Kanoe Miller, Waikiki's hula veteran, takes viewers on a picture-perfect tour in her debut "Romantic Waikiki Hula" DVD.

The journey begins, appropriately, with "Waikiki," the Andy Cummings classic, performed at water's edge with Diamond Head in the background. She wears a turquoise gown, accented by a white ginger lei and a lily tucked in her hair. She exudes elegance and eloquence.

"I'll Remember You," the Kui Lee composition, closes her hula panorama, in a sunset setting. It's prefaced with personal recollection and history, acknowledging Lee's role in a changing landscape of music and his premature death due to cancer. Again, she's radiant and stylish, donning a pink-and-orange gown, a pua kenikeni choker lei at her neck, a bird-of- paradise flower in her hair.

In between, there are gems galore — feasts for the eyes and ears.

On "Lovely Hula Hands," which plays like a number expressly written for Miller, she performs on East O'ahu's rugged shoreline, in a free and open space — with the waves keeping up with her choreography.

With "Sweet Leilani," she turns interviewer, talking story with Tim Owens, son of legendary Oscar-winning composer and bandleader Harry Owens, who wrote the song for his Hawai'i-born daughter named Leilani. Miller chooses a refreshing rose garden for her dance.

The most fun segment is "Hawaiian Vamp," in which the Hawaiian Hut becomes a '40s nightspot peopled by service men, with Miller in kitschy but cool floor-length cellophane skirt, gliding through what clearly is a favored fantasy.

For "Love Song of Kalua," she recalls her family's fondness for the old movie (Mom swooned over Louis Jordan, Dad associated with look-alike Jeff Chandler, and Miller "wanted to be Debra Paget") and then delivers a nocturnal version of the tune.

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