The 4U Ukulele Quartet performed Jake Shimabukuro’s “Tokada” at a recording of NPR’s From the Top, recorded in Honolulu, Hawaii, back in 2016. You can’t help but smile watching this video from the archive.
Honolulu, Hawaii The 4U Ukulele Quartet performed on Show 331 in Honolulu, HI, on December 2, 2016.
4U is a high school ukulele quartette band from Honolulu, Hawaii, with over 25+ years of combined ukulele experiences. Given, 17, from Kalani High School; Taiga, 16, from Moanalua High; Chance, 15, from Kalani; and Ryan, 14, from Punahou Academy have individually won title(s) from different ukulele and talent contests. Given and Chance (Yagi brothers) were the grand champion at 2012 International Ukulele Contest and Given won 1st place at 2012 Duke’s Ukulele Contest in the high school division. Taiga received the same title in the following year in 2013 and Ryan received 1st Place in his category at 4 different ukulele and talent contests from 2010 to 2012 including Duke’s Ukulele Contest, International Ukulele Contest, and Brown Bags to Stardom Talent Contest among others.
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