Maui Ukulele Festival

Well, it was another busy weekend on Maui. After the Princess Ka'iulani Festival on Saturday, there was the annual Ukulele Festival on Sunday. It was a great festival with great performances of both traditional and modern music for the instrument that is a symbol of the islands.

Needless to say we went......we miss very few music, art, or drama events - except for Aerosmith last night.

The festival was a huge success with several hundred ukulele players - both large school groups and soloists - hula dancers, chanters and singers. A wonderful immersion in the special culture of these islands. One of our neighbors, Gerard, a very Bostonian Bostonian who loves all things Hawaiian, was part of Auntie Doll's South Maui Strummers, who opened the show.

It was well attended on the lawn at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center.Of course the opportunity to get some rays could not be missed so Caren took advantage of the occasion.



Then, to top it all off, Wayne was photographed by the roving photog of the Maui News and his picture appeared on the front page of Monday's paper,