On Sunday, September 21, 2008 I attended the HAPA concert at the Orpheum Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona. My goodness that theater is beautiful. If you live in AZ you have got to go.
If I get a hold of a scanner I'll scan the event info to post. No photos inside as not allowed.. took a couple when walking to the theatre.
According to the info on the program, in the Hawaiian language, hapa is defined as meaning "portion," "fragment," "part," or fraction." A modified borrowing of the English word "half," and is used in a variety of forms to mean mixed together.
There are four in the group, Barry Flanagan, Nathan Kawai Aweau, Charles Ka'upu, and Malia Ann Kawailanamalie Petersen. It was a real nice afternoon.
Hope you all are having a great week!!
1 comment:
Aloha,
While hapa does mean half, it comes from Japan and not Hawaii. It's commonly used to refer to someone who is of asian and non-asian blood (in a non-derogatory way). In this case Barry (being from New York) teamed up with Keali'i (native Hawaiian) to form the original Hapa.
So glad you enjoyed the concert! :)
Piko
http://www.HawaiianConcertGuide.com
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