Coming Soon: Hawaiian Club SongFest T-shirt 2007!

Our very own Shaun Yuen and Ian Nitta are creating a solid Hawaiian Club T-shirt for SongFest this year! The design is in its final stages and should be unveiled at SongFest Practice this Thursday at 9 pm. Based on our online poll, the shirt will be green, and the print is tentatively white. It will definitely be a hot seller, so come out and join us for SongFest practice! We're only 2 weeks away from the big night, and we would be stoked if you joined us!!

Gospel Forum: Sunday, Oct. 20th 7:30 pm in McKay 152

Dr. William Kauaiwi'ulaokalani Wallace III--affectionately known to many as "Uncle Bill"--will be our esteemed Speaker at our Hawaiian Club Gospel Forum on Sunday, October 21 at 7:30 pm in McKay 152.

Uncle Bill is the Director and Assistant Professor of the Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian Language and Cultural Studies at BYUH and Captain of our University's voyaging canoe, 'Iosepa. His remarks will focus on Lā'ie as "the gathering place" for the early Saints and provide our 'ohana with a spiritual foundation of what this place means to us.

A proud alumnus of The Kamehameha School for Boys and BYU Hawai'i, Uncle Bill went on to obtain his Juris Doctors in Family Law from BYU Provo in 1984. His wealth of knowledge in the Hawaiian Culture, his genuine Aloha Spirit, and his unwavering faith in the gospel will make this Gospel Forum a night to remember.

Please bring your friends, spouses, and 'ohana to this event as it is open to our University and Lā'ie Community. Refreshments will be provided following Uncle Bill's remarks.

Hawaiian Club Needs Your Help at FoodFest THIS Saturday!

FoodFest is this Saturday,
and you know Hawaiian Club's gonna represent!

For those unfamiliar with this BYUH tradition, FoodFest is a time when all of the Clubs gather together around the Little Circle and sell their cultural foods. We're asking all of our 'Ohana to join us and to kōkua (help). Simply email us at byuhhawaiianclub@gmail.com to confirm that you're helping...even if it's only for a short while! (Details regarding the time and location of when we'll be prepping should have been emailed to you already).

HERE'S WHERE AND WHEN WE NEED YOUR HELP:

Saturday, Oct. 20
8 am - Set-up tent at the Little Circle (Booth 22)
10 am - Prep food @ the Whitford's Home 55-025 Lanihuli St. near Kamehameha Hwy. (Chopping vegetables, shredding chicken and pork, etc.) For more info., contact Makana Whitford at hamaha96762@gmail.com or 808.723.9887.
3:30 pm - Transport food from the Whitfords to the Little Circle. If you have a truck to help load warmers, coolers, etc. please call Makana!
4:30 pm - Prepare to serve food and serve until we sell out.
5:00 pm - Lomilomi Massage booth opens. Those willing to provide massages, please call Naomi Nihipali at 381-0741. She will work with you to be ready for that night.

HAWAIIAN PLATE - $6 (12 tickets) / Drinks 50 cents each (1 ticket)
Make sure to spread the word about our 'ono (delicious) Hawaiian Plate of kālua pork, lomi salmon, chicken long rice, steamed white rice, chocolate cake, and haupia. Ice cold Hawaiian Sun Drinks and Bottled Water will also be sold for just 50 cents each.

HAUPIA EATING CONTEST 6:45 pm - *Free* for Club Members / $3 (6 tickets) for others
Grand Prize: 20 min. lomilomi massage given out that evening!
If you still want to be in the contest, please contact Bubs Nihipali at hwiiangrl@aol.com or 702.743.6055. She loves text messages. Whoever eats a heaping bowl of haupia the fastest wins! Besides the Grand Prize, other prizes include edible snacks, t-shirts, and a haupia mix to take home.

10 min. LOMILOMI (MASSAGE) - $6 (12 tickets)
Treat yourself to a therapeutic upper-body lomilomi massage and receive a complimentary ice cold bottled water to cool you down after.

Please help out where ever you can. If you would like to help man the booth, help in the eating contest, help do massages, LET US KNOW by emailing byuhhawaiianclub@gmail.com.

