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A119706-1
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- 1959-02-13 (Creation)
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Four unidentified students of the Honolulu Conservatory of Music posed for this photograph in February of 1959. The young man at the far left is playing a Gretsch White Falcon Hollow Body Guitar. The other two young men are both behind triple-necked Fender steel guitars similar to the one played by Wayne Newton when he first appeared on the Jackie Gleason Show in 1956, although the one at the right is "playing" a ukelele. The girl is dressed to perform a hula dance. The Honolulu Conservatory of Music was owned by Karolyn & Floyd Piper who operated the school out of their home at 617 No. 2nd St. They specialized in instruction in Hawaiian music, teaching lessons on the ukelele, guitar and accordion.
Honolulu Conservatory of Music (Tacoma); Musicians--Tacoma--1950-1960; Stringed instruments; Hula dancing--Tacoma--1950-1960;