Preview: Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu.Although the name of the company won't fit on conventional marquees, founding director Patrick Makuakane has been packing in audiences and students for 20 years. The engaging Honolulu-born artist's aim was twofold. In rescuing hula from its fate as a Waikiki shopping mall diversion for weary tourists, he has revealed a rich, traditional culture the secrets of which can't be revealed merely by wearing a grass skirt and strumming a ukulele ukulele (y  kəlā`lē), Hawaiian musical instrument developed from the Portuguese guitar. It has a fretted fingerboard and four strings that are plucked or strummed. . By fusing this indigenous art form with contemporary music, he has shown us a culture in evolution. Makuane believes that anyone can learn the hula; the 20th anniversary show includes a number for members of the San Francisco Fire Department The San Francisco Fire Department provides fire and emergency services to the City and County of San Francisco, California.The SFFD serves an estimated population of 1.2 million people (which includes the approximately 740,000 citizens residing in the 47. . Who would have imagined that ethnography could be such a sensuous, participatory, experience? The company name translates as "the many feathered wreaths at the summit, held in high experience." Oct. 15-23, Palace of Fine Arts
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