HSGA QUARTERLY
Volume 34, Issue 133
OFFICERS
Frank Della-Penna (DC), President
John Limbach (MT), Vice-President
Tony Fourcroy (CO), Secretary-Treasurer
DIRECTORS
Jack Aldrich, Seattle
Margie Mays, Arizona
Bob Moore, Colorado
Mike Wittmer, Fort Collins
FORMER DIRECTOR EMERITUS
Jerry Byrd
JAPAN COORDINATOR
[TBA]
QUARTERLY EDITOR
John Ely <johnely@hawaiiansteel.com>
WEBMASTER
Mike Wittmer <webmaster@hsga.org>
SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR
John Mumford
ORIGINAL CLUB FOUNDER
Lorene Ruymar (1985)
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association is a tax-exempt, nonprofit educational corporation in the State of Hawai‘i under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Our primary purpose is to develop a global network of players and lovers of traditional Hawaiian music and to encourage the study, teaching, and performance of the Hawaiian steel guitar. Our primary financial goal is to provide scholarship assistance through donations to steel guitar students who demonstrate the ability and intent to become accomplished performers.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership is open to all steel guitar players and non-players around the world who support the perpetuation of the Hawaiian steel guitar. Annual dues are US$30. The membership year begins July 1. Members receive the HSGA Quarterly and other group benefits. The Quarterly is mailed four times a year First Class to addresses in the United States and by Air Mail to foreign addresses. Members can obtain an Associate Membership for a spouse or family member at a cost of $10, added to the annual dues; an Associate Member is entitled to discounts at certain HSGA functions and can vote in HSGA Board elections.
SUBMIT ARTICLES & COMMENTS TO:
HSGA Quarterly, 3442 Greystone Ct, Fort Collins, CO 80525 USA. Our e-mail address is hsga@hsga.org. Submitted items should also be e-mailed directly to the editor at johnely@hawaiiansteel.com. Letters to the president can be sent to: Frank Della-Penna, P.O. Box 18323, Washington, DC 20036.
In this issue:
Fort Collins Guest John Ely
Newsletter Goes “Electronic”
Waikīkī Steel Week Preview
Unloved in its Homeland?
Ka Oiwi Nani
HSGA Japan’s Fourth Biennial Convention
EVENTS CALENDAR
WCC Hawaiian Steel Guitar Lessons a Success!
Polynesian Meatballs Recipe
A “Techno-Tale” From Kona Beach
CLOSING NOTES
My Wonderful Years In Music
HSGA Staff & info