We had the wisdom to venture out, after a super hot day of seeking shelter in the shade, to The Baldwin House in Lahaina, Maui for a free concert by Na Kumu Mele. What a fun it was sitting on the benches listening to this talented trio croon both traditional and contemporary Hawaiian music for about an hour, occasionally calling out their beautiful hula girls for a dance. There was a little girl, about five years old, mimicking the hula girls as they swayed to the music with their lovely hula hands. Her mother kept telling her to stop and sit down, until she realized the adults were just as entertained by the novice dancer in the making, as the pros - who we discovered were recent high school graduates and on the "hula team."
The band kept telling the crowd to sing along, but many of us didn't because they were so darn good! I couldn't help myself during Lahainaluna, as well as, Lahaina, the song by Loggins and Messina about the centipede. Lighthearted fun was had by all, and evidenced by the two adult dancers on separate occasions. The first was a young man who stepped up for a couple of modern dance twists, turns, and high kicks, and the second came during an encore when a young lady danced the hula for their final song. It made me wish I had followed up on the idea I had last year to learn how to hula.
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