Heart Strings Kamaka documentary airing on PBS this Friday, 5/22

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For those of you in the SoCal area, KOCE Channel 50 (PBS on DirectTV - don't know what it is for cable or dish network) will be airing the Heart Strings documentary on Kamaka Ukulele this Friday 5/22 at 11:30pm.

I'm a Kanile'a person, not a Kamaka, but I figured you Kamaka Klub members might be interested in checking it out, I know that I'm definitely going to DVR it!

You can find out when it airs in your area at this website,
http://www.pbs.org/heartstrings/airdates.html
 
Coffee, I am in St. Louis but it is not on PBS? Is it on a different channel here?
 
SamUke said:
Coffee, I am in St. Louis but it is not on PBS? Is it on a different channel here?
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Sorry, it is on the 3rd digital channel, go to channel 9-3. It will be on next at 11:30 tonight. Where in St. Louis are you? CoffeeJunkee and I have been looking for ukers in this area.
 
What da hay, they making us Hawaiians wait until May 28th. :mad:
They should show it FIRST here IMMHO. :eek:ld:
 
I saw it already. It was very interesting. I really didn't know much about Kamaka before unfortunately, so I learned a lot.

They covered the fact about the deaf people who work on the 'ukuleles. I had heard rumors, but I wasn't sure if it was true - it is. There are also short interviews with Kamaka artists including Gordon Mark, Brian Tolentino, and the man himself: Jake Shimabukuro. Fred and Sam Kamaka are featured as well.

But the best part for me was that the narrator actually said 'ukulele right! Thank you PBS.
 
Ahnko Honu said:
What da hay, they making us Hawaiians wait until May 28th. :mad:
They should show it FIRST here IMMHO. :eek:ld:
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LOL, that's because they aired it here several times already, starting a few months ago. And I always found out after they aired it. Boo on me. Hopefully I remember to catch it this time and am not out of the house when it airs. :D
 
Does anyone know if this is available for download or purchase anywhere? Or even viewable on the Internet anywhere? Now that I'm on the Kamaka bandwagon, I would really like the chance to see it again and/or buy or download it.
 
I watched this last night in St. Louis and it was great, great history and lots of great footage of the the factory. Makes you want a Kamaka!
 
someone put it on youtube!! lol. I get no good tv channels here. Comcast hates people in PA i guess. :/
 
I watched this video many times, it is played on Hawaiian Airlines when to fly from Hawaii to the Mainland (continental U.S. for those that pronounce yoo-koo-lay-lay):)
 
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