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Aloha UFOhana,

It’s Tuesday and we’re well on our way to Vanikapila #12. A little hard to believe that we’ve been doing this for 3 months now. Mahalo Nui to all of you that have supported us through our growing process. More to come.

Below, the link to this Saturday’s Vanikapila. Remember we’re on at 12 noon now instead of 2pm.

Last week we tried having a few Social Distanced Ukulele Pilots participate in an Outdoor Kanikapila in our back yard. Judging from their reactions below it seems that the test was a success.

You may notice that there’s a little more sun than expected. I’m hoping install some shade cloth this Friday to more some shade for our SDUP’s (Socially Distanced Ukulele Pilots). Please let me know if you’d be interested attending this week as an Outdoor Kanikapila-er. Space is limited, so send an email to Kaleikoa@piko.ws asap to rsvp.

You may have also noticed that all of the OK-ers were wearing masks. If you will be attending please wear one as well. Oh, btw, if you’re looking to add some new ones to your collection here’s a sample of Nohea’s latest models . . .

Below, images from Studio K’ULU.

UkEkU

dawn creeps on dead leaves,
sunlight punctuates shadows,
morning comes swiftly.

Again, Mahalo Nui to you all for helping keep UFOhana Vanikapila alive. Hope to see you folks online this Saturday.

Aloha A Hui Hou!

-=SqL+Nohea+Jake=-

:EOT

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Aloha UfOhAnA,

We’re over the weekly hump and heading into Vanikapila #11 this Saturday. Same Bat Channel but NOT the same Bat Time.

I had to change the time to 12 – 2pm because of an experiment I’m trying out this Saturday. I’ve been considering opening up our backyard to a limited number of Socially Distanced Ukulele Pilots. There’s more shade in the back yard at 12 than at 2, not wanting to cook our SDUPs, I figured these would be best time. I’m also setting up a couple of 10’x10′ pop-ups for the less shadier areas.

The band would perform indoors as usual during the live stream, but we would open up the patio picture windows to the SDUPs and provide speakers so they can hear/play along with us during the session.

I already have guinea pi . . . , uh, volunteers for this Saturday and if it works out we may be able to do weekly rotations of Outdoor Kanikapila-ers. Giving everyone, who wish, a chance to participate in person.

Below is the link to this week’s Vanikapila #11. Btw, I forgot to mention that the links to the video is “unlisted” and the only to view previous sessions would be through the past postings (unless you’ve stored the link). Btw, you’re welcome to share the links with friends and family.

For those of you curious about Studio K’ULU PPE click below to view a short walk through of the UFOHQ setup. All made possible by your generous donations.

What you don’t see are the fans I’ve set up around the perimeter and center of the room to blow the air away from the musicians and out of the patio.

Below, images from last week’s Vanikapila.

Again, thank you all so much for your support and donations that help the Vanikapila running and our musicians safe. Your (virtual) attendance and Aloha make this all worth the hard work that our Studio K’ULU Musicians, Nohea and myself (more) put into it. Let’s hope that the O.K. goes well for the SDUPs and we can start seeing some of you (from a safe distance) “fo’ Real Kine!”

UkEkU

rising from the dark,
a soft reply to the call,
caution in purpose.

Aloha A Hui Hou,

-=SqL+Nohea+Jake=-

:EOT