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| WONDERWALL Music Shoppe & Emporium presents Oak Park Ukulele Meetup Group aka The Harrison Street Ukulele Players Home Current News MeetUp.com Photos YouTube! Contact Sitar Emporium Wonderwall Music Shoppe & Emporium |
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| Celebrating ASIAN-PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE Month and "MAY DAY"! FRIDAY MAY 1st - "MAY DAY!" "May Is Lei Day In Hawai'i....Blossoms of flower everywhere". May 1st is the official Hawaiian day of this fragrant, colorful, musical festival. State parades block the streets of Honolulu, displaying floats made of fresh flowers, the royal Hawaiian May Day court, Hawaiian musicians and dancers. This is a day of celebration in 'Hawai'i nei'. Wonderwall presents THE 1ST ANNUAL UKULELE ARTSHOW May 1-31, 2009 Venue: Eastgate Cafe' 102 Harrison Street Oak Park IL 60304 ARTISTS RECEPTION 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Live Ukulele Music by Oak Park's favorite Ukulele Group, The Harrsion Street Ukulele Players! Learn the 'hula' to one of Hawai'i's favorite songs, "Hukilau" taught by Honolulu native and co-owner of Wonderwall GiGi Wong-Monaco, founder of the Harrison Street Ukulele Players. _______________________________________________________ Wonderwall Music Shoppe & Emporium, *Oak Park Ukulele Meetup Group, *Ke Ali'i Victoria Ka'iulani Hawaiian Civic Club and *Kupa'a Pacific Island Resources presents a community event: SATURDAY MAY 16 11:30A - 1P "UKULIZE IT! POWER STRUMS 101 UKULELE WORKSHOP" with C. LANIALOHA LEE Learn techniques in ukulele strumming by one of Chicago's most highly-respected veteran and acclaimed musician and educator of Hawaiian music, dance and culture, Lanialoha Lee. Lanialoha: Founder, Executive Director of Kupa'a Pacific Island Resources, Faculty, Old Town School of Folk Music - Pacific Island Programs (Dance, Percussion, Ukulele) Ke Ali'i Victoria Ka'iulani Hawaiian Civic Club, board member Venue: 203 Harrison Street Oak Park Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Workshop Fee: $20 RSVP GiGi at: wonderwallemporium at yahoo dot com or call 708.948.7986 Giving back to the community. By attending this workshop, you'll also be helping "Hanai A Child, Hanai An Ukulele", a program designed to help underpriviledge Hawaiian children who can't afford an ukulele to continue and maintain their cultural heritage. Funds raised will give a child an ukulele, gig bag, tuner and strings. Lanialoha personally delivers and teaches these keikis, giving them hope for their future. 'Hanai' is Hawaiian which means 'to care for, nourish, foster, adopt'. Wonderwall is proud to co-sponsor this program. |