This is a really fun event. Apparently the ukulele is extremely popular in Japan. So there were as many Japanese visitors as there were non Asians. They had two MCs, one in English and one in Japanese.
There were some players who did strumming and sang with it. But there were others who did virtuoso stuff. Of course they have them amped so you got a lot of volume out of ukuleles that you would not ordinarily get.
Some of them had guitars with them and or drums and or bass, but basically the ukulele was the star. There was the typical boring kids' band of ukuleles and there was a highly touted Japanese ukulele band which didn't really deliver.
But there was a guy from Thailand who knocked your socks off. I have a new respect for the uke.
It was kind of off and on rainy, so at times the sound guys had to hold umbrellas up over the equipment. And sometimes the audience had their umbrellas up.
This was in Kaka'ako waterfront park about a mile or two from Waikiki. It's another beautiful park.
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