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Big E Kanikapila Kakou Finale Concert Don't Miss It! Sunday, April 13 is the 2008 season FINALE CONCERT at Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center: Celebrating 25 Years of Hawaiian Music Kaua'i Community College Performing Arts Center |
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| Sunday, September 16, 2007 5pm Kilohana Plantation Pavilion (formerly Kilohana Carriage House) |
winners of the Na Hoku Hanohano Award for Barefoot Natives Plus Paula Fuga of Lilikoi fame who got the “Most Promising Artist” at Na Hoku Hanohano Pekelo Cosma, Hakumele award winner General Admission: $25 each Ticket Outlets Read about Paul Fuga in the Honolulu Star Bulletin! click here |
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| Kahu 'Aina Children's Art Contest click here for more information! |
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Everyone's invited! Help us celebrate our Keiki's artwork! Art exhibit, music and food! By the post office -- see you there! Kahu `Aina Art seeks to connect our youth to the beauty and uniqueness of our native and cultural flora through art. The word kahu means caretaker, and `aina, often referred to as land, literally means that which nourishes us. Our hope is that, through this process of creativity, the students and their guardians will grow a greater appreciation for, understanding of, and pride in Hawaiian plants, as well as the environment that is home to both them and us. Many of these plants are endangered, threatened, and/or found nowhere else in the world, and are therefore, in desperate need of caretakers. May each child with the values of art, nature, and culture become a Kahu `Aina. |
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Life Drawing from model Model and Supplies Provided Time: 5:30 – 8:30 pm Aloha Center in Nawiliwili Contact: Carol Yotsuda |
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| April 6, 6 – 9 pm | Carol Bennett Exhibition Reception One Thing Leads to Another – Recent Paintings and Works on Paper Timespace Contemporary Gallery, 4545 Kona Rd, Hanapepe Exhibition Up April 3 – 30 Contact Antonio Arellanes, 808-335-0094 www.cbennettpaint.com |
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| Monday - Friday, 9 am - 1 pm plus appointments | Kauai Recycling for the Arts Hot Glass Shop in Ahukini Hot Glass Casting adventure open to anyone Contact: Kathy Cowan at or 632-0555 |
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Descendance Review
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| Goomblar & Carol | |||
I stood at the side watching the kids as their heads turned from drummer Ernest on the stage to the dancing student on the steps and I could see many of the kids twitching and keeping beat in their seats. All of a sudden, one tiny tyke, a Japanese boy from Eleele, wiggled down the row of seats and scampered up the aisle and before he could jump on the stage...like a plug was pulled...a tidal wave of tiny bodies started trickling, then scampering and finally running onto the stage clapping and waving and dancing with the beat of Ernest's drums. At least half of the audience was soon on the stage, some of them sliding on their bellies like caterpillars, some bunny-hopping around in lines, some waving and jumping up and down like kangaroos ....all of them with looks of great delight on their faces.
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| "Turtle" demonstrating the digiredoo photo by Tashi | |||
Nine months ago we started the ball rolling in presenting Descendance, an aborigine dance troupe from Australia, for a public concert at the KCC-PAC. Because their performance was only an hour long, we planned to combine it with a concert by Jeff Peterson, our Monday night presenter at E Kanikapila Kakou. We also scheduled a Monday morning school performance for students from a number of different schools.
Abruptly, two nights before the scheduled performance, I found out that the Descendance group had re-scheduled their itinerary to fly out immediately following their Sunday performance, thereby leaving us with no program for Monday. After nine months of planning and contacting and scheduling various school groups to participate in the day concert, it was not an option for me to cancel the performance on a weekend preceding the Spring break as I would not be able to get hold of the administrators to get the word out. It was back to the concert drawing board with a fury.
Tandy Awaya of the Pacific Asian Affairs Council and I decided that, with less than 36 hours to curtain time, it would be much simpler to find other cultural programs to fill the void than to try to contact all the schools to cancel the program. Tandy managed to get Te Wananga Maori, a 13-member troupe from the Polynesian Cultural Center, to agree to come for the Monday morning concert. I managed to get Aloha Africa drummer-in-residence from Ghana and the local drumming group, Love Tribe, to perform. Jeff Peterson also agreed to do an extra performance on Monday morning. We already had the children of Ke Kula Ni'ihau O Kekaha prepared to share their many chants and the hula halau from Island School to perform hula auwana. THE SHOW MUST GO ON!
