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Coco Wire Fall '98Warren Slavin sent me the words to "Sand". Ask and ye shall receive! T'anks, `e Warren. It's as nice a vocal as it is a solo steel number. Duke Ching had a busy summer (so what's new?). Sounds like his best gig was the 45 minute Finale for the 3rd Annual Aloha Sunday Concert at Whitter College in So. Cal. Aloha Joe produces it. Duke had Titus Napoleon and a guitar player with him. "Audience went home really happy", Joe says. Side note: On the way to the car afterward, Duke's wife said to him "Where are all the CDs and tapes?" Duke held up an almost empty box. "They bought `em!". It was a Gooood day all around. Alternative Honolulu Convention '99 accommodations for members in countries suffering from economic downturns/lower dollar exchange rates with the USA. You may want to have your travel agents check condominium availabilities with Outrigger Hotels and Resorts, and Aston Hotels and Resorts. Both chains have comfortable and quiet suites which can sleep anywhere from two to six people. Several of them that I visited on a special tour are close to or on the Ala Wai Canal overlooking the mountains. We don't want to take you away from the Queen Kapi`olani, but if price of a place to sleep will make a difference in your being here, these are recommended options. Jerry says Tony Otsuka, whose passing was noted last issue, "got to where he wanted to be". His ashes were sprinkled at sea, here, September 26. For those of you who would like this same celebration at a future time, it was handled by "Aloha Beach Services". You contact them through the Moana-Surfrider Hotel. Cost is $150, and the canoe, which holds eight people, paddles out beyond the reef. Stipulation: The eight who go out must paddle back. This is the Hawaiian way. Please send your daily prayers to Neal Cosand. He called to say he wouldn't be at Joliet this year. His doctors have put him on daily kidney diolysis. Neal sold his business and has moved to the drier climate and near an excellent VA Hospital facility in Tucson. Neal's new address is P.O. Box 35564, Tucson, AZ 85740. We know he'd like your cards and notes. I just figured out five reasons why a musician wears dark shades. on stage at night: (1) he's wearing contacts and can't handle glare, (2) he's "on" something and his pupils won't contract, (3) he's got a whopper of a hangover, (4) he's actually asleep -- only his hands are awake, (5) psychological withdrawal - he's in hiding and doesn't want anyone to know he's there. HSGA * HAWAIIAN
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