Visit Hawaii. Play ukulele with friends.
That’s my personal recipe for happiness and this week cooked up some great fun as I joined a group of Kona-area players at their weekly kanikapila here on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Yearly Archives: 2013
A sign of the ukulele’s popularity: It’s now a “prop”
What could be more romantic than a summer day, time together and a 1940s Martin tenor ukulele? That’s what the photographer evidently thought with this portrait of our son, Matthew, and his wife, Danielle, celebrating their 7th anniversary. And yes, the plumeria flower over the left ear means Matt is “taken.” Danielle says so!
Pineapple Jam—and a lot of “oooooh-ing”
Sharing aloha.
That’s what Pineapple Jam did recently when they helped Paradise’s Craig Memorial Congregational Church celebrate its 134th birthday.
Fourteen of us—including a few who just learned to play earlier in the summer at our Ukuleles of Paradise meetings—provided the event’s Hawaiian-themed entertainment. We had six practices ahead of time (a lot for us) and it paid off with lots of smiling faces in the audience that night.
I was quite nervous about taking on “leading” the group. I can talk in front of people all day (and longer) but leading a group of players so that we started, ended and played together was a new skill I wasn’t sure I could handle. Plus, I’m definitely not a strong singer…