Lani Custino - Lovely Hula Hands

Discovered this exquisite video of mom on Hawaiian Music Lives podcast...Aunty Nina sings lead vocals. What a treasure...thanks to Bill Wynne, who wrote: For those not yet indoctrinated into the beauty and joy of the hula, it is, of course, a storytelling dance in which the story is told with the hands. Few were better at this than Lani Custino – which is why her hula hands were captured in still frame for everything from travel magazines to hotel showroom posters. If Nina was known as the singer and Lani as the hula dancer, from this clip it would appear that their respective roles remain intact. if you have read all about these sisters, then you know that Nina was groomed as the singer and Lani as the hula dancer. Like Beverly Noa, Lani became known as one of Hawai`i’s finest showroom hula dancers and her hula hands equally iconic for their countless appearances on menu covers, travel posters, and hotel showroom advertisements. But just because Custino was better known for her hula should not imply that she was steered in that direction because she could not sing. On the contrary, Lani is one of the finest singers Hawai`i ever produced.