Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:00pm | Radha
 Rest assured, the music for this set came straight off some nerdy phan's DAT. Remember the DAT? God bless the tapers, for real. Anyway, this set doesn't have the booming sound of shows from more recent years...but who cares because the show rocked, man! Tonight's set features a rare (and brief!) Gamehendge narration between Colonel Forbin's Ascent and Fly Famous Mockingbird. Drummer Jon Fishman (aka Henrietta) plays a mean trombone during a little-bit-silly version of I Didn't Know. Plus, there's the usual shady suspects -- Hood, Fee and Landlady -- to keep piquing your interest. Live from the multipurpose room at the Student Union of State University of New York, Potsdam, on April 21, 1991. Enjoy the show!
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The 12th show. "Just a Stage Coach Ride in the Country" is another of Ruth's stories. This one is about a lady getting sick on the stage and saving the lives of all on the stage. It's kind of funny. And there are Indians.
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"Hula is the language of the heart, and therefore the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people." David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii, 1874 to 1891.
This week explore various chants and songs that are associated with hula, in anticipation of this weekend's Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo. The festival is a celebration of all things of Hawaiian culture, in honor of King Kalakaua, the Merrie Monarch, but the 3-day hula competition that ends the week has become the highlight of the festival. A dozen women compete in solo performances of both hula kahiko (ancient style hula) and hula auana (modern hula) to garner the title of "Miss Aloha." Then groups of male and groups of female dancers from different halaus (schools) perform both kahiko and auana. The week ends with the naming of the overall winning halau, but everyone who participates is honored to share their hula with aloha.
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