This Week's Entertainment at the Hyundai

Since the Hyundai Tournament of Champions does not start until Friday, there is now not a whole lot to talk approximately yet except who's within the discipline. But you may get that info here, and you understand that Tiger and Phil may not be there. So there may be now not a whole lot sense in that, is there?

Instead I idea I'd give you a few info approximately the Aloha Kick-Off Ceremony that takes place Friday before the occasion. I found it very exciting.

I assume you've noticed that GC usually features a ukulele player on a number of their intro portions for the duration of the match. Let me introduce you to the person you are most probably to see.

If you're interested by a little ukulele records, maintain reading. Otherwise, just pass the following paragraph.

Although most people around the world refer to the instrument as a "yoo-kuh-lay-lee" the typical Hawaiian pronunciation is "oo-koo-lay-lee." The instrument developed during the 19th century as a Hawaiian version of a small guitar-like instrument from Portugal. There are actually several sizes of ukulele -- including bass ukuleles -- but the most common performance instrument is the tenor uke, and it's gaining popularity with serious musicians. If you'd like to hear a real pro playing it, one player you can check out on YouTube is Canadian player James Hill. He has a killer solo uke version of Michael Jackson's Billy Jean where he carries the drum, bass, and guitar parts all at the same time. He's quite funny as well.

Anyway, this year the player brought in by the event is a man named Kamakakehau Fernandez. I think he's interesting because he was originally born in Little Rock, Arkansas but he was adopted at 6 weeks of age (his original given name is Ryan) and taken to Maui, where he grew up. He sings in a style called Leo ki?Eki?E, which is a falseto technique. Here's a YouTube video I found of him:

There's a quite good danger you will be listening to him in some unspecified time in the future during GC's insurance due to the fact he is the occasion's featured musician. And in case you're interested by getting to know more about him, right here's the hyperlink to his website. The image got here from his website as well.