School Visitation - Kealakehe Intermediate School

Alan Akaka, NextGen Isaac Woodward, and dad David Woodward visited Kealakehe Intermediate School to give a steel guitar demonstration to the school's students. The presentation included hands-on opportunities for the group.

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• Guitarist David Woodward.
• Alan Akaka says some words to the class while David Woodward and NextGen Isaac Woodward look on.
• Students at the presentation.
• Another view of the classroom assembly.
• David Woodward, Alan Akaka, and Isaac Woodward.
• The group appears to be clapping to the performance.
• NextGen Isaac Woodward.
• Students show their appreciation for the performance.
• Alan shares some comments with the group.
• Alan playing on a guitar converted by Daniel Tremblay to become an acoustic steel guitar.
• Students watch and listen intently to the presentation.
• Alan shows his Asher electric steel guitar to the group.
• As Alan plays this steel guitar, the group can tell the difference in sound between an acoustic steel and an electric steel guitar.
• Performing a song for the assembly.
• The group watches and listens intently to the performance.
• Kealakahe students.
• A student tries out the steel guitar.
• Alan explains the use of the tone bar to a student.
• Isaac also points out a helpful hint to the student who seems to be having fun.
• Alan shows another student how to hold the tone bar as Isaac demonstrates how he holds his.
• Success!
• Isaac shows another student how the tone bar changes the pitch of the string.
• Coordination between the picking and the tone bar control is difficult.
• Alan shows another student the function of the tone bar.
• Another success!

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