LIving Aloha Festival 2014: The Aloha Boys & Hālau O 'Aulani

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LIving Aloha Festival 2014: The Aloha Boys & Hālau O 'Aulani

The Living Aloha Hawai'i Festival 2014 launches an anniversary year for the the museum, with a rich program of performances. Featured this segment are the music of the Aloha Boyes and hula by students from Hālau O 'Aulani. The Aloha Boys have been playing their music since 1996. Based out of the Washington D.C. area, they have performed at numerous functions from backyard parties to festivals and concerts in the Washington DC region and in venues in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The music of the Aloha Boys brings them and their audience back to a lifestyle that is unique and precious to Hawai'i. Hālau O 'Aulani was founded in 1996 by Ku'ulei Stockman and Margo Schlotterbeck for the sole purpose of creating a learning environment for students interested in the preservation of the multi-faceted cultures of Hawai'i with primary emphasis on the Hawaiian culture. Recorded on the Potomac Atrium of the National Museum of the American Indian on May 18, 2014.

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