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| Cheryl Heazlewood and Goomblar, photo by Anne E. O'Malley | ||
SUNDAY CONCERT: All things considered, the Sunday night concert went off AS IF IT WAS PLANNED THAT WAY. Descendance dancers, covered with ochre body paints and ritual costumes, opened the show with their primordial story-telling dances that demonstrated their affinity to and appreciation of the earth and wild creatures around them. Goomblar, the djigeridoo player created sounds that took us back to another time, another place. Immediately after their performance, they raced off to the airport as they had a half hour to catch the airplane out of Lihu'e and a connecting flight at the Honolulu International Airport. Jeff Peterson culminated the evening with a fabulous set of music that took us around the world with kiho'alu, flamenco, jazz, swing, bluegrass, classical, and numerous combinations of styles.
MONDAY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE: Monday morning was sort of planned, but on such short notice, we had to go with the flow and the flow turned out to be a tidal wave of epic proportions with cultural sharing far beyond what we expected. Lopaka Bukoski and the students of Ke Kula Ni'ihau O Kekaha opened with a powerful set of chants that gave everyone chicken skin. The males had a chance to share the Pa'i Umauma (chest slapping dance) which i later found out from Sabra Kauka was the embodiment of the final fatal battle by the young war Chief Kekuaokalani and his faithful wife Manono in their effort to save the Hawaiian religion from being destroyed by Liholiho's regime.
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| Goomblar flirts with every woman....evidence captured by Tashi | ||
Te Wananga Maori from the Polynesian Cultural Center of Hawai'i, in full costume and intricate facial tatoos put on a fast-paced exhibition of every kind of dance and music that one would see when visiting Aotearoa. Having traveled all over New Zealand to many cultural Maori centers, I must say that this group was as good as any I saw when I visited their homeland. Dancing with many different Maori implements, weapons, short stringed poi balls, long stringed poi balls; singing in harmony; ending with their traditional Haka performance, the group thrilled all the students with their cultural sharing.
Kumu Hula Shelby Dabin's hula group from island School gave a smashing performance of hula auwana. Kalani Dabin and Raymond the Sound Man accompanied the group with live music. Auntie Mary called all the little kids up on stage as they had rehearsed a medley of Hawaiian songs for Descendance. They were going to perform no matter what and they were GREAT!
Going from the singing of children to the extemporaneous jamming of two outstanding musicians from different worlds was such a surprise and treat. Jeff Peterson and Amit, a jazz guitarist of great repute from India, who had met just before the performance, gave the kids a taste of what one can aspire to if they really dedicated their lives to music. Jeff told the kids that music is a language that transcends the differences between peoples of different culture; it was apparent to all as the two musicians took us on a musical journey around the world. Clapping to keep time engaged the kids in the musical experience.
The Love Tribe came dancing and drumming onto the stage with their many drums and started the beat with Ernest, lead drummer from Ghana. Dressed in colorful African garb, the drummers soon had the little kids hopping in their seats. One older KCC student started to gyrate and dance on the steps in the back of the theater. Ernest waved for her to join them on stage, but she kept dancing in the aisle so Ernest stepped up the drumming to eye-blurring speed. I heard Auntie Mary Alfiler coaxing one little boy with dreadlocks, "go up on stage...you got the best rhythm...!" but he was shy.
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| Mizu Sumida and Goomblar. Photo by Tashi | ||
They had another chance to dance to the beat of the drums and the second time, it was a major exodus of kids from their seats to the stage and it was tough getting them off once they got a taste of fun and fame. All too soon, the exhausted and hungry kids were willing to sit down again. The amazing school performance ended with all the kids being treated to a lunch of pizza from Bread for the Journey, apples and oranges from Big Save, cookies from Kauai Kookies, and water from Kukuiula Development Company.
MONDAY NIGHT EKK: Monday night EKK with Jeff Peterson was a stellar night for those with instruments. An instructor in guitar at the University of Hawaii - Manoa, Jeff gave a crash course in a variety of strumming techniques during the ukulele hour and challenged the instrumentalists to step up to the next level by throwing in their own pa'ani, a musical interlude in the middle of the song. Even if each had to "solo" along with the whole group, I overheard some saying, "I going do that at home."
