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

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


We are now performing monthly
every 4th Thursday, at 7:30 PM at
The Tiki Terrace
1 So. Wolf Road, Prospect Heights, IL
Dinner reservations recommended - call 847-795-8454


UPCOMING 2007 CONCERTS AT THE TIKI TERRACE:
July 26, Aug. 23, Sept. 27, Oct. 25
(Note: We may be listed as the "OCC Uke Club")

CONCERT AUDIO  MP3's
(Click on 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, 2007, 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

MP3 streaming audio: click on a link below to hear each song:

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 * Because Of You (Dahil Sa Yo) * 
To You Sweetheart Aloha/Aloha Oe

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Sister City International Meeting - Des Plaines, IL - January 11, 1007

(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 a link below to hear each song:

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

(MP3 streaming audio: click on a link below to hear each song)

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

(MP3 streaming audio: click on a link below to hear each song)

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

(MP3 streaming audio: click on a link below to hear each song)

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



Join us for practice and jamming with the...
Oakton Hawaiian Music Club
Meets on Thursdays from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
All levels welcome - Beginners to Pros
Ukulele, guitar, bass, string instruments, singers - just come and have fun

Oakton Community College
Room 1550, 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: August 6, 2007