Harold O.
Well-known member
Why bother? Because our WSFVLAGMUG meets every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Yeah, that's the WSFVLAGMUG. There, you see the problem with being the West San Fernando Valley Los Angeles Guitar Merchant Ukuklele Gathering -- we don't have a naturally catchy name.
So I came up with Canogahana Players. I mixed Canoga Park (the neighborhood where we meet up) with ohana (meaning family). After bouncing it off a couple of friendly Hawaiian language speakers, we've determined that "Canogahana" doesn't accidentally translate to anything meaningful.
It was suggested we go with "Ka 'Ohana Kanoga" meaning "the Canoga Family". Then the players would be "na mea kani ka pila". But that would be too much.
With that, I'm going to start working Canogahana Players into the text with an eye toward adopting it as the official name of our uke gatherings.
How important is a group name? We're a very casual group and nobody asked. But I like the idea. How 'bout your groups?
So I came up with Canogahana Players. I mixed Canoga Park (the neighborhood where we meet up) with ohana (meaning family). After bouncing it off a couple of friendly Hawaiian language speakers, we've determined that "Canogahana" doesn't accidentally translate to anything meaningful.
It was suggested we go with "Ka 'Ohana Kanoga" meaning "the Canoga Family". Then the players would be "na mea kani ka pila". But that would be too much.
With that, I'm going to start working Canogahana Players into the text with an eye toward adopting it as the official name of our uke gatherings.
How important is a group name? We're a very casual group and nobody asked. But I like the idea. How 'bout your groups?