International Visitors

As requested by Jenny Takemoto, a business contact, we went to a private condo in Lahaina to teach ukulele to three visitors from Hong Kong in September 2015. This was the first lesson for the young man and two young women. The joy of making music is a universal language we all speak regardless of our country.

On another note, Jenny Takemoto setup a interview with a China travel magazine on Thursday, 28 May 2015 in Kahului. We met at the Courtyard Marriott hotel for 2-hours before the Feature Director of Voyage Magazine, Elf Dong, and her photographer (who spoke little English) caught their flight out. They sent me a link to the magazine article after it was published in September.

(Photo taken during a private lesson for Hong Kong visitors at a private condo in Lahaina, Thursday, 24 September 2015)

by Mele Fong

Mele Fong is a professional singer, song arranger, and master of multiple strumming styles for the 'ukulele. She is an experienced educator with over 50+ years experience playing the 'ukulele and entertaining worldwide. Mele performs with her husband in the duo "The Hawaiian Serenaders" and leads student groups. In 1996, the duo represented the State of Hawai'i in concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Mele and her husband Richard Tom were both born and raised on Oahu and now reside in Maui.