Kaua‘i ‘Ukulele Festival draw wide range of players

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Kaua‘i ‘Ukulele Festival draw wide range of players

LIHU‘E — The small instrument with four strings and a carved box is everywhere, and its popularity that led it to becoming an icon of Hawai‘i, aloha and Hawaiian lifestyle meant the two-day weekend at Kukui Grove Center should have been melded into one big ‘ukulele festival. “We’re not quite set up, yet,” said Tara Smart of Hanalei Strings. which brought an assortment of Kala ‘Ukulele through the threat and downpour of the Sunday morning weather…