Bill Tapia to make a guest appearance in Whittier - California Events

R rebeccar Member Joined: Dec 04, 2009 Posts: 2	R rebeccar Posted posted on Fri, Dec 4, 2009 11:09 AM Ukulele master Bill Tapia will make a special guest appearance at "Postcards from Paradise" a dance concert featuring The Polynesian Paradise Dancers, an international touring dance company. This event will be on Sunday, December 13th @ 7pm at the Vic Lopez Auditorium in Whittier, CA, and tickets are $20. At 101 years old, Bill Tapia is the oldest working musician in the United States, and possibly the world! Not only is he still playing, touring and recording, his showmanship remains in a class by himself. For more information on how obtain tickets for this event, call 562-945-2599, or email [email protected]. For more information on the Polynesian Paradise Dancers, visit http://www.polynesianparadise.net [ Edited by: rebeccar 2009-12-04 11:10 ]
TM tiki mick Tiki Socialite SOCAL Joined: May 12, 2004 Posts: 4105	TM tiki mick Posted posted on Fri, Dec 4, 2009 11:45 AM I have the privilege and pleasure of playing Bill's 102nd birthday bash this saturday! There will be another bass player, krystin Korb, who is one of the few female upright bass masters around who will be playing in the main group (and one of my favorite bass players, period) , along with Frank DeVito and some other pretty famous jazz musicians. it's going to be great! Bill was recently featured on the radio, playing some live tunes with me on bass, Palika on guitar and a guy named Ali on the ukelele... And stay tuned for some news about an upcoming CD Bill appears on. it's a compilation CD of several Ukelele masters, and Bill and I did 3 songs which will be on the CD...hopefully, someone will announce the release and purchase information! When they say Bill is still working at his age, it's no understatement! This man really works, constantly!!!
1 1961surf Tiki Socialite Newport Beach, Ca . Joined: May 03, 2007 Posts: 2065	1 1961surf Posted posted on Fri, Dec 4, 2009 6:29 PM I love this guy.True class all the way.Google his name some time and see how many sites there are on him....awesome.

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rebeccar Posted posted on Fri, Dec 4, 2009 11:09 AM

Ukulele master Bill Tapia will make a special guest appearance at "Postcards from Paradise" a dance concert featuring The Polynesian Paradise Dancers, an international touring dance company. This event will be on Sunday, December 13th @ 7pm at the Vic Lopez Auditorium in Whittier, CA, and tickets are $20. At 101 years old, Bill Tapia is the oldest working musician in the United States, and possibly the world! Not only is he still playing, touring and recording, his showmanship remains in a class by himself. For more information on how obtain tickets for this event, call 562-945-2599, or email [email protected]. For more information on the Polynesian Paradise Dancers, visit http://www.polynesianparadise.net

[ Edited by: rebeccar 2009-12-04 11:10 ]

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tiki mick Posted posted on Fri, Dec 4, 2009 11:45 AM

I have the privilege and pleasure of playing Bill's 102nd birthday bash this saturday! There will be another bass player, krystin Korb, who is one of the few female upright bass masters around who will be playing in the main group (and one of my favorite bass players, period) , along with Frank DeVito and some other pretty famous jazz musicians. it's going to be great!

Bill was recently featured on the radio, playing some live tunes with me on bass, Palika on guitar and a guy named Ali on the ukelele...

And stay tuned for some news about an upcoming CD Bill appears on. it's a compilation CD of several Ukelele masters, and Bill and I did 3 songs which will be on the CD...hopefully, someone will announce the release and purchase information!

When they say Bill is still working at his age, it's no understatement! This man really works, constantly!!!

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1961surf Posted posted on Fri, Dec 4, 2009 6:29 PM

I love this guy.True class all the way.Google his name some time and see how
many sites there are on him....awesome.