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Ride, Swim, and picnic On kauai's and Beutiful North shore

Ride, Swim, and Picnic On Kauai 's and Beutiful North shore

Come for an unforgettable horsback ride on kauai's beutiful north shore.
This located minuts from the historic plantetion town of kilauea and the famous kilauea point lighthouse and willife refuge. Our riding trail are a perfect balance of pristine Hawaiian wilderness and botanical gardens with numerous varieties of rare tropical plants and trees.

One of our most populer rides to a waterfall that sparkles silver in the sunlight and swim in a cool mountain pool. Followed by a tasty Hawaiian - style picnic served with Aloha under a plam thatched Hut .

Wedding in Hanalei

During our flight from Oahu to Kauai for a wedding at the Prince ville Hanalei
we encountered a beautiful sunrise from the window of the airplane.
Hawaiian Airlines has the best deals for early morning flight which also gives
you the chance to see a sunrise in the sky.

Ten things to remember

Flower girl kissing the maid of Honor at a Hawaii wedding

1. Always choose professional musicians and don't be afraid to check what qualifications they have. Most ensembles or bands will be able to provide you with a demonstration CD or tape to give you an idea of the quality of their playing.

2. Experienced musicians will be able to provide advice on suitable repertoire for the different aspects of your wedding day, and should be able to send you a list of the pieces that they play. They will find it helpful if you then make your own list of the items that you particularly like and also any that you dislike.

3. If you are having a civil wedding, you must make sure that none of the music played during the ceremony has a religious connection. You may be asked by the registrar to provide a list of the items that will be performed.

4. If your wedding reception is in a public place (i.e. a hotel, restaurant or hall) then that venue requires a licence for the performance of music that is still in copyright. It is up to the venue (and not you or the performers) to obtain a licence, but if they have weddings there regularly they will probably already have one. If your reception is taking place in a private location (for instance in a marquee in the garden of a private house) no licence is required. Similarly, the PRS do not licence the performance of music during "Divine Service in churches or other places of worship". More information is available from the Performing Rights Society.

5. Establish contact with your musicians two or three weeks before your wedding to confirm arrangements and to finalise details of the music that will be played.

6. Some thought will need to be given to the placement of live musicians so that the volume of the music never interferes with guests' conversations. Discuss this with your contact at the reception venue if you are worried, and mention any concerns you have to the musicians themselves as they will be used to bearing this in mind when they play. Your musicians will also need a room in which to leave their instrument cases so that they are safe and out of the way.

7. When you visit your reception venue make sure that you have checked that there will be enough room to position the band or ensemble. Check with the musicians as to how much room they will need for their instruments, music stands, amplifiers and so on, and ask them if they have any special seating requirements. String players, for example, require chairs without arms in order to bow their instruments properly.

8. Your musicians will require short breaks from time to time. It is a good idea to provide them with some refreshments, and depending on the time of day something to eat as well.

9. If you are going to ask your musicians to play outside, it is helpful to make sure that there will be some form of shelter from the sun. The varnish on some instruments can be ruined by strong sunlight.

10. Double-check what procedure the band or ensemble has in the event that one of its members is unwell. They will probably have a list of experienced deputies, but it is worth making sure.

children and bridesmaids running

Photo by Hawaii wedding photographers at www.lotustar.com

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Wedding Music

Wedding Music

Music has become a vital part of the wedding ceremonies. This applies to most weddings held around the world. Before the wedding takes place, every member of the family takes as much time to decide which piece they would like to play in the wedding. No other elements in the wedding celebration have got the power to touch the hearts of the guest and engage the emotions of the entire people the way music does. Apart from that music conveys a message of joy and celebration reflecting the personality of both the bride and the groom.
Viloinist playing the Violin at a Wedding in Hawaii
more Hawaii wedding info may be found at Hawaii wedding music

Weddings have different specific orders of events. The event starts from the entrance of the mothers and grandparents ushered inside followed by the groomsmen and clergy and then the bridesmaids. Finally the grand entry of the bride and the groom marks the day. All these events are accompanied by their own piece. Each piece marks the changing events and the importance of the function.

Wedding music is of vocal or instrumental kind that can be both classic and contemporary one. It can range from traditional Wagner’s “Here Comes the Bride” to Norah Jones’ “Come Away With Me’. This music is performed at wedding rehearsals, rehearsal dinners, wedding ceremonies and receptions.

In most weddings, musicians are hired to perform in the events. Beforehand the wedding parties and the musicians decide what piece they have to perform. Recorded music can substitute to fulfill the functions but live players are often the first choice of the party.

There are four parts to the wedding ceremony that requires music: prelude, processional, during the service and the recessional.


bride at her wedding bouquet by www.laulani.com

A typical wedding starts with the prelude music. This music is played while the guests arrive and are seated. In moderns days the use of string quartets and harps has increase in popularity to be perform in the prelude music. After the prelude the other events follows accompanied by their own pieces. The bridal march is often accompanied by a procession tune. The most famous tune still followed now is the Wagner’s Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (1850), often called “Here Comes the Bride”. This piece has been historically played by an organist. There may be few hymns during the service. At the end of the service, a lively recessional tune is played to mark the union of the bride and the groom while they make their exit. The music is mostly uplifting as it will reflect the celebration to follow.

