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Topic: In the beginning--Billy Tonnesen |
Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 12 May 2010 3:16 pm |
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These are pictures of my Music School, The National Institure of Music and Arts, at our annual Concert at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in West Los Angeles in 1943. I am the Steel player in the very middle. In the Hula Dancer picture I am hidden. This was just one part of our Condert of about 50 of us student Steel and Violin players.
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J. Wilson
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Manitoba, Canada
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Posted 12 May 2010 4:03 pm
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Very cool! A clear testament to how popular it was back at that time. Love the hula dancers. I take it they taught hula dancing at the school too?
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If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On. -Shakespeare
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1941 Ric B6 / 1948 National Dynamic / 1951 Bronson Supro / Custom teak wood Allen Melbert / Tut Taylor Dobro / Gold Tone Dojo / Martin D15S / Eastman P10 |
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Mitch Druckman
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 13 May 2010 10:37 am
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Beautiful photos. I wish I could have attended the concert. The 3 piece drum group must have been there for the Hawaiian War Chant.
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 13 May 2010 1:16 pm
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| In those days only the piano was in more homes than the steel guitar. Whahappened? |
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Billy Tonnesen
From:
R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 13 May 2010 7:18 pm The whole Orchestra
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Here is a picture of the whole Orchestra in 1943. I am sitting on the left side of the front row of Steel Guitars. This is all the Students of our Teacher, Agnes K. Roberts. We were mostly violins and Steel Guitars with a professional pianist furnished by NIOMA. We played a variety of music, not just Hawaiian. The additional picture is a group of selected Steel Guitars playing Spanish music. I am sitting to the right of the two girls sitting togeter in the first row. The girl in the back row was Twila Jensen who I was in love with but she never did know.
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