If you like good music and good fun for the ultimate in cost (FREE!), hit the International Market Place every Saturday 11am - 2pm and catch Melveen/Ms. Kalohe give a three hour non-stop show full of laffs and sounds as only Da Tita can dish it. She's on keyboards/uke/percussion/no telling! and is accompanied by her excellant guitarist/singer/arranger stage partner Tito Berinobis, plus a soundman who helps add to the instrumental sound (I think...), and all the talented friends and strangers that are willing to sit in, plus some fine hula. Something for everybody with taste.
I made it there at noon but missed the Hawaiian medley opener, which is what I really went for.
Among the folks that graced her stage was 89 year old stage veteran, Ann McCormack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1owUSdnLQ4 and her actor son Don Stroud, who was cool on bongos during many #s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Q_K...eature=related.
I'm talking the best current entertainment in town!
Mel was in a cast boot having recently sufferred a broken left ankle and it didn't slow her down a bit, giving something for everybody with an eclectic set list that no doubt varies wildly each show as she has a massive catalog of styles and tunes. It's mostly off-the-cuff/spontaneity, done with feeling, and is all for us THE PEOPLE. Their version of the standard, Summertime, was a highlite amongst highlites.
I hadn't seen her in ages and it was truly a welcome sight. She is awesome, especially when, rarely, something goes wrong or she forgets words, because she knows how to turn those into positives that make you hope for even more goofs.
Next year will be her 50th anniversary of performing since the age of 14, and TODAY IS HER BIRTHDAY!
Thank you, Melveen!
I made it there at noon but missed the Hawaiian medley opener, which is what I really went for.
Among the folks that graced her stage was 89 year old stage veteran, Ann McCormack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1owUSdnLQ4 and her actor son Don Stroud, who was cool on bongos during many #s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Q_K...eature=related.
I'm talking the best current entertainment in town!
Mel was in a cast boot having recently sufferred a broken left ankle and it didn't slow her down a bit, giving something for everybody with an eclectic set list that no doubt varies wildly each show as she has a massive catalog of styles and tunes. It's mostly off-the-cuff/spontaneity, done with feeling, and is all for us THE PEOPLE. Their version of the standard, Summertime, was a highlite amongst highlites.
I hadn't seen her in ages and it was truly a welcome sight. She is awesome, especially when, rarely, something goes wrong or she forgets words, because she knows how to turn those into positives that make you hope for even more goofs.
Next year will be her 50th anniversary of performing since the age of 14, and TODAY IS HER BIRTHDAY!
Thank you, Melveen!
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