Na Mele Aloha
Na Mele Aloha is the Hawaiian Music Club of Oakton Community College, 
 performing traditional Hawaiian music and songs in the Chicagoland area, 
including Hapa Haole classics and contemporary Hawaiian songs
Current Members:
VOCALS: Danielle Layden, Gwen Naelgas, Bill Tong, Howard Schneider 
GUITAR: Orlando Cabalona, Bill Tong, Lew Heller, Howard Schneider 
ELECTRIC BASS: Baron Cabalona, Lew Heller  |  KEYBOARD: Baron Cabalona, Orlando Cabalona
UKULELE: Earl Essig, Howard Schneider, Ray Kraemer, Tim Eischen, Sean Cagadas, Liam Burke

Click below and bookmark our new, easy-to-remember Web address:
http://NaMeleAloha.org


During 2007, we performed 6 concerts at
The Tiki Terrace
(click above link to visit)
1 So. Wolf Road, Prospect Heights, IL
Dinner reservations recommended - call 847-795-8454

CONCERT AUDIO  MP3's
(Click on underlined links below)
Recordings from The Tiki Terrace:

July 26, 2007

Pearly Shells/Tiny Bubbles * Red Sails In The Sunset * Hapa Haole Hula Girl *
Island Style * Lovely Hula Hands * The Hula Hula Boys * Little Grass Shack/
Little Brown Gal * I Wonder Where * Sweet Singing Bamboo * Hanalei Moon *
One More Aloha * Maui Boy/Maui Girl * Waipi'o * Blue Hawaiian Moonlight *
Ukulele Lady * Blue Hawaii * One Paddle, Two Paddle * Sweet Leilani * 
Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian * Sophisticated Hula * Choto Matei Kudesai *
Because Of You (Dahil Sa Yo) * Laihaina Luna * Pua Mana * Amazing Grace *
To You Sweetheart Aloha/Aloha Oe

VOCALS: Chica Cabalona, Olga Prevas, Bill Tong, Mike Brosnan, Jack Walsh, Howard Schneider 
GUITAR: Orlando Cabalona, Bill Tong   |  ELECTRIC BASS: Clarissa Henmueller
UKULELE: Mike Brosnan, Jack Walsh, Howard Schneider, Earl Essig, Debbie Weiner, Olga Prevas


June 28, 2007

Little Grass Shack/ Little Brown Gal  * Sweet Singing Bamboo * Pearly Shells/
Tiny Bubbles * Hanalei Moon * One More Aloha * Maui Boy/Maui Girl * Blue 
Hawaiian Moonlight * Blue Hawaii * Red Sails In The Sunset * Let's Talk Dirty In 
Hawaiian * Choto Matei Kudesai * Because Of You (Dahil Sa Yo) * Island Style
* Laihaina Luna * Ukulele Lady * Amazing Grace * Pua Mana * Huki Lau
* One Paddle, Two Paddle * To You Sweetheart Aloha/Aloha Oe

VOCALS: Chica Cabalona, Howard Schneider, Bill Tong, Mike Brosnan, Jack Walsh 
GUITAR: Orlando Cabalona, Bill Tong | ELECTRIC BASS: Clarissa Henmueller
UKULELE: Mike Brosnan, Jack Walsh, George Button, Howard Schneider, 
Earl Essig, Debbie Weiner, Ray Kraemer, Bill Tong

Northwestern University Hawaii Club's 22nd Annual Luau
April 23, 2006, in Evanston, IL
UKULELE: Mike Brosnan, George Button, Jack Walsh, Howard Schneider, Earl Essig, Ray Kraemer
VOCALS: Erin Smolinski, Chica Cabalona, Bill Tong | GUITAR: Orlando Cabalona, Bill Tong 
KEYBOARD: Baron Cabalona  |  ELECTRIC BASS: Clarissa Henmueller

Little Grass Shack/Little Brown Gal * Sweet Singing Bamboo * Pearly Shells/Tiny Bubbles
* Maui Girl/Maui Boy * Hanalei Moon * Sweet Leilani * Choto Mate Kudesai * 
One Paddle, Two Paddle * Pua Mana * One More Aloha * Dahil Sa Yo *
To You Sweetheart Aloha/Aloha Oe

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Sister City International Meeting - Des Plaines, IL - January 11, 2007

(FRONT ROW: L-R): George Button, Ray Kraemer, Chica Cabalona, Rachel Fridkin, 
Bill Tong, Clarissa Henmueller, Baron Cabalona
(BACK ROW, L-R): Mike Brosnan, Debbie Weiner, Jack Walsh, Howard Schneider, Orlando Cabalona

MP3 streaming audio: click on an underlined link below:
Little Grass Shack/Little Brown Gal * Sweeting Singing Bamboo * Pearly Shells/ Tiny Bubbles 
* Amazing Grace (Vocal solo: Rachel Fridkin) * Maui Boy/Maui Girl * Hanalei Moon *
One More Aloha * Because Of You (Dahil Sa Yo) (Vocal solo: Chica Cabalona) * 
Blue Hawaii *To You Sweetheart Aloha/Aloha Oe

Earl Essig - George Button - Rachel Fridkin - Bill Tong
Northwestern University Hawaii Club's 21st Annual Luau
May 13, 2006, in Evanston, IL

Little Grass Shack/Little Brown Gal * Hanalei Moon * Blue Hawaii *
Pearly Shells/Tiny Bubbles * Lahainaluna * Sweet Singing Bamboo *
Sweet Leilani * One More Aloha * To You, Sweetheart Aloha/Aloha 'Oe

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Mary Bachmann - Judy Maritato - Debbie Weiner - Bill Tong - Lee Mishkin
at Henry Proesel Park
June 19, 2005, in Lincolnwood, IL

Little Grass Shack * Little Brown Gal * Blue Hawaii * Sweet Singing Bamboo *
Pearly Shells/Tiny Bubbles * Sweet Leilani * One Paddle, Two Paddle *
One More Aloha * Hanalei Moon * Lahainaluna * To You, Sweetheart, Aloha *
Aloha 'Oe * Ukulele Lady

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Bill Tong  -  Judy Maritato  -  Earl Essig

at Cherry's Jubilee Luau
May 7, 2005, in Evanston, IL

Little Grass Shack * Little Brown Gal * Blue Hawaii * Sweet Singing Bamboo *
Pearly Shells/Tiny Bubbles * Sweet Leilani * One Paddle, Two Paddle * One More Aloha *
Hanalei Moon * Lahainaluna * To You, Sweetheart, Aloha * Aloha 'Oe
Aloha 'Oe (solo guitar) * Aloha 'Oe (solo ukulele)

For more information and bookings at your luau,
party, or social function, please contact:

Earl Essig
(847) 272-0762
E-mail: earlessig@aol.com



Oakton College Hawaiian Music Club
All levels welcome - Beginners to Pros
Ukulele, guitar, bass, string instruments, singers - just come and have fun
MEETINGS HELD ON THURSDAY EVENINGS AT 7:00 PM
in Room 2701 at
Oakton Community College
Des Plaines Campus
1600 E. Golf Road
Des Plaines, IL 60016

Download our performance song book with chords and lyrics
(This document is periodically updated with new songs)

For road directions, visit: http://www.oakton.edu/visitor/directns.htm

For more information, please contact:
Earl Essig (847) 272-0762
E-mail: earlessig@aol.com

Web page design and audio recordings by Bill Tong
Last Update: April 30, 2008