March 10, 2018
For junior girls song director Nadia Pagdilao, music is an opportunity to perpatuate her culture. She will lead her class in the mele “Uluwehi o Ka‘ala” composed by Kanihomau‘ole and arranged by Bowe Souza, as they share the mysteries of Mt. Kaʻala through their performance. There is #moretothemele than music alone. Mele connects us to our language, to people and place, and to the communities we serve. Through that connection to their identity, greater civic engagement and a growing sense of their kuleana to lead, our haumāna join their generation’s movement to improve themselves, their communities and their lāhui. Watch the 98th annual Kamehameha Schools Song Contest on Friday, March 16 starting at 6:30 p.m. on KGMB or online at http://www.ksbe.edu/songcontest.
Kamehameha Schools’ policy is to give preference to applicants of Hawaiian ancestry to the extent permitted by law.
