Oh we had so much fun at this year’s Carnival! We can’t wait to go back again and perform next year! Thanks to Lyle and the gang at the Hawaiian Plate Booth for making it such a great experience!
As for the rest of February, we invite you guys to come down and join us at any one of our usual spots; Gordon Biersch on Wednesdays from 7-10:30pm, or Lulu’s in Waikiki on Fridays from 6-9pm. If you are on the Big Island of Hawai’i, we will be performing, February 23rd, at the Twilight @ Kalahuipua’a at the Mauna Lani Hotel. It’s one of our favorite things to do during the year, and it’s always a packed crowd. If you are going to be in the area, come and check it out!
Like I mentioned early, we are very honored to be nominated for the 2008 Hawaii Music Awards. For those that have never heard of it before, the Hawaii Music Awards are like the Grammys for the music of Hawai’i, except that it is all decided on a public popular vote.
Therefore, we need your help, and your vote! We are nominated for the “Adult Contemporary” Album of the year, for a second year in a row, and are hoping to repeat last year’s victory!
Please click on the banner above, or visit http://www.hawaiimusicawards.com/voting, sign in using your email address and vote. You can vote once per day, per email, but if you have multiple emails, you can vote multiple times! Here are the step by step directions to vote:
1. Visit http://www.hawaiimusicawards.com/voting
2. Sign in using your email address (fake emails will cancel votes)
3. Click the radio button with our “No Place Like Home” CD cover
4. Continue voting, then on the last page enter the code at the bottom and submit.
*Only votes that complete all steps will be counted!
On behalf of my Dad and brother, thank you for all your support! We hope we can repeat last year’s excitement, and that can only happen with your vote!
Well, I have been so busy with the newsletters, that I forgot to update all you fans out there in web-land! You have Susan Gordon to thank for setting me straight and getting my butt moving again! Thanks Susan, it was great to meet you last night at Gordon Biersch!
First of all, HAPPY 2008 EVERYONE!
We hope that you and your family are enjoying a great start to 2008, and that you all had a safe holiday season!
Anyway, sorry again that I have been slacking, but the holidays got a little nuts. Here’s the latest 411 for all of you: 2008 Hawaii Music Awards: We were nominated for the “Adult Contemporary Album of the Year” category for the awards. I will post an update on that as soon as I can. MySpace Updated: Our schedule has been updated, so go check that out and come down to one of our upcoming events. Upcoming Events: We have a couple of major events coming up including Punahou Carnival & Twilight @ Kalahuipua’a on the Big Island. Check back as we finalize those details for more information.
Other than that, we are keeping busy at Gordon Biersch & Lulu’s weekly, so if you are in either of those neighborhoods, come and check us out!
That’s all for now. I will work on more detailed updates of those special events as I get to them
Dateline: December 12th, 2007. Manoa DNA finishes HTJ Promo message & music video. That’s right ladies and gentlemen, we completed the raw shooting for our upcoming campaign with Hawaii Tourism Japan!
Thanks to the crew, Ron Ogi & Shogo Kubo, for their outstandin work yesterday. We hope you guys had as much fun as we did! Check back here for updates on the music video and promo video, as we should have it posted up here once it has been completed.
After a brief hiatus, we are back in action! For those of you that didn’t catch us online yesterday, here’s what it looked like:
Thanks Susan for the Picture!
We were being broadcast live over the internet, for all the world to see, via alohavideo.tv and Pakele Live. This was a neat venue with a great sound system! Thanks to everyone down at the Pakele Lounge for all their Aloha! Check ‘em out at alohavideo.tv.
Other than that, we are happy to report that we have resumed our regularly scheduled programming! So, we hope to see you all down at one of our weekly gigs this holiday season!
