANO AWARDS, HAWAII CONVENTION CENTER. The June 17, 2008 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards began with two friends nominated in the same category -- "Liner Notes of the Year". Robert Cazimero eventually won the Hoku for Liners, but Harry B. Soria, Jr. would later win the Hoku for Anthology of the Year ("Bill Ali'iloa Lincoln - Hawaii's Falsetto Poet"). Click on the link to check out more Hoku photos on page 12 of our Gallery.
HAWAIIAN MUSIC IN THE BIG APPLE! THE MAKAHA SONS WITH HAWAII'S LEGENDS & JAPAN'S BEST! HAWAIIAN MUSIC IN NEW YORK CITY. Harry B. emceed the concert in the Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage of Carnegie Hall in New York City on Saturday, May 31st, 2008. Check out pages 10 & 11 in our Gallery for more photos of our NYC adventure, includING photos taken on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at the All Hawaii Annual Picnic held on Summit Rock in Central Park.
HAWAIIAN MUSIC HALL OF FAME "LEI OF STARS" CONCERT AT THE HAWAII THEATRE, HONOLULU, HAWAII. The enchanting evening of Hawaiian music featured musical performances in honor of this year's class of inductees into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame. Karen Keawehawaii and Harry B. Soria, Jr. co-emceed the event. Click to our Gallery page 10 to view more photos of the memorable evening.
RADIO AIRCHECKS! Also, check out our latest additions to our Radio section -- radio air checks from March of 1991. Old friend Bob Ruseckas gifted us with airchecks that he made of the "Harry B. from 12 to 3" show on 1420 AM KCCN, Station Aloha, on a Sunday afternoon in '91. Featured airchecks include a "Territorial Airwaves" spot, and the Top of the Hour ID. Click to the right to hear the airchecks.
HAWAIIAN MALE FALSETTO! The finest falsetto collection available! The ultimate Hawaiian male falsetto compact disc is now avaiable at Territorial Airwaves.com! It's the long awaited and eagerly anticipated disc entitled, "Bill Ali'iloa Lincoln - Hawaii's Falsetto Poet". This CD of beautiful restorations of original vintage recordings from the 1930s through the 1970s will surely please any traditional Hawaiian music fan. Bill Ali'iloa Lincoln's music was written especially for the hula, and his arrangements are still embraced by Hawaii's musicians, singers, and dancers. Click on the album cover to learn more!
BRUDDAH IZ! Check out our Gallery pages to find a very young Israel Kamakawiwo'ole under the vintage "Territorial Airwaves" cap in 1983. IZ was performing with the "Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau" at the "Ranch House" restaurant in Aina Haina.
Click on any of our album, radio, and tribute features to the right to learn more about the history of Hawaiian music!
You'll always find new historical exhibits at TerritorialAirwaves.Com, Your Source For The History of Hawaiian Music. Our website is a companion to the longest continuously running radio program in the Hawaiian Islands, "Territorial Airwaves", now in its 29th year.
TerritorialAirwaves.Com provides a multi-media extension of the long running radio broadcast, taken from the 10,000+ recordings in the Territorial Airwaves Archives, by providing a virtual museum filled with displays devoted to the preservation and perpetuation of traditional Hawaiian music. We honor Hawaiian music legends!
TerritorialAirwaves.Com now features an incredible lineup of Hawaiian music legends on our Radio Channel pages, including Genoa Keawe, Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole, Alvin Kaleolani Isaacs, Benny Kalama, Harry Owens, Sol Kekipi Bright, Randy Oness, Kahauanu Lake, Nina Keali'iwahamana, Mahi Beamer, Iwalani Kahalewai, Bill Ka'iwa, Melveen Leed, Jerry Byrd, Marlene Sai, Kawai Cockett, Leina'ala Haili, Kealoha Kalama, Kimo Alama Keaulana, Myrtle K. Hilo, Joe Keawe, Emme Tomimbang, Ron Jacobs, Myra English, Van Diamond, Nalani Olds, Gary Aiko, Don Ho, Boyce Rodrigues, Palani Vaughan, Buddy Fo, Clay Naluai, Karen Keawehawaii, Led Ka'apana, Ned Ka'apana, Bernard Kalua, Elaine Ako Spencer, Lawaiana Mokulehua Gonsalves, Rodney Arias, Noelani Kanoho Mahoe, Mona & Ethelynne Teves, Ka'upena Wong, Danny Kaleikini, Joe Moore, Prince Kawohi, George "Keoki" Matsushita, Keola Donaghy, Sonny Kamahele, and we keep adding more.....
Our Tributes channel pages at TerritorialAirwaves.Com feature Genoa Keawe, Raiatea Helm, Bill Ali'iloa Lincoln, Joe Keawe, Sol Ho'opi'i, Kalama Quartette, Johnny Pineapple, Greg Sardinha, Dennis Pavao, Hui Ohana, Ho'opi'i Brothers, Andy Cummings, Gabby Pahinui, Charles Kaipo Miller, Sonny Chillingworth, Marlene Sai, Sunday Manoa, Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom, Leina'ala Haili, Rainbow Serenaders, Halona, Danny Kapoi Trio, Pua Almeida, Gary Aiko, The Brothers Cazimero, Mikilani Fo, Iwalani Kahalewai, The Kahauanu Lake Singers, Holunape, and Na Palapalai! Songs featured in our tributes include "Kawaihae Hula", "Leila", "Holoholo Ka'a", "Sweet Lei Lehua", "Ka Loke", "My Yellow Ginger Lei", "Waimea Cowboy", "Mahina O Hoku", "Aloha Kaua'i", "Moanikealaonapuamakahikina", and "Lei Ohu".
TerritorialAirwaves.com features music and exhibits from all eras of Hawaiian music history, embracing the steel guitar, ukulele, hula, falsetto and harmony, chant and mele, traditional and hapa haole music, radio and television, with fresh new exhibits added regularly.
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