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PHOTO BY LAWRENCE TABUDLO<\/p><\/div>\n

Whether herding animals on her Waialua property or drawing crowds to another sold-out performance, veteran entertainer Ginai always finds ways to shine.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

It started with a single horse \u2014 a birthday gift from her husband a decade ago \u2014 and the search for a home where the steed could roam.<\/p>\n

But even though mononymous singer Ginai would eventually find the right spot, a 5-acre parcel in Waialua, O\u2018ahu, she knew she could never limit the number of animals on her land to just one.<\/p>\n

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Rocking out at Tapa Bar earlier this year with guitarist Charlie Longhi (left) and bassist Darrell Aquino of Funk-AHolics. PHOTO COURTESY GINAI<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

So, the pet lover gave in to her nature and the single horse soon welcomed three more horses. Next came sheep, goats, chickens, ducks and pigs, too. Then, she allowed honeybee colonies to be formed there, and wild peacocks (the only uninvited guests) to roost on a ficus tree that bordered her leased property.<\/p>\n

Even an old jack covered in sores ultimately cantered his way onto the site. She\u2019s since given him the name Don Juan de DonKee because \u201che\u2019s very loving and sweet with the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnimals just seem to find me,\u201d says the veteran entertainer, whose herd includes a kitten and three dogs. (\u201cTwo are good with the animals \u2014 the other one is not so good.<\/p>\n

He tries to eat the ducks and he\u2019ll chase the donkey!\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of our former neighbors had abandoned a ram and a ewe, so we picked them up and brought them to our farm and the next thing I know, they\u2019re making babies!\u201d<\/p>\n

Ginai admits to adoring the little ones, but acknowledges the entire lot hasn\u2019t been shy about running roughshod over her sod.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve now got a herd, and I can\u2019t stop them. I don\u2019t have enough grass!\u201d she says with a chuckle.<\/p>\n

Nor does she have the heart to turn away feathered friends in need of a new abode.<\/p>\n

When a neighbor passed away unexpectedly and his daughter asked if the songstress could take the family\u2019s 12 chickens with her, she chirped in agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to build a chicken coop and reinforce it with a crazy amount of chicken wire because the mongoose around here are hungry. They want the eggs and if the eggs aren\u2019t there, they\u2019ll take the chicken,\u201d explains Ginai.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe chicken coop is the size of a garage \u2014 I mean you can park your car in it \u2026 it\u2019s that big.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, when she discovered several abandoned ducks at a nearby trailhead, she quickly scooped them up and honked her way back to the property she whimsically refers to as \u201cPeacock in a Ficus Tree Farm.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re now constructing a duck pond for them and soon we\u2019ll have an enclosure around it,\u201d she says proudly.<\/p>\n

Life on the farm certainly has its pluses, according to Ginai. For example, her honeybee population actually belongs to a couple of beekeepers who requested room to cultivate their colonies. In return, they promised to pay her in, well, syrupy sweetness.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe deal is we get a 5-gallon bucket of honey every now and then,\u201d explains Ginai. \u201cSo, every Christmas, we simply give away jars of honey to people.\u201d<\/p>\n

But managing livestock has its disappointments and adversities as well. The biggest tragedy occurred when a pack of wild dogs descended from the nearby Wai\u2018anae Range and slaughtered some of the farm\u2019s occupants. The culprits were never caught, and the fact that they\u2019re still roaming the mountains hasn\u2019t eased the concerns of this shepherd of animals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been worried for my horses for so long,\u201d Ginai confesses. \u201cI sleep by my little enclosed campfire just listening to the sounds of the dogs, because I have incredible ears and I can hear them in the distance bouncing off the valley walls and everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the unexpected culling of the herd, Ginai and her family continue to maintain the farm as best they can, even with the ever-present challenges of dealing with soaring food costs and supply shortages.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a particularly brutal summer with the cost of buying supplemental feed, plus the 30% rise in shipping and other issues. So, it\u2019s been breaking the piggy bank trying to find ways to feed all the animals,\u201d she sighs.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s OK. I don\u2019t trip about stuff like that because Ke Akua provides. It\u2019s just how it works. You put out, get back.\u201d<\/p>\n

It may be surprising to some that this longtime performer is just as comfortable standing before audiences and sparkling in sequined dresses as she is gathering chickens under her wings while glistening in sweat and sporting overalls. But the thing about Ginai is that she knows how to straddle both the urban and the rural quite well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a glamour puss! I\u2019ve got three closets worth of clothes and shoes,\u201d she admits. \u201cBut, I\u2019m also a country girl. I don\u2019t have a problem putting on rubber boots or cowboy boots, or getting all muddy and dirty and having my hair be a sweaty mess.\u201d<\/p>\n

