Author: UFOSqL

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Alooooha UFOhana,

I want to start by thanking you all for the great turn out at our last Vanikapila of the year and Pau Hana (Done with Work) Party.

Mahalo Nui Loa to all of you that participated, shared your Aloha with our guests and the great PHP Finger Food!

Special thanks to Sandy for bringing guests from Hawai’i, Mary and from New Mexico, Stephanie, Mary’s Niece.

A fond welcome back our favorite Marine, Madison Sneath. Thanks for all the great trumpet solos Madison. So good to have you back with the UFOhana!

Click the image below of our beautiful Wahine Ukulele Pilots to view the Photos and Vidoes captured by our resident scribe, Nohea.

We’ve got quite a line up for next week, check it out below . . .

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On Tuesday, New Year’s Eve, Ken Emerson will be performing at the Trident from 9:30PM until New Years? Anyway, click below to view the Trident website for details.

Which brings us into the New Year and our annual performance at the California Acadmeny of Science.

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For those of you attending please take note of the following from our Host, Patrick Sysiong, Public Programs Lead for the CAS.

Arrival – parking and entering the building:

• Arrival time at 11am. Please be prompt as the check in process can take some time.
• Enter through our Business Entrance at 75 Nancy Pelosi Dr.
• When you arrive, let the Business Reception Desk know you are here to perform and Patrick will meet your group there.
• Reserved street parking will be marked by A frames on the North side of Nancy Pelosi Dr. in Zones C, F (See attached map). Simon will provide a sign for each car’s dashboard. Do not park in the garage, as I cannot reimburse garage fees.
• Upon arrival, all performers and chaperones 18+ will need to complete two things: 1) Sign into the building on the iPads at our Business Reception Desk – This will let the CalAcademy know who’s in the building and how to contact individuals if there is a COVID-19 exposure; 2) Sign the Participant Waiver – I’ve attached it below for you to reference beforehand.
• Guests will also check in at Business Reception, and will be directed onto the public floor. Guests 18+ are required to sign in on the iPads as well but not fill out the waiver.
• The CalAcademy’s current health and safety protocols do not require proof of vaccination, negative test results, nor masking to enter the building, but they are all highly encouraged. Here is a link to our full protocols for your reference.

Green room and lunch:

• The green room will be available from 11am to 5pm.
• After the performances end at 2:30pm, the performers and chaperones are more than welcome to roam the museum as guests. You can leave your instruments and belongings in the green room until the museum closes at 5pm, but please note there will not be a staff member assigned to monitor the room.
• Pizza will be provided for the performers after the 12pm performance, at around 12:30pm.
• Feel free to bring any snacks or beverages.

Performance logistics:

• The two performances will start promptly at 12pm and 2pm, a maximum of 20 minutes each on the Piazza Stage. (Please be aware of the timing, as the snow flurries and accompanying music will automatically start at 12:25pm and 2:25pm and cannot be turned off nor performed over.) Set up will begin 15-20 minutes before each performance.
• A line into the academy’s sound system, single 1/4 cable line input that connects to our speakers, and a monitor speaker on stage that will face musicians will be provided.
• You are welcome to leave equipment on the stage between the shows. Note the stage will be stanchioned off from guests, but there will not be a staff member assigned to monitor the stage.

So there you have, pretty much the same as last year.

Below parking map of the event site:

I’m submitting the attendance list Tuesday, so please register ASAP! Also, if you are bringing guests (2 allowed) please include their names as well. MAHALO!

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This Saturday we are starting the New Year with our first Kanikapila, a dinner and a Concert with the Jai Josefs Quartet!

What could be a better way to greet the coming year? So register now and don’t forget to mention what you’ll be bring for the Potluck!

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Details and registration for all the above events can be found on our https://UFOhana.org/events page.

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By the way, I mentioned earlier that Comcast may be/is blocking all emails from this site.

Again, this affect just Comcast accounts.

I have submitted numerous support tickets with Comcast, to clear us from being a spammer, but have yet to reach a human being to help with this issue.

If you are a Comcast user, you can help by calling/emailing/putting in support tickets to them asking them to unblock emails from kaleikoa@piko.ws and/or UFOhana.org . Mahalo.

Those of you who subscribed under a Comcast email may want to re-subscribe under a NON-Comcast email. Like a free gmail account?

