NEWS. PRESS. MUSIC. SIDE PROJECTS. CD BABY. ITUNES. CAFEPRESS. PHOTO. CLIP. THINK. DONATE. LINK. INFO. THINK. Waterfall Wahine [Waimea Valley] Waimea Valley, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii. When the Honolulu City Council proposed the subdivision and sale of a large portion of Waimea Valley on Oahu's North Shore (just along from Sharks Cove), a groundswell of resentment began to build. A huge visitor attraction and home to world-famous botanical collections and a large number of archaeologically significant sites, the valley is of huge cultural value to the native Hawaiian people and the North Shore community. Written in Hawaii in December 2005, 'Waterfall Wahine' speaks out against shameless profiteering of developers and custodians of public lands. Waterfall Wahine [Waimea Valley] has now been recorded for Daniel's 2006 release OP-ED, a collection of environmentally, socially, and politically inspired songs. You can hear @ CD Baby. >> Click to hear: OP-ED: Environmental / Social / Political [2006] Track 13: Waterfall Wahine [Waimea Valley] Music & Lyrics by Daniel Gannaway/Apra © 2006 In ancient times Hawaiians believed The valley had healing powers So they'd come to the foot of the Waihe'e Falls And bath their wounded soldiers Don't chop the valley up for an investor's profit driven funds It's priceless preserved for us all and for generations to come The giant waves are crashing into Waimea Bay Follow the river up the valley and you just might find A waterfall wahine Deep cultural significance and botanical collections aside Development threatens to change forever what the valley is like Don't chop the valley up for an investor's profit driven funds It's priceless preserved for us all and for generations to come The giant waves are crashing into Waimea Bay Follow the river up the valley and you just might find A waterfall wahine A waterfall wahine Waimea Valley Waimea Valley The giant waves are crashing into Waimea Bay Follow the river up the valley and you just might find A waterfall wahine © Daniel Gannaway/Apra - December 2005 Some links regarding Waimea Valley: http://waimeavalleycoalition.org/ http://honoluluweekly.com/cover/2005/11/waimea-indivisible/ http://starbulletin.com/2005/11/20/editorial/editorial01.html http://starbulletin.com/2005/11/17/news/story09.html http://www.audubon.org/local/sanctuary/Brochures/Waimea.html http://oahu.aloha-hawaii.com/tours/waimea+valley,+oahu/ - Some related links: http://www.northshoreland.org/ http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com/ http://www.savesharkscove.org/ - NO MALL AT SHARKS COVE features on Daniel's album @ CD Baby: >> SUMMER STORM | a collection of ukulele ditties Quick links: >> MP3s & CDs @ CD Baby! >> Apple iTunes >> Rhapsody >> iSOUND >> MP3tunes >> Napster >> eMusic >> myspace >> VIRB >> ReverbNation >> CafePress ^ top ^ thankyou for supporting truly independent music