Genoa Keawe

**'Aunty' Genoa Leilani Adolpho Keawe-Aiko** (31 ʻOkakopa 1918 – 25 Pepeluali 2008) he mea hīmeni, mea kani pila, a mea hoʻopaʻa mele Hawaiʻi kaulana. Ua kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Aunty Genoa" a i ʻole ka "Lady of the Hawaiian Falsetto" no kona leo kiʻekiʻe kūikawā a me kona hiki ke paʻa i kekahi hā lōʻihi.

## Ka Moʻolelo Mua
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Genoa Leilani Keawe ma Kakaʻako, Honolulu, ma ka mokupuni ʻo Oʻahu. He hanauna ʻo ia no Kauaʻi a me Niʻihau. Ua neʻe kona ʻohana i Lāʻie i kona wā ʻōpio, kahi āna i aʻo ai i ka hīmeni ʻana ma ka hale pule. Ma Lāʻie, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hīmeni ma nā pāʻina ʻohana a me nā hālāwai kaiaulu.

## Ke Ala Hana Mele
Ua hoʻomaka kāna ala hana mele maoli ma nā makahiki 1940 me ka Don McDiarmid Orchestra ma ka Royal Hawaiian Hotel. I ka wā o ka Kaua Honua II, ua hīmeni ʻo ia no nā koa ma nā kahua kaua a me nā hale ma Pearl Harbor. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kāna pā mele mua ma 1946 me ka hui 49th State Records.

Ma 1949, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana ma ke kīwī ma ka papahana **Hawaiian Time**, kekahi o nā papahana mua loa e hōʻike ana i ka mele Hawaiʻi ma ke kīwī. Ua hana pū ʻo ia ma nā papahana radio like ʻole, me **Hawaii Calls**, kahi i lohe ʻia ai kona leo ma ʻAmelika holoʻokoʻa.

Ma hope o ia manawa, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kona hui hoʻopaʻa mele ponoʻī, ʻo Genoa Keawe Records. Ma lalo o kēia hui, ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i nā pā mele he nui, e lawelawe ana i kāna mele ponoʻī a me nā mele a nā mea haku mele Hawaiʻi ʻē aʻe. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau hana koʻikoʻi ka mālama ʻana i nā mele kahiko Hawaiʻi a me ke aʻo ʻana i nā hanauna hou.

### Nā Wahi Hōʻike Mau
Mai ka makahiki 1972 a hiki i ka makahiki 2006, ua hōʻike mau ʻo Aunty Genoa ma Waikīkī i kēlā me kēia Pōʻahā. Ua hoʻomaka ma ka Hawaiian Village (ma hope mai ʻo Hilton Hawaiian Village), a laila ma ka Moana Hotel, a ma hope loa ma ka Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort. Ua kaulana kēia mau hōʻike no ka hiki iā ia ke paʻa i ka hā lōʻihi ma "Aliʻi Puʻolani".

### Ke Kaila Hīmeni
Ua kaulana ʻo ia no kona leo kiʻekiʻe a me kona hiki ke paʻa i ka hā lōʻihi, kekahi manawa a 2-3 minuke ka lōʻihi. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i ke kaila leo kiʻekiʻe Hawaiʻi i kapa ʻia he "falsetto", akā ua hui pū ʻo ia i kēia me ke kaila kahiko. Ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia ua aʻo ʻo ia i kēia mau mākaukau mai kona kupunahine mai.

### Nā Mele Kaulana
* "Alika" - Kekahi o kāna mau mele kaulana loa
* "Pua Carnation" - He mele aloha kaulana
* "Meleana E" - He mele i haku ʻia no kāna moʻopuna
* "Kanoeopiʻo" - He mele kahiko i hoʻōla hou ʻia e ia
* "ʻUlili E" - Kekahi o kāna mau mele hope loa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia

## Ka Nohona Pilikino
Ua mare ʻo ia iā Edward Keawe-Aiko ma 1935 i kona makahiki he 17. Ua hānau lāua i he ʻumikūmālua keiki - ʻehā kāne a me ʻewalu wāhine. Ma waena o kāna mau keiki, ua lilo kekahi i mau mea hīmeni kaulana, e like me Gary Aiko, kekahi o nā kāne. Ua hoʻomau kāna mau moʻopuna i kona hoʻoilina mele, me Eric Keawe a me Momi Keawe.

ʻOiai he mea hīmeni kaulana ʻo ia, ua hoʻokō mau ʻo Aunty Genoa i kona kuleana ma ke ʻano he makuahine a kupuna. Ua noho ʻo ia ma Papakolea, kahi i mālama ai ʻo ia i kāna mau keiki a moʻopuna. Ua kapa pinepine ʻia kona home ʻo ka "hale pule liʻiliʻi" no ka mea ua mālama pinepine ʻia nā pāʻina mele a hālāwai pule ma laila.

### Ka Hoʻonaʻauao
He mea koʻikoʻi ka hoʻonaʻauao iā Aunty Genoa. Ua kipa pinepine ʻo ia i nā kula e aʻo ai i nā haumāna i ka mele Hawaiʻi, ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, a me ka moʻolelo Hawaiʻi. Ua kākoʻo nui ʻo ia i ka hoʻōla hou ʻana o ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a me nā loina Hawaiʻi.

### Nā Hana Kaiaulu
Ma waho o kāna hana mele, he lālā ikaika ʻo ia o ke kaiaulu Hawaiʻi. Ua kōkua ʻo ia i nā hana like ʻole no ka pōmaikaʻi o ka lāhui Hawaiʻi:
* Ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka mālama pono ʻia o nā mele kahiko
* Ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā hana hoʻonaʻauao Hawaiʻi
* Ka mālama ʻana i nā hana aʻo mele Hawaiʻi
* Ka kākoʻo ʻana i nā hālau hula
* Ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā haʻawina kālā no nā haumāna

## Ka Hoʻoilina
Ua kaulana ʻo Aunty Genoa no:
* Kona leo kiʻekiʻe kūikawā
* Ka hiki ke paʻa i ka hā lōʻihi
* Ka mālama ʻana i nā mele Hawaiʻi kahiko
* Ke aʻo ʻana i nā hanauna hou i ka mele Hawaiʻi

## Nā Makana a me ka Hoʻohanohano
* National Heritage Fellowship (2000) mai ka National Endowment for the Arts
* Nā Hōkū Hanohano Lifetime Achievement Award (1991)
* Living Treasure of Hawaiʻi (1988)
* Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame (1995)

## Ka Hopena o ke Ola
Ua hala ʻo Aunty Genoa ma ka lā 25 o Pepeluali, 2008, ma kona home ma Papakolea, Honolulu. Ua hāʻawi ʻia kekahi hōʻike hoʻomanaʻo nui ma ka Neal S. Blaisdell Center kahi i hōʻike ʻia ai kona koʻikoʻi i ka moʻolelo mele Hawaiʻi.

## Nā Pāhoehoe
### Nā Album
* *Party Hulas* (1962)
* *By Request* (1969)
* *Genoa Keawe Sings Luau Hulas* (1972)
* *Vintage Hawaiian Treasures Vol. 3* (1994)

## Nā Kūmole


## Nā Loulou Waho
* Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame: Genoa Keawe
* Nā Mele | Genoa Keawe & Family

Māhele:Poʻe hīmeni Hawaiʻi
Māhele:Poʻe hānau 1918
Māhele:Poʻe make 2008
Māhele:National Heritage Fellows