Jeff's extraordinary command of the guitar and his virtuosity in various music styles were shared in the second hour. He starts the song off in a traditional Gabby or taro patch tuning nahenahe style and begins to push the song into many different directions, incorporating jazz, swing, bluegrass, classical with his amazing picking and strumming ability; he adds harmonics and other embellishments that imitate the falsetto singers. Songs like "Maunaloa", "Puamana", "Ipo Lei Mano", "Ahe La Makani", "Sophisticated Hula" took on a whole different complexion as he kept pushing the music beyond its usual limits. Yes....he played many different songs that we normally do not get to hear in concert....and his in-depth explanations are fabulous!
He recalled that in all the music classes at USC, there were signs posted that said "NO NOODLING", but Jeff encouraged everyone to noodle away as this is how one can increase one's repertoire in playing music.
Jeff shared stories about his recent experiences playing with 99-year-old Bill Tapia who is still sharp as a tack and scolds anyone playing a wrong chord. Bill played with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Louie Armstrong and other legends. Jeff discovered that Bill was best friends with his own Uncle Mel Peterson and both of them traveled extensively together playing music all over the country. "E Naughty Naughty Mai Nei" written by Uncle Mel was a hapa-haole song that Jeff shared for everyone to sing.
We also learned "Waialae", a Spanish-style waltz written by Mekia (Major) Kealaka'i. This love song about two men in love with the same girl was featured in the successful 1912 Broadway play "Bird of Paradise", after which Hawaiian music really took off internationally. Many Mexican musicians were playing Hawaiian music after that.
He points out that Hawaii is a great place for young musicians because musical greats like Ledward Kaapana, Dennis Kamakahi and others are so approachable. He then played "Pua Hone", one of Kamakahi's best known songs.
One thing that Jeff shared is that O'ahu is nice because they have so many things going on all the time but Kaua'i has a unique sense of community that makes him love coming here to visit. So true.
And for the EKK participants, it's such a treat to have a world class musician like Jeff. A graduate of Baldwin High School on Maui, Jeff learned to play by year and matriculated at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, surrounded by the most amazing musicians as classmates. Andrew York who is today a member of the premiere quartet in the World, Pepe Romero, and many others were his musical colleagues. He has performed with Eric Clapton, Shakuhachi Grandmaster Riley Lee, Matt Catingub Orchestra of Hawai'i, Honolulu Symphony, and was one of the artists on the first Grammy winning Hawaiian Music CD in 2005.
This coming Monday, a trio that makes great music will be presenting. Pili Oha includes Glenn Mayeda, Gary Krug, and Kamuela Kimokeo. They will also be at Borders on Sunday beginning at 2:00 pm for a sidewalk concert.
Willie K Concert Review
The GOOD NEWS is that Willie K will do two Christmas concerts for Kaua'i in 2007.
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| Willie's back yard
Willie said, "If I can't take you to my back yard, I bring my back yard to you." Jo'Lin Colburn (Willie's cousin) designed it and a group of volunteers worked with her to put it together. |
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The BAD NEWS with my sincerest apologies is to all those who had to be turned away for lack of seats.
Willie K's WILLIE KALIKIMAKA ISLAND TOUR ended on Kaua'i last night to a packed house at KCC-PAC. He leaves today for California to do a concert on Dec. 23 at Chabot College in Hayward so go to williek.com for information.
Here's a quote from Diane Wry that came in this morning:
WOW!
Willi is an unfathomable talent…
This was a first for family & me; the boys thought he is awesome.
Mahalo!
I introduced the evening as follows: "The opening act is Willie; the headliner is Willie; the finale number is Willie" (Thunderous applause!) and believe it or not, he was. His guitarist of 20 years and drummer of six years were great and were right there with Willie and all his unexpected improvisations.
Willie flowed so easily from his favorite signature songs, to Hawaiian music with a contemporary twist, to rock 'n roll and blues, to traditional Hawaiian music Gabby style, to his hilarious musical imitations and his funny stories, to Santana and so much more. He sang a new song he just composed and sang a Hawaiian song just the way his Dad sang it, sharing stories of his wonderful Dad who quietly pioneered the resurgence of Hawaiian music and culture and greatly influenced Willie's love of music. You could really feel the reverence he holds for his Dad.
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| Jo'Lin Colburn, Willie K's cousin who designed the stage set, Willie K, and Sabra Kauka. Sabra did the opening oli. | ||||
The setting was awesomely serene and stunning at the same time .... The audience gasped in unison as the curtains were drawn to reveal a recreation of Willie's childhood home...a quaint quonset hut with crooked windows and doors, complete with twirling round air vent, surrounded by a jungle of lush tropical foliage. Since the audience could not go to his back porch, he brought his back porch to the audience.
