Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 25, Number 11, 1 November 2008 — ʻlkena īia Carrere, Daniel Ho and Amy Kuʻuleialoha Stillman [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ʻlkena īia Carrere, Daniel Ho and Amy Kuʻuleialoha Stillman

A graduate of Sacred Hearts Academy in Kaimukl, Tia Carrere was at home in the Islands in October to

celebrate her alma mater's 100th anniversary with her friend since high school Daniel Ho. The down-to-earth loeal girl and

renowned actress, who eame to Honolulu craving hamburger steak from Liliha Bakery, has been in numerous TV series and has appeared in fihns with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes and Mike Meyers, just to name a few. Tia and Daniel's new CD, 'Ikena, introduces original mele 'ōlelo Hawai'i by Amy Ku'uleialoha Stilhnan. The mele range from the light-hearted and fun "The Spam Song" - whose English translation encourages, "Eat loeal food, eat delicious food, eat Spam . . . shua'a" - to the chant for earth mother, "Papahānaumoku," "nāna e hi'ipoi i nā iwi o nā kūpuna - she cradles the bones of the ancestors." This is Tia's third CD, following her Grammynominated Hawaiiana in 2007, and Dream, in 1993, whieh went plahnum in the Philippines.

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Longtime friends Tia Carrere and Daniel Ho talk about good times and their latest collaboration, 'lkena, on the OHA-produced Hawaiian īalk Radio Show NS 'Ōiwi 'ōlino. - Photo: Francine Murray