Born in Chicago but raised in M\u0101\u2018ili, Ginai was taught by her mother at an early age to put in an honest day\u2019s work and to embrace her diverse ethnic heritage of Hawaiian, African American, Native American, Scottish, Irish and French. But the greatest emphasis was placed on the importance of living by the Golden Rule.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mother always brought us up with the lesson of giving, of doing unto those as you would have done unto you,\u201d she recalls. \u201cWe watched our mother help everyone, from friends to family to complete strangers, so we had an example set for us early in our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond her obvious love for animals and desire to shelter them, the singer remains committed to blessing the lives of people as well. In the last decade, she\u2019s not only served as a foster parent to her sister\u2019s daughters and a cousin\u2019s five children, but also as guardian of an elderly man from the Valley Isle.<\/p>\n

In explaining how she first crossed paths with Izuo Yamazaki, Ginai recalls performing with Willie K at Maui Memorial Medical Center a few years back and noticing an emotionally distraught man crouched in the corner of the hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I inquired about him, the staff said that he needed a guardian, someone to take charge of him because he gets bounced around a lot by care homes, and that there\u2019s a little bit of dementia also going on.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I volunteered to take guardianship of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once Yamazaki was on O\u2018ahu, Ginai found a place for him at a care home. Then, to form bonds between him and her \u2018ohana, she\u2019d pick him up on a regular basis so that he could participate in family activities.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Yamazaki was diagnosed with terminal cancer just a few months after their friendship began. Immediately, Ginai cleared out her home office, had a hospital bed installed and sought onsite nursing care so that he could spend his remaining days among loved ones.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore he died, he told me, \u2018Ginai-san, you take my ashes \u2026 I like go swimming with the fishes,\u2019\u201d she recalls. \u201cWhen he passed, I had him cremated and flew his remains to Maui.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pausing briefly to remember her time with the man she fondly calls \u201cYama,\u201d and reflecting upon the lesson taught to her so many years ago by her mother, an emotional Ginai begins to tear up. There isn\u2019t a day that goes by in which she doesn\u2019t think of him.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a troubled and lonely man \u2026 and he fought his care home operators all the time, but I loved him till he moved on. He needed us, and we were there for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to think that I treated him the way that I would want to be treated.” she says.<\/p>\n

Fans of Ginai have been treated to her melodious and powerful voice ever since she was a teenager. In the seventh grade, she captured a talent contest by singing Roberta Flack\u2019s The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face<\/em>. By 16, she joined a group that toured military bases (her father was in the U.S.Army) and performed \u201950s music covers. Following high school graduation, she landed in the Bay Area where she played with a nine-piece funk band called Mo Dog.<\/p>\n

After returning to the islands, she found success with local swing band Hula Joe & The Hut Jumpers and Hot Club of Hulaville, and captured both Hawaiian Music and N\u0101 H\u014dk\u016b Hanohano awards along the way. In recent years, she\u2019s turned into more of a jack-of-all-trades type of musician despite being defined as a jazz and R&B singer for much of her career.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I\u2019m with (bands) Kailua Bay Buddies and Funk-A-holics, I\u2019m playing rock, funk and soul,\u201d explains Ginai, who was a regular performer at Blue Note Hawai\u2018i from 2017 to 2019. \u201cSo in a sense, I\u2019ve expanded as a singer, as a performer, as a musician … I\u2019ve been freed, I\u2019ve been allowed to fly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to be in a box,\u201d she continues. \u201cYou can no longer define me other than to say that I\u2019m the cream of the crop at whatever I do. I\u2019m not trying to toot my horn, but I\u2019m really good at a lot of stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Music lovers can still catch her live with Funk-A-holics every fourth Thursday of the month at Tapa Bar at Hilton Hawaiian Village. She also plays a monthly gig with Hawaiian Soul at the same venue. And, to help ring in the new year, she\u2019s teaming up with Kailua Bay Buddies for three performances at Shorefyre in Waik\u012bk\u012b. The dates are Dec. 30, 31 and Jan. 1, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Those who prefer catching her performances on social media regularly visit her Instagram account, @dginai. There, she streams live shows from Peacock in a Ficus Tree Farm, where she sings and bangs on the bongos while being accompanied by keyboardist Alan Okuye.<\/p>\n

In many ways, Ginai has finally hit the high notes in her life. She has her farm, her family and a thriving music career. More importantly, she still has a lot of love to give to all creatures \u2014 whether they roam about on two legs or four.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy life is not centered around making money,\u201d she states. \u201cMy life is centered around making joy and happiness for animals, for people, for audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

And you can bet the farm that that\u2019s a life worth living.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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