One of the many groups of musicians and industry people here to support the cause for Japan is KoAloha Ukulele, Junior's (my steppapa) uke sponsors and long time family friends. In honor of the victims of the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear power plant trifecta, KoAloha donated ukes to auction off (startin price is $800--which is a steal!) They are donating all proceeds to The Red Cross. Furthermore, they created a new special edition uke they named "Ganbalele." "Ganbare" means "do your best" in Japanese. They did a play on words and added the "lele" of ukulele to the name and voila! And an amazingly cute uke that I'll dream of owning is born (start bid $1800--they originally planned to make it $4000). The uke is in the shape of a waving flag with the old Japanese flag on the front, a KoAloha logo cut out on the side and the back was made to look like a post card. The stamp is the Hawaiian flag and another KoAloha logo, the address is a Hawaiian acroymn that spells out "ALOHA." The message in the middle states, "People of Japan, Aloha from Everyone." Ah-mazing!
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