Week of Friday, December 27, 2019 | Vol. 7, No. 52
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THEY’LL DO ‘WHATEVER IT TAKES’ Twin brothers on Kauai release comeback CD
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Courtesy of Taylor Fite
Taylor Fite, left, and Jordan Fite, are twin brothers and the band Saving Cadence.
win brothers Taylor and Jorden Fite from “Saving Cadence,” an alternative, reggae rock band, are excited about the recent release of their comeback CD on their website and on all of their social media and online music platforms. If you were wondering how they got their name, Taylor Fite explains: “We first formed our band in high school and didn’t know what ‘cadence’ meant. When we looked it up, it was defined as ‘rhythmic flow and tempo.’ So we came up with the idea of saving the music.” They are originally from Oahu and moved to LA in 2005 to engage in the music industry while auditioning for music labels and touring the country. They moved back to Hawaii in 2009. They are happy with their home studio that allows them to create music and share it with the world. In the 2020 era, everything is most likely going to be digital. EPs are now the way to sell music independently and these brothers have an advantage with their home studio.
“We are excited to be launching our new CD called ‘Whatever It Takes,’ and we hope it has something for everyone,” said Taylor Fite. The album was written by the brothers and engineered in their home studio. Their album producer is Imua Garza from Oahu. The Fite brothers were nominated for a Na Hoku Hanohano Award in 2012 and won first in radio station 98.5 FM’s “Battle of the Bands.” There is no listening party due to the holidays and the men wishing to spend some time with their ohana. However, the brothers are anticipating having one sometime in February. They see themselves vibing with Kauai locals, and would like to strive in the music business in Hawaii. They are looking for booking opportunities and hope to be to perform at community events. They are all about saving music and appreciating the arts. Find more of their arts and music at www.savingcadence.com.
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‘HERE IS MY MESSAGE’
Celebration will mark the arrival of missionaries on Kauai LON MALAPIT SPECIAL TO TGIFRIDAY
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he bicentennial of the arrival of the first missionaries to arrive on Kauai is being commemorated on May 2-3, 2020 at Waimea. The event is being organized by local churches and community organizations, in partnership with the Hawaiian Mission Houses in Honolulu. On May 3, 1820 two missionary teachers from Connecticut sent by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Samuel Ruggles and Samuel Whitney, landed in Waimea, returning George Prince Kaumualii, Humehume, to his father King Kaumualii of Kauai. Kauai was the last stop for the brig Thaddeus, which arrived in Kailua, Kona on April 4, 1820. On board were seven missionary couples, along with five children, and four Native Hawaiians: Thomas Hopu, John Honoree, William Kanui, and Humehume. Their mission was to bring the Good News that will bring great joy to all people. This ancient biblical message, of divine origin, came through faithful and obedient men, from the Hebrew tribes of Abraham, Isaac, Israel, King David, down to Jesus and his disciples.
The pioneer Kauai missionaries believed they were ambassadors of God’s love for all of mankind. They proclaimed Immanuel, God with us. These missionaries sailed over 160 days. From Boston they took the southwest passage down and around Cape Horn, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, to bring the Good News to the people of Hawaii. By the time this Pioneer Company arrived, Kamehameha I had died and the centuries-old ai kapu system had been abolished; through the actions of King Kamehameha II (Liholiho,) with encouragement by former Queens Kaahumanu and Keopuolani (Liholiho’s mother,) the Hawaiian people had already dismantled their heiau and had rejected their religious beliefs. While the Hawaiians prior to 1820 spent over 40 years adjusting to being a supply and trading port in the world of international trade between England, France, Russia and the United States, the missionaries brought a new revelation from the western world. They came to serve and are credited with working with the alii in developing a written Hawaiian language, spreading literacy and opening schools around every island, the promulgation of a constitutional government, western medicine,
Photo collage courtesy of Lon Malapit
The drawing is by Samuel F. B. Morse from a fundraising print for the Sandwich Islands Mission printed in 1822 includes Hopu, Kanui, Honolii, George Prince.
choral music and Christianity. Within five years of arrival a dozen chiefs sought Christian baptism and church membership, including the king’s regent powerful Kaahumanu who then ruled the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaiian people followed their native leaders, accepting the missionaries as their new priestly class. The Ali‘i and the Missionaries Worked Together The Hawaiian alii nui’s frustration with the early foreign traders and support for the missionaries is illustrated in comments made by chiefs of that time, including KKaumualii (King of Kauai) and Kalanimoku (chief councilor and prime minister to Kamehameha I, Kamehameha II and Kamehameha III.) An 1826 letter written by Kalanimoku to Hiram Bingham (written at a time when missionaries were being criticized) states, “Greetings Mr Bingham. Here is my message to all of you, our missionary teachers.” …“I am telling you that I have not seen your wrong doing. If I had seen you to be wrong, I would tell you all. No, you must all be good.
