{"id":381,"date":"2016-06-14T20:28:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T06:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogsksbeedu.wpenginepowered.com\/hah\/?p=381"},"modified":"2016-06-14T20:28:48","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T06:28:48","slug":"ho%ca%bbike-opera-at-kamehameha-schools-hawai%ca%bbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/hah\/2016\/06\/14\/ho%ca%bbike-opera-at-kamehameha-schools-hawai%ca%bbi\/","title":{"rendered":"H\u014d\u02bbike & Opera at Kamehameha Schools Hawai\u02bbi"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2004, with the school still in its infancy (the first high school class graduated in 2006), school leadership deliberated on whether or not to emulate the Kamehameha Schools Kapalama (on the island of O\u02bbahu) campus tradition of an annual Song Contest, where all high school grades levels compete in singing.<\/p>\n

The decision was made to instead feature the Hawai\u02bbi Island students in a H\u014d\u02bbike (presentation) that showcased the students working together, rather than competing against each other.<\/p>\n

The first H\u014d\u02bbike productions were staged as dramatic plays, interspersed with song and dance, each year featuring as a theme one of the seven island districts.<\/p>\n

\"2004_3\"<\/a>
Teacher Celeste Volivar-Fry and student La\u02bbi Suganuma present a scene from the first H\u014d\u02bbike in 2004.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hula k\u0101ne from H\u014d\u02bbike 2005<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bronson Silva, Ola Tripp, Hulali Kaapana, and Eric Lau do a paniolo (cowboy) dance in H\u014d\u02bbike 2007.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"2008-294\"<\/a>
Liloa (Chris Andrews) learns his chiefly duties in H\u014d\u02bbike 2008.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A spirited swing dance number from H\u014d\u02bbike 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Students auditioned for roles as actors or dancers, and the entire student body participated as singers. \u00a0Even the teachers were part of the show, performing special hulas at the conclusion of the program.<\/p>\n

In 2012, the Ho\u02bbike included an opera-within-a-play, featuring senior Kaila Ishii-Manalo as “Kapakakapa Omaka,” a young opera singer in an alternate reality where Hawaii remained a sovereign nation. \u00a0The opera scene she performed was the death of Kona chief Kekuaokalani and his wife Manono, sung entirely in Hawaiian and accompanied by a small band backstage. \u00a0Kekuaokalani was killed in battle fighting to defend the traditional social order that had eroded after the death of King Kamehameha the Great. \u00a0In legendary fashion, his wife Manono took up his spear and fought in his place until her eventual death. \u00a0In the production, the opera in only incidental to the story and Kapapaka receives her flowers and accolades after her performance and departs after a brief visit with the main protagonists.<\/p>\n

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Manono (Kaila Ishii-Manalo) mourns the death of her husband\/chief with an operatic aria in H\u014d\u02bbike 2012.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This scene would become the inspiration to pursue Hawaiian opera as a medium for the 2013 H\u014d\u02bbike based on the legend of Hawaiian goddess Keaomelemele and her family. \u00a0The justification being that opera represents a pinnacle of achievement in the arts as it incorporates all of the major performance disciplines at a high level.<\/p>\n

With the entire student body serving as chorus, and the full force of the high school band playing for the entire duration of the show, Keaomelemele<\/em> introduced a new art form to a delighted audience. \u00a0Traditional chant and dance woven into continuous music to tell the story of confidence regained in the face of betrayal and love lost. \u00a0Costumes designed by science teacher Layne Richards (with assistance from local fashion designer Manaola Yap), created a fanciful world of gods and demigods struggling with the vicissitudes of love and attraction.<\/p>\n

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The goddess Paliuli (Kaila Ishii-Manalo) rejects attempts by Kahanaiakeakua (Sam Bader) to reconcile after his betrayal (H\u014d\u02bbike 2013).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2014, the death scene of Kekuaokalani and Manono from 2012 was expanded into a full-scale opera, The Battle of Kuamo\u02bbo<\/em>, depicting the last stand of \u00a0Kona chief against the forced abandonment of traditional Hawaiian social order.<\/p>\n

In 2015, Kamehameha Schools Hawaii honored retiring English teacher Celeste Bolivar-Fry (pictured above in H\u014d\u02bbike 2004) by presenting an original play authored by her. \u00a0E Paepae Hou \u02bbIa Ka P\u014dhaku<\/em> was not an opera, but a moving tribute to those who fought to bring dignity to the Hawaiian culture after years of neglect.<\/p>\n

After it was learned that the school had been chosen to participate in the 2016 American High School Theater Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, the decision was made to prepare another opera for H\u014d\u02bbike and to take to the festival.<\/p>\n

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Kapepe\u02bbekauila (Cyrus Johnasen) and Hina (Hoku McKeague) in the original dramatized version of the legend of Hina in 2011.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The story of the 2011 H\u014d\u02bbike, about the legend of Hilo chiefs Hina and her sons Kana and Nihau was reimagined as a full scale opera, the longest yet attempted by the school. \u00a0Clocking in at nearly three hours, the epic tale included a large cast of singers and dancers, many of whom would go on to represent the school in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

The touring version would be only half as long, and the cast reduced to nineteen to meet festival staging and timing requirements.<\/p>\n

With H\u0101\u02bbupu, the third opera produced by the high school, Kamehameha Schools Hawaii has set a new standard and has established Hawaiian opera as a medium of choice for the students of the Hawai\u02bbi Island campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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