Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 32, Number 7, 1 July 2015 — Pahinui receives Hoʻokahiko Award [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Pahinui receives Hoʻokahiko Award

Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awardwinning singer and musician Cyril Pahinui is the 2015 recipient of the annual Ho'okahiko Award, presented by Duke's Waikīkī to honor

those who exemplify and pass on the best of Hawai'i's traditions. Pahinui has been a member of The Gabby Band, The Characters, Sam and the Samlins, Sunday Mānoa, Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band, The Sandwich Isle Band and The Peter Moon Band, as well as a solo artist. He performed on three eompilahon albums that won Grammy Awards for best Hawaiian music alhum. His late father, the legendary artist Gabby Pahinui, taught him to play. It was teaching not by book, but by engaging the senses. It was "all eyes and ears, just watching and listening," according to Cyril's website, cyrilpahinui.com. "It was difficult, but it paid off. By paying attention and listening, I ean now share the music with others." Cyril Pahinui received the award June 2 at a ceremony at Duke's Waikīkī restaurant in the Outrigger Waikīkī Beach Resort. Among other gigs, he performs Wednesday nights at Kani Ka Pila Grille at Outrigger's Reef Waikīkī Beach Resort.

Cyril Pahinui at the Ho'okahiko Award presentation in June. - Courtesy photo