Led Maui Ukulele Pops Band

Rich and I led my students from both Advanced Ukulele and Ukulele Strumming 202 classes at Kaunoa Senior Center for our 10-minute slot during the Maui Ukulele Festival.

My Advanced Ukulele class has performed as the Maui Ukulele Pops Band 3 times at the Annual Maui Ukulele Festival in 2010, 2011, and 2015.

We have informal (as seen here) and formal attire to look spiffy to convey our confidence and pride as a group. There are other ukulele groups on Maui but none that look and sound like we do.

(Photo taken at the 10th Annual Maui Ukulele Festival at Maui Arts & Cultural Center, 11 October 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.