Open Stage 1

The first Waikīkī Steel Guitar Week Open Stage program featured steel guitarists from California, Hawai‘i and Japan, and the Ke Kula Mele Hawai‘i Makua and NextGen performers.

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• Kris Oka from San Francisco.
• Open stage emcee Addison Ching.
• Kris Oka sang and played the steel guitar, a Magnatone modified for 7 strings.
• Shinichi and Kumiko Kakiuchi from Saitama, Japan with Larry Holu and Addison Ching.
• Kumiko Kakiuchi on vocals and ʻukulele.
• Kumiko Kakiuchi with Addison Ching.
• Steel guitarist and vocalist Shinichi Kakiuchi.
• Larry Holu on u-bass.
• Addison Ching on guitar.
• Kumiko and Addison.
• Grifford ʻʻKamakaʻʻ Tom and Ka Moaʻe from Honolulu.
• Ka Moaʻe bass player Wayne Shishido.
• Steel guitarist Kamaka Tom.
• Ka Moaʻe ʻukulele player Mark Kunimune.
• Ka Moaʻe guitarist Solomon Tamanaha.
• Shuji and Noriko Tomita from Tokyo, Japan, accompanied by Larry Holu, Alan Akaka, Addison Ching, and Gale Warshawsky.
• Open stage audience guests Heuʻi Bandmann, Natan Goore, and Shinichi Kakiuchi.
• Open stage guests Tetsuya Ishiyama, Akiko Watanabe, and Kiyoshi ʻʻLionʻʻ Kobayashi.
• A view of the open stage audience.
• Steel guitarist Noriko Tomita.
• Vocalist Shuji Tomita.
• Ke Kula Mele Hawaiʻi Makua vocalist and ʻukulele player Gale Warshawsky.
• Ke Kula Mele Hawaiʻi Makua steel guitarist Larry Holu.
• Ke Kula Mele Hawaiʻi Makua guitarist Addison Ching.
• Ke Kula Mele Hawaiʻi director Alan Akaka.
• Ke Kula Mele Hawaiʻi Makua vocalist and ʻukulele player Shirley Holu.
• Ke Kula Mele Hawaiʻi Makua steel guitarist and vocalist Heuʻi Bandmann.

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Photography by Don Touchi ©2019 by Don Touchi Photos and HIMELE.