MidWeek Windward - June 16, 2021

CLEAN SWEEP
Kailua Beach Adventures staff members, Kathy Bates, Ella Chapman, Matt Tomioka, Kana’iapuni Kekuewa, Braden Marquez and Maggie Meeds, pose with debris they removed from Windward O‘ahu shores during community beach cleanups. ANTHONY CONSILLIO PHOTO
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A PUBLICATION OF
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FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 16, 2021
‘SWEETS’ SECRET
107-year-old shares some keys to her longevity: happiness and candy. SEE PAGE 3
‘POWER’FUL VISIT
Energy Observer stops
at Kāne‘ohe Yacht Club during its worldwide tour. SEE PAGES 1011
Statewide Day Of Mele Set For June 21
TBY LIANNE BIDAL THOMPSON
he start of summer brings a fun, is- landwide event: Make Music Day. This annual global celebration of
music was launched in France as the Fête de la Musique, and Hawai‘i is one of the few areas in the U.S. that will feature statewide participation.
“Make Music Day is an international cel- ebration that was founded in 1982 in France to demonstrate the power of music to uplift people, to spread joy and to build communi- ty,” states Nalani Jenkins, founder of Make Music Hawai‘i and founding member of Na Leo Pilimehana.
It didn’t take much for Jenkins to convince her colleague, Kāneʻohe kumu hula Kaui Dalire, to come on board with Make Music Hawai‘i.
“I know that music is healing and it gives hope and inspiration to whomever listens to it,” Dalire says.
“It made me want to be a part of this — be- ing able to listen to music and somehow con- SEE PAGE 6