Pleasanton Public Library

Patrick Landeza!

Famed Slack Key Guitarist to play

at the Pleasanton Public Library

Sunday August 22, 2010

2pm-3pm

The sounds of aloha will fill the Pleasanton Public Library with a Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Concert featuring the Bay Area’s own Patrick Landeza. Musician, songwriter, producer, educator, Patrick Landeza is considered to be a leading force behind Hawaiian slack key guitar, or ki ho’ alu. Born and raised to Hawaiian parents in Berkeley, Landeza cultivated his craft by studying slack key as a teen from the masters of the genre. Currently he has completed his third CD to be released in Spring 2010 entitled Ku u Honua Mele (My Music World) which includes all-star guest appearances by George Winston, Cyril Pahinui, Dennis and David Kamakahi, Sally Van Meter, Bobby Black, Steve Boughman and Herb Ohta, Jr.

Currently Patrick balances music and teaches social sciences at St. Elizabeth High in Oakland, California, organizes students and participates in community service around the Bay Area, continues the family catering business, and raises (along with his wife Jennifer) his three young sons! Patrick (somehow) finds time to tour the country teaching and performing ki ho’ alu and continues weekly slack key lessons in Berkeley at the Freight and Salvage

Join us for an afternoon of music and fun at the Pleasanton Public Library, 400 Old Bernal Ave., Pleasanton.

This program is free and open to the public and will take place in the

Pleasanton Library’s meeting room.

For more information call Penny Johnson, 925/931-3405.

Date: August 22, 2010 to August 22, 2010

Time: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

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