Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 8, Number 5, 1 Mei 1991 — Steel guitar concert May 6 [ARTICLE]
Steel guitar concert May 6
"Kika Kila, E Ola Mau" (Steel Guitar will live forever) is the theme of the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Ho'olaule'a Monday, May 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the new 'clubhouse banquet rooms of the Ala Wai Golf Course on Kapahulu Ave. The concert was created to showcase the steel guitar, whieh is the only modern-day instrument invented in Hawai'i. Steel guitar is popular also on the mainland, as well as Japan and Europe. Artists of different styles, backgrounds, and abilities will be featured, among them Japanese steel guitarist Kiyoshi Kobayashi. Loeal artists invited to play are Alan Akaka, Jerry Byrd, Barney Isaacs, Casey 01sen, Merle Kekuku and Herbert Hanawahine. <