Photos from the October 2014 tour of China and Japan by the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra, as discussed by members of the Orchestra and Kim Hill on the Saturday Morning programme of 1 November 2014. Photos by Andy Morley-Hall
At Shanghai's Daning Theatre, the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra pose in front of a poster for their show with the people who helped get them to China. Featured are: "Manager Zhao" - the manager of a local ukulele shop, Kirsten Mason - organiser of the NZ Music Festival in Shanghai (at back, with daughter Constance), Sam Auger, Manager Zhao's friend, Gemma Gracewood, Carmel Russell (at back), Andy Morley-Hall (front), Daniel Yeabsley, Stephen Jessup, Francis Salole, Bek Coogan, Megan Hosking, a Daning Theatre representative, Age Pryor, and Kirsten Mason's assistant, James.
Local fan poses with Age Pryor, Sam Auger and Bek Coogan in Shanghai's Daning Shopping Mall.
Gemma Gracewood and Carmel Russell (background) in Suzhou, China.
Francis Salole with theatre security guard, Shanghai.
Gemma Gracewood and Age Pryor are welcomed to Tokyo by local liaison Brigid Connor (centre).
Megan Salole, Sam Auger, Age Pryor, and Francis Salole on the Tokyo metro.
Gemma Gracewood, Bek Coogan and Brigid Connnor on the morning rush hour metro, Tokyo.
The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra and Brigid Connor in the studio of Inter FM in Tokyo, with Hawaii'an radio DJ and ukulele player Vance K (far left), his studio engineer (left), and Kyohei and Masao from the Orchestra's Japanese record label Media Factory at right.
The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra backstage at the hip Tokyo venue Duo Music Exchange with Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, former member of 1980s hitmakers Southern All Stars and now owner of ukulele shop Poe-Poe.
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