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Reporter Heidi Chang takes you to the 40th Annual Ukulele Festival in Hawaii, which is considered the grandddady of all ukulele festivals.
You'll hear from ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro, and musicians from France and Japan, as well as an ukulele orchestra featuring hundreds of children, and a few other surprises.
Roy Sakuma founded the festival in 1971 to showcase the versatility of the instrument, which has touched the lives of so many children and adults.
Watch Jake Shimabukuro play "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at the Hawaii Ukulele Festival on video.
The 40th Annual Ukulele Festival was held in Honolulu on July 18, 2010. See you there next year!
http://www.theworld.org/2010/07/22/ukulele-festival/
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Reporter Heidi Chang takes you to the 40th Annual Ukulele Festival in Hawaii, which is considered the grandddady of all ukulele festivals. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE33l8JrFlQ&feature=youtube_gdata
You'll hear from ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro, and musicians from France and Japan, as well as an ukulele orchestra featuring hundreds of children, and a few other surprises.
Roy Sakuma founded the festival in 1971 to showcase the versatility of the instrument, which has touched the lives of so many children and adults.
Watch Jake Shimabukuro play "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at the Hawaii Ukulele Festival on video.
The 40th Annual Ukulele Festival was held in Honolulu on July 18, 2010. See you there next year!
http://www.theworld.org/2010/07/22/ukulele-festival/
Broadcast History
This piece has been remixed for PRX. Originally aired on PRI's The World, July 22, 2010.
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Time: 4:31
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:Each summer, Hawaii's annual Ukulele Festival attracts thousands of people from around the world. Portuguese immigrants brought the forerunner of the small guitar-like instrument to Hawaii in the late 1800s. Hawaiians adapted it, and called it "ukulele," which means jumping flea. Lately, the instrument is seeing a resurgence thanks in part to musicians like Jake Shimabukuro. Heidi Chang takes you to the Ukulele Festival, which was held earlier this summer. (The festival is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.)
(Note - Hawaiian pronunciation for ukulele: oo-koo-leh-leh)
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wilbert Bishop
Posted on August 05, 2010 at 01:57 PM | Permalink
It makes me want to learn to play one!!!
Thanks for sharing about music.