Happy April Everyone, just giving you a little heads-up on what we’re doing this month. As we move into spring and begin the summer tours, keep checking back for updates as we got a lot of things in the works.

25th: University of Washington Lu’au Delicious and authentic Hawaiian food, an exhilarating hula performance, two great concerts by recording artists Koa’uka and our own club band, live music by award winning Hawaiian contemporary artists Manoa DNA, a country store where Hawaiian snacks and crafts can be purchased, a raffle prize giveaway and most importantly a once a year opportunity to experience Hawai’i in Seattle! Visit the website online

10th: Fridays at Lulus We continue our Friday night gig down at Lulus every Friday this month. Check out the 27th for a special solo night by Alex

4th, 11th & 18th: Saturdays at Kani Ka Pila Continuing our Saturday night gig down at the Outrigger Reef hotel, we invite you to join us every Saturday night as we jam under the stars. Located at the end of the Beachwalk, in the heart of beautiful Waikiki, it is a great venue. Hope to see you down there!

It’s a green month and we’re excited for St. Patrick’s Day! We hope you all had a great February and are ready to get your Manoa DNA on in March. Below are our events for the month, so come down and jam!

14th & 15th: Honolulu Festival Hawaii’s premiere event featuring events, demonstrations, food, crafts, and more from in and around the Pacific rim! We will be playing down at the Convention Center twice on Saturday and once on Sunday. Check out our entire schedule for the times.

14th: PACT Hawai’i Fundraiser A strong fundraiser to gain support for the Parents and Children Together charity, we are happy to be performing for our second year in a row.

21st: Saturday Nights at Kani Ka Pila Beginning our weekly Saturday night performances down at the Outrigger Reef, we are excited to get this show on the road and light up Waikiki on Saturdays! Come down for this premiere or any other Saturday after that.

20th-28th: Japan Documentary We were very fortunate to be a part of the Honolulu-Hiroshima’s 50 year sister city celebration with this documentary. Shot over the year, last year, it follows us as we go in search of long-lost relatives in Hiroshima. Broadcasting in Japan for now, the schedule is here.

Fridays: Lulus Waikiki We continue our Friday night gig down at Lulus every Friday this month. Check out the 27th for a special solo night by Alex.

For more information and full schedule for the month, visit our schedule page.

Tis the month of love and we here at Manoa DNA headquarters would like to wish everyone a very happy February! Now I know many of you are preparing for Valentine’s day on the 14th and wondering what you could possibly do to make the day as special as possible? Well I’m here to let you in on a couple of special events we have planned for this month, that you could include in your festivities!

2/6: Punahou Carnival Keeping alive the annual tradition, Manoa DNA will once again be performing for our alma mater at the Hawaiian Plate Booth of the Punahou Carnival. Always surrounded by our friends and family, we look forward to this gig every year as it gives us a chance to give back to the place that gave us so much. Friday, 2/6/09, 7pm, Hawaiian Plate Booth of the Punahou Carnival

2/7: Twilight at Kalahuipua’a For those of you on the Big Island, or planning to take a trip there, we will be performing for the February installment of “Talk Story” with Danny Akaka. Set on the porch of the Eva Parker Woods house at the Mauna Lani resort, it is a completely free event hosted every month under lantern and full moonlight. Saturday, 2/7/09, 5:30pm, Eva Parker Woods House on the grounds of the Mauna Lani Resort on the Big Island

2/14: Ukulele Picnic Alongside great entertainers from both Hawai’i & Japan, Manoa DNA will be celebrating Valentine’s Day in style!

2/16: Great Aloha Run Entertaining the runners and their guests, Manoa DNA will be jammin’ up the Great Aloha Run party between 9 & 10 A.M. If you are running at this event, we’ll see you down there!

Other than that, we will of course have our usual monthly installment of Gordon Biersch on the 4th, and down at Lulu’s Waikiki on the 13th & 27th. For a full list of events, including the ones mentioned above, see our schedule.

I have updated our photo album with pictures from last Fridays photo shoot. We (more like Dad) were out on the north shore shooting photo and video for Hawaii Tourism Japan’s upcoming campaign. They heavily featured our own “D,” so I had a lot of free time to shoot the beautiful day. Head on over to our photo album, and check out the great day of fun in the sun!

They got everything from Hawaiian massage booths for the parents, to a waterslide for the kids. Not to mention all the great food!

If you are in and around the island, we invite you to come down and check it out. Were on at two o’clock, see you here!