Kahilu Theatre Presents ‘Kahulanui,’ Dec. 16

The Kahilu Theatre in Waimea presents a holiday concert with Kahulanui and their latest album, Mele Hoʻoilina – A Musical Legacy on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017.

The Kahilu Theatre in Waimea presents a holiday concert with Kahulanui and their latest album, Mele Hoʻoilina – A Musical Legacy on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017. Courtesy photo

Take a trip back in time to an era when Hawaiian culture and music blended fluidly with American Jazz, a beautiful melding that came to be known as Hawaiian Swing.

Experience an evening of Big Band music as Grammy-award nominated Kahulanui takes you on a journey through the decades.

This past summer, Kahulanui travelled to Orlando, Florida, for the grand opening of Universal Studio’s new waterpark, Volcano Bay Resort.

Their music is on the instructional video, How to Tapu Tapu, where visitors learn how to use wristbands (tapu tapu) for the waterpark.

The members of Kahulanui consist of originator Lena Naipo on lead vocals and guitar, Patrick Eskildsen on bass guitar and vocals, and Duke Tatom on ʻukulele and vocals, Tim Taylor on drums/percussion and Dwight Tokumoto on steel guitar.

The horn section members are Jesse Snyder on clarinet and tenor sax, Bill Noble on alto saxophone, Joshua Timmons on trumpet, and Vincent D’Angelo on trombone.

The concert starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25, $48 and $68 and available online or you can also purchase them at the Kahilu Theatre box office located at 67-1186 Lindsey Road in Kamuela, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For more information, go online.