The "hana hou" was truly the highlight as he stepped up to the porch of his quonset hut, reflecting on his wonderful life doing what he loves to do, magically lit up his house for the holiday spirit, and launched into the most poignant rendition of his favorite Kui Lee Christmas song with his cousin Jo'Lin dancing the hula looking like a princess in her white holoku, niihau shell leis and maile...it was a chicken skin moment where time stood still. Of course the audience was clamoring for "Oh, Holy Night" and Willie delivered as only Willie K can....his voice is so large it makes the theater seem small.
Behind the scenes:
It takes a lot to put on a concert and volunteers are too many to be acknowledged at the concert, so I'd like to acknowledge them here.
Besides helping with prep, Sabra Kauka set the right atmosphere for the evening with her beautiful "oli"...such a magnificent person.
Thanks to Debra Blachowiak at KAPA, our local theater alliance, for giving us carte blanche to anything we needed to build the set as designed by Jo'lin Colburn, Willie's cousin. Carpentry magic by Keith Tammarine and Ron Horoshko, assisted by Alika (Jo'Lin's son), had that beautiful set whipped up in a few hours. Jo'Lin, Alika, Jodi & Tian Ascuena, Mizu Sumida and Tashi Diebel turned loose foliage into a garden wonderland.
Mizu and I spent the entire day before gathering up all the plants in my yard, the KCC farm workers cut down beautiful banana trees for us, David and Carol Kuraoka and Janet Killerman contributed tropicals, Sabra Kauka and Jackie Kozak and boyfriend Mike picked bags of laua'e for us. Thanks to my brother Shoji for intuiting that the plants we stored by his office was not food for his goats.
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| Keith Tammarine, Jo'Lin Colburn--Willie K's cousin who did stage set decor, Jo'Lin's son Alika Colburn, and GIAC Executive Director Carol Kouchi Yotsuda | |||
KCC tech crew -- Kent Tanigawa, Anthony Fernandez, Leo DuBois, Raymond the Sound Man -- did a fantastic job with the lights and the sound. Willie's first words after his first strum was, "I love the way it sounds!" Raymond actually had some cool unplanned "walk-on" roles which Willie turned into part of the act. Willie dubbed Raymond with NEW NICKNAME known only to the nearly 600 folks in the audience. Tony Kilbert as always made it smooth sailing with all the theater arrangements and maintained that gorgeous smile even with his long, long hours. KCC-PAC and GIAC collaborated on this concert.
Willie did an imitation of me as "vice principal" but he quietly upgraded me to "principal" when he said goodnight. Thanks, eh!
Huge mahalo to our huge volunteer crew -- Carrie Johnson and Anne O'Malley who are unmatched at doing the PR things, all those who put up the 350 posters all over the island -- Vigil Alkana, Mizu, Diane Wry, Faye Newfield, Lynn Pizzatola, Cheryl Heazlewood, Jodi Ascuena, Nancy Beckel, Laurel Francis and many more.
Big mahalo to the media for their continuous support in getting the word out to everyone -- Kauai Island News, The Garden Island, KKCR Radio, Kong Radio group, and Kaua'i coconut wireless. Thanks to KCC for the radio spots.
Thanks to the great folks at the ticket outlets who graciously handled the brunt of hostility when the tickets ran out -- Bounty Music, Scotty Music, Island Soap and Candle, Kaua'i Discount Activities at Aloha Center, Magic Dragon and Toys, Hawaiian Music Store, and Cammie Matsumoto at KCC. Special thanks to Lisa Llewellyn who handles all the ticket accounting and saves me from major angst!
Kudos to my great lobby crew for making it all go smoothly -- Carol Ayala, Phil Silva, Vigil Alkana, Lynn Pizzatola, Linda Lester, Sandy Breckenridge, Annaleah Atkinson, Cheryl Heazlewood, Tian, Jodi & Victor Ascuena, Diane Wry, Anne O'Malley...hope I did not miss anyone.
Thanks to my faithful soldier Mizu Sumida for her exceptional help in prepping food for the performers, to "tailgaters" Marty and Carole Kahn who added their pre-concert tailgate food to the table, to Cammie Matsumoto who made sure work crew was fed, to my brother Masami who brought special "pupu" and to all those who stayed late to help break down the set in record time.
Willie loved the informal after-show pa'ina, for sure, as he told Jo'Lin, "We should do this after every show...like a real ohana eating together." When Jo'Lin told me that at a previous concert, she worked alone until past midnight, starving for lack of food, I had to make sure that everyone was properly fed.
