I am leaving for Greece next Wednesday, July 24, and have been invited to play at a church in Thessaloniki. I don't think many Hawaiian steel guitars have been played there. Last year and the year before, I play my steel on a boat on the Sea of Galilee and in the Garden of Gethsemane. I have enjoyed every HSGA Quarterly issue. Let's me know all about the HSGA's activities.
Articles are very interesting, and most of the photos explanations are humorous.
Hawaiian music seemed to start booming in Japan this year, along with hula. The show business companies in Japan are planning to invite more musicians and dancers from Hawai'i, and even local small pub restaurants also are planning more Hawaiian shows than before. The first boom came soon after the end of WWII, in early '50s, and we enthusiasts expect this current trend to become the second boom. As you know, Japan is still under the deep economical depression and no sign of recovery today. And Bobby Ingano and Martin Panhinui are just waiting to be invited back.