Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 5, 1 May 2007 — Rare oli [ARTICLE]

Rare oli

A host of chanters - including Cy Bridges, Hōkūlani HoltPadilla, Leinā'ala Kalama-Heine, Keali'i Reichel and many others will perform a selection of original mele oli published in Hawaiianlanguage newspapers from the 1830s to the 1940s in a special concert on May 5. The event will benefit Bishop Museum's Ho'olaupa'i Hawaiian Newspaper Resource Project, whieh is working to digitize and plaee on the Internet thousands of pages from early Hawaiian newspapers. The project was started because researchers feared that the more than 125,000 surviving pages of such newspapers, whieh comprise an invaluable historical and eul-

tural resource, are in danger of rapidly deteriorating. The pages that have been archived so far ean be viewed at www.nupepa.org. The "Pā ka Leo" concert will feature a selection from the thousands of chants that were published in Hawaiian newspapers, some of whieh have not been performed in a century or more. The concert will be presented at St. Louis High School's Mamiya Theatre on May 5 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.ni. Tickets are $25. Advance purchase tickets, while supplies last, are available at the Bishop Museum box office. Auditorium seating will be first eome, firstserved. For more information, eall 8478290 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org.