Edith Kawelohea McKinzie: The kumu hula shared her expertise with dancers beyond Hawaii (Courtesy STAR-ADVERTISER)[/caption]
As a kumu hula, she began formal training with Joseph Ilalaole and later studied and performed with Eleanor Hiram Hoke and Hoakalei Kamauu. McKinzie also studied chant and oli under Edith Kanakaole and Pele Pukui SugaÂnuma, daughter of Mary Kawena Pukui.
McKinzie taught hula throughout Hawaii, Midway Island, Guam, Alaska and across the mainland.
Kumu hula and composer Manu Boyd remembered McKinzie as a soft-spoken and gracious woman with a great sense of humor and a beautiful smile.
"You knew it was going to be a nice day when she entered the room," he said.
Boyd, who composed a mele for McKinzie and two other hula legends honored at the 2012 Prince Lot Hula Festival, said McKinzie's knowledge of hula reached deep into the traditions of the dance.
"She leaves a great legacy of traditional hula and thinking that was greatly appreciated," he said.
McKinzie taught chanting for the State Council on Hawaiian Heritage and was a lecturer with the UH College of Continuing Education in Hawaiian genealogy and mele hula. She was the first Hawaiian-studies professor at HonoÂlulu Community College, a post she held from 1978 to 1997.
Among her many honors, McKinzie received the Pulama Award from the Kalihi-Palama Culture and Arts Society, the Order of Distinction from the state Council on Hawaiian Heritage and the Kukui MalamaÂlama from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
A longtime friend, PrinÂcess Abigail K. KawananaÂkoa, a member of Hawaii's royal family, said in a statement, "Edith McKinzie guided me into the world of genealogy and opened the door to the true history of the Hawaiian people. My profound aloha to you Aunty Edith. Mahalo nui loa."
Services will be held Nov. 8 at Borthwick Mortuary, 1330 MauÂnaÂkea St. Public visitation will be from 9 a.m. to noon. Service will be noon to 1:30 p.m. followed by lunch from 1:30 to 3 p.m. A burial will be at noon Nov. 9 at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park in KaneÂohe.
Edith Kawelohea McKinzie: The kumu hula shared her expertise with dancers beyond Hawaii (Courtesy STAR-ADVERTISER)[/caption]
As a kumu hula, she began formal training with Joseph Ilalaole and later studied and performed with Eleanor Hiram Hoke and Hoakalei Kamauu. McKinzie also studied chant and oli under Edith Kanakaole and Pele Pukui SugaÂnuma, daughter of Mary Kawena Pukui.
McKinzie taught hula throughout Hawaii, Midway Island, Guam, Alaska and across the mainland.
Kumu hula and composer Manu Boyd remembered McKinzie as a soft-spoken and gracious woman with a great sense of humor and a beautiful smile.
"You knew it was going to be a nice day when she entered the room," he said.
Boyd, who composed a mele for McKinzie and two other hula legends honored at the 2012 Prince Lot Hula Festival, said McKinzie's knowledge of hula reached deep into the traditions of the dance.
"She leaves a great legacy of traditional hula and thinking that was greatly appreciated," he said.
McKinzie taught chanting for the State Council on Hawaiian Heritage and was a lecturer with the UH College of Continuing Education in Hawaiian genealogy and mele hula. She was the first Hawaiian-studies professor at HonoÂlulu Community College, a post she held from 1978 to 1997.
Among her many honors, McKinzie received the Pulama Award from the Kalihi-Palama Culture and Arts Society, the Order of Distinction from the state Council on Hawaiian Heritage and the Kukui MalamaÂlama from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
A longtime friend, PrinÂcess Abigail K. KawananaÂkoa, a member of Hawaii's royal family, said in a statement, "Edith McKinzie guided me into the world of genealogy and opened the door to the true history of the Hawaiian people. My profound aloha to you Aunty Edith. Mahalo nui loa."
Services will be held Nov. 8 at Borthwick Mortuary, 1330 MauÂnaÂkea St. Public visitation will be from 9 a.m. to noon. Service will be noon to 1:30 p.m. followed by lunch from 1:30 to 3 p.m. A burial will be at noon Nov. 9 at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park in KaneÂohe.Our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased
