Local News Category

There is a new Local Business Directory starting up on Hawaii’s Big Island.  Sign up now to get listed for only $25 per year.
http://hawaiiislanddirectory.com/

In Memoriam Uncle George

Posted on 27 Oct 2009 In: Local News

George Na’ope, 81, dies
Cultural icon was co-founder of Merrie Monarch Festival
George Na’ope was small in stature — an early nickname was “Menehune” — but a giant of hula and Hawaiian culture.

“Uncle George,” a revered kumu hula, singer, dancer, chanter, and a co-founder of the Merrie Monarch Festival, died Monday of cancer in his Waiakea Uka [...]