By LEHIA APANA, Staff WriterPOSTED: June 19, 2008
Napua Greig won the Na Hoku Hanohano Award for female vocalist of the year.
Maui’s recording stars shined bright Tuesday night, bringing home top honors in four categories at the 31st annual Na Hoku Hanohano Awards.
The Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts presented its version of the Grammy Awards before a sold-out crowd of 1,040 at the Hawai‘i Convention Center on Oahu.
Capturing the coveted female vocalist of the year award was Napua Greig for her debut album, “Pihana.” Greig is currently on a two-week music tour in Japan, so her mother, recording artist Hulu Lindsey, accepted the Hoku on her behalf.
“I’m happy not only for myself, but for my family and everyone who worked on the project with me,” Greig said via cell phone from Nagano.
Despite Greig’s absence, a group of friends and family attended the award show, including her mother, daughters Kala‘iakea, 8, and Ka‘ilihiwa, 9, and sister Kahulu Maluo-Huber.
“Of course we were all so excited. We were hoping that she would win, but she was up against some really tough ladies — the most beautiful singers in Hawaii — so we could only hope,” Lindsey said of her daughter’s win.
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