Ed Carson, Willie K's manager, sums it up: "Kaua'i has the greatest NETWORK!" .....Indeed we do!
M E L E K A L I K I M A K A (in the voice of a Vice Principal)
Carol Yotsuda
Makana CD Release Party!
Blogging from the Aftermath of last night's Makana Masquerade CD Release Concert Party
by Carol Yotsuka
After a couple of months of relentless organizing and coordinating, I left my house on a positive note as my little Sharma Thrush was sitting on the papaya tree branch next to my porch; I had not seen "Bird" for two days so I thought that maybe a cat got him...but there he was watching me feed my dog and loading up my van and trying to get to Joe's On the Green.
As I drove down to Koloa town a light shower came floating down through the bright sunlight and I suddenly spotted this huge perfect double rainbow appearing over Mount Haupu, so I veered onto the Koloa bypass road and could see the end of the rainbow right on the street in front of me.
"Bird" is back.....Hawaiian sunshine...huge perfect double rainbow over my favorite mountain....this is going to be a good party.
Not only was it a good party . . . it was a Blast, a Hoot, the hands down Party-to-be-at on a night when there were about seven other great events to attend.
Carol Bain's parting shot as she was leaving: "It's not a good party unless things get at least a bit out of control. And this is a great party."
Picture this... the sun turning wind-blown clouds into all shades of pink, coral, lavendar and all the colors that can't be named strewn across an awesome blue sky and the endless perfect greens of the Kiahuna golf course as the backdrop ... Makana and his band -- Jon Hawes, Stephen Inglis, and Steven Howell -- doing their sound check with no walls to hold back the reverberating intensity of their music.
A steady stream of early birds in masques, costumes, plain ordinary clothes all trying to get a good seat under the tent ... and the stream continued all night long into floods of ghouls, bird people, titas, warriors, blind swordsman, bling bling belly dancers, beach towel people, witch from Narnia, soldiers, tons of witches, hippies, mimes, flappers, and it went on and on. Totally creative and fun.
There was even a chorus line of "Carol Clones" of all shapes and sizes all wearing MY face with ballerina bodies, young bodies, huge bodies, slim bodies, male bodies...that was too wierd for me.
My own costume, thrown together at the last minute had folks calling me "space case", "Hershey kiss with a nut inside", "art work in progress", etc. I never figured out what I was but at least I looked DIFFERENT in the photos.
Makana's new CD called "Different Game" was available for purchase for the first time on Kaua'i and I am listening to that wonderful voice right now. Definitely a great gift item with new songs in a different direction with that unforgettable voice. To hear them live and see them in fluid motion had everybody up and gyrating all over the place....never mind the rain, forget the tents, this place is rocking and I'm rocking along with it. Everything was rising to fever pitch as Makana and his band did their hana hou "So We Say Goodbye". If you did not get the CD last night, you can get it online or at his concerts.
And more and more people were still at the door trying to get in. I even overheard some folks on cell phones calling their friends, "You gotta get down to Joe's...this party is WILD". Kaua'i coconut wireless was kicking in. My usually organized crew at the front desk were totally overwhelmed and decided to sip some wine to keep their cool. Ever seen a party where the door had to recycle wrist bands?
Secret judges circulated among the crowd and selected 12 outstanding costumes as finalists and these folks went up on stage during intermission to strut and show their stuff so folks could vote for them with their ticket stubs. The White Witch of Narnia won the 5 hour snorkle cruise from Captain Andy's and from her envelope was picked the winner of the HeliUSA Deluxe Helicopter ride for two -- Lynne Torres. For the lucky number door drawing, Joan Levy with her non-stop blinging outfit won the Hanamaulu Cafe gift certificate and Ichimura dressed as Ichimura the Artist won the Joe's on the Green gift certificate.
Makana turned the stage over to Sashamon and his band. The crowd was already in high gear so they just picked up right where Makana left off and the dancing continued for another hour and a half. Those "Greens" will never be the same again. It took another hour to move everyone out of the premises... party animals were having just too much fun to move on.
Thanks to all who turned out to support Makana, Sashamon, and the Garden Island Arts Council!
A fun time was had by all ... see you next year
Carol Yotsuda, the Hershey Kiss with a nut inside
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So my first email in the morning comes from Biloxi Missouri:
Aloha kaua e Carole:
Sabra called me in Biloxi, MS this morning as she drove to the airport for a Sunday meeting in Honolulu.
