Lika’s Log

I got to go to da Hapa Concert yestaday at the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix.

Betta yet was FREE fo’me. Will dance for free ticket. LOL City of Phoenix had a pre show cultural program thingy going on at City Hall and in da plaza. Was frkng hot doe outside man. But you could go insaid CityHall and had one 3 piece band - Tropical Breeze - playing. Had information booths and a few vendors.

Anyways I’ve known about this concert for months and neva buy tickets. Then I started to buy tickets but I neva still yet. Den couple of weeks ago our halau got asked to do a twenty minute segment. So I just had to do one dance, Pua Hone. And I got a free ticket to go insai.

So awesome. Great seat too. Accept da lady in front me had BIG hay-yuh! Fo’see Unco Charles Kaupu I had fo’lean right if da lady was leaning left and kapakahi la dat. Wot I was going say, “excuse me will you SMASH yo’hair down on top and da sides, could you go fo’da sleek flat look.” hehehehehe

Lucky I neva buy tickets because all dey had was like Row 18 plus. Where was my free ticket? Row 4 Seat 6 front & centa baybee. Also the section where big hair people sit, but hey beggars can not be choosey. You get wot you get, yeah. So happen my friend and her daughter was right in front of me too, next to da big hair lady. She said they just bought their tickets and 1pm and she was surprised to be able to get Row 3 in da middle kine.

The concert was awesome. Always good to hear Hawaiian Music live. Flat guitar and all, oh no no no; I not tawking about DIS concert I tawking about one ada performance dat I kept hearing “it bothers me that da guitar is tuned flat.” I’m partial toned deaf so it has to be super bad ugly for me to know flat guitar or not. LOL But I digresss….. as usual.

I wanted to hear more of Nathan Aweaue music. Call me impartial, da E’ Apo Mai CD is one of my all time favorites. Talent really shows in live performances yeah.

Ha’come they every time say in concert SO&SO LIVE! Dey couldn’t perform if dey was makidiedead. You know what I mean. Or wot, dey going do play da CD fo’in concert; SO&SO RECORDED. Just always wondered about the LIVE part. Nobody has ever been in concert DEAD. I could be wrong.

So dey had Hapa & Unco Charles Kaupu and Miss Aloha Hula 2002 as their dancer. So elegant. I gotta learn elegant. Unco Charles was funny. He said “oh get choke locals hah transplanted hea. WHY? I see plenny beach, get plenny sand, no moe ocean, hoooo da hot!”

Oh da concert, right right right…… I’ve always admired Barry Flannigans guitar playing because I like Segovia and Wes Montgomery. His guitar playing is really strong and forceful, kind of on da Flemco style yeah. Or thats what my eas heas. lol I don’t think of it as Hawaiian. Although he does great Hawaiian Music. I’m talking his guitar playing. Its more classical style even when he playing slack key. Well dat cause he get classical training yeah…

Whereas Nathan Auweau is moe nahenahe. So den dose two syles fused compliments one another. I think Barry Flannigan should do a solo album. Something Segovia-ish, ya know. Or maybe he has and I haven’t been paying attention. LOL

Anyway it was a great show. One hula and a free concert ticket. How lucky am I?

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