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• You’ve seen them at the Fourth of July and King Kamehameha Day parades. If there’s a community event, chances are they’ll be there. Like next week, when they’ll help open Kona’s famous, annual Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament...
  West Hawai'i Today (Thursday, July 26, 2018) Read the complete article...

• A great band makes music sound effortless—a cacophony of notes drifting through air like oxygen. Elements of music such as pitch, tempo, texture, and volume, when analyzed individually hold great importance, yet when married together, create an inspiring force that moves the human spirit and stirs the emotions. It takes every member of a band to create and form something unique and magical...
  Ke Ola (2017, Nov-Dec) Read the complete article...

• The story of the Merrie Monarchs is closely tied with that of the Hulihe‘e Palace Band, founded in 1976 by Charles G. “Bud” Dant. Bud was a band leader, composer and record producer who worked with famous stars in early radio and TV. He served for a time as producer for Hawaii Calls, the old Hawaiian music radio show, and produced albums for Hawaiian performers such as Alfred Apaka and Melveen Leed...
  Ke Ola (2015, Nov-Dec) Read the complete article...

• History of the Hawai'i County Band (of which the West Hawai'i County Band is a unit)
  Wikipedia Read the complete article...