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kaneohegirl
Aloha
USA
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 Posted - 01/02/2011 : 12:26:40 AM
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Aloha!!
I am just curious if there is any interest in an Oahu Slack Key Workshop. Myself and a few others would be willing to set plans into motion and get something rolling if there is enough interest shown from enough people.
We wouldn't want to interfere with the already well established workshops happening on the other islands...so that means there would have to be a real show of hands for having one on Oahu. If we did have one, what would be most appealing and when. A whole week, a weekend, a camp ground with cabins, a hotel.
Keep in mind that getting the best teachers is not going to be cheap. If we had a full week scheduled, would it be better.... one price for the whole week....or have different options, maybe if some people could only afford some of the workshops but not the whole week?
Please let me know what you think.
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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 01/02/2011 : 08:50:29 AM
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You might want to check with Led Kaapana, to see if he'll be doing his annual slack key workshop in Honolulu again this August:
http://www.ledkaapana.com |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 01/02/2011 : 10:58:56 AM
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| By all means, contact Ozzie Kotani. He lives up in the Pau'oa valley in Honolulu. He has a lot of CD's, instruction books, and he's one of the nicest guys I've ever met. www.ozziekotani.com/ is his website. There's even a Wikipedia page about him! Also, as Sir Duke and/or Braddah Jay here on TP. I'm sure he can arrange something. |
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kaneohegirl
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 01/02/2011 : 5:19:21 PM
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| Actually... thinking about the workshops made available at the Hawaii music awards is dis-heartening. What a great opportunity Oahu had with workshops by Dennis and Cyril.... at what I believe was a fair price, and hardly anybody signed up. I don't know....it was just ideas being tossed around by myself and a friend. I think people here take things more for granted...funny people all over the world are learning and playing more than right here. Still would like to hear whatever anybody has to say. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 01/03/2011 : 11:55:26 AM
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| Carmel - Last August when we came to visit, Patrick Landeza had his slack key immersion workshops at a very reasonable price. I think he was wanting to make it an annual thing. Perhaps getting in touch with him can get it to expand a bit from what he had. Everything was crunch, crunch, crunch time with his workshops, only a short while in duration. But there is certainly the desire for things such as this. It was great to have Patrick & his students play at the slack key festival and also to have them join us all at Waimea Valley. I am sure Paul would be interested, and if there is hula, `ukulele or other cultural type things, I would be interested as well. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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kaneohegirl
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 01/05/2011 : 4:09:11 PM
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Thanks everybody!! Great ideas. I have an email in with Patrick. Wouldn't that be great if every island had a week or weekend long workshop along side the festival. Of course it would include more than slack key.
Ideas and concept is coming from a reputable personality....for me, it's just about the passion and love of slack key. I am/would completely volunteer my time and efforts. |
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Karl Monetti
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 01/06/2011 : 9:13:16 PM
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| Dont know if Bobby Moderow still teaches but I found him very good as my first instructor. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 01/07/2011 : 05:02:59 AM
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| Last August, Patrick enlisted the kokua from Cyril Pahinui, Dennis Kamakahi and George Kuo to teach the students in the Slack Key Immersion Workshop. The lessons were fairly brief -- only a couple hours eacch, so not much in depth teaching could take place after the intros and talk story. The students also got to talk story with Eric Keawe and the Keawe `Ohana at the Waikiki Marriott, Bobby Moderow and Martin Pahinui and Kawika Kahiapo. To me the highlight (in addition to them playing with Patrick on stage the the Slack Key Festival) was hearing all those guitars playing together at the Waimea Valley Kanikapila. I think more casual setting like that is ideal. It was absolutely wonderful. But I would love to hear someone teach the story behind the mele (I think Uncle Dennis would be ideal), some basic hula and some `ukulele. I know that there are folks such as Duke or Timi Abrigo who would make wonderful instructors in addition to the more infamous folk. Timi really has a way of making it simple for one to understand some very basic things on `ukulele. Without him, I don't think I ever would have "got" it. And don't forget Derek, whoo-ee, he could teach all kinds of stuff. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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abrigoohana
Lokahi
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Posted - 01/09/2011 : 11:33:36 AM
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Hi Carmel,
I talked with Uncle George (Kahumoku) and Keoki too about slack key workshops here on O'ahu. They were both really supportive, but I didn't find a lot of local interest. Don't understand that, but we can talk more about it next time we meet. I know the perfect place for the the workshops too, I'd love to show it to you sometime when you aren't too busy.
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