Don Ho, RIP
Apr 16th, 2007, 02:57 PM
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I was a young naive girl from Canada, moved to Hawaii in 1966 with another nurse and a couple of lab techs. Don Ho was not really famous yet and Dukes was still at the International Market Place. Our first night in Hawaii, we dropped our things off at our apt and headed for Dukes for the Don Ho Show.
Two of my roomates had been there before and knew that sometimes after the show he would stay and just play the organ and sing so we waited to see what would happen - and sure enough that night he stayed- maybe 20 of us in the place- and just sang what he wanted without his band and chitchatted with the audience.
It was a great way to spend our first night in Hawaii.
The four of us went back to Hawaii for a reunion ( I think it was 25 years later) and of course we went to the Don Ho Show - had our pics taken with him - and a couple of us got on stage with him to sing "Pearly Shells" He was surprised that we knew all the words in Hawaiian.
Great memories!
Two of my roomates had been there before and knew that sometimes after the show he would stay and just play the organ and sing so we waited to see what would happen - and sure enough that night he stayed- maybe 20 of us in the place- and just sang what he wanted without his band and chitchatted with the audience.
It was a great way to spend our first night in Hawaii.
The four of us went back to Hawaii for a reunion ( I think it was 25 years later) and of course we went to the Don Ho Show - had our pics taken with him - and a couple of us got on stage with him to sing "Pearly Shells" He was surprised that we knew all the words in Hawaiian.
Great memories!
Apr 17th, 2007, 07:50 AM
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Thanks for posting, Melissa. I never got to see Don Ho in person (one of those "things to do" that I never got to)but I knew the Aliis for years and heard lots of stories about him - some good, some not so good. But the one thing I do know is that he put Hawaiian entertainment on the map and became a household word all over the world. No matter where you're from, Don Ho or "Tiny Bubbles" is familiar and for that he deserves a standing ovation. He will be missed by many for sure. So lift your glasses high in his honor - "okole maluna!"
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A memorial for the public is scheduled for Saturday May 5 in Waikiki.
Also for April 22:
Radio show to play Don Ho tunes
The radio program "Music of Hawaii" will be devoted to Don Ho's songs this Sunday from 3 p.m. (HST) on KIPO, 89.3 FM. "Don was a longtime friend," said Keith Haugen, producer and co-host of the show, in a news release. "To those of us who have shared his Waikiki for so many years, he is and always will be the 'chairman of the board.'"
Ho died on Saturday of heart failure at age 76.
"Music of Hawaii" is a one-hour program devoted to Hawaiian music.
"We'll play the music of Don Ho, old and new, Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian," said co-host Carmen Haugen.
KIPO can also be heard on the Internet at www.hawaiipublicradio.org and on Oceanic cable.
Also for April 22:
Radio show to play Don Ho tunes
The radio program "Music of Hawaii" will be devoted to Don Ho's songs this Sunday from 3 p.m. (HST) on KIPO, 89.3 FM. "Don was a longtime friend," said Keith Haugen, producer and co-host of the show, in a news release. "To those of us who have shared his Waikiki for so many years, he is and always will be the 'chairman of the board.'"
Ho died on Saturday of heart failure at age 76.
"Music of Hawaii" is a one-hour program devoted to Hawaiian music.
"We'll play the music of Don Ho, old and new, Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian," said co-host Carmen Haugen.
KIPO can also be heard on the Internet at www.hawaiipublicradio.org and on Oceanic cable.
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