The concept here is almost like a traveling circus show — in the range of quaint and inventive song selections, in the "theatrical" CD packaging with four-fold panels hidden behind a "curtain," in a manic photo gallery that's tucked inside the album.

Both Willie and Eric have composed many of the gems. From the opening "E Komo Mai," by Willie, to the hapa-haole syncopation of their combo creation, "Eia La," there's welcoming and winning exuberance in the music. "Huli Huli Chicken" is 'ono stuff, complete with rooster call, and should easily find its place as the anthem at all of those local smoke-choked fundraisers.

While the party spirit of "Only Wanna Party," heard twice, may steal the thunder of the Barefoot Natives, the contemplative "Cool Day" and the descriptive "Ki ho'alu Man" propel the act into the mainstream; there's no denying there's power and prowess in the ranks and in the disc's 13 tracks.

She also is a composer, but wisely mixes old favorites like Lena Machado's "Pohai Ke Aloha," classics such as "Kaimana Hila," hula numbers like "Papalina Lahilahi" and adoptive material like Keith Haugen's "Ka Pua" to reflect her journey over ocean and time.

The songs, and the delivery style, are clearly from a by-gone era, when vocal ensembles were true troubadours. The performers are long gone — Auntie Aggie died Oct. 3, 1977, at age 55 — so the archival melodies serve as a tribute and a primer for an era of joyous music-making.

Check out "Makawao," "Venus," "Hanohano Olinda" and "Rain Kilikilihune." It's old-fashioned, old-style, hula-oriented music, with precise rhythms, tempos, enunciation, delivery.