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This was a mass choral performance of a medley of songs written and composed by Queen Lili'uokalani, a talented musician and former royalty of Hawaii's old monarchy. The songs represented in this medley include "Queen's Jubilee" and "Aloha 'Oe," and was arranged by Kapolei High School choral director Justin Ka'upu (he's the guy wearing black while singing with our UHWO chorus in the "A La Nanita Nana" video). This was performed at the annual E Himeni Kakou collegiate choral festival this year, at Central Union Church. Participating schools included choruses from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the University of Hawaii - West Oahu (us!), Hawaii Pacific University, Leeward Community College, Kapiolani Community College, and Kapolei High School. The talented singers from all walks of life numbered well over 300. I sang the tenor part (if you look really closely, I'm a speck of white amongst the sea of black, near the front/center area of the men's section).

Credit to the video goes to a fellow performer's husband, who was standing pretty far back in the church while he filmed on his smartphone. Sorry for the shakeyness, lol.