We have loved the music of Hapa over the years in each of its incarnations. We are lucky to live in one of the towns in California that they visit regularly. We saw them at the Rio Theater here in Santa Cruz back in April and after the show we met Barry and Ron to have them sign a copy of their new CD Tuahine (FANTASTIC!) and I had also brought along a copy of my all time favorite Maui for Barry to sign. We talked with them for just a bit and Iris mentioned that we would be in Maui the next week. Barry mentioned that they too were going to be back in Maui in the next week and would be playing at Stella Blues.
When we got to Maui the first thing we did was to reserve a table for the show. It was very special dinner show in an intimate setting. After the show we bought another copy of Tuahine for a friend and they were kind enough to sign that one too. And wouldn’t you know it Barry said “Hey Santa Cruz!” to us and we were blown away that he remembered us! I took this picture of Iris with Barry, Ron and Radasha.
Aloha Duane
My name is John and me and my wife have a Halau in Florida. There is a hula competition upcoming in 3 months and I had the great pleasure of coming across Hapa’s song Tuahine and we both fell in love with it and want to use it in our competition,only problem is I cannot find cd here on east coast and also once I find cd hope that lyrics are included. We have written the artists and asked for there help but understand they must be very busy if there is any way you can help us it will be deeply appreciated. If you need to get in touch please email@ alohadreamssalon@gmail.com or text @ 3215439663. mahalo
Aloha John
Thanks for reading my blog! Sorry to tell you that the lyrics are not included with the CD and I couldn’t find them on their website. The album is available on the iTunes store and Amazon as MP3 download
http://www.amazon.com/Tuahine-Hapa/dp/B00HRJQW7M/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1397966339&sr=8-15&keywords=hapa
it is a beautiful song and a beautiful album too.
Hope this helps
Mahalo
Duane