Update: see March 2 performance here! Na Leo Lani is the third group.
On Sunday afternoon, March 2, 2025 Na Leo Lani will join in harmony with choruses from across on O‘ahu to showcase choral music on the island. Come join us for this melodious and uplifting event! Admission is free, and your heart will come away full of the beauty of song.
We all know the holiday season can be hard work, but there’s no reason it can’t be fun at the same time! As these snapshots and video clip from our recent rehearsal show, the women of Na Leo Lani are serious about music, but we always make time for laughter as well.
What a great time we had with our summer concert this afternoon! Our performance marked the culmination of our Amazing Summer Program 2024. In addition to our Hawai’i-themed repertoire, we also premiered our two ASP songs celebrating family, friends, and the indomitable feelings of joy that singing brings.
Mahalo nui loa to University Avenue Baptist Church for allowing us to perform in your beautiful sanctuary, and thanks as always to Mo’ili’ili Hongwanji for our weekly Wednesday evening rehearsal space. And thanks most of all to Yoko, Lark, and Stephanie for joining us this summer. We hope to see you again soon! 🥰🎶
Enjoy the pics and a snippet of each of our ASP songs below.
What joy it was to raise our voices with so many others this past Sunday at the KE KANI O KE KAIĀULU (Sound of The Pleasant Breeze) community choral festival at Kawaiahaʻo Church! If you missed the concert or would like to hear it again, see the video and photos below.
Mahalo nui loa again to the festival organizers. We are honored to have been a part of this marvelous event!
What a tremendous experience it was to return to the Region 12 Convention in Sparks, Nevada, after seven long years! Adjusting to the high elevation and chilly temperatures wasn’t easy, but we were bowled over by the beauty of the snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains, the cameraderie and supportiveness of our sister choruses, and the sheer joy of singing with so many Sweet Adelines in one place.
As you can tell from the photos (below), we gave it our all and had a blast singing with and watching the other contestants, as well.
Congratulations to all of this year’s contest performers, including the winning quartet, Equilibrium, from Emerald Valley Chorus in Springfield, Oregon!
Log on to the SAI Region 12 website HERE to watch all of the performances via video on demand from now through May 12.
This week we hailed our January birthday celebrants, Chris and Nora, who wore the birthday sash with aplomb. In keeping with the theme of the week — “National Backwards Day” — they will now officially begin aging in reverse, like Benjamin Button. But we in Na Leo Lani already know that singing with a chorus is the secret to long life and a youthful spirit!
Congratulations, ladies, on another trip ‘round the sun, and may all your days be harmonious!
Na Leo Lani members will sing anytime, anywhere, at the drop of a hat — and, more often than not, we do so while donning a hat! This week we were arrayed in a medley of holiday finery with blinking light leis, Santa hats, and cake crowns, while our November birthday girl, Rosie, joined in the fun of a rousing birthday salute.
Come check out our lively weekly rehearsals, where we always find reasons to celebrate, regardless of the season.
With Christmas just around the corner and our holiday concert coming up in three weeks, we are ramping up our rehearsals with a lot of holly jolly energy! Enjoy this video clip of an impromptu ensemble at this week’s practice.
Like what you see? Come join the fun with us in concert on December 9 at Harris Methodist Church. See our concert announcement for details.
This week is National Farmers Day, so we dedicated our rehearsal to farmers, whose hard work enables us to eat, live, and, of course, sing!
It was also the first week of our Sing With Us for the Holidays (SWUFTH!) program. Three wonderful singers joined us for the fun. See HERE for details if you love singing and want to find out more about our holiday chorus program.
With our “theme” rehearsals each week, you’ll never know what incarnation of your chorus mates will appear. This past week we had Captain Hook and a merry crew of shipmates “aaarrrrr”-ing enthusiastically.
Weekly themes are an activity our Music Team started during the pandemic to keep chorus members engaged and eager to see each other every week during the long, long months (nearly two years!) that we were rehearsing solely on Zoom. The themes proved so popular, we’ve kept up the practice ever since!
Although it’s definitely not necessary to come dressed up in the color or concept of the week, about a third of us usually do so, and some of our members really get into it (you know who you are, Yvonne and Rosie!), with humorous costumes and festive style.
Regardless of whether you’re adorned in pirate gear or just channeling your inner Jack Sparrow with a wink and a smile, the themes are a fun way to give shape to the evening’s activities, from our physical and vocal warmups to our customary photo op at the end of the night.
Enjoy the latest pic below, plus a video clip of four of our longtime members and former quartet-ers assembled for a pop-up quartet — “Sugarcane”!
Na Leo Lani Chorus 