Kahulanui

KAHULANUI HAWAIIAN SWING BAND
ALOHA & MAHALO TOUR

Aloha to supporters and contributors,

The band “Kahulanui” is an organization that is dedicated to promoting Hawaiian Swing and Jazz music from the 1920s through the 1950s. Its’ Founder and Visionary, Lena Naipo, considers music a world language where we can all communicate. Through fundraising events, performances and activities, Kahulanuis’ mission is to inspire people to value and discover Hawaiian Swing and Jazz music as a resource to strengthen the educational and social vitality of Hawaiian communities, cultural organizations and individuals.
Kahulanuis’ accomplishments thus far include a Grammy Nomination in 2014 in the Regional Roots Category, 3 Hawaiian Na Hoku Hanohano Award nominations in 2013 and was chosen 1 of 12 worldwide bands to perform in New York for the 2015 global music fest, commonly known as GlobalFest. Kahulanui also performed at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and the Veterans Hospital on Long Island, N.Y. for our dedicated service men and women. On our tour in 2015 Kahulanui will feature workshops and seminars focusing on Hawaiian Style Swing and Jazz music with its’ instrumentation of vocals, Hawaiian steel guitar, ukulele, guitar, bass, drums and a 4 piece horn section consisting of a tenor sax, alto sax, trombone and trumpet. A brief analysis of Hawaiian Style Swing and Jazz music will be discussed in terms of melody, harmony, counterpoint, tempo, rhythm and orchestration. When traveling with our hula dancer or dancers they will also participate in sharing their knowledge and interpretation of how hula played a role in Hawaiian Style Swing and Jazz Music.
This July 2015, Kahulanui will be on tour for 26 days under the Herschel Freeman Music Agency. A renowned music agent of 25+ years who is committed to the worlds cultured music industry. He feels Kahulanui is a new and exciting Hawaiian group out of Hawaii Island with a unique style of Hawaiian Swing and Jazz Music which will open new doors in the Hawaiian music market. The tour which consists of 6 U.S. states and 9 cities and counties will showcase Kahulanuis’ unique style. The venues are the most sought out performing stages in the world music community. The festivals and events can attract attendance of 5,000 to 10,000 or more, world music lovers.

KAHULANUI July 2015 Tour Schedule
1.) Lincoln Center, NY
2.) Huntington Art Council, Long Island, NY
3.) Levitt Shell, Westport, CT
4.) Montana Folk Festival, Butte, MT
5.) The Ellen, Bozeman, MT
6.) Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA
7.) Libby Bowl, Ojai, CA
8.) Funk’s Lodge, Marenisco, MI
9.) Big Top Chautauqua, Bayfield, WI

Kahulanui is seeking individuals and corporate sponsors for our mission. We are not a non-profit organization. Kahulanuis’ goal is to break into the world music market for Hawaiian music education and most importantly, to teach and keep this genre of Hawaiian music alive! In the history of Hawaiian Swing and Jazz Music you will find it gained its’ popularity through movies and Hawaiian themed clubs throughout the U.S. during the 1930’s through 1950’s. It was a hard sale then for our Hawaiian musicians to make it and today is no different. In fact, maybe even harder now because of higher airfares, lodging, ground transportation and miscellaneous costs. Kahulanui is willing to open and share our cost and financial profit margins with our sponsors and contributors. Kahulanuis’ sincerity, dedication and sacrifice will show our love for the music more than the profitability of the mission at hand. It takes Kahulanuis’ 9 diversely talented musicians, a hula dancer and digital media person to recreate this Hawaiian Swing and Jazz Music concept.

Members of Kahulanui July 2015 Tour:
Rodgers Lena Naipo - Lead vocals / guitar / bass / MC / Founder and Visionary
Patrick Eskildsen – Vocals / bass / lead guitar / Stage Manager
William Noble – Sax / flute / Group Coordinator
Jesse Snyder – Sax / clarinet / nose flute / Music and Horn Arranger
Robert Duke Tatom – Vocals / lead and rhythm ukulele
Timothy Taylor – Drummer / percussionist
Vincenzo D’Angelo – Trombone
Joshua Timmons – Trumpet
Dwight Tokumoto – Steel guitar / rhythm guitar
Lei Naipo – Hula dancer / instructor / tour coordinator
Scarlet Eskildsen – Digital media / Retail sales manager

We humbly ask for your support as a sponsor for our July 2015 Aloha & Mahalo Tour. As a sponsor, your organization will receive exposure from media campaigns and all promotions for our tour. You will also gain publicity, signage recognition, logo placement and advertising from the audiences attending our concerts and workshops. When available, Kahulanui is offering promotional sales calls. As a company/corporation dedicated to diversity and inclusion, your organization is definitely an ideal partner for us in this venture.
You can view Kahulanui at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWzNwlzS_5s which was done as a promotional video for our Grammy Tour by Hawaiian Airlines. As a fundraiser for our GlobalFest Tour we hosted An Evening with Kahulanui at the Palace Theater in Hilo. This led to Kahulanuis’ performance at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage January 13, 2015 http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/videos/?id=M6171&type=A.
If you need any further information from Kahulanui, please contact me at my email address provided below. We look forward to hearing from you.

