We took a fun photo after class with everyone waving their patriotic pens that I gave away (Lynn Liu made the pens for our annual 4th of July party at home).
“During this time of not feeling good about the direction our country is going, it felt so good to sing uplifting songs – to be proud to be an American,” commented a participant after the program.
One of the new participants was my husband’s high school homeroom teacher, Brother Tom Spring, from Oahu who had recently moved to Maui.
(Photo taken at Patriotic Songs, 19 July 2018)
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.
