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Ho`omau 2009: Benefit Concert for O`ahu Hawaiian Language Immersion Schools

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  • Feb 15, 2009 from 5:00am to 12:00pm
  • Location: Waikiki Shell
  • Latest Activity: Jul 30, 2021
The best in Hawaiian language music perform at Ho‘omau 2009, a benefit concert for Hawaiian language immersion schools on O‘ahu‘Aha Mele o Ho‘omau will hold its Ho‘omau 2009 Concert - which benefits all O‘ahu Hawaiian language immersion schools - on Sun., Feb. 15, at the Waikïkï Shell. The concert will feature performances by Keali‘i Reichel, Waipuna, Küpaoa, Holunape, ‘Ike Pono, Sudden Rush and the keiki of the 11 participating schools.The theme of this year’s concert is “I maika‘i ke kalo i ka ‘ohä,” which means “the goodness of the taro is judged by the young fruit it produces.”Tickets can be purchases through Ticketmaster or at the NBC or Shell boxoffices:http://www.ticketmaster.com/Hoomau-tickets/artist/901406In the last 20 years, the Hawaiian language education movement on O‘ahu has made great strides, despite a shortage of funds. The first Hawaiian immersion school on O‘ahu, Pünana Leo o Honolulu Preschool, opened its doors in 1985, and last year’s Class of 2008 marked the 10th high school graduating class.For years, each Hawaiian language immersion school on O‘ahu organized its own concert to raise much-needed funds. Eleven years ago, all of those schools united their efforts to create ‘Aha Mele o Ho‘omau, a nonprofit group dedicated to hosting a single Ho‘omau concert to benefit the entire Hawaiian language immersion movement on O‘ahu.All proceeds from Ho‘omau are divided among O‘ahu’s 11 immersion schools, which combined serve nearly 1,000 students from preschool to the twelfth grade. Each immersion school’s curriculum is taught completely in the native language of Hawai‘i. The ultimate goal of all of these schools is to preserve this once-nearly extinct language by creating new generations of native speakers.Immersion schools have unique needs that require more funding than conventional English schools. Among other things, they need to create curricula that are appropriate for an immersion environment, translate or develop Hawaiian textbooks and provide for teacher training and development. Proceeds from the concert will help the following schools fill these sorts of needs:Pünana Leo o Honolulu (preschool)Pünana Leo o Wai‘anae (preschool)Pünana Leo o Kawaiaha‘o (preschool)Pünana Leo o Ko‘olauloa (preschool, Kahuku)Pünana Leo o Samuel Manäiakalani Kamakau (preschool, Käne‘ohe)Kula Kaiapuni o Waiau (Elementary)Kula Kaiapuni ‘o Änuenue (K-12, Pälolo)Kula Kaiapuni o Nänäkuli (Elementary)Kula Kaiapuni o Pü‘öhala (Elementary, Käne‘ohe)Kula Kaiapuni o Hau‘ula (Elementary)Ke Kula ‘o Samuel Manäiakalani Kamakau (K-12, Public Charter School)‘Aha Mele o Ho‘omau would like to mahalo the presenting sponsors of Hoÿomau 2009: the Public Education Support Division of Kamehameha Schools and the Department of Education Keÿena Papahana Kaiapuni Hawaiÿi Hawaiian Studies and Language Program. We would also like to mahalo our standard sponsors: Aqua Hotels and Resorts and the Park Shore Waikïkï.Pre-concert tickets are available at the Neal Blaisdell Center Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations. The Neal Blaisdell Center Box Office can be reached at 591-2211. Pre-concert tickets are $8 for keiki, ages 5-8 years old; and $15-$18 for adults. Tickets the day of concert are $10 for keiki, 5-8 years old; $17 for grass; $20 for reserved. Keiki four years old and under are free.For more information about Ho‘omau, call Kau‘i Keola at 551-3631.n1283873259_303546_6264.jpg
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