Mahalo,
Lena Naipo Jr: Founder and Visionary
William Noble: Group Coordinator
lolenajr@gmail.com or Kahulanui.com -

KAHULANUI TOUR PRESENTATION

Kahulanui will receive an estimated amount of $52,500.00 for performances while on tour. The total amount of expenditures for the Kahulanui Aloha & Mahalo Tour Mission is $54,746.91. As you can see we stand at a deficit of $2,246.91. But with your support these deficits can be turned into a wining situation for Hawaii Island and the State of Hawaii.
I’ve worked for many agents and agencies in a span of 30 + years and have never found an agent that was committed to the worlds cultured music scene as Herschel Freeman of the Herschel Freeman Agency. The commitment starts with respect for the culture, then the music, its origin and most importantly the people! Herschel has been the most honest music agent I’ve ever worked with! He has diligently tried to introduce Kahulanui to various cultural music venues. Due to lack of financial support, Kahulanui had no choice but to cancel events at the largest festivals in the US. Bangor Main, Earth Day Festival, the West Virginia Folk Festival and the South Carolina Music Fest 2015 were all omitted. By gaining your support Kahulanui would be able to reach out to more festivals as these that were passed over.
We can help teach, share and promote Hawaii through our music and diversified knowledge of sales, media and motivating instructional backgrounds. This would be a key tool in putting together a sales promotional team for Hawaiis’ tourist industry.
Lena Naipo - Background in sales and promotions for 10+ years with Hawaiian Airlines. He has worked closely with Debbie Nakanelua-Richards, Hawaiian airlines Director-Community Relations during the mid-1980s.
Pat Eskildsen - Co-owner of a lighting, stage and media company. His company does media programs which assist in power point presentations as well as stage decor and lighting enhancement.
Bill Noble - Master degree in music / high school music instructor and group coordinator for Kahulanui
Jesse Snyder – Motivational speaker / music coordinator
Dwight Tokumoto – Professor of Psychology / music instructor for after school programs
Tim Taylor – Degree in Finance and Accounting
Duke Tatom – Sales & Marketing
Vince D’Angelo – presently attending courses at the University of Hawaii majoring in Medical Science
Josh Timmons – Music major at University of Hawaii / mathematician
These are the traits of each individual member and their capacity of what they can bring to the table in creating the finest sales and promotion team to represent Hawaii Island and the State. We would create new and exciting ways to promote Hawaii.
How you may ask? The tour will bring awareness about Hawaiis’ finest points! Our beautiful beaches on Maui, the lush valleys of Waipio on Hawaii Island or Hanalei, Kauai, our live volcanoes to the oldest mountain range, the Ko’olaus on Oahu. But, most of all the people who make Hawaii truly what Hawaii is! Tens of thousands will attend these events where workshops will be offered along with our performances. Kahulanui would display promotional materials and power point sales presentations on the behalf of HVB, Hilton Corporation, United Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Big Island Candies, Kings Shops Waikoloa, Puu O Kumau Ranch, Ritz Carton Kapalua, The Queens Marketplace Waikoloa, Four Season Hualalai, The Westin Moana Surfrider/Corporation, Outrigger Corporation, The Shops at Mauna Lani, Mauna Lani Resorts and any other Hawaii businesses and corporations. What better way to promote such a unique place like Hawaii and the things we offer like our culture, music and dances of these islands.
It is the mission of Kahulanui to bring back to life the music of the swing era of Hawaiis’ past that made the roaring 1920s through the 1940s a special time in the Sandwich Isles! We will share this piece of Hawaii with not only our potential visitors but our locals who moved with their families to make a better life for themselves and for those who had no choice but to move because of the high cost of living in Hawaii. Our goal is to share and offer our makana (gift) of music, dance and knowledge and maybe giving them some thoughts of coming back home to Hawaii!
Kahulanui would like to send out our mahalo & aloha for all who have believed in us and have supported our ventures. We hope that our new concept in promoting Hawaii under a subcontractor Hawaii Promotional team will entice some of our local businesses and corporations to help build a new and exciting business in and for Hawaii!
Mahalo Nui…Kahulanui LLC. -

