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DeLima Preparing For A New Journey In The Coming Days
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port would be there — and not just from her parents and siblings, but from extended family and friends as well. Many of her employees, in fact, are ‘ohana.
selors, too. When she briefly considered pulling the plug on the school early on due to “cold feet,” it was Parish whose reassuring words con- vinced her to stay the course.
land resorts such as Auberge at Maunalani and Waikoloa Marriott.
good friends in high school and Kala‘e had written a duet that he wanted to hear a fe- male vocal on.”
ed my sister out of that posi- tion, but she has forgiven me since,” quips DeLima.
we have a long road ahead of us,” she says in closing. “I’ ve heard that marriage is a similar kind of journey, but I’ m grateful to have found a partner who supports and en- courages every dream I have.
“I have aunties and cous- ins who still work in the school,” she shares. “One of my cousins is a teaching as- sistant in the ‘ukulele class, and my cousins run the front desk and are the managers.”
“He was the one who was pretty much like, ‘I don’t know why you’ re worried about it. You’re going to fig- ure it out; it’s going to be all good,’ ” she recalls. “I guess you always need that one per- son in your ear.”
“Our date night has turned into a duo,” explains a grin- ning DeLima. “But it’s kept me busy — doing solo, duo and full band work, and then, of course, the school.”
Somewhere along the way, however, DeLima found her- self pulling into port next to Parish, who was seated at the piano, and lending her voice to his lyrics.
Now, with her hands (and his) comfortably placed on the wheel, they appear ready for the horizons that await. So says the captain of her ship and leader of the band.
“There’s a lot more work to be done, but we’re both ready and determined to do good work for our people.”
In recalling how their ships first crossed paths about a de- cade ago, DeLima notes, “I like to tell everyone the mail lady dropped him off. But re- ally he was at my house and doing a song, Lost In Your World, with my sister. My sister and his cousin were
“I don’t know how I boot-
“This school has been a journey of ups and downs and
All of which means that the tightly run ship called IKapena School of Music & Creative Expression remains in good hands.
In recent years, the two have made beautiful music together, performing at pri- vate weddings and Big Is-
f DeLima appears a bit anxious these days, her nerves probably have
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less to do with the school and more to do with a new adventure she’s about to em- bark on. Come this time next week — St. Patrick’s Day, March 17 — she and Parish will officially tie the knot.
For DeLima, she won’t be marrying just her best friend, but one of her staunchest advocates and wisest coun-
DeLima’s younger sister Lilo Tuala, left, is the school’s bass instructor. Here, she works on a bass progression with Abigail Wright. LAWRENCE TABUDLO PHOTO
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Kelly Boy DeLima listens as keiki raise the majority falling between the ages
their hands and ask questions. Currently, the school has about 250 students with of 9 and 17. PHOTO COURTESY KALENAKU DELIMA
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