Masami Sato & Makana
Wednesday's featured steel guitar group was Masami Sato & Makana. The band Makana comprises Masami Sato on Ubass and Vocal, Akiko Watanabe on Steel guitar, Kazuko Tanaka on Steel guitar, Kazuko Ishii on Guitar, Ayumi Kato on Guitar and Vocal, Yoshiko Konno on Bass, and Michiko Makiuchi on Piano, ‘Ukulele and Vocal. Makana steel guitarist Akiko Watanabe was unable to particpate due to illness.
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Masami Sato.
Makana: Michiko Makiuchi, Yoshiko Konno, Masami Sato, Kazuko Tanaka, Ayumi Kato, and Kazuko Ishii.
Hula halau Ona Ona O Kamaile Kumu Kamaile Sachiko Tanaka.
Kazuko Tanaka on steel guitar.
Masami Sato & Makana. From left: Michiko Makiuchi, Yoshiko Konno, Masami Sato, Kazuko Tanaka, Ayumi Kato, and Kazuko Ishi.
Masami Sato & Makana.
Tomoko Yoda, Sachiko Tanaka, and Keiko Izumi.
Hula halau Ona Ona O Kamaile: Tomoko Yoda, Akemi Mutou, Kumu Kamaile Sachiko Tanaka, Yasuko Abe, and Keiko Izumi.
Keiko Izumi, Sachiko Tanaka, and Tomoko Yoda.
A large audience seated on the lawn came to watch Masami Sato & Makana.
More audience standing on the side.
Makana plays while Yasuko Abe, Keiko Izumi, Sachiko Tanaka, Akemi Mutou, and Tomoko Yoda dance.
Michiko Makiuchi, Yoshiko Konno , Masami Sato, Kazuko Tanaka, Ayumi Kato, and Kazuko Ishii with hula dancers Keiko Izumi and Yasuko Abe.
Yoshiko Konno, Masami Sato, Kazuko Tanaka, Ayumi Kato, and Kazuko Ishii. Michiko Makiuchi on the piano is behind Yoshiko Konno. 
Makana members Yoshiko Konno , Masami Sato, Kazuko Tanaka, Ayumi Kato, and Kazuko Ishii with hula dancers Sachiko Tanaka, Keiko Izumi, Tomoko Yoda, Akemi Mutou, and Yasuko Abe.
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