• Left and right hand techniques
• Suggestions for effective instruction
• Performance parameters
• Program building
• Effective practice strategies
• Song selection
• Choosing and caring for the instrument
• Historical perspectives
• Networking

and any other facet of ukulele you’d like addressed.

Download the Molokai Ukulele Workshop Brochure.

As they say, good things always come in threes.  In just a couple of weeks, the Bay Area will be treated to 3 consecutive days of special ukulele events.

Beginning Friday, September 7,  the first ever San Francisco Ukulele Festival will kickoff with Jake Shimabukuro in a solo concert at Herbst Theater.    As part of the ongoing events surrounding the "Evolution of the 'Ukulele" exhibition at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art (www.mofca.org), Jake will perform a benefit concert.  Tickets are going fast, but Stephen Becker, curator of the exhibition just let me know there are still seats left.  Tickets are $28 and $22 at City Box Office (415) 392-4400 and online at www.cityboxoffice.com.  Herbst Theater is at 401 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco.

    The following day, Saturday, September 8 will bring a full day of outdoor ukulele pleasure with the San Francisco Ukulele Festival featuring uke-centric music by some of the Bay Area's best performers. Invited performers include: The UFOs, Al Dodge and the Tin Pan Haoles , The Paper Dolls, Tippy Canoe and the Paddlemen, Faith Ako, slack-key guitarist Carey Camacho , The Victor Ohana Band, Kimo Hussey and Ho'omalie <http://www.kimohussey.com> , Ukulele Ray, The Frisky Frolics and Ka Ehu Kai.   This will be in the beautiful Yerba Buena Gardens at Mission between 3rd and 4th Street in San Francisco from 11am to 4 pm.  Bring lawn chairs and picnics, but no dogs or alcohol please.  And this is a FREE event!  Oh, and visit the Museum of Craft and Folk Art just across the street while you are there.

    Then on Sunday, September 9, Kimo Hussey (www.kimohussey.com) will take a quick hop to the East Bay to deliver an afternoon workshop and evening concert at DaSilva Ukulele Co.    If you play Hawaiian music, you are sure to know the "He Mele Aloha" songbook (dark blue cover)  <http://www.ukemaker.com/images/hemelealoha.gif> co-authored by Kimo Hussey.   As a founder of the Pacific Music Foundation, Kimo is well versed in providing a rich educational experience with the ukulele.   Don't miss the opportunity to spend the afternoon with one of the top Hawaiian music educators.    Then  after a short dinner break, Kimo will provide us with some "soothing" Hawaiian tunes in a concert to closeout what is sure to be a memorable ukulele weekend. 

Workshop 3-5pm.  $25.  Concert 7:30-9:00pm  $15.  DaSilva Ukulele Co.  2547 8th Street, #28.  Berkeley, CA 94710  Call 510 649-1548 or email at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it   Directions are on the Calendar page at www.ukemaker.com.

Aloha

Aloha kakou,

We want to thank everyone who has supported Ho'omalie this past year by either purchasing our CD, "Only You", or attending one of our performances.

We have been busy promoting our music locally and globally, playing for concert audiences as well as for kupuna and keiki in elderly care homes and oncology wards. The rewards have been profound. It's always been our contention that we, the musicians, are merely the vessels for this music and when ego and human agenda is removed from the equation, the music will stand alone in it's purest and most beautiful form. This is what we continue to strive for as Hawaiian artists and hopefully, you can hear this in our recording.

"Only You"

by John Berger Honolulu Star Bulletin 

Vol. 11, Issue 335 - Friday, December 1, 2006

 http://starbulletin.com/2006/12/01/features/records.html

Ho'omalie
(Ho'okupu HKPU 1001)


Zanuck Kapala Lindsey won a Hoku Award ("Jazz Album of the Year") in 2000 with "Hula Joe & The Hutjumpers," an album of contemporary big band swing music recorded in response to the swing dancing fad of the late-1990s. The Hutjumpers are long-gone, but Lindsey is back with a new group, Ho'omalie, and an album that will certainly have much more staying power.