Thanks so much for the leads, Barry. I'll find a Maui phone book and give Drake a call. Boy, do I miss playing backup guitar for oldtime fiddle and banjo tunes. I left Seattle right after I'd learned how and never got back to it. I also really miss singing shanties. Maybe on Maui... I'll let you know if I find something.

Bonnie, I would also love to buy a good ukulele some day. No, I don't play but plan to learn. I am also trying to teach myself slack key. By the way, it's not too well known outside the islands that the word is pronounced oo-koo-lay-lay, not you-koo-lay-lee. It's generally translated "jumping flea", supposedly because of how the player's fingers move. But when a mother wants me to treat her child's "uku's", she's not talking about fleas, but rather an 8-legged critter. I guess "jumping louse" would upset the tourists a little too much.

Aloha,
Mark