KAILUA-KONA It wasn t too long ago that Big Island resident Robbie Lee was entertaining his fellow high school students in Monterey, California, with his ukulele and the one song he knew how to play.

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When Hiram Bell moved to the Bay Area from his native Honolulu in 1979, he began teaching ukulele to just a handful of students. Nowadays, between his current classes at Chabot College in Hayward and ...

Since the ukulele arrived in the Islands late in the 19th century, it has been a symbol of Hawaii and the aloha spirit. That aloha is shared widely and generously by ukulele makers, performers and ...

Troy No longer dominated by memories of Don Ho, Tiny Tim and Arthur Godfrey, the ukulele's popularity has soared to astronomical heights in recent years. And no one is more responsible for the tiny ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - If you have ever had a night out for dinner in the St. Andrews area, there’s a good chance you have heard the Ukulele Orchestra of St. Andrews. You can hear them play ...

FAIRBANKS — With a stage name like Ukulele Russ one might imagine Hawaiian shirts and inoffensive luau music or maybe a bunch of kid-friendly songs espousing the benefits of making friends and ...

» Ma’iki Aiu Lake’s name was misspelled in an earlier version of this story. Walter Kawai’ae’a was 15 years old and had been playing the ukulele for only a few months when he heard his teacher, ...

When: 6 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, July 14; 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, July 15; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 16. Where: Ingram Plaza, Liberty Station, 2640 Historic ...