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Lena Machado, Songbird of Hawai‘i:
My Memories of Aunty Lena

now available by mail for $15 (plus shipping and handling)



One of Hawai‘i’s greatest singers and performers, Lena Kaulumau Wai‘ale‘ale Machado is celebrated with this new publication, brought to you by Ka‘iwakīloumoku and written by Aunty Lena’s hānai daughter Pi‘olani Motta with writer/researcher Kīhei de Silva. This 227-page book presents Aunty Lena’s life story and thirty of her compositions, including ten that have never before been published. Each song includes sheet music, background information, lyrics and translations, and photos.

Email your order to kaiwa@ksbe.edu. Please indicate the number of books you would like ($15/ea) and include shipping and handling costs ($6 for the first book and $1 each additional book.) Please include your name, mailing address, area code and telephone number. Then make out a check or money order payable to Kamehameha Schools and mail it to:

Kamehameha Schools
Kaiwakīloumoku
1887 Makuakäne Street
Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817-1887

Your order will be mailed to you upon receipt of payment. For more information about the book or Kaiwakīloumoku, contact Melehina Groves, Kaiwakīloumoku Website Managing Editor, at (808) 843-3594, or at kaiwa@ksbe.edu.

Proceeds from the sale of the book will go to the Lena Machado Haku Mele scholarship fund administered by the Ke Ali‘i Pauahi Foundation. The scholarship fund was established by Pi’olani Motta in 1993 for Kamehameha seniors who excel in Hawaiian music composition.

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Click here to learn more about another Ka‘iwakīloumoku release, the 2004 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Compilation Album of the Year, "I Mua E Nā Pōki‘i." >>

 




 

 

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