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sm80808
Lokahi
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 Posted - 03/31/2011 : 12:36:10 PM
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Q for the Pacific NWerners.
Is there any Hawaiian music in Portland?
Just curious.
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guitar yogi
Akahai
Kiribati
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Posted - 03/31/2011 : 3:03:03 PM
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| There was an annual ukulele festival in Portland for a few years running, but I think they cancelled it a few years ago and it has not been revived yet. Led Kaapana came to Eugene last summer, not sure if he made it to Portland.(I sure hope he comes back this summer!!!) I also think there might be an Aloha Festival near Albany each year, but I'm not sure. |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 03/31/2011 : 6:33:51 PM
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| Not much, if any, that I know of. There is a Hawaiian population in Vancouver, WA that has a festival sometime in the summer, and several friends of mine play Hawaiian music and hula in Eugene. |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 03/31/2011 : 6:36:00 PM
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| Shawn - if you're headed to Portland, Seattle is a 3 hour drive from there, and there's lots of Hawaiian stuff going on up here. I can talk to you about it when i get to Oahu next Thursday (4/7). |
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dr. cookie
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 03/31/2011 : 7:17:08 PM
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The Kekui Foundation has been promoting many aspects of Hawaiian culture throughout the year in Vancouver-Portland ... they are the group that sponsors the huge 3-day festival in late July: http://hawaiianfestivalpnw.com/
The Portland Ukulele Association (PUA) is very active, but not necessarily Hawaiian: http://www.pdxuke.org/
There are also at least a couple Hawaiian eating spots in the area.
With all of this, there's bound to be Hawaiian music around...unfortunately, I can't be more specific about where it might be.
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sm80808
Lokahi
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Posted - 04/01/2011 : 03:19:15 AM
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Hey thanks guys. I was just curious because I saw this wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Oregon
Portland sounds like a hip place.
@ Jack: Hey man, I'm still out of the country and won't be back to Oahu until July at the earliest. Definitely miss being home and playing with and the rest of the guys.
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 04/01/2011 : 08:34:14 AM
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| Portland is a great music town and a hotbed of traditional American music - old timey string band, bluegrass, Cajun, contradance and country (the Carter Family, etc). Shawn, I'm gonna miss you next month, too. |
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