During the wedding service often instrumental music performs in the event but the kind of music entirely lies at your hand to decide.
Types of Wedding music

In a wedding the right type of music can make a big difference. From walking down the aisle to the love song splayed by the live bands or the DJ Playing the selected music. Each piece should be carefully chosen.

To match the music with the theme of your wedding does take a serious consideration. The kind of music that you select has an important role in the wedding. The music helps to create an atmosphere that will suit the big event, set the scenes and pin moment to the memories long after the wedding is over.

The wedding starts with the prelude music. This is an important piece where the music provider establishes the mood for the wedding. The choice of the music is entirely up to you. You can choose a vocal or instrumental kind to create the mood. You can choose the organist playing to create a religious mood to mark the importance of the day. To create an elegant mood you can select string instrument. A vocalist singing contemporary love ballads will definitely give you a romantic atmosphere. If you want to create a variety of different moods, than you can choose ethnic collections. The only general rule that applies to prelude music is that it should not be a dance oriented kind.

During the wedding ceremonies the music should be a soft kind. The bride’s entry is the most important of all the events so the music that is played greatly contributes to this lifelong memory. A recommended music is the Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, which will surely create a lasting impression.

The end of the wedding usual marks the union of the couple. The music should be majestic and played with a quick tempo. Ode to Joy by Beethoven and Wedding March from Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream can fully give you the credit to proclaim the union.


Traditionally, at the reception, the bride and the groom take the first dance. The theme music for this moment is entirely romantic. It can be a song which has deep meaning to you or the lyrics describes what you feel about that person.
Another important dance at the reception is the father-daughter and the mother-son dance. You can choose music which will surely tell the importance of the relationship. Since the music expresses your joy it should be fast and triumphant. You can hire a live band or a DJ to perform in the events. Look for someone who is willing to take time to understand what you need. This will ensure your day is full of quality entertainment to your taste.

If you held your wedding outdoors, perhaps in the garden or on a beach, you might opt for a modern wedding songs and music instead of the traditional ceremony music.

Recommended wedding music

There are many options available for beautiful ceremony music. Some of the more popular wedding music includes:
Prelude

· Clair de Lune (Debussy)
· Hymne (Vangelis)
· O Mio Babbino Caro(Pucinni)

Processional

· Ave Maria (Schubert)
· Dodi Li
· Erev Shel Shoshanim

During the ceremony

· All I Ask of You (Webber)
· I Have Loved You (Joncas)
· Theme from Ice Castle (Hamlisch)

Recessional

· Allegro from Spring (Vivaldi)
· Harp Concerto (Handel)


Music thus plays an important role in each part of the wedding ceremony. No wedding can be completed without the tunes and rhythm of music. Before the music is finally decided, check with officials if the music selected are appropriate or not.

Volcanoe in Hawaii blows steam dampening spirits for Oahu's weddings

Vog is not end of life in Hawaii
We have been having terrible vog from the volcano of the big island blow over to the island of Oahu, many couples are worried that this will ruin their perfect blue sky dream wedding day, here is an article form the newspaper of Honolulu about the subject

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Imagine winning lots of money right before your wedding an honeymoon well this couple did just that.
The couple are now planning to start their future in style with a luxury honeymoon in Las Vegas and Hawaii. Mr Adamson, from Plymouth, Devon, ...

How Would The First Explorers of Hawaii React To Hawaiian Wedding Ceremonies?

James Cook was the most significant of the European explorers to visit Hawaii, because it was he who recorded its existence. James Cook was a captain in the Royal Navy, and of his many achievements, another significant effort in cartography was the first mapping of Newfoundland. James Cook made two major visits to Hawaii, and unfortunately died there. One of his minor vessels was stolen by a lesser Hawaiian chief, and for ransom, James Cook kidnapped another minor chief. In an outrage, the natives of the island fought back, and killed him.

photo by Hawaii wedding photographer www.lotustar.com

Christian weddings and marriage in Europe was a detailed ceremony, and still is; it requires government and legal contracts, licenses, and involvement. Whether the first visitors in Hawaii were Irish, Spanish, or British, the wedding ceremonies of the Hawaiians would have caused immediate shock; because there were none. Not officially anyway. The different wedding ceremonies would vary from tribe to tribe, or island from island. Some of the traditional wedding rituals may have extended for days, or even weeks; other traditional ceremonies required the consent of every member of the family. In other areas or tribes, a wedding or marriage might have only been the decision of two individuals to sleep in the same bed, and start a family. When a Hawaiian couple married in this fashion, if it was their decision to separate, they merely returned to their own families. If they had children together, the offspring would be nurtured by the entire family. These customs would have been viewed by Europeans as largely uncivilized and primitive, considering the strict Christian rules of marriage amongst European men and women.

