Ukulele gathering evokes spirit of Molokai

By Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 13, 2012

~~<p>While on an all-day hike deep in Molokai's Halawa Valley five years ago, the popular Hawaiian folk singer and musician known simply as Lono ran across a friend, Lawrence Aki, who was guiding a group of visitors on the trail.</p>
<p>"Lawrence asked me who I was with, and I told him, ‘Just me and my friend,'" Lono recalled. "He looked around and asked where my friend was. I pulled the ukulele off my back and showed it to him, and he smiled. He knows the special connection that musicians have with their instruments."</p>
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While on an all-day hike deep in Molokai's Halawa Valley five years ago, the popular Hawaiian folk singer and musician known simply as Lono ran across a friend, Lawrence Aki, who was guiding a group of visitors on the trail.

"Lawrence asked me who I was with, and I told him, ‘Just me and my friend,'" Lono recalled. "He looked around and asked where my friend was. I pulled the ukulele off my back and showed it to him, and he smiled. He knows the special connection that musicians have with their instruments." Login for more...