IHM students outside of the Hawai‘i Convention Center Ballroom after winning the 2016 Compilation Album of the Year Award!
Because of time constraints (we were given only 30 seconds to express our gratitude to everyone who has supported the program and participated in the recording, we had to offer abbreviated thanks. Below is the text that we prepared to express our gratitude to everyone:
Mahalo palena ‘ole i nā po‘o kulanui Clyde Sakamoto me Lui Hokoana, ka hope po‘o kulanui John McKee, kā mākou mau kumu Karyn Sarring, Anne Ku, David Fisher, Lois Leinani Whitney, Kahele Dukelow, Kaleikoa Ka‘eo, Kī‘ope Raymond, Kanī‘au Kai‘anui, Leinoa Kong, Hōkūlani Holt, Nāone Morinaga me Kaluhialoh Eldridge.
Pōmaika‘i mākou i ke kōkua a me ke kāko‘o o Joel Katz, Kenneth Makuakāne a me Halemanu Villiarimo, me ka po‘e he nui wale o ka pā‘oihana puolo Hawai‘i i kōkua nui mai iā mākou mai kinohi mai. A mahalo iā Harvey Reed a me Scott Waters no ke ki‘i a ho‘onohonoho pale sēdē.
He aloha a mahalo nui i ke Kauka Robert Wehrman, ko ka UH Foundation, a me ‘Anakala George Kahumoku, Jr. no kā lākou hana nui i ka ho‘okumu ‘ana i kēia papahana ‘Ī HĒ MŪ (IHM). Mahalo nui, ALOHA!
“Aloha ‘Ia Nō ‘O Maui” is available for purchase at Mele.com.
Kalani Librando Souza offering thanks on behalf of his classmates to all of the music industry professionals who have supported IHM and participated in the recording.[/caption]
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Kalani Librando Souza offering thanks on behalf of his classmates to our UHMC faculty, staff and administrators who have supported IHM since its inception.
IHM faculty coordinator Dr. Keola Donaghy and his wife Marie after he and IHM students accepted the award for Compilation Album of the Year