Her recount was that the Makana & Sahashamon Concert Party was a total hoot.
I'm looking forward to returning home before TOO long so I can join in the fun.
E holo mua me ka hana maika`i, Kai`opua
Hi Carol - Yes, that was a great party indeed!
Jon (Hawes)
hi Carol! Thank you for all your hard work, the gig seemed to be great success and we really enjoyed playing! do you have any spare copies of the concert poster left over? I would like to get one if you do have some, great design! Once again, thank you so much, Aloha, Steven. (Howells)
Aloha Carol,
Thanks for having us. The concert was indeed a blast.
Mahalo Nui,
Stephen Inglis (drummer)
yes that
was a great show!!! thank you very much for
everything. looking forward to the next time aloha a
hui hou
Budgie (Makana’s tech)
As always, your creative account made me feel as if I were there.....Mahalo, Carol...(Miss Kiss) U Da Best!
We made costumes and helped out at the Englewood Merchants' Street party here in Florida. Our friends have a little antique shop on Dearborn Street which is the center of town. We ended up helping hand out treats to over 5,000 youngsters! Dearborn Street was blocked off and we were entertained by youth dance troops and gymnasts all evening long..Good fun.
A hui hou,
Char
whew, Carol--I am still catching up on my sleep! Thank you for the
impetus to return home to Kaua`i--I'm listening to Makana's new CD and
it is profound--and it also rekindles memories of the Party! Mahalo
nui, dear one! One more semester to go!!!
Carol, you are the QUEEN of PARTAY!
Karen Ciabatonni
Thanks Carol for another fun filled event! Hana Hou next year with someone else having a CD release!
A Hui Hou!
Desiree Duclayan-Parsonson
It really was a fun party. What a lot of work to put together.
I loved Makana's new album and music. Unfortunately I only brought $40 and spent $21 on food and $15 on a GIAC tee shirt....so no money to buy an album and I don't suppose that there are any left.
The costumes were great-who won. I suggest if someone does this again they wait till later in the evening to chose finalists. I noticed a lot came after we did. That pregnant playboy bunny was great. We left early 9:45 because I was tired-Did the photos all day for the Humane Society's fund raiser. I was cooked from too much sun. We've been to Halloween parties every year at Joes. I won the costume prize a couple of years ago as a bag lady. Walt won several years ago as Abe Lincoln. It is fun-but did not have time to do a fancy costume because the fundraiser for Kauai Humane Society took two days of prep time.
Some KSAers are trying to do a fund raiser to help pay for a space. We could use some help if you have the time and inclination.
Carol Ann Davis-Briant
www.portraitsofhawaii.com
www.kauai-puahale.com
well, glad it was successful
I got to hear jerry santos fri nite and then at blaine kia's hoike sat nite olo mana
divine
awesome.
Miki Kaipaka
Thank YOU Carol!
M (Millicent cummings)
Hi carol, arnold, victor and myself went to joes for breakfast. Caroline
told me it was a huge success. Katherine and jerry brocklehurst were sitting
at another table and talked to her for a long time too so you may get some
facts from them. She talked to us mainly about the arrival of 2 members of
the liquor commision (that anne and I told they couldn't come in without a
ticket!) and her wonderful staff and despite her protestations, I think by
the time next year comes around, she may well re-consider a second event.
(if we wanted it, of course)
Thankyou for allowing us to be a part of your world, carol, aloha, jodi &
vic
Kong-gratulations..
Thank you for the ticket give-aways..
glad to help a little bit.
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Thank you for telling the world that you listen to KONG all day LONG.
Mahalo for listening to KONG!
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ronwiley
www.kongradio.com
You're a born reporter and recorder!!!! I'm so glad to be on your list!!!!! Aloha, Edee
Aloha Carol ~ Here are just a few pictures from last night that I thought you may enjoy.
Thank you for all of your hard work with GIAC. Its much appreciated.
Aloha, LORI (aka Noir)
Hi Carol,
The party was the best. The music fantastic and such a great cross-section of Kauai folk were there. I know how much work it takes to pull something like this off. You are such a gift to Kauai. MAHALO! With love, appreciation, and aloha......... Joan
Aloha kaua e Carole:
Sabra called me in Biloxi, MS this morning as she drove to the airport for a Sunday meeting in Honolulu.
Her recount was that the Makana & Sahashamon Concert Party was a total hoot.
I'm looking forward to returning home before TOO long so I can join in the fun.
E holo mua me ka hana maika`i, Kai`opua
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