Proud to be Hawaiian....Club?
We are!

This will be a FoodFest you won't want to miss! See you there!

Order Your "Hawaiian Kine Ornaments" Today!

Aloha & Mele Kalikimaka!

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Support our BYUH Business Core Team by purchasing these special Christmas treasures today!

Hawaiian Kine Ornaments - $10 or 3 for $25

To place an order, please email Kai at gkc6@byuh.edu

Lomilomi Massage Skills Needed At Hawaiian Club Booth!

To help practice our skills and raise more funds for activities, Hawaiian Club will be having a Lomilomi (Massage) Booth at Foodfest (Oct. 20th, 5-9 pm). This special booth has been approved by BYUHSA because they want you to be able to practice your new found skills, as well!

For those who have learned Lomilomi (upper body massage), your assistance is needed at this booth. A minimum of 3 practitioners are needed for every hour of Foodfest. The Hawaiian Club Presidency has promised that if you work for more than 2 hours, you will be fed great Hawaiian food.

It's been a few weeks since our last Lomilomi workshop, and a practice session before Saturday is desirable, if at all possible. If you would like to participate and help raise funds for our Club, please contact Naomi @ 808.381.0741. The practice session will be given to you when you call.

Hawaiian Language Vocab List & Sentence Formula Review Available Soon

We anonymously received this comment on Weds., Oct. 10:

"I really enjoy Hawaiian Language Classes, it helps me get in touch with my Hawaiianness. I was wondering if there's a vocabulary list we can study, so that I can know more words. You know, vocabulary is more than 50% of your language skills."

Good point. I will make sure to create a Vocabulary list which includes the basic sentence patterns we've learned (thus far) by this weekend. Simply email me at kalekaui@byuh.edu if you wish to receive this attachment in your inbox.

In the mean time, feel free to use the online Hawaiian Dictionary for all of your vocabulary needs.

E ola mau ka 'ōlelo Hawai'i . . . long live the Hawaiian language!

Aloha, Kale

Hawaiian Workshops Cultivate "Harmony Amidst Diversity"

With over 71 countries represented here at BYUH, it's only fitting that our school's mission is to establish "harmony amidst diversity." Needless to say, our Hawaiian Workshops represent our school's mission well. With a worldwide Hawaiian Club membership spanning from Japan, China, Mongolia, Russia, Canada, Egypt (yes, Egypt!), Tahiti, Hawai`i, throughout various states of the Mainland ranging from Wisconsin to Kentucky to Missouri to California (just to name a few), as well as from the Philippines, New Zealand, Sāmoa, Tonga, and other areas, "harmony amidst diversity" is a very real thing for our 'ohana.

For those who couldn't join us Tuesday night, what can I say? You missed out on some good times! In our Hawaiian Language Workshop we learned 4 new sentence patterns: generic verb-tense, past-tense, positive descriptive, and negative descriptive sentences. And, in our ever-growing Hula Workshop now reaching over 30 people, we learned 2 verses of Noho Paipai which is a kolohe (rascal) hula that the kāne (men) and wāhine (women) enjoy dancing together. We were even treated to the vocal stylings of our Hawaiian Club Musicians (pictured at right)--Mark Serrao, Kulani Watson, Josh Makaiwi, and Randell Kim. Yep, all in one night. It had to have been one of the best nights our 'Ohana has had yet!

Just yesterday, as I was getting a quick bite to eat at the Seasider, I was again reminded of the power of aloha. Sitting next to me was one of our 'ohana members from the Hawaiian Club. As we ate our lunch together, she turned to me and said, "You know, I've tried to participate in the Hawaiian Club before, but I never felt welcomed. Now, I really feel comfortable and love coming to the Workshops and meeting so many nice people and new friends."

We just want you to know that we love, respect, and admire each one of you and are so glad you feel at home with our Hawaiian Club family. Just last night, three more people signed up to be a part of our 'Ohana, all because of the aloha they felt from each of you at the Workshops. Let's continue to live aloha and love our members. Have an aloha-ful day, and we'll see you this Thursday at 9 in McKay 175!