KAHULANUI
Performances and Profit Margin
For our Aloha & Mahalo Tour
July 2015

July 3 Midsummer Night’s Swing @ Damrosch Park
Bandshell, New York, NY $9000.00
July 4 Huntington Arts Council @ Heckscher Park
Chapin Rainbow Stage, Huntington, NY $5500.00
July 5 Levitt Shell, Westport, CT $4000.00
July 10-12 Montana Folk Festival, Butte, MT $10,500.00
July 14 The Ellen, Bozeman, MT $1500.00 &
60% over $3000.00
July 17 Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA $1500.00 vs
65% over $800.00
July 18 Libby Bowl, Ojai, CA $7500.00
July 24 Funk’s Lodge, Marenisco, MI $3000.00
(private event)
July 25 Big Top Chautauqua, Bayfield, WI $10,000.00

Total: $52,500.00

Kahulanui will be receiving a full grant from GlobalFest in the amount of $4000.00. GlobalFest is a non-profit organization which showcases the diversity of cultural music. Kahulanui had the privilege of being chosen as 1 of 12 groups to perform this past January in New York. These monies will not be available until the completion of the tour and we can produce receipts to justify the grant. More information on GlobalFest may be viewed online at www.globalfest.org. Click onto Touring Fund where you can view Kahulanui along with other cultural music performers awarded grants through GlobalFest. -

KAHULANUI
Expenses for our Aloha & Mahalo Tour
July 2015

Car Rentals: account with Budget Rent-A-Car
Transportation for 10 pax with luggage & instruments

July 2-8, 2015 New York / JFK 3 Mini Vans
Cost including tax w/o insurance - $726.55 per auto
Cost including tax with insurance - $849.40 per auto
Auto cost per day including tax - $103.79
Insurance – $17.55 per day / $122.55 weekly
Total cost for 3 mini vans incl. tax w/o insurance = $2179.65
Total cost for 3 mini vans incl. tax & insurance = $2548.20
There would be a savings of $368.55 w/o the added cost of insurance. For safety precautions we will be purchasing insurance.

July 8-15, 2015 Bozeman, MT 3 Mini Vans
Cost including tax w/o insurance - $578.93 per auto
Cost including tax with insurance - $760.53 per auto
Auto cost per day including tax - $82.70
Insurance - $22.70 per day
Total cost for 3 mini vans incl. tax w/o insurance = $1736.79
Total cost for 3 mini vans incl. tax & insurance = $2281.59

July 15-18, 2015 San Francisco, CA Full Size Van / Mini Van
Cost including tax w/o insurance - $490.82 full size van
Cost including tax with insurance - $565.68 full size van
Auto cost per day including tax - $163.61
Insurance - $25.35 per day
Cost including tax w/o insurance - $373.17 mini van
Cost including tax with insurance - $441.57 mini van
Auto cost per day including tax - $124.39
Insurance - $22.80 per day
Total cost for 1 full size van/1 minivan w/o insurance = $863.99
Total cost for 1 full size van/1 minivan with insurance =$1004.69

July 18-22, 2015 LAX / Ojai, CA 2 Full Size Vans
Cost including tax w/o insurance - $684.70 per van
Cost including tax with insurance - $710.05 per van
Auto cost per day including tax - $171.17
Insurance - $25.35 per day
Total cost for 2 full size vans w/o insurance = $1369.40
Total cost for 2 full size vans with insurance = $1420.10

July 22-26, 2015 Duluth, MN / Bayfield, WI 4 Cars
Cost including tax w/o insurance = $1235.56
Cost including tax with insurance = $1553.96
Auto cost per day including tax = $77.22
Insurance $19.90 per day / auto

Totals for all car rentals including tax and insurance:
New York $2548.20
Montana $2281.59
San Francisco $1004.69
LAX / Ojai $1420.10
MN / WI $1553.96
$8808.54
Estimated fuel cost $2000.00
$10,808.54


Lodging: Discounted rates obtained through employee & family rates
benefit ( 5 rooms needed per night )

July 2-9, 2015 NY/NY – Huntington, NY – Westport, CT $1608.96
Standard rack rate per room night - $159.00 + 23.86tx = $182.86 (7nts=$1280.02)
2 rooms for 7nts @ $628.04 / 2 rooms for 7nts @ $466.90
1 room for 5nts @ 514.02

July 12-13/13-15, 2015 Butte / Bozeman, MT $820.44
Standard rack rate per room night - $173.00 + 13.11tx = $186.11
2 rooms for 3nts @ $192.18 / 3 rooms for 3nts @ $628.26

July 15-18, 2015 Berkeley, CA $908.44
Standard rack rate per room night - $234.00 + 37.88 = $271.882 rooms for 3nts @ $258.90 / 2 rooms for 3nts @ $191.401 room for 3nts @ $287.76
July 18-23, 2015 Ojai, CA $2069.58
Standard rack rate per room night - $113.91 + 37.51tx = $151.42
2 rooms for 5nts @ $429.28 / 2 rooms for 5nts @ $995.00
5 rooms for 1nt @ $645.30

