Event:        Hawaii’s own - Hapa
Location:    Crystal Bay Casino Crown Room
Date:        Friday June 25, 2010
Time:        Doors at 8:00 / Show at 9:00
Cost:        All tickets $25 seated show-only 250 tickets available

Hapa has become a summer mainstay at the Crystal Bay Casino. There seems to be a bond between the Hawaiian Islands and Lake Tahoe as each year Hapa sells out the Crown Room. Come join us on Friday night, June 25th for this years summer kickoff with Hapa followed by an after party featuring Knowa Knowone in the Red Room.

Like the Hawaiian Islands themselves, HAPA’s music is an amalgam of influences ranging from ancient Polynesian rhythms and genealogical chants to the strummed ballads of Portuguese fisherman, Spanish cowboys, and the inspired melodies and harmonies of the traditional church choirs of the early missionaries. Add to this a dose of American acoustic folk/rock, and you have what has been described as the “most exciting and beautiful contemporary Hawaiian music the world knows!”… (Maui Times). 

These disparate ingredients blended together musically in the Pacific emotes the unique flavor of what Hawaii and HAPA music is: “beautiful, fragile, spiritual, powerful”… (L.A. Times). 

Often encapsulated as the “Sound of Maui”, HAPA’s music evokes a place that many people at different times have referred to as heavenly. The overriding quality of their music is one of beauty and serenity, found in the majestic tones of the oli (chant), mele (song), the elegant movements of the sacred dance known as hula, and the exhilarating innovative sounds of virtuoso slack key guitar. HAPA’s self entitled debut cd released in 1993, swept the 1994 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards (Hawaii’s equivalent of the Grammy’s), becoming the biggest selling CD by a group or duo in the history of recorded Hawaiian music. The group’s ground breaking music has established them as the most recognized name in Hawaiian music internationally since their debut release, with sold-out shows from Tokyo to New York.

All shows are 21 & over. Limited VIP booths are an additional $20/person. Minimums per booth may apply. No refunds. All shows are standing room only unless otherwise noted by show.