E Ola Nā Mele Lāhui: 125th Observance of the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom

E Ola Nā Mele Lāhui: 125th Observance of the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom 17 January 2018 Hawaiʻi Supreme Courtroom Aliʻiōlani Hale Honolulu, HI 96813 In observance of the 125th anniversary of the Overthrow, the Judiciary History Center, the Hawaiʻi State Bar Association Civic Education Committee, and the Dolores Furtado Martin Foundation present E Ola Nā Mele Lāhui: 125th Observance of the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom at Aliʻiōlani Hale on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. The role and forms of civic engagement amongst the Kingdom’s citizenry during the overthrow were often articulated in the newspapers and songs (mele). The program brings to light Hawaiian political expression through mele and hula, linking new archival documents and newspaper articles about the overthrow to Hawaiʻi’s legal history. At 5:30 p.m., the Royal Order of Kamehameha will open the building with an oli aloha. Hula hālau led by Snowbird Bento, Sonny Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-DeVera, Māpuana de Silva, and Ke‘ano Ka‘upu & Lono Padilla will set mele selected from Buke Mele Lāhui to hula kahiko. Buke Mele Lāhui contains the largest number of Hawaiian political and patriotic songs ever printed in one publication. Following the hula kahiko performances, Hawaiʻi Youth Opera Chorus and UH Hawaiian Chorus, directed by Nola Nāhulu, and the Royal Hawaiian Band Glee Club, directed by Clark Bright, will perform numbers selected from the Queen’s Songbook. Mahalo piha to the Dolores Furtado Martin Foundation and the Hawaiʻi State Bar Association Civic Education Committee for their support of the observance. The King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center is an administrative program of the Hawaiʻi State Judiciary and a permanent educational institution created to inform and provide learning opportunities about the judicial process and Hawaiʻi's legal history from pre-contact to present. The Center receives financial support from the Friends of the Judiciary History Center of Hawaiʻi, a non-profit attached to the Center. NOTE: This video is an edited version of the observance event. ʻŌiwi TV recorded and live-streamed the event. To see the full program, please go to ʻOiwi TV's website.    • E Ola Nā Mele Lāhui