Give us literacy and we will teach it. And, give us the word of God and we will heed it … for we have learned the word of God.”… “Then foreigners come, doing damage to our land. Foreigners of America and Britain. But don’t be angry, for we are to blame for you being faulted.” …“And it is not you foreigners, (it’s) the other foreigners.” (Kalanimoku to Bingham, 1826). Ali‘i Asked the Missionaries for Christianity, the Missionaries Collaborated Kalanimoku continues: “Here’s my message according to the words of Jehovah, I have given my heart to God and my body and my spirit. I have devoted myself to the church and Jesus Christ.” “Have a look at this letter of mine, Mr Bingham and company. And if you see it and wish to send my message on to America to (your President,) that is up to you. Greetings to the chief of America. Regards to you all, Kalanimoku.” Kaumualii and his wife, Kapule, reiterated appreciation of the missionaries in letters transcribed on July 28, 1820 to the American Board,
and to the New England mother of a recently-arrived missionary wife. “I wish to write a few lines to you, to thank you for the good Book you was so kind as to send by my son. I think it is a good book — one that God gave for us to read. I hope my people will soon read this, and all other good books …” “When your good people learn me, I worship your God. I feel glad you good people come to help us. We know nothing here. American people very good - kind. I love them.” (Kapule to the mother of Mrs Ruggles) Missionary Samuel Ruggles notes in in his Journal entry on May 10, 1820, “This afternoon the king (Kaumualii) sent to me and requested that I would come and read to him in his Bible. I read the first chapter of Genesis and explained to him what I read as well as I could.” “He listened with strict attention, frequently asking pertinent questions, and said I can’t understand it all; I want to know it; you must learn my language fast, and then tell me all. No white man before ever read to me and talk like you.”
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GET COOKING WITH HAWAIIAN CUISINE
YURIKO & ED JUSTUS SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY
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early everyday, people come into the bookstore asking for “Hawaiian” cookbooks—which we have, of course. However, for quite some time it seems Hawaiiian cookbooks have been somewhat divided in nature. Many of the professionally-published ones with pictures often contain only “chef-like” fancy dishes that most people who live in Hawaii don’t make (including those ones that simply add pineapple to a recipe to make it “Hawaiian”). Whereas most of the ones which contain all the genuine “local-style” recipes are usually those plastic-comb binding church or fundraiser no-picture cookbooks which are hard-to-find once their
one-time printings are done. It is interesting to watch people have difficulty picking between the two, because they want the authentic local recipes, but they also want a beautiful book with pictures that shows them what they are making. Finally, one book has stepped in to bridge the gap: “Aloha Kitchen: Recipes From Hawaii” by Alana Kysar. Presented in a larger hardcover format, “Aloha Kitchen” is truly a beautifully designed cookbook with incredible photography of every dish throughout its pages. Leafing through its pages is like walking through a gallery of photographic art. Truly impressive. But what is more impressive are the recipes themselves. It contains all those cherished recipes that locals and visitors are looking for in a “Hawaiian” cookbook: chicken katsu, kalua pig, lau lau, kim chee, Portuguese bean soup, chicken adobo, spam musubi, malasadas, chicken long rice, butter
mochi, haupia sweet potato bars, kulolo, lomi salmon, saimin, manapua, misoyaki butterfish, pickled mango, manju, lumpia, maki sushi, even mac salad—everything (and more) that you would find at a proper local luau! We can think of no other cookbook which covers the gamut of Hawaii’s classic foods like this one. If you want real recipes for what the locals eat—the real Hawaiian food—this is it! ••• Ed Justus is the owner of Talk Story Bookstore in Hanapepe. Yuriko and Ed Justus are Kalaheo residents. Talk Story Bookstore is open daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and until 9 p.m. on Fridays.
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he winds blew, but the rains stayed away Saturday during the annual Waimea Lighted Christmas Parade that delighted the hundreds of people that lined Kaumuali‘i Highway from the West Kauai Tech Center through the Waimea Bridge. Presented by the West Kauai Professional and Business Association, the parade is the highlight of Christmas in Waimea 2019 that launched earlier in the month with the annual Waimea lighting ceremony that signals the start of the storefront decorating. The festive atmosphere overflowed onto the streets as pop ups, many offering foodstuffs, kept spectators busy ahead of the annual light extravaganza that did not disappoint with its illuminated displays featuring celebrity characters and lots of candy giveaways. The annual Waimea Lighted Christmas Parade is traditionally held on the last Saturday before Christmas.
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