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ABOUT WELDON KEKAUOHA
2013 Na Hoku Hanohano Award Winner!
Male Vocalist of the Year & Entertainer of the Year
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Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts (HARA) Member
Contemporary Hawaiian Music at its best.
From an early age it seemed that Weldon took a keen interest in music. His natural musical abilities were quite evident even while in elementary school where he certainly stood out amongst his classmates.
In 1973, his mother took him to audition for the Honolulu Boy Choir where his singing talents were quickly recognized by director Roy Hallman.
As a member of the choir, Weldon participated in performances through out Hawaii and extensively toured the continental US, Mexico and Canada.
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Weldon continued performances with ʻNa Kane Pono' and he also started playing the Waikiki circuit, doing shows for a gentleman by the name of Kawika Trask where he filled in as a guitarist. Mr. Trask also gave Weldon his first opportunity to travel abroad as a musician for the promotional-team at Hawaiian Airlines. Later, Weldon became a part-time employee for Hawaiian Airlines and also took on a full-time position as a Pipefitter-helper at Pearl Harbor Navel Shipyard.
In 1988, wanting a change, Weldon moved to Seattle, WA. He transferred with Hawaiian Airlines to the SEA-TAC International Airport and attended a community college in the Seattle area, eventually to attend the University of Washington in 1990. It certainly was a growing period for Weldon and the move to the continent only intensified his appreciation and love of Hawaii. In Seattle, he once again found himself doing what he loved the most, playing music. He hooked up with a group of former Hawaii residents from the Seattle-Tacoma area and together they played regularly at a few of the Hawaii hang-outs like ʻLahaina Louieʻs' in Redman and ʻHaiku Gardens' in Tacoma. The group was called ʻKe Awawa o Na Pilikua Elima', translated to mean ʻthe valley of the five giants', funny because as the fifth member, Weldon stood 5ʻ6' at best. Even so, the group was a great connection to the Hawaiian community in the pacific north-west.
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April 22, 1995, at the age of 28, Weldon married Rona Ching. They met while attending the University of Washington and dated for a couple of years. By October of that year their first daughter Melia was born. Weldon continued work with Hawaiian Airlines as a flight attendant but, always followed his passion as a musician. A couple of years later would bring the arrival of their second daughter, Moea with their last daughter, Hailiopua being born in 2003.
As the years rolled by, Weldon slowly started to create a reputation for himself as a somewhat accomplished musician, and offers of recording contracts soon followed. In 1999, Weldon signed on with an independent record label ʻA Guava Ding Thing' owned by KITV4 News sports anchor, Robert Kekaula. The two quickly began work on Weldonʻs first project at a recording studio in Kahala. Dave Tucciarone produced the album and by the middle of the year ʻHawaiian Man' was ready for release. The album got great response and established Weldon as a versatile, contemporary-Hawaiian, solo recording artist. The following year the album won for ʻMost Promising Artist' at the 2000 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards.
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Returning his attention to his solo career, Weldon started to gather material for his second album. At this point the Manao Company lacked leadership and a newly organized group emerged as ʻTapa Groove'. By this time, Weldonʻs second solo project was nearing completion and in an effort to jump start the newly organized ʻTapa Groove', Weldon decided to add the group to his project. Thus the album became know as ʻWeldon Kekauoha & Tapa Groove'. The new CD, entitled ʻKanaka Maoli', was a mix of contemporary and traditional Hawaiian music. It highlighted Weldonʻs growth as a song writer, arranger and producer. ʻQueenʻs Jubilee' a selection off the album quickly became Weldonʻs signature song earning ʻTapa Groove' four final ballet nominations at the 2004 Hokuʻs. ʻTapa Groove' continued performances for about another two years and eventually stopped playing as Weldon desired to refocus his attentions and efforts into his solo career again. He began performances with Alika-Boy Kalauli IV and John Baricuatro Jr. who was later replaced by Bryan Tolentino.
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Weldon Kekauoha a native of Honolulu, Oahu was born August 21, 1967 to parents Ailene & Edward Kekauoha. He attended schools in the Kaimuki area from Wai'alae Elementary to Kaimuki Intermediate graduating from Kalani High School in 1985. Weldon has two younger siblings: Brother Aaron and sister Kaleleonalani.
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