Wednesday, May 30, 201206:30 PM
to 08:30 PMThe Willows Restaurant
901 Hausten St
Honolulu, HI 96826
USAThe Willows Restaurant
Phone: (808) 952-9200Enjoy the Willows Hawaiian/American Buffet while relaxing to ukulele mastery with Herb Ohta Jr. and Jon Yamasato.   Herb Ohta, Jr.: The 'Ukulele is the best-known Hawaiian instrument. In the 1950's and 60's all the bands had 'ukulele players. Some of the great musicians that made the instrument very popular were: Eddie Kamae, Ohta-san, Lyle Ritz, Don Baduria, Sr., John Lukela, Jesse Kalima, Kahauanu Lake, and Peter Moon.  Herb's interest in music was very evident at an early age. Herb's grandmother taught him his first song on the 'ukulele at the age of three. The song was "Happy Birthday." His father, Ohta-San started his early instruction on the 'ukulele and Herb continued to study music playing the viola in high school. Herb was also a member of The Honolulu Boys Choir, The Honolulu Children's Opera Chorus, and The University High School Select Choir. Website: http://www.herbohtajr.com/   Jon Yamasato: First in a band called "Pure Heart" which won 5 Na Hoku Hanohano awards (Hawaiian Grammy). He then began touring the mainland US and producing other bands such as (Keahiwai, Round and Round, Imua). In 2003 Jon signed on with Prudential Locations LLC under the wing of local Real Estate legend, Rodney Mukai. As the "Mukai Group" Rod and Jon have put together over 150 real estate transactions with sales in excess of $100 million. Websites: http://jonyamasato.posterous.com/ http://www.brokersmls.com/jon.yamasato/