Rigid and legal religious marriages in Europe, in comparison to these relaxed and free traditions of the Hawaiian people would have naturally been a shock to the British James Cook, or the hypothetical Irish and Spanish visitors. The two cultures would have differed greatly, and the Hawaiian tribes were most likely viewed to be savages with no sense of morality. After James Cook died in Hawaii, his published information about the islands was distributed in several books. This led to several more visitors to the islands; whalers, traders, explorers. It is likely that European women were most likely not introduced to the Hawaiian islands for a great deal of time. The British explorers would have considered a lady amongst an "uncivilized" people, scandalous, improper, and most likely dangerous.

However, had European women been among traders, whalers, or explorers, and witnessed the wedding and marriage practices of Hawaiians, shock would most likely have been prevalent. And then perhaps tinged with envy, for the free nature that men and women were allowed to couple with one another. Fear may have also been a factor. Hawaiian men, with rough clothes if any, would have most likely made any European of possible rape, because of the free nature of their romance with women. Whether or not the fear of rape among visiting European women in the late 1700's is unfounded is just speculation. The more intricate feasts might have been viewed with awe as well. Flowers and family played a major role in traditional antique Hawaiian wedding rituals. Beautiful and pleasantly scented flowers would be hung over the bride and groom's neck in leis and garlands.

European men, on the other hand, might have viewed things from a slightly different angle. Without lawful marriages such as those in the European countries, men may have taken liberties with the Hawaiian women. It is ironic, that the most likely attitude among the whaling men, sailors and businessmen was that it was improper for European women to be among the locals, since it's most likely that European men took advantage of the local Hawaiian women. Hawaiian women may have been seen as nothing more than unattached, and available playthings for men to slake their lust upon, since their Hawaiian marriages were not religious or legally binding. Although it's as of yet hypothetical, there were most likely a large number of Hawaiian-European children born among the Hawaiian islands, once Europe established and maintained contact with the islands.

The reaction from both European genders were also most likely with an entertained attitude. The wedding feasts extending over weeks, dancing, and music, as well as other events that celebrated the act of consummation between bride and groom were positive and festive occasions. There would be much celebration among the families of the bride and groom, as well as friends. Some tribes had a specific day in which all couples with intent to marry could do so; it was treated as a major holiday in the culture. If Europeans were present, they would have been treated most likely with genial welcome or at least tolerant acceptance. It's possible that Europeans would have been entertained from an arrogant angle; considering the wedding rituals of the Hawaiian culture to be a great spectacle, or like a circus of performing animals. The European men and women that were present for the wedding feast or ritual, depending on their background, may have either fully and enthusiastically enjoyed the ceremonies, or have looked on with a more reserved and critical sense of entertainment.

In one sense, the reaction to Hawaiian wedding and marital ceremonies is obvious. Whether it was by coital transference, or by other physical exposure, the Europeans introduced disease to the otherwise isolated islands. It would be naive to believe that none of these disease that were introduced were of the venereal type. European men most likely brought different forms of sexually transmitted diseases, such as syphilis, and gonorrhoea, and passed them along to Hawaiian women, who in turn, propagated the illness by sleeping with Hawaiian men. In the hypothetical case that European women ever slept with Hawaiian men willfully or otherwise, it is possible that European women may have also passed along sexually transmitted disease to the native islanders. Though possible, it is highly unlikely. Either way, the acts that took place in order to spread venereal disease throughout the Hawaiian islands is contingent on a lack of consideration and respect for Hawaiian marriage. This may have been an attitude shared by most, if not all visitors to the islands. In any case, the Hawaiian islands had been isolated from these and other types of diseases brought from Europe. The spread of disease wiped out the majority of the Hawaiian population, regardless of whether or not the liberties taken were the cause of a lack of respect for the traditions of Hawaiian locals, despite that this is the most likely case.

After disease made the population of the Hawaiian islands dwindle so severely, it was much easier for visitors to the islands to influence the small population. In 1820, American missionaries arrived in the islands, and spread the Christian religion throughout the region. This is also a sort of reaction to not only marriage ceremonies and wedding rituals in the Hawaiian culture, but also to the Hawaiian culture in general. In the present time, Gnostic and others of different religions can see that forcing other cultures to embrace a religion is not tolerant behaviour. This was an example of the Christian world and culture's intolerance to the beliefs and Hawaiian culture. Despite this past display of European and American oppression, Hawaii remained a largely independent region, until it willingly joined the United States. Also, despite the intolerance and arrogance shown to the Hawaiian religious and spiritual practices, many of the Hawaiian traditions remain intact today. Sixty percent of the Hawaiian population remains of "other" religious belief, while less than thirty percent embrace Christianity. Gradually, the traditional Hawaiian wedding ceremonies have merged with Christian wedding ceremonies, and like the rest of the United States, it is a legally binding contract. However, Hawaii also retains the power of common law marriage, along with a few other states in the U.S.