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Kala Koa Entertainment: 2009 Festival Video Highlights
I have been so lucky to continually have the opportunities to meet the most wonderful people in the world. After last year's Aloha Falsetto Festival , Jeff Peterson stayed a few extra days in town so he told me about a new friend he'd met just a couple months prior and how, if we have time, we should go hang out with Steffanie Borges. He explained to me that she was really cool and is the daughter of jazz crooner Jimmy Borges who's been entertaining in Hawaii for like, forever. Jeff met her when he was invited to perform at the Romance Festival that I think Matt Catingub is heavily involved in and said she also works as a videographer with her husband Randy. So we decided to combine a trip to Spazzio's , a great jazz restaurant in the valley, with dinner with Steff and Randy. As we ate and enjoyed great music by John Pisano, we all hit it off and they have since turned into the most wonderful friends anyone could have. Back in the day, Steff and Randy used to play in rock bands and it's through them that I met the guys in Tesla (almost got to see WAR) and attended a fundraiser that featured artists such as Kevin Cronin, the lead singer from Three Dog Night, drummer Greg Bissonette and even had guitar lessons with Carlos Cavazo as a silent auction prize. I "won" Doug Marks' Metal Method , something I've read about in heavy metal guitar magazines like Circus since I was a kid - funny huh? Randy and Steff shot the Festival from 2 handheld cameras while their friend Louis operated the jib which is that big boom arm with the camera attached at the end which allows for those wide sweeping shots and extreme closeups without having to actually be on stage right in the performers' faces. Check it out and tell me what you think! Like Hawaiian music? Then you will LOVE my Hawaiian music festivals! They include the Southern California Slack Key Festival (www.socalslackkeyfest.com) and Aloha Falsetto Festival (www.alohafalsettofest.com), both in beautiful and sunny Redondo Beach,...
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Maui Country Club Announces its Special Events for 2012 San Francisco Chronicle (press release) table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFAeq3yxDkaWGQp24I7RLk8hw2Uegamp;url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f%3D/g/a/2012/01/31/prweb9152690.DTLbMaui Country Club Announces its Special Events for 2012/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fSan Francisco Chronicle (press release)/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1This club is for lovers of bHawaiian music/b, whether or not you play. Members amp; friends gather on the last Saturday of each month in the Clubhouse at 4:00 pm with their ukulele, bguitar/b and bmusic/b for an informal jam session. Since its inception in the b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dhOo5BHGwQFaMiMnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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Aloha Music Camp 2012 offers two musical retreats Big Island Weekly table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEhFEUfrSIo75v7JzuDpOwevYwb5wamp;url=http://bigislandweekly.com/news/aloha-music-camp-2012-offers-two-musical-retreats.htmlimg src=//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/QHfqiDgGBBOWaM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2Big Island Weekly/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEhFEUfrSIo75v7JzuDpOwevYwb5wamp;url=http://bigislandweekly.com/news/aloha-music-camp-2012-offers-two-musical-retreats.htmlbAloha bMusic/b Camp 2012 offers two musical retreats/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fBig Island Weekly/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Enthusiasts of bHawaiian/b song, dance and culture will converge on the grounds of Keauhou Beach Resort this year for Aloha bMusic/b Camp. Two weeklong retreats are scheduled in 2012 – February 5 – 11 and July 1-7. Each retreat will feature bclasses/b in b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dmwiOSTci_r3cXMnobrb/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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JENNIFER JACKSONS PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Ukulele group to play a few ... Peninsula Daily table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHE-VQB0CKd63gP5dwA3oz-_uePWQamp;url=http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120125/NEWS/301259999/jennifer-jacksons-port-townsend-neighbor-column-ukulele-group-tobJENNIFER JACKSON#39;S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Ukulele group to play a few b/b/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fPeninsula Daily/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1“I ended up moving to bHawaii/b.” A senior at Port Townsend High School, Samantha teaches the introductory bclass/b at Ukuleles Unite, a monthly gathering where people of all ages learn to play all kinds of bmusic/b on the four-string bguitar/b./fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dsNdLMC00tJtiyMnobrb/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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Taylor, family, friends connect with space station commander Berkshire Eagle table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGpF60tL65T_XwkR7GLjGrt84UpSAamp;url=http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_19849458bTaylor, family, friends connect with space station commander/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fBerkshire Eagle/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1quot;It#39;s such a treat, wonderful to see you all,quot; he said, promptly displaying his guitar floating on the module#39;s ceiling. As a longtime fan of the singer-songwriter, Burbank has been taking virtual bguitar lessons/b offered free on Taylor#39;s website./fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dQx5ArHrB1tyvLMnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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Founder started Hawaiian music festival on a shoestring Daily Breeze table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFvp4Jxz5q2PkaokED-1I6hGZAvKQamp;url=http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_19786888bFounder started bHawaiian music/b festival on a shoestring/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fDaily Breeze/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1(Scott Varley / Staff Photographer) Mitch Chang began the first slack key festival in Redondo Beach with little more than a deep love of bHawaiian music/b and a drained savings account. The investment paid off. Five years later, the event is considered to b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=doybr0rP82Q8ihMnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |