Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 7, 1 July 2014 — Traditions of the Pacific lecture [ARTICLE]

Traditions of the Pacific lecture

Steel guitarist and educator Alan Akaka and friends will host a panel discussion and pau hana kanikapila jam session Monday, July 14 from 6 to 9 p.m. on the Bishop Museum's Great Lawn. The event, Rockin' īalkin' Kanikapila, is free and open to the puhlie. The night will explore Hawai'i's stringed-instrument traditions and the roles of steel guitar, slack key guitar, 'ukulele and 'ukēkē - Hawai'i's only indigenous stringed instrument - in creating uniquely Hawaiian music. To reserve a seat, eall 8478296 email membership@ bishopmuseum.org or RSVP online at bishopmuseum.org/visitors/rsvp. html.