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mike2jb
Lokahi
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 Posted - 09/07/2007 : 10:31:59 AM
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Well, I don’t have a ticket to Jake Shimabukuro’s sold out show this evening, but if you do or if you’re around these parts tomorrow (Sept. 8), don’t miss the San Francisco `Ukulele Festival in Yerba Buena Gardens. It’s free!
I think the line-up is approximately as follows:
10:55 - Opening Oli by: Kumu Hula Shawna Kealameleku'uleialoha Alapa'i
11:00 - The UFOs ('Ukulele Friends Ohana)
11:25 - Kimo Hussey
11:50 - Carey Camacho
12:15 - Al Dodge and the Tin Pan Haoles
12:45 - Faith Ako
1:15 - The Victor Ohana Band
1:45 - Ukulele Ray
2:00 - Tippy Canoe and the Paddlemen
2:25 - The Frisky Frolics
2:55 - The Paper Dolls
3:00 - Festival Finale with special guests
I’ve gotta work, but I hope to get over there at least at lunchtime, if only to see what a “Tin-Pan Haole” looks like.
Unsubstantiated rumors around here have it that Jake may be one of the 3:00 “special guests.”
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 09/07/2007 : 11:04:30 AM
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Oh, I sure like Faith Ako. I've got her latest LP and it is way good. That looks like quite the line up.
Tippy Canoe and the Paddlemen? What about and Tyler, too. |
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Malama pono,
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Fran Guidry
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 09/07/2007 : 2:37:18 PM
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Kimo Hussey (devastating `ukulele virtuoso, heckuvva good slack key player, terrific singer too) will be in the SF Bay Area for a few days, so in addition to the Uke Fest gig he'll be dashing across the Golden Gate to play with Ka'ala Carmack at Pacific Catch in Corte Madera some time around 2 PM. Then that evening he will come back across the bridge to sit in with Hiram Bell (hikabe) at the SF Hukilau.
On Sunday he's doing a workshop with Ka'ala Carmack. I'm not sure if this is open to the public or limited to Ka`ala's Jtown Hui. Then at 3 PM he's over to Berkeley to do a workshop, then a dinner break, then a concert at Mike DaSilva's ukulele shop/concert venue http://www.ukemaker.com
On Monday he's headed to Santa Cruz for a workshop and an evening jam/concert/SC Uke Club meeting.
So this weekend is an embarrassment of riches for our household. Lynnie is doing a fund raiser spaghetti feed/show for her halau, Kimo is running around all over the place, and I'm trying to figure out what to play at Led's shows.
Other comments on the lineup at the First Annual SF Uke Fest -
I'm a big fan of Kumu Shawna.
The UFO is a marvelous group of friends/uke enthusiasts who meet weekly for a pot luck/song circle. I've tried to get them hooked into Taropatch but no luck so far.
Faith Ako is the bomb. She owns any stage she stands on.
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