Happy 2009 everyone, and I hope you all had a great holiday season! ManoaDNA ended 2008 by performing at the Aloha Tower Marketplace on New Year’s Eve, finishing just in time to see all the fireworks displays at midnight. Here in Hawaii, fireworks are a big part of our New Year’s celebration so everyone participates. …
“Mele Kalikimaka” one & all, and I hope you’re having a great holiday season! It’s been quite rainy here for the past week with several areas on Oahu experiencing severe flooding. This weather is supposed to last until next week so I hope we’ll have a sunny Christmas! We’re still performing at our usual weekly …
Aloha everyone … It’s a beautiful sunny Wednesday, Thanksgiving eve, here in Honolulu and everyone is preparing for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving celebration and feast! I will be spending tomorrow morning golfing at Waialae CC with my buddies and then coming home to help prepare for our traditional Thanksgiving family gathering. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because …
It’s the start of another week after a very wet weekend here in paradise. We really needed the rain, though, since it’s been so dry here lately. ManoaDNA is still performing Wednesdays at Gordon Biersch @ Aloha Tower and also at Lulu’s Surf Club & Bar in Waikiki, but we’ll be flying to Kaua’i this …
Surprise … didn’t think I’d write another blog so soon, huh? Well, since we’re now home for the rest of 2008, I finally have time to bring you guys up to speed more often. We spent last week in Las Vegas and enjoyed the nice weather and beautiful golf courses. We also saw the musical …
Aloha everybody! It’s me, your long lost “DAD” … I apologize for not keeping up with my blog, but things have been so busy the past few months that I haven’t had a chance to bring you guys up to speed on what’s been happening (nah, I was just lazy!). Actually, Reiko Rogers from FM …
Aloha everyone! It’s another beautiful hot Hawaiian day here in paradise, and Nick, Alex, and I are starting to prepare for our upcoming trip to the Yokohama Hawaii Festival in a couple of weeks. We’ve been very busy with graduation parties and our regular weekly gigs, but we have two special events this week – …
Just left AVEX Studios after recording ManoaDNA’s rendition of the “Tiki Room” theme song for Tokyo Disneyland. I have to admit that I had my doubts when I first heard the original song – imagine a bunch of tropical birds singing with foreign accents to a Calypso beat and you sort of get an idea …
Wow … we arrived back in Hawaii yesterday, and boy am I exhausted! The flight from Osaka was quite comfortable since we each had our own row of seats and were able to catch a few hours of restless sleep … The last two weeks were filled with hard work, good fun, and great food …
We just got back from performing at the University of Colorado’s annual luau, and it was a blast! The weather was a little cold when we arrived on Saturday, but got warmer as the weekend progressed. By the time we left Boulder on Monday, it was in the mid-seventies … actually kinda hot! Boulder’s a …