Ke Alahou, Volume I, Number 4, 1 February 1980 — Ka Ho'olaule'a La Hanau NO GEORGE PALAKIKO WILLIAM HOOKANO [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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Ka Ho'olaule'a La Hanau NO GEORGE PALAKIKO WILLIAM HOOKANO

Ua hanau 'ia 'o George Palakiko William Hookano ma ka la iwakaluakumaha o January i ka M.H. 19091 Lihue ma Kaua'i. 'O William ame Maria (Opunui kona inoa 'ohana) Hoookano kona makua a he iwakaluakumalua mau keiki a laua iloko o ka 'ohana. A i ka nui 'ana o George, ua kipaku 'iā mai i O'ahu nei ma ka Home kula Waialee Boys Training School i Kahuku. Aia no ho'i i a'o i ke kani pila malalo o ke kumu a'o, Albert Kane, a mahope iho, ua a'o mau malalo o ke alaka'i pana kaulana, Henn Berger kai ho'omaka i ka Royal Hawaiian Band me ke Ali'i Mo'i 'o David Kalakaua. Ua 'olelo 'ia mai, 'a'ole e ho'i aku 'o George i kona 'aina hanau ma Kaua'i no ka mea, hau'oli iloko o kona mana'o e a'o a kanipila me Henri Berger ma. A malia, ua komo a hana no ia meka Royal Hawaiian Band malalo o Berger, Major Ke§lakai a hiki i keia manawa i ho'omaka ma ka hana, He kanalima a 'oi āku makahiki i hana kanipila no ka pana o ke aupuni Honolulu City and County, A 'oiai, ua hanai a nui o kona 'ohana me kana wahine i male 'elua 'ia 'o Ethel (Nunez kona inoa 'ohana). 'Olelo mai nei, he hap'a 'Inikini 'Amelika, me ke koko Hawai'i, Irish ame Palani. He wahine ha'aheo me he pua rose e mae 'ole. Iwa mau keiki aGeorgeapeneino ho'i: George W.; Mrs. Stanley (Elaine) Kuloloia, e noho ana laua ma Honolulu nei ame Mrs. Donald (Audrey) Kalehuawehe e noho ana ma Maui. Mrs. Georgiana Kahalehoe,

Mrs. Winona Aglin ame Elizabeth e noho lakou ma Honolulu nei; a 'ekolu keikika.ne i koe, 'o Samuel e noho ma Texas, Stanley e noho 'oia ma Honolulu nei, ame Steven e noho ma Los Ang6les. A malia, ua ho'ohanohano'ia'o George me ka ho'olaule'a la hanau i ka Pikake Room o ka Neal S. Blaisdell Center ma Honolulu e ka Hoolaule'a Ukulele Club no kona kokua, kumu a'o 'ana, alaka'i mele a 'o ka mea nui, he kanahikukumakahi makahiki ona. E pomaika'i ke Akua ia iame ke ola kino maika'i. A hui pu 'ia me na hui kanipila 'ukulele 'oko'a (ka HGEA, Royal Hawaiian Band, na kanaka lala o George Hookano's Kama'ainas) ame kona mau 'ohana a po'e hoa aloha i ho'olaule'a me ka hau'oli no kona la hanau. A ua holoinai nei kekahi po'e hanohano, a.'o kekahi 'oia kona Aunty Helen Kapaka no Kaua'i mai. A ma ka la a'e nei e ho'olaule'a i kona la hanau - he kanaiwakumalima makahiki on,a. A 'oia kai i ho'okau i ka mana'o ilokoiho o George e malama i ka nohona Hawai'i. Ua kanipila no ka Royal Hawāiian Band me ke alaka'i, Ken Kawashima a mahope o ke ahiahi o ka la umikumaiwa o January, kanipila me ka leo mele a hula 'ana 'o Mr. ame Mrs. Keith Haugen, he mau hoa ame "Aunty" Genoa Keawe me kona 1 po'e kanipila. Ua ho'omaka 'o "Aunty" Genoa me George mamua a poina 'ole 'oia i ke kokua ame ke aloha o George i ha'awi ia ia.

Ua ho'okipa mai ke Kia'aina, George R. Ariyoshi §me kana wahine i ha'awii kanā 'olelo ho'omaika'i ia George e like me ka olelo pumehana a ka Mayqr Frank F. Fasi o Honolulu nei i heluhelu 'ia e Harry Boranian, ka luna o ka City and County Civil Service Department. A ua ho'ohanohano na po'e lala o ka Hale o na Luna Maka'ainana o ka Moku'aina 'one'i ia George me he palapala hanohano., A !o Joaquin Lum, he maka'i i ho'omaha hana.a e kani 'ukulele ma ka Club kai i haku ho'olaule'a o kela ahiahi. Ua 'ai iho i na mea 'ai 'ono o ka 'aina, 'oia no ho'i, ka pua'a kalua, pipi pulehu, lomi salmon, ehieken long rice, lu'au he'e, poke aku, kiin ehee, kulolo, haupia, poi, laiki ame na mea e a'e. A he mea kamaha'o i ka 'ikena i ka lawe mai 'ana o ka birthday eake me he kanahikukumalua kukui li'ili'i maluna popo o ka eake, a hahai aku kekahi mau kanaka me ke lama hulalilali. Ua himeni na po'e apau me ka mele "Hau'oli la hanau.ia 'oe." Ua ha'awi aku ka Club i ka makana la .hanau he papa loloa no 'ai [kapa 'ia i keia manawa he "pig board"y kalai 'ia ma ka la'au koa a pane kolohe mai 'o George, "Ina he 'opio no wau-, a e he'e nalu me keia!" Nui ka le'ale'a me ka hau'oli i.ka ho'olaule'a no George Ho'okano. He kanaka ha'aha'a a maika'i no kona lawe hana me ke kokua ia makou ame na po'e apau o keia pae 'aina 'o Hawai'i nei.