| Author |
 Topic  |
|
Pops
Lokahi
USA
387 Posts |
 Posted - 04/19/2012 : 11:29:49 AM
|
| Mahalo, Dagan, sounds like big fun! |
 |
|
|
Ambrosius
Lokahi
132 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2012 : 11:33:05 PM
|
| Well, this thread has certainly inspired me. Once in a lifetime, maybe I should bring my wife with me and visit Hawaii and the Big Island. |
|
|
|
Konabob
`Olu`olu
USA
928 Posts |
|
|
chunky monkey
Ha`aha`a
USA
1025 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2012 : 3:41:24 PM
|
| Thanks to KonaBob for hanging with me for lunch last Thursday during our 10 day stay. He was off island on Sunday, so we didn't get to see him play. |
|
|
|
Pops
Lokahi
USA
387 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2012 : 6:03:37 PM
|
My wife and I just returned from our trip to the Big Island to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary and I'd like to thank everybody who offered their suggestions about what to do, where to stay, where to eat, etc. We had an absolute blast and an anniversary that we'll never forget.
One really fun day at the beach we met a wonderul woman from Waipiʻo Valley. My wife and her spent part of the afternoon visiting and when I got around to meeting her we began to talk about all sorts of things, including music. I asked her if she knew where any slack key could be found and she told me her uncle was a great player who used wahine tunings. When I told her I loved to play she surprized me by pulling a guitar out and asked me if I could show her some beginner's slack key. As I showed her how to tune and some chords and began to play she got really excited and ran back to her car to get an amplifier so other's could listen. Another Hawaiian gentleman stopped to listen and he told my wife, "He's got the stuff!". Afterwards,when she told me what he said I felt like I was on cloud 9. That's a memory I'll treasure forever.
Thanks again to everyone for their suggestions. We had a great time and can't wait to go back!
Mahalo again! |
|
|
|
sirduke58
`Olu`olu
USA
993 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2012 : 11:48:51 PM
|
Great moment Pops, those are the experiences that makes all the practice worthwhile. You may have inspired that wahine to take up ki ho'alu. So cool to be validated like that too. "You geddum!!!" AWESOME!!! |
Hoof Hearted?...Was it you Stu Pedaso? |
|
|
|
Pops
Lokahi
USA
387 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2012 : 06:44:34 AM
|
| Thanks a ton, Duke! And for the record...I told her if she didn't pursue her uncle's invitation to learn, I'd jump on it instead! Have a great day. |
|
|
|
ypochris
Lokahi
USA
398 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2012 : 5:39:21 PM
|
Since Waipi'o has a population of 65, every one of whom I know, I'm curious as to the woman's name...
(Of course, "from" Waipi'o Valley can mean something different than that she actually lived there- family from there, family farms or owns land there, etc., so a family name would be helpful!) |
|
|
|
Pops
Lokahi
USA
387 Posts |
Posted - 07/14/2012 : 4:59:06 PM
|
| Christopher, unfortunately I forgot her name, but I seem to remember it began with the letter "M" and that she drove a Subaru 4wd stationwagon. She braided great palm baskets and was a really nice woman. |
|
|
|
ypochris
Lokahi
USA
398 Posts |
Posted - 07/15/2012 : 08:19:46 AM
|
Thanks for trying, Mark. Since I haven't lived there since 2006 I don't know what people are driving any more, and the other details could fit a number of people.
Just idle curiousity in any case... |
|
|
|
Topic |
|
Big Island
