Apparently a number of my friends were unaware that our mutual friend, Preston Larson, died last December of Covid. The post I wrote, “RIP Preston Larson 1942-2020” somehow got overlooked in the busy Advent/Christmas season. So if you’d like to read his obituary, you can click the link. I guess I must have been pretty… Read More A really good friend
We’re still not having in-person services at my church job, Nu‘uanu Congregational Church, but since restrictions in Hawaii are loosening, I thought I’d better get the organ checked out since I last played it on the first Sunday in August. Everything seemed to be okay when I played on the Great, with the Swell manual… Read More Uninvited guests
Shhhh! Don’t tell Joey! This was a title of an email I sent to Bob Alder and Rick Mazurowski, two members of the Hawaii Chapter American Guild of Organists who live on the Big Island and in charge of Joey Fala’s recital at the Higashi Hongwanji Mission, March 12th. You see, I really wasn’t… Read More Secret mission
This weekend, Joey Fala will play a concert at Higashi Hongwanji Mission in Hilo on the Big Island. According to Bob Alder, who does electronic organ service in Hawaii and is underwriting Joey’s transportation to Hilo through his firm, Church Organs Hawaii, said: “This organ has always been used by Higashi Hongwanji for their regular services.… Read More Organ music in a Buddhist temple!