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Konabob
`Olu`olu
USA
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 Posted - 05/02/2005 : 4:58:13 PM
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I am starting to think about attending these two events this year. They seem like a good place to show off my http://www.konawalkingstick.com bass. So I thought I would put it out there and see if any of you will be attending either of these events, and what your impression is of them (if you have been to them before). Southern Cal Uke Festival: http://www.ukulelefestival.org/
ALOHA CELEBRITY RACES & POLYNESIAN FESTIVAL
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Races start 9:00 a.m. Festival starts 11:00 a.m.
Santa Cruz Wharf
Designed especially for new and novice paddlers, the Celebrity races are a chance to discover the excitement of outrigger canoe racing. Join the fun or cheer for friends in the race. The Polynesian Festival follows with a taste of the tropics- fresh flower leis, Hawaiian shaved ice, Maori face painting, print making and dance performances. Free bike valet. Co-sponsored by Pu Pu O'Hawaii Outrigger Canoe Club. Call 420-5273 or email: wharf @ ci.santa-cruz.ca.us. Cost: FREE
Gordon (Kapila Kane), if you don't get to go to Maui, these might be a good way to get a Hawaii fix without traveling over water.
Aloha,
-Konabob
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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 06:38:17 AM
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The Santa Cruz Festival has grown considerably since it's inception -- which was two vendors, one local halau and their musicians, and LOTS of fog and wind! 
The space for vendors is constrained by the surrounding buildings, so that can't have grown much larger than when we last saw it (2002) -- there were about 20 vendors or so. Because the area is so small, it feels like there are thousands of attendees, but it's actually more like a few hundred or so.
The Festival itself starts late morning, runs about 3-4 hours. For the first few years, entertainment was provided by Dancing Cat Records, who brought many of the islands' slack key masters (wu-huuuuuuu!). Dancing Cat no longer sponsors concerts, but there is always hula and music provided by local talent.
You can email the wharf office for details about booth rental fees, etc.: wharf @ ci.santa-cruz.ca.us |
Auntie Maria
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wdf
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 06:49:15 AM
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| We have been to the last two so. cal. uke festivals. They are quite well attended and have a lot of ukulele workshops covering a wide variety of styles. There are, also beginning and intermediate slack key guitar workshops. A lot of instrument vendors and other hawaiiana vendors come; also some good food booths. It's in Cerritos, just northeast of Long Beach. It, however, is just a one day festival. |
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Auntie Nancy
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 09:52:29 AM
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Aloha Dusty!
When is the one in Cerritos?
thanks!
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wdf
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 10:03:52 AM
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Auntie Nancy sez:
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When is the one in Cerritos?
Follow the link in Konabob's post. |
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