Last night went to Waikiki again with my girlies. Last week there were people who stopped and listened.
This week this little lady from Arkansas actually wanted to sit with the girls and sing.
When I asked her what song she liked she said "anything done by Don Ho".
She and her family were having the best time in Waikiki and she was ready for a good
time, she even had her silk flower lei.
Once again this uncle came up the street. He didn't have his uke with him, but it didn't take
him long to join in with the girls.
There were some Japanese tourtist that had just bought some ukeleles and he got them tuned up.
This couple were so happy to have someone actually play them!
I was thinking on my way home about these nights. After talking to the shopkeepers in front of where
they were playing, the locals who came into Waikiki for holoholo and just people
who hadn't been back here for 30 years~ people really MISS having real Hawaiians
playing real Hawaiian music. I'm not surprised how many people will ask me "they are real Hawaiians, right?"
There are still people out there that remember the "old Waikiki" and first time visitors that
have a mental picture of what Hawaii should be.
Well thanks to these friends, maybe someone left Waikiki last night with
a wonderful memory about those two ladies with the beautiful voices!
(oh and their friend, who wishes everyone walking by "Aloha")
1 comment:
I too miss the Waikiki of old...got to Honolulu in summer of '64 and the Aloha spirit was still alive and well along the beach and Kalakaua Ave.
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