I'm very grateful for all this quality input and experience. Some of it is already incorporated into an improved workshop design.

To answer a couple of questions - the first workshop will be held the evening of Tuesday, May 20, 2003. The same workshop will be repeated on Sunday, June 1, 2003 in the early afternoon. The location is in northeast Wisconsin near the City of Green Bay. Anyone who wants registration, location, etc. details just e-mail me at merritt@itol.com

Mark, I first heard He'eia on the Ohana album (Ohana means "family") album by Dennis Kamakahi via Internet Radio Hawaii -

http://hotspotshawaii.com/irhpages/irhlive.html.

Kamakahi sings and plays guitar on this tune and is accompanied by his son, David, on ukulele. Since beginning a few months ago to play rhythm and fingerstyle guitar for a music group that plays songs from all over the South Pacific, a door's opened to a whole world of music and culture that's new to me.

- Merritt


"It's all one big note." - Frank Zappa