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UkEkU

begins with one song,
and in two very short hours,
it ends with one song.

Hauoli Maka Hiki Hou ka kou!

-=SqL+Nohea+JAike=-

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Aloha All,

Just wanted to add a link to the CAS Flight Manual for 2025. Click here to download a PDF of the song book for your tablet. I will be bringing about dozen or so for those of you who prefer/need a hard copy.

We now return you to your regular blogramming . . . Mahalo, -=SqL=-

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Aloha Ahi Ahi UFOhana,

Only a few days left in this year, in fact we only have one Vanikapila left, coming up this Saturday. We’re going to make a little special by having a little PHP (Pau Hana Party) after the Vanikapila. Please register here if you’ll be joining us and what kind of little FF (Finger Food) you’ll be bringing to share with your UFOhana.

Speaking of Foods and Saturdays. Mahalo Nui Loa to the intrepid few that braved the dark, freezing, foggy night to attend this past Saturday’s USPJPL 2024 Party.

It always amazes me that no matter how small the UFOhana Gathering, we all manage to have a fabulous time and a great dinner! Click below to view Images of that fun night.

Mahalo Nui to Nohea and Pauline for dressing up Vendola Cafe for the Holidays!

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Some sad news from our ‘Ohana member, Ethan Hay . . .

Aloha Del and Nohea, and Jake, 

Hope this finds you enjoying the holiday season (after the storms!). Looking forward to being with everyone at the Pau Hana on Saturday the 28th, and at the Academy of Sciences on January 1st. Is it 2025 already? We are already through one quarter of the twenty-first century – it’s like living in the future! 

For the Pau Hana, I would like to bring cookies. 

I thought I would share with you and the ohana that my mother died this week, on December 17th in Tucson Arizona, age 94, of injuries sustained in a fall. She lived a strong, full, independent life. 

Born in Peruwelz, Belgium, of the French family CAPON, my mother Thérèse was the last of four siblings, and is survived by my brother and I, four grandchildren (all US citizens), and literally dozens of cousins, nieces and nephews residing in France and Belgium. 

Thérèse lived an adventurous life. The family left their ancestral home at the outset of World War Two, and lived in Saint Brieux, Bretagne, during the German occupation. After the war, the family returned to Belgium. Thérèse went to nursing school in Chamonix, in the French Alps, and emigrated to the US as a governess to the family of William Primrose, a classical violinist. She met my father, Peter Hay (d. 2008), in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where they married and raised our family. 

She loved to travel, and visited Puerto Vallarta annually, since two years before Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor filmed The Night of the Iguana on location there. When she turned seventy-five, Thérèse traveled to Macchu Picchu, Peru. She loved to sew, and to cook local cuisine, especially sea food, loved to fish, and was always interested in finding local shellfish, from San Francisco Dungeness crab to shrimp in Bretagne to cultivating escargots for the table. 

This year, the local crab fishermen are anxious for the season to start, and not too pleased when they are told it is still whale season at the Golden Gate, risking entanglements. One beautiful thing, from inside my boat in Sausalito, I have been listening to the whales singing at night. It has been an extraordinarily vivid choral concert. 

All best wishes to everyone, 

– Ethan 

PS – Attached photos of the redwood branches that fell through my patio the morning of our Fairfax performance. You can see why I was a little rattled. 

Our condolensces on your loss Ethan and thanks for sharing the wonderful stories of your Mother, her adventures, and the Whales. Good luck with the storm repairs.

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And don’t forget, we already have activites lined up for early next year. We have the Academy performance on the 1st and another faulous house concert from JJQ Band below.

You can sign up for these two events oonnnnnnnnnn . . . that’s right our events page which is here . . . https://UFOhana.org/events. Easy enough to find right?

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ukeku

from small beginnings,
slowly an ‘Ohana grows,
forever changing.

Btw, if you’re not busy some quiet night this week, consider jumping in your car, drive by Vendola Cafe, and give us a “toot, toot” of approval or knock and say Aloha. There may be some hot Cocoa or Coffee in it for you?

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And finally, the link to our last Vanikapila / Pau Hana Party of the year. Click here to register for IRL.

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Wishing you all peaceful and joyful holidays,

-=SqL+Nohea+Jake=-

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