Steel Guitar Exhibit, Hands-On Experience, and Sales & Information Table

The steel guitar exhibit featured several instruments including vintage steel guitars and instruments hand-crafted by local luthier Chris Stewart.

Dan Tremblay conducted Hand-on Experienmce for resort guests wanting to learn more about the steel guitar. The Experience also gave resort guests an opportunity to try out the instrument.

The festival Sales and Information table was staffed by Sandy Sardinha and Linda Metzger and featured festival t-shirts, artists' CDs, publications, and steel guitar supplies. A limited supply of festival t-shirts from the 2022 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Experience at Mauna Lani were also available for purchase.

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• Steel guitars crafted by Chris Stewart.
• More instruments hand-crafted by luthier Chris Stewart.
• This 1950s Fender Tripleneck Custom was on display and for sale.
• Vintage Rickenbacher A-22 Frypan and a Magnatone Aloha from 1950.
• Verdine Kong at the exhibit table.
• Geri Valdriz at the exhibit table.
• Larry Holu and Geri Validrz with some of the exhibited vintage steel guitars on display.
• Chris Stewart and Richard Bronson at the exhibit table.
• Daniel Tremblay shows a guest a guitar he converted to a functioning lap steel guitar.
• Daniel describes the conversion process to a festival guest.
• Daniel shows the guest John W. Troutman's book "Kika Kila - How the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Changed the Sound of Modern Music"
• Larry Holu and Geri Valdriz at the exhibit table.
• Lillie Annette Rodrigues trying out the steel guitar at the Hands On Demonstration.
• Sign inviting festival guests to the Hands-On Experience.
• Linda Mentzer at the Sales and Information table.
• A guest makes a t-shirt purchase from Linda as Sandy Sardinha inventories the CDs for sale.
• Sandy Sardinha.
• Linda Mentzer with the t-shirts. The orange t-shirts celebrate the Kona festival, while the red t-shirts commemorate the 2022 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Experience at Mauna Lani. These t-shirts arrived late and were not available for sale at that festival due to supply chain issues.

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Photography by Addison Ching ©2023 by HIMELE.