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Clyde Halemaumau "Kindy" Sproat (November 21, 1930 – December 15, 2008) was a Hawaiian
Virtual Festivals: Clyde Sproat
1930 births 2008 deaths 20th-century American musicians National Heritage Fellowship winners Singers from Hawaii 20th-century American singers Native Hawaiian musicians People from Hawaii (island) {{Hawaii-stub
Clyde Halemaumau "Kindy" Sproat (November 21, 1930 – December 15, 2008) was a Hawaiian falsetto
Falsetto ( , ; Italian language, Italian diminutive of , "false") is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave.
It is produced by the vibration of the ...
musician
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.
Sproat was born in Honokane Iki, North Kohala
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, Hawaii
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and died in Hawaii
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.
He was a recipient of a 1988 National Heritage Fellowship
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awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts
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, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.
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* *Virtual Festivals: Clyde Sproat
1930 births 2008 deaths 20th-century American musicians National Heritage Fellowship winners Singers from Hawaii 20th-century American singers Native Hawaiian musicians People from Hawaii (island) {{Hawaii-stub