Clyde "Kindy" Sproat -- Old Hawaiian Song with Hula Girls

Clyde Halema'uma'u "Kindy" Sproat grew up deep in the valleys of Honokane, a good long mule ride from the nearest road and electricity on the Big Island.

He comes from a long line of Hawaiian singers, and the family would entertain each other at night singing and playing.

"These are the songs I grew up with. They make me come alive. The tunes haunt me," he says. "Who knows them? Who sings them? Nobody.So, I feel I should preserve them. They're beautiful and they tell beautiful stories. I don't expect any of the young ones to sing and play the songs like I do because they never heard them in their time. I'm just playing and singing what I heard in my time. And I retained all that."

"One 'ukulele and one soul can do a lot."

He went to school in Niuli'i, and gives much credit to the principal of the grade school there, "Uncle" Edwin Lindsey, for instilling in him and many others a love for Hawaiian music.

"When I was in high school, and I was suffering from tangle mind syndrome, my mind was all tangled...I would run away from school and walk all the way up here [cliffs in Pololu Valley]. And climb up over here and lay down and look down...I would sit down here and look out over here and count my blessings.
Pretty soon when you go home...my, you're in a good mood."

Kindy retired after 20 years in the Air Force, and now performs and collects Hawaiian and hapa-haole folk songs.

In 1988 he received the National Heritage Fellowship Award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

"I just play basic keys. I'm a singer, I'm not a musician. I don't know the first thing about music or music theory. I don't read notes. I just picked it up.
"When you hear a song and you learn it and you know it, you take it down and strain it through your heart. You just listen with your heart. Open the ears of your heart and you can hear something good all the time."

video produced, directed, and edited by Robert Mugge

go here for obituary of Clyde Sproat:
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/hawaiinews/20081217_Musician_storyteller_emb...

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[oohwee77]

My grandpa used to work over there at the mule ride on Moloka'i. How old is this clip?

[TheGreatPerformers]

It's from the documentary "Kumu Hula: Keepers of a Culture", released in 1989. Directed by Robert Mugge.

[Koderz18NGoin]

THats my uncle. I LOVE YOU uncle kindy. Peace on your journey.

[LVCreeper1]

First off, if you're Hawaiian you should know that it's how you live that defines who you are not how you look. So if you need to be taught how to be Hawaiian then here's your lesson...Living Hawaiian is as important to being Hawaiian than it is to merely look Hawaiian but act real stink towards those that don't look like you.

[nesiansoulallstars]

@xredb this is the hawaiian language, not to sure what the cryptan language is but this isn't it.

[fianterivera]

I couldn't believe when I saw this video, da lady on the left dancing is my good friend Keola. I miss her so much. I wander how she's doing since I moved away from home.

[yoina5173]

Translation = Where are you my wind-borne fragrance Companion of mine What do you think your are doing Avoiding me Like the Pu`ulena wind Chorus: I thought all was right between us Why do you keep me waiting Hurry so we may be together And I`ll be pleased my dear companion I am longing to see The bubbling spring The Tuahine rain, the rainbow's arch In that distant upland Here am I bedecked Thrilled with the fragrance And sweet honey of lehua flowers

[yoina5173]

Lyrics = `Auhea o moani` ke `ala Hoapili o mi nei A he aha kau hana E paweo nei E ka makani Pu`ulena Hui: Kuhi au a he pono keia Au e ho`apa`apa mai nei E wiki mai `oe i pono kaua I `olu ho`i au e ke hoa Ho`ohihi aku au e `ike la I ka wai mapunapuna Rain Tuahine pi`o anuenue `Oia uka `iu`iu Eia ho`i au ua wehi Ua li`a ke onaona La wai `ona a ka lehua Wai mukiki a ka manu

[yoina5173]

Eagerly looked for the name of the song and the lyric and finally found it.

Name = "Moani Ke' Ala" composed by Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku,

[xredb]

cryptan language

[asians1213]

@xredb what launguage is that

[shazzag1998]

awesome i am using this song for my school dance workshop !!!!

[xredb]

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