Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 21, Number 12, 1 December 2004 — Mahi Beamer - Hawaiʻi's Mahi Beamer Hula Records [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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Mahi Beamer - Hawaiʻi's Mahi Beamer Hula Records

It's finally time to replace that scratched old vinyl copy, as Hula Records releases this long-out-of-print 1959 classic - whieh was featured in Honolulu Magazine'& recent list of the 50 sreatest Hawai'i albums - for the

first time on CD. Trained at the prestigious Julliard School of Music in New York, Mahi Beamer showcases his high-register falsetto on this album, whieh includes numerous tracks composed by his grandmother, the legendary Helen Kapuailohia Desha-Beamer.