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County Council Update

2011 emphasis: budget, building economy, getting along.

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Spirited Conversation

Greg Holzman and Jean Souza talk ocean resource management.

Ahoy, Namahoe!

Dennis Chun looks forward to sailing canoe’s launch.

ARTS

Garden Island Arts Council 8 page insert.

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All Local • All Community • All Kaua‘i • News • Entertainment • Calendar • Dining

Lensed Kaua‘i Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting Photos by Rebecca Smith

Approximately 400 persons attended the Kaua‘i Chamber of Commerce Annual General Membership Meeting at the Kaua‘i Marriott Resort & Beach Club. Sponsored

by Smith’s Motor Boat Services, the evening marked the first membership meeting without a keynote speaker.

Highlights included a silent auction, the Chamber Board 2011 installation by the Honorable Judge Trudy Senda, presentation of the 2010 Retail Merchants of Hawai‘i Retail Business of The Year award won by Lori Cardenas of Aunty Lilikoi Products, and something never before done at a chamber gathering— dancing with entertainment by Kustom Sounds Kaua‘i. New members promoted their businesses at the Membership Spotlight Table, while several Business After Hours hosts of 2010 took advantage of having vendor booths as well.

Board Director Sharron Weber of Tire Warehouse, took time out to talk story with new members Willie Ealy of Tommy Bahama and Wanda Shibata, individual member

Kaua‘i Chamber of Commerce Board