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Elvis Presley Aloha from Hawaii 1973 ## part 1 of 7

hawaii — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:12:11 +0000

Aloha from Hawaii is a music concert that was headlined by Elvis Presley, and broadcast live via satellite around the world on January 14, 1973. It was watched by over one billion viewers worldwide and remains the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.The concert took place at the International Convention Center Arena in Honolulu (now known as the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena) and aired in over 40 countries across Asia and Europe (who received the telecast the next day, also in primetime). Despite the satellite innovation, the United States did not air the concert until April 4, 1973 (the concert took place the same day as Super Bowl VII). The show was the most expensive entertainment special at the time, costing $2.5 million. As the event was the first-ever such performance to be broadcast live via satellite, Presley taped a January 12 rehearsal concert as a fail-safe in case anything went wrong with the satellite, during the actual broadcast – however, nothing went wrong during the January 14th broadcast. For both shows, Presley was dressed in a white “American Eagle” jumpsuit designed by Bill Belew. Audience tickets for the January 14 concert and its January 12 pre-broadcast rehearsal show carried no price. Each audience member was asked to pay whatever he or she could afford. The performance and concert merchandise sales raised $75000 for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund in Hawaii. (Kui Lee was a Hawaiian composer who had died of cancer in 1966 …

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Bruddah IZ ~ Hawai’i Aloha

hawaii — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:47:10 +0000

“We shall extend and display respect to all others which reflects our own appreciation of humanity. We shall carry our pride quietly, neither boasting of ourselves nor speaking badly of others – often a dishonest method of self-praise. Yet we must be unashamed of our principles and honest in our criticisms.” ~ Hawaiian Code of Conduct Bruddah Iz ~ Israel Kamakawiwi’ole ~ Hawai’i Aloha.

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Aloha, Hawaii!

hawaii — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:46:04 +0000

live.pirillo.com – The next time you take off from an airport, upload your video and post it as a response to this one. Here I am, leaving Hawaii again. If you wanna know what it’s like to land in Hawaii, simply play this video backwards.

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