Ua minamina ke Kuhina Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi e ka make o Jamaica Songbird

1. Ua lilo ʻo Karen i inoa hale ma ka hoʻokipa a me ka Jamaica ākea.
2. Ua lilo ia i mea like me ka hoʻokipa ma ka mākaʻikaʻi a hele aku i mea hana no nā hanana he nui i kēia ʻoihana.
3. He pelekikena ʻo Smith ma mua o ka Jamaica Federation of Musicians and Affiliates Union a ua loaʻa iā ia ke kauoha o ka hoʻokaʻawale ma ke kūlana o ka luna.

"Kanikau ka mahele mākaʻikaʻi holoʻokoʻa i ka hala ʻana o ʻO Karen Smith nāna i lawe mai kahi spark a kupanaha i kāna mau hana. Hāʻawi aku wau i kaʻu mau ʻōlelo hōʻoluʻolu i kona ʻohana, nā hoaaloha, a me nā hoapili, "wahi a Kuhina Bartlett. "Ua lilo ʻo Karen i inoa hale i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka Jamaica ākea me kāna persona a me kona leo kūʻokoʻa," i hoʻohui ʻia e Kuhina Bartlett.

"Haʻaheo maoli wau i ka lilo ʻana i hoaaloha na Karen, ʻo ia nō ke kumu hoʻohālikelike o ka lokomaikaʻi, a me ka hoʻokalakupua. ʻAʻole hoʻonanea kāna mau mele i nā mea he nui wale o mākou akā ua hana i kahi ʻano hōʻoluʻolu i nā poʻe he nui i nā ʻano like ʻole. Hoʻomanaʻo pū ʻia ʻo ia no ke alakaʻi maikaʻi loa āna i hāʻawi ai i ka pili aloha mele, "i hōʻike ai ʻo ia.

ʻO Smith kahi pelekikena mua o ka Jamaica Federation of Musicians and Affiliates Union a ʻo ia ka mea i loaʻa i ka Order of Distinction ma ke kūlana o ka luna.

“Ua lilo ʻo Karen i mea like me ka hoʻokipa i ka mākaʻikaʻi a hele i kahi mea hana no nā hanana he nui i ka mahele. Ua ʻike ʻoe i ka manawa i kākau ʻia ai ʻo Karen, e hana ʻole ka hana me ke komo pū ʻana, "i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Luna Hoʻokele, Donovan White.

Kaulana ʻia no nā mele me "Paradise," "I Sought the Lord," a me "I Could Fall," ʻo Smith kekahi hapakolu o ka hui, ʻo Pakage, i hui pū me nā mea mele ʻo Gem Myers lāua ʻo Patricia Edwards.