Aloha everyone! It’s an overcast day in Osaka and we will be performing our last two shows before departing for airport to catch our flight back to Hawaii. It’s been a very busy 8 days, but it was so nice to see all of our friends and fans and to be able to perform for …
Aloha everybody! We’re making final preparations for our trip to Seattle on Thursday to perform at the University of Washington’s annual lu’au. I heard that the weather has warmed up a bit and that Seattle’s harsh winter season may finally be over … oh well, we’ll find out very soon! After we return on Sunday, …
We just received the DVD copy of the Hiroshima TV special about my mother’s journey to find her family roots. What a wonderful program! I found myself feeling many of the same emotions that I felt last September when we started filming this project in Hiroshima. If you haven’t seen it yet, I sure hope …
Aloha, ManoaDNA debuted at the brand new Kani Ka Pila Bar & Grille in the Outrigger Reef Hotel last Saturday evening with lots of family and friends in the audience. This week it will be just me & Alex since Nick is going to the mainland to visit friends. Sitting in on Friday at Lulu’s …
Hi all … Well, after a nice and restful ’08 X-mas & New Years, we’re off and running in what looks to be like a very busy 2009! We just completed filming a project for TV Shin Hiroshima which will be aired in Japan towards the end of March. The actual TV schedule can be …
What’s up everyone? It’s almost February … boy, January sure went by quickly! We’re experiencing a bit of cold weather here in our islands with temperatures in the low to mid 60s F. It may not be cold to some of you but it’s FREEZING to us locals! We’re starting to get very busy with …
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 …