ALOHA BOYS' NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

The Aloha Boys performed on live radio on National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation.  Listen to the broadcast.

The Aloha Boys performed at the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage on February 18, 2005.

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See and hear their performance.

The Aloha Boys performed at the National Museum of the American Indian on December 26, 2004.

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On the National Mall at the First American Festival jammin' with Ledward Ka'apana.  Check out his concert at the Kennedy Center.  The First American Festival included the dedication of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

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Bette Midler's Hulaween, a charitable fundraiser for the New York Restoration Project.  Pictured below is Ms. Midler with Uncle Frank Della-Penna, our wonderful Hawai'ian steel guitar player.

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The Aloha Boys performed at the Historic Georgetown Club in Washington, D.C. to an an audience that included Mrs. Thurgood Marshall who is originally from Mauai.

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The Aloha Boys performed on the National Mall as part of the National World War II Reunion dedicating the World War II Memorial.  (click here)

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The Aloha Boys performed with Halau O 'Aulani at the Peobody Essex Museum which holds many Hawai'ian artifacts brought to New England.

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The Boys at the National Geographic Society Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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The Boys with the incomparable Haunani Apoliona at the National Geographic Society Headquarters.

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The Aloha Boys opened for Leon Redbone at the Ram's Head Tavern in Annapolis, Maryland, and more recently at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Mr. Redbone said that he would pose for this picture with us if we promised to learn the song which included the lyrics, "I wonder where my hula girl has gone." 

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 Artscape, Baltimore's Street Festival!

 

Outrigger Canoe Races including the Liberty Challenge in New York City.

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The Aloha Boys were invited to perform at one of the Ukulele Hall of Fame induction events.

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One of our early "road trips" of note was the Hawai'i Vistor's and Convention Bureau Tour that included stops in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and Toronto.  Two our our daughters, Nanipua Ho'opi'i and Haunani Queja accompanied the Boys as dancers.

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