July 26-27, 2015 La Guardia
Standard rack rate per room per night - $152.00 + 14.75 = $175.42
3 rooms for 1 night @ $ 526.26 / 3 rooms for 1 night @ $ $ 401.63
3 rooms for 1nt 401.63

Total amount for lodging with tax = $ 5,808.95

Note: These rates were broken down at a standard rack rate. To keep our cost down we were given a friends and family rate and this is the reason for our low cost per room per night. Places like Bozeman MO, Ojai CA, and La Guardia @ the airport had no benefits in room cost. We then searched for the best price on various travel sites.


Airfare:
Kona to New York = $5,290.72 / 8 pax
New York to Montana = $4,491.90 / 9 pax
Montana to Seattle = $1,017.90 / 9 pax
Seattle to San Francisco = $792.90 / 9 pax
San Francisco to Los Angeles = $770.00 / 10 pax
Los Angeles to Duluth = $2,310.80 / 8 pax
Duluth to New York = $1,768.00 / 5 pax
Duluth to San Francisco = $394.60 / 1 pax
Duluth to JFK = $387.20 / 1 pax
New York to Kona = $2,630.43 / 5 pax

Total amount for airfare with tax = $19,854.45

Note: Portions of the airfare were paid out of our own personal accounts being that we have other personal endeavors that are not part of the tours mission.

Perdiem for meals:
$40.00 per person x 10 pax = $400.00 daily
$400.00 x 26 days = $10,400.00

Herschel Freeman Agency:
Booking agents fee @ 15% of the gross amount (estimate) = $7,875.00 -

KAHULANUI
PROPOSAL for SPONSORS

Hawai’i Island Level $1,000.00
Your business will receive signage recognition, name announcement for all performances, Kahulanui EP “From Hawaii to New York” and 1 fundraiser concert ticket.

Maui Level $2,000.00
Your business will receive signage recognition including logo placement, name announcement for all performances, Kahulanui EP “From Hawaii to New York” and 2 fundraiser concert tickets.

Oahu Level $3,000.00
Your business will receive signage recognition including logo placement, name announcement for all performances, Kahulanui EP “From Hawaii to New York”, Kahulanui LP “Hula Ku’i”, 1 Kahulanui tee shirt and 2 fundraiser concert tickets.

Kaua’i Level $4,000.00
Your business will receive signage recognition including logo placement, name announcement for all performances, 1 Kahulanui EP “From Hawaii to New York”, 1 Kahulanui LP “Hula Ku’i”, 2 Kahulanui tee shirts and 4 fundraiser concert tickets. Any literature of your business you would like displayed at our autograph session.*

Moloka’i Level $5,000.00
Your business will receive signage recognition including logo placement, name announcement for all performances, 1 Kahulanui EP “From Hawaii to New York”, 1 Kahulanui LP “Hula Ku’i”, 2 Kahulanui tee shirts and 5 fundraiser concert tickets. Any literature of your business you would like displayed at our autograph session* and a 1hr. Kahulanui performance for your business promotional venue.**

Lana’i Level $10,000.00 +
Your business will receive signage recognition including logo placement, name announcement for all performances, 1 Kahulanui EP “From Hawaii to New York”, 1 Kahulanui LP “Hula Ku’i”, 4 Kahulanui tee shirts and 8 fundraiser concert tickets. Any literature of your business you would like displayed at our autograph session* and a 1½ hr. Kahulanui performance for your business promotion or private venue. ** Kahulanui will provide 1 promotional sales call within a reasonable proximity to where they are performing.

Ni’ihau Level $20,000.00
Your business will receive signage recognition including logo placement, name announcement for all performances, 2 Kahulanui EP “From Hawaii to New York”, 2 Kahulanui LP “Hula Ku’i”, 8 Kahulanui tee shirts and 10 fundraiser concert tickets. Any literature of your business you would like displayed at our autograph session* and a 1½ hr. Kahulanui performance including staging, sound and lighting for your business promotion or private venue. *** Kahulanui will provide 3 promotional sales call within a reasonable proximity to where they are performing.

* All literature needs to be sent to the venue you would like your literature to be displayed, care of Kahulanui. A performance schedule will be provided.
** If the venue is off island the sponsor must be responsible for airfare, lodging, transportation, meals, sound, staging and lighting.** If the venue is on Hawai’i Island the sponsor will be responsible for sound, stage and lighting.
*** If the venue is off island the sponsor must be responsible for airfare, lodging, transportation, meals, sound, staging and lighting. *** If the venue is on Hawai’i Island Kahulanui will provide the sound, staging and lighting. -