I hope many of you will join us for an enriching and enlivening evening at The Studio Maui on March 19. I was fortunate to spend some time with David Rothenberg this last whale season. He is a very interesting guy, a talented musician, and he has learned a lot about whales in his travels to far corners of the planet. He has a lot to share with us. The ocean world is mysterious, and I experienced some of that mystery while on a boat off of Ka'aholawe with David. David was playing his clarinet and I was recording whale songs below deck. I turned to David to see the clarinet-like sounds that had been produced by him, were now being produced by the whales in our neighborhood. It's hard to explain these things.
I am also grateful to the members of my band, Keaolani, who have enthusiastically agreed to welcome David and open the concert with some Hawaiian Mele and Hula by Pualani. Many of you at the Studio know Pualani as Tricia. She is an excellent Hula dancer - a student of Kumu Hula Leilehua Lee Bailey.
Amara Pagano, our very popular and beloved Five Rythms teacher, will close the evening with a dance session with live whale songs accompanied by David and other live musicians (expect special guests). Mahalo, Amara!!!
This will be a special evening. All proceeds above the cost of the venue will benefit The Whalesong Project in our movement to inspire care for the Oceans of Hawai'i and the World.
Mahalo to all of you who are making this possible.
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Photo by Michael Van Doorne
From the Founder
- Dan Ka'ili Sythe
- I am Founder and Executive Director of The Whalesong Project. We seek to inspire people to care about the world's oceans, and to act to protect them. I am very grateful to have the opportunity to work with so many bright people who contribute to our project, and to hear from people, near and far away, who are touched by the work we do. Thanks for visiting our site. If you are touched by it, please share it with others. The picture of me was taken while I was pointing our 2.4 GHz dish antenna out to our buoy to establish first contact for our 2007-2008 whale season. We Whalesong People are an eclectic group with diverse skills and talents. We are not very political on our website. We work to create awareness and appreciation. We also work quietly behind the scenes, with aloha, to keep our oceans healthy. My Hawaiian name was given to me by Auntie Nona Beamer, and acknowledges my connection to the oceans and to her family. Nona is a close friend and mentor, and was also a founding Board Member of The Whalesong Project. Mahalo, e Nona. I feel that to live in Hawai'i I need to support the environment and the culture. Whalesong is one project in which I attempt to do both.