Post #569891 by msteeln on Wed, Dec 22, 2010 10:54 AM

I met a lady today who was born in July 1927 and named "Aloha". I had thought Hawaii to be pretty much off the radar at that time.
All things Hawaii had been the rage for years at that point and it didn't start to slow down until the mid 50s. The 1915 Pan Pacific Expo had a Hawaiian musical troupe entertain and that started the enduring craze to the point where only piano beat out the Hawaiian steel guitar in people's homes for many years. Electricity, radio, and travel helped continue the exceptional lure of a far away paradise. http://www.gansz.org/David/Guitars/Hawaiian/Hawaiian6.htm

Thanx for your story!