Tickets at tickets.umpqua.edu or call 541-440-7700. http Join Us at the Umpqua Hula & the Arts Multicultural Festival on August 21 & 22 Fans of Hawaiian music are in for a rare treat in Southern Oregon this summer. The First Annual Umpqua Hula and the Arts Multicultural Festival features not one, but four highly acclaimed musical groups from Hawai'i. The two-day event takes place August 21-22, 2010 at the Umpqua Community College. It is hosted by He Kula Na Mea Hawai'i (The School of Things Hawaiian), a non-profit organization dedicated to the perpetuation the Hawaiian cultural heritage. Saturday's lineup includes the venerable Makaha Sons and Darlene Ahuna. Winners of countless Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards (Hawai'i's equivalent to the GRAMMY®) and recently recognized with Life Time Achievement Awards by the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts, the Makaha Sons have committed themselves to perpetuating traditional Hawaiian music throughout Hawai'i and the world for more than 30 years. As an esteemed ambassador of Hawaiian music, Darlene is also an award-winning vocalist best known for her seamless falsetto renditions of traditional Hawaiian, hula, and hapa-haole standards. Sunday's headliners include three time Grammy nominee Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom and Nā Palapalai. As Hawai'i's top-selling female vocalist and winner of 15 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards, Amy has toured extensively around the globe, and she has opened for numerous recording artists, including Carlos Santana, Willie <b>...</b>
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