The Hawaiian Historical Society invites its members and friends to a showing of the documentary Lahaina: Waves of Change at its annual membership meeting Thursday, May 29, 2008. The meeting is free and open to the public and will take place at the University of Hawai‘i Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at 2645 Dole Street in Honolulu.
The sixty-minute documentary will be presented by the filmmakers, Eddie and Myrna Kamae, and will be shown at 7:00 p.m., following the Society's business meeting and election of officers, which begins at 6:30 p.m.
Lahaina: Waves of Change documents two hundred yeasrs of rich and fascinating history in Lahaina, the first capital of the Hawaiian kingdom and later the center of the sugar industry in West Maui.
When Eddie Kamae learned in 1999 that Pioneer Mill was closing down down, he hired a film crew to document the last harvest, the last cane burning, and the final days of operation at Pioneer Mill. This begain an eight-year personal journey through Lahaina's complex, tumultuous, and always-changing past.
Lahaina: Waves of Change was directed by Eddie Kamae, narrated by Ka‘upena Wong, produced by Myrna Kamae with Dennis Mahaffay and Lisa Altieri Sosa, and written by Robert Pennybacker and Steve Okino. The Kamaes will introduce the film at this showing.
The meeting and film exhibition will take place in the auditorium of the Center for Hawaiian Studies. Parking is available in the adjacent parking structure for $3.00.
For further information, contact the Hawaiian Historical Society office, 560 Kawaiaha‘o Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813. Telephone 808-537-6271. E-mail bedunn@lava.net.
The annual business meeting of the Hawaiian Historical Society, beginning at 6:30 p.m., will hear the the Society president's report for 2007–2008 and will elect new trustees and the president for 2008–2009.
A nominating committee composed of Kehaunani Abad and Warren Nishimoto has proposed the following slate for consideration by the membership.
For president for a one-year term, May 2008 to May 2009
John Clark, deputy fire chief (retired), Honolulu Fire Department. Clark is the author of Hawai‘i's Best Beaches and Hawai‘i Place Names. His latest book is Guardian of the Sea, Jizo in Hawai‘i. He has previously served on the Society's Board of Trustees and as president for 2007–2008.
For trustee for a three-year term, May 2008 to May 2011 (three to be elected)
- Dr. Craig Howes, director of the Center for Biographical Research and professor in the Department of English, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
- Dr. Noenoe K. Silva, associate professor of political science and affiliate faculty in Hawaiian language and Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Silva is the author of Aloha Betrayed (Duke University Press, 2004).
- Dr. Ty P. Kawika Tengan, associate professor in the departments of ethnic studies and anthropology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
The newly elected trustees will replace Kehaunani Abad and Warren Nishimoto, who have completed four-year terms on the Board, and Lelani Pyle, who has compted two years.
