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Julie H
Ha`aha`a
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 Posted - 05/14/2012 : 8:47:23 PM
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Hey Mark,
You know, you and your lovely wife Annie have made a big difference in the lives of many people. I just want to publicly and loudly thank you for all the years of hard work and organizing, riding herd and all the while, playing music along with us hapless students.
I'm referring, of course, to Aloha Music Camp, starting way back at Kalani Honua on the Big Island, then over to gorgeous, lovely, ancient Moloka'i, and on to Keauhou Resort back on the Big Isle.
I'm sure it wasn't always a buggy ride, what with all those people asking you to do this and that, go here, go there, what about dinner, what are you gonna do tomorrow, etc. etc.
I have so many, many fond memories. I hope you do too, and while history has changed course over the years, noone can ever take those fabulous memories away from us. A million thank you's, and yes, your efforts are very much appreciated by many. Just wanted to let you know that...
Me ke aloha,
Julie
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Earl
`Olu`olu
USA
523 Posts |
Posted - 05/15/2012 : 04:51:51 AM
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| Ditto! Ditto! Ditto! Mahalo, Mark. |
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ypochris
Lokahi
USA
398 Posts |
Posted - 05/15/2012 : 11:09:48 AM
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Kalani Honua? Darn, that's, like, two minutes from my father's house. Could have done that one...
Must have been before I joined the lo'i. |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2168 Posts |
Posted - 05/15/2012 : 3:32:40 PM
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| Although I never went Aloha Camp, I've jammed with Mark. Ony nice! |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 05/15/2012 : 6:52:02 PM
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| Just communicated with him today, in fact. I miss the guy, too - so much talent and teamed with the ability to share it; a rare combination. |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 05/15/2012 : 6:56:27 PM
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| I talked with him today, too, mentioning this thread. He is still recovering from the experience and most likley won't look at this, but we can hope he will. Mark is a dear friend, a great musician a fine teacher, and I'm proud to say that I've been his sideman on several occasions. |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 05/15/2012 : 6:57:50 PM
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| Oh - Mark will be at the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in early July, as a participant (i.e., a "camper"). |
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Julie H
Ha`aha`a
USA
1206 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2012 : 6:54:26 PM
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Oh gosh,
I hope I'm not embarassing Mark in this post. 
I just felt that there needed to be some recognition send out over the ethernet waves.
Cheers!
Julie
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kihoalukid
Lokahi
USA
289 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2012 : 07:10:45 AM
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| I have not attended Aloha Camp, but surely have enjoyed Marks workshops, books, NW Folklife performances, and chat here on Taropatch. Mark is Awesome! |
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walterotter
Aloha
United Kingdom
20 Posts |
Posted - 05/22/2012 : 01:49:38 AM
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here in the shires south of Winchester (back east from Hawaii a ways . . .) its a beautiful late spring coming onto summer day, I gotta day off from supporting autistic adults and I'm going down to the sea with Tupelo my tenor uke with the low bass string and Mark Nelson's fingerstyle uke and his slack key uke buke, both dog eared now, as a hapless non musician in 2007 I've developed a pace with a long way to go but at the cornerstone of that development have been these two priceless tutorials.
I can't wait for Mark's country blues ukulele book, I may never meet him but I can sense he's a diamond fellah and when summer gets here for a about a week in some remote village near Carcassonne (that's France, east of Hawaii some), there will be this fellah with his gal lazing in a courtyard playing slack key love songs to each other from Mark Nelson's uke buke and both versions of Eddie Kamae's Morning Dew strung together like the pearls that shine from Mark's fingerstyle uke tome.
I figure from what's said here he's a diamond geezer and like my good friend from Florida once told me "there's only three things important in life, "love, laughter and learning, the rest is jest gravy . . ."
Too hot fer gravy I'm going to the beach . . .
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Originally posted by Julie H
Oh gosh,
I hope I'm not embarassing Mark in this post.
I just felt that there needed to be some recognition send out over the ethernet waves.
Cheers!
Julie
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ypochris
Lokahi
USA
398 Posts |
Posted - 05/22/2012 : 07:25:30 AM
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"near Carcassonne (that's France, east of Hawaii some)"
You sure it isn't West?
(I know, I know- going east would be a few miles closer even from the westernmost end of Hawai'i. But only a few...) |
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walterotter
Aloha
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/22/2012 : 11:10:30 AM
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ah no I wuz figuring on you folks in Hawaii coming from the west and if you wuz going to have a tour as ambassadors of slack key culturally slipping east puts a kharma upon the strings, been collecting shells on the beach today and playing Mark Nelson's beautiful arrangement of Lot Kauwe's He Aloha No'o Honolulu just sounds so sweet out under the sun . . .
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Originally posted by ypochris
"near Carcassonne (that's France, east of Hawaii some)"
You sure it isn't West?
(I know, I know- going east would be a few miles closer even from the westernmost end of Hawai'i. But only a few...)
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'the lights in the sky are stars . . .' |
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cmdrpiffle
`Olu`olu
USA
553 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2012 : 05:42:41 AM
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| Well said Julie and agreed 100%. Great guy. |
my Poodle is smarter than your honor student |
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guitar yogi
Akahai
Kiribati
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A great, big thank you to Mark Nelson
