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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
USA
1918 Posts |
 Posted - 03/26/2009 : 05:36:38 AM
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Okay -- it's official. I'm retiring, and have sold MELE.COM, effective April 15. Uiha!!!! 
My dear friend Fred Krauss of Maui will do an outstanding job with the website. He has the knowledge and expertise to grow it even bigger and better. The site will close down April 15 while we make the transition (and pack and move allllll this inventory!), with a reopen date scheduled for May 1st.
I'm definitely not leaving the island music industry though -- still got my radio shows, and will keep supporting island musicians and wonderful music they bring us.
Just wanted all you wonderful TPers to hear this news from me, straight up!
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Auntie Maria
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My "Aloha Kaua`i" radio show streams FREE online every Thu & Fri 7-9am (HST)
www.kkcr.org - Kaua`i Community Radio
"Like" Aloha Kauai on Facebook, for playlists and news/info about island music and musicians!
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Kaiulani
Akahai
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2009 : 06:09:37 AM
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Auntie Maria - doggone it! I knew someday I would have bought enough music to contribute to your retirement fund! Glad I could be of help! I highly recommend retirement. It is something we all should aspire to. Now you have to go look for another kuleana.
Thank you so very much for starting the business. Without you, folks like us so far away from the Islands would have a very limited knowledge of Hawaiian music. You have not only provided a venue from which we can purchase our beloved music, but you have provided so much more -- news, your listing of halau, the liner notes but most of all, samples of the music. You know I have availed myself so very much of the wonderful ability to search your database for the song I am studying at that time to hear of the versions available. You have shared so much with us in your activities to promote Hawaiian music, but most of all, you have shared your infectious aloha for the music and the people who make the music.
We owe you a debt of gratitude. We thank you. Mahalo nui loa.
Gonna be some pau hana party, I bet!
Paul and I wish you nothing but the best. If you just feel like sitting on the lanai in a rockin' chair, then just do it. No feeling guilty allowed. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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Julie H
Ha`aha`a
USA
1206 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2009 : 12:44:13 PM
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WWWWAAAAAAHHHHHH Maria
How will I find you now? Will you change your email address? What about that handsome guy in shipping? How will I find him?
Well, I hope you two get to enjoy all the things you live in Hawai'i for, besides those sweet daily trips to the Post Office. Man, are they going to miss you!
Hugs, and best of retirement to you,
Julie |
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Pupule
USA
4551 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2009 : 1:09:23 PM
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| Hard to imagine a mele.com without an Auntie Maria! They've been one in the same for so long. Congrats on selling your business. Good to know that you will still be in the scene and supporting as you have for all these years. |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2009 : 2:16:29 PM
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| WOW - that is stunning news, Maria. You have done such a fantastic job (and I know Fred will be great at it as well - everyone here knows who is is, right?), and I will always be grateful for the guidance you have provided over the years - not only with your music sales, but also with your HARA connections, your live-performance leads, even the insight you gave me several years back for the broadcast of material from the slack-key festival on Kaua`i. MAHALO NUI LOA, and you have certainly earned the joy of letting it go (though I suspect you will be busier in retirement than you were in business!) |
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2009 : 2:26:58 PM
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Congratulations, Auntie! As Wanda said, retirement is something we all should aspire to. I've been aspiring for a long time, and know from whence I speak! As a friend told Wanda when she retired,"Don't take on any job you can't do in Bunny Slipppahs!". Now you'll have time to post here more often, right?
Paul |
"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello |
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keneke ka
Akahai
USA
75 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2009 : 3:40:42 PM
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Mahalo Auntie for all da music info you provided ....
no bettah place fo retire den Kaua'i , eh ?
enjoy the journey.... |
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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
USA
1918 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2009 : 04:51:02 AM
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You guyz are da best...making eyes well up with tears, reading your messages this morning!
Not to worry, I'm still going to be patch-active here. Not leaving the industry; just leaving the retail end of it. For those who don't know Fred Krauss, he's part of Punahele Productions -- the power behind all those wonderful releases by Keali`i Reichel. So MELE.COM is going into _very_ capable hands.
My new email address is already active (auntie at lava dot net), and Julie -- that handsome guy in my shipping department sends hugs to you and Sir Lawrence! |
Auntie Maria
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My "Aloha Kaua`i" radio show streams FREE online every Thu & Fri 7-9am (HST)
www.kkcr.org - Kaua`i Community Radio
"Like" Aloha Kauai on Facebook, for playlists and news/info about island music and musicians!
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chunky monkey
Ha`aha`a
USA
1025 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2009 : 06:17:35 AM
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| Mahalo Auntie for all the music. Be sure and post a new email for yourself. Where else will I hear about what's going on in Kaua`i. Congrats on retirement; I feel like I've contributed to that over the years, what with having bought about 200 CDs from Mele.com. A hui hou |
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ArtSap
Lokahi
USA
267 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2009 : 11:17:03 AM
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| Wow, seems like just yesterday when I first ordered a CD from you - 1997, as a matter of fact - and you were still here in the SF Bay Area - Capitola. Congratulations on your latest life change. Mahalo nui loa for da music! A hui hou - malama pono... |
Art
SF Bay Area, CA / Mililani, HI
"The real music comes from within you - not from the instrument" |
Edited by - ArtSap on 03/27/2009 11:17:38 AM |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2009 : 1:13:26 PM
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| Auntie - as someone said above, I have contributed mightily to your retirement! I hope, tho, that your successor is as good as you at suggesting and helping with my needs. Mahalo nui loa for what you've done. |
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kuulei88
Akahai
USA
75 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2009 : 5:23:05 PM
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Auntie--mele.com is the bomb because YOU made it so!! Here's wishing you a happy retail retirement.
aloha, amy k. |
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Pops
Lokahi
USA
387 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2009 : 12:20:33 PM
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Auntie,
Mahalo for all your efforts and best of luck to Fred.
-Mark |
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