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Christian Vision, Honolulu, Published 1998. Sheet music (songbook with CD), 48 pp.; 28 cm; words chiefly in English, some Hawaiian; catalog no. CV-115; for voice and piano with chord symbols; illustrated cover with ukulele, ferns and stars in yellow on dark blue and an inset black-and-white photograph of the Hongos; black-and-white portrait photographs by Mary Ann Changg.
In Good condition. Illustrated paper covers with light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and a few small nicks; moderate scuffing across rear cover with some color loss along edges. Distributor's ISBN label on rear cover, partly covering printed barcode. Staple bound, binding tight. CD included, now in a clear plastic bag affixed with tape to inside front cover. Pages clean and unmarked. Songbook of eight original Christmas songs by Randy Hongo (1947-2017), the Hilo-born Christian recording artist and six-time Na Hoku Hanohano Award winner who founded Christian Vision with his wife Gay in 1982, issued with a CD of 15 songs recorded by Randy, Gay and Andrew Hongo. The songs (copyright 1983-1995) celebrate Christmas in Hawaii with trade-wind, hula and surf imagery; Ua Hiki Mai Ke Ali'i has a Hawaiian-language chorus. Between the songs, each family member contributes a short Christmas memory: Andrew Hongo on childhood Christmas trees, Liberty House and Punahou; Gay Hongo on the last Christmas in the family's Manoa house before Andrew left for college in 1995; and Randy Hongo on his conversion through the Youth For Christ club at Hilo High School in December 1964. Introduction signed by all three; music transcribed by Bill Wiley; songbook designed by Craig Hirasaki. Contents: Christmas in the Islands Again; Coming Home for Christmas; Christmas, Hawaiian Style; We May Not Have Snow; Ua Hiki Mai Ke Ali'i; Christmas at Our House; Rejoice!; Good News.