071126: Vanikapila 25.26

EOT:

Aloha Ahi Ahi UFOhana,

I hope you’re all doing well and enjoying the good weather we’ve been having.

It was great playing with the UFOhana once again this past Saturday. Always such a joy sharing Aloha with our UFOhana.

Check it out below.


And we have another Vanikapila coming up this Saturday. Click here to register and join us at Vendola Cafe this Saturday.

To join this coming Saturday’s Vanikapila virtually, click the image below.

Btw, did anybody have issues connecting this past Saturday to the livestream? We had Zero Virtual attendance this past Saturday.

In the future, if you are having issues connect to the live stream, please text Nohea at 415-572-1175.


If you want to view last Saturday’s Vanikapila, click below.


Btw, if you haven’t checked out the County Fair Images click here to view the album. Over 200 new images have been added. Mahalo to Kalma Muller, Karen, Ralph and Jiboni for sharing their photos.


Some exciting news from Tucker. Check it out below:

To One and All,

I am proud to announce that my latest novel, The Eden Dilemma, is now available on Amazon in Kindle and print editions.

The Eden Dilemma is a sci-fi novel that tells the story of a select group of colonists who find more than they hoped for when they land on the planet Iuama, a distant world in a far arm of the Milky Way. The new world is a tropical paradise and the source of Tineke, a malleable plant that not only has incredible medicinal properties but also has the potential to revolutionize the construction of bridges, buildings, and starships. As demand for Tineke rose, two events changed the course of history. The colonists of Iuama suddenly severed all contact with the rest of humanity. Then the threat of an interplanetary war began, and Iuama and its colonists were forgotten.

When the starship Erebus is sent to reconnect with the lost colony of Iuama, a weak audio transmission from the planet warns, “DO NOT LAND! A horrific, highly contagious disease is slowly killing everyone on our world.” A gruesome video of a victim convinces the Captain of the Erebus to heed the plea and depart, but not before sending an unmanned shuttle to Iuama with the latest medical supplies. 

In an attempt to introduce 150 years of advanced drugs and medical technology to the remaining citizens of Iuama, Medical Officer Krista Tay stows away on the unmanned medical shuttle and discovers…

If you have the time and inclination, I would be ever grateful for a brief review of The Eden Dilemma. The process is simple. Go to Amazon Books, enter my name or the title, click the book image, click the icon to the right of the red stars, and scroll down to “Write a Reader Review.”

If you’ve enjoyed The Eden Dilemma and the incredible world of Iuama, The Eden Solution is in the works and will explain the “DIVES”, the “RUNES”, and the “CREATORS,” who are not particularly happy with humanity.

Tuck

415-461-4628
tspoltz@gmail.com
tucksplace.net  


Tucker writing Sci-Fi, Pretty Cool Huh? Soon to be the next “Hail Mary?”


Because of a scheduling conflict on the second Friday of this month, we’re having our Elks Kanikapila and Dinner on July 24th instead. Click image below for details and to RSVP your Dinner. July Birthdays eat free!

7.24.26: Elks Kanikapila and Dinner


PSA: Someone took Ron’s TENOR Black Ukulele Case last week and left a Concert case at Vendola Cafe. If you have it please bring it back this Saturday. Mahalo.

ukeku

gentle melody,
strings vibrate in rhythmic count,
hula emerges.

Ke kūkulu pū nei kākou i ke aloha (together we build aloha),

-=SqL+Nohea+Jake=-

Captured in a moment in time . . . forever.

:EOT

070526: Vanikapila 24.26

BOT:

Aloha Ahi Ahi UFOhana,

Hope you all had a great 4th of July celebration!

Speaking of Celebration, on behalf of Nohea and myself, I want to express a Mahalo Nui Loa to those of you that participated at this year’s County Fair performance; Cindy Meigs, Cindy Ross, Don, Donna (our Keiki wrangler), Ethan, Ian, Jiboni (Hula / Photography), Joel, Karen, Kathy, Kimo (Bass), Kurt, Linda Wallace (Hula / Photography), Linda Albion (Hula), Linda Green (Hula), Lois (Hula), Marty, Melann, Pamela, Pauline, Quinn (Photography), Ralph, Susan (Hula), Ted, Terry (Hula), Toni (Hula), Wikio, Ron, our Keiki (Nico, Anely, Emily and Aranza) and to Lynnette for arranging our Keiki attendance.

You all did such a fabulous job sharing your Hulas, Mele (Songs), Ukulele playing and Aloha with the audience. Judging from their applause they definitely seemed to appreciate it.

Together we showed them that we are the Ukulele Friends ‘Ohana!

Or as Pauline put it when a choir member asked which Ukulele club we were, “The Only Ukulele Club that matters!”

I know, it’s the sin of pride . . . I’ll ask forgiveness tonight . . .

I hope we have a chance to do it again next year.

Below, images from the event, please feel free to upload any photos you wish to share. Mahalo.

Click above to view the action at the Marin County Fair.

And below our next Vanikapila for this week. Click here if you’ll be joining us viz-a-viz Click here if you’ll be joining us vis-à-vis.

Click above this Saturday to join us virtually.

I know this Friday is the 2nd Friday of the month, which means we’d usually be at the Elks lodge. But there’s a special event below that was scheduled months ahead and can’t be changed. So if you’re not busy on Friday night do considering attending . . .

Click above for details and to reserve a complimentary ticket.

ukeku

from a wooden stage,
koa and strings send Aloha,
we are UFOs.

Mahalo nui loa iā ʻoukou a pau (Thank you all so very much)!

-=SqL+Noeha+JAike=-

Wait, what dance is this? Ale-kitty? Wait . . . are these kālaʻau?

:EOT