Waikiki by Amy Hanaialii Gilliom 2010

Today's top selling female vocalist, Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom, makes her Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts solo debut featuring her jazz band and award winning Hula dancer. The song 'Waikiki' was penned by well-known and loved composer Andy Cummings in 1948, while on tour in Lansing, Michigan with The Paradise Island Review. 'It was a cold and foggy night in November 1938 and we were walking back to our hotel from the theatre. I thought of Waikiki with its rolling surf, warm sunshine, palm trees, and..." Translated this into her native language, Amy shows that even in Hawaiian, the feeling of longing for Hawai'i's beauty is still the same.