I just got a phone call this morning, scolding me for not being available yesterday morning for a meeting....Oh Aunty I was in church when you called. She said, "....so are you still wanting to be a Ka'ahumanu Society member?" Aunty was laughing picking on me so next meeting is Sunday October 18, 2009 at 12:30pm. I just need to be sure to be out of the Kalahikiola Congreational Church grounds by 12noon.Called also my sister Iwa and Pa'alua cousin (her mama is a Naihe) about the meeting. My oldest daughter is not able to be there but I will pay for her dues as she was part of the initial discussion this summer when we met with Aunty at my mother's hale. I'm looking forward to carrying on the tradition of my tutu. We get to view her mint conditioned 150 yr old black holoku hopefully before the end of the year. That's the most exciting part of being a member for me...the ability to touch, feel and be in awe of history from long ago, my tutu.Thank you to Uncle Tane reminding me of the place of societies like this in our past forum discussion it will be official soon...SMILE.Malama Pono! Mahalo e ke Akua!
Update: Could not make it to the October Mtg....got scoldings with compassion because of valid excuse...SMILE.
Will definitely make it to the November Mtg because I've been in personal conversations with the President and former Presidents discussing the full dress wear and cost of the items....OMG very costly - especially the lei because of how it is made. But looking forward to keeping our family legacy strong and ongoing....
Yes the legacy...keeping to tradition. Not sure if this is just our chapter but for even younger than teenagers mothers can pay for their dues. They can decide to participate early or later when older. Meaning they optoin to fully dress in the attire and pay dues or option to just pay dues until they are ready down the road to be in their full dress attire and attend meetings monthly. It's a choice that our chapter has. We are very blessed in our chapter - we are funded well and do not need fundraisers like most chapters. A plus for my personal membership noting I am busy w/family and other commitments that I wouldn't have the time to assist in any fundraising and would feel displaced if I couldn't pull my weight in support.
I am so honored to keep this tradition and hope that you and your sisters and niece do keep the tradition ongoing for your 'ohana lines...then pass it on to the future generations down the road...SMILE
Aloha kaua e Stephanie. For the longest time my twin sister and I debated and struggled with this because our grandmothers were/are members but on O'ahu. When we saw our grandmother recently she asked again to join again so we finally relented. Like you say... the legacy. Our mother is not going to though but I think it's great that you and your daughter are joining. I hope that my nieces get an opportunity to join too. They're teenagers (14 and 18.) Malama, Lana
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Will definitely make it to the November Mtg because I've been in personal conversations with the President and former Presidents discussing the full dress wear and cost of the items....OMG very costly - especially the lei because of how it is made. But looking forward to keeping our family legacy strong and ongoing....
Yes the legacy...keeping to tradition. Not sure if this is just our chapter but for even younger than teenagers mothers can pay for their dues. They can decide to participate early or later when older. Meaning they optoin to fully dress in the attire and pay dues or option to just pay dues until they are ready down the road to be in their full dress attire and attend meetings monthly. It's a choice that our chapter has. We are very blessed in our chapter - we are funded well and do not need fundraisers like most chapters. A plus for my personal membership noting I am busy w/family and other commitments that I wouldn't have the time to assist in any fundraising and would feel displaced if I couldn't pull my weight in support.
I am so honored to keep this tradition and hope that you and your sisters and niece do keep the tradition ongoing for your 'ohana lines...then pass it on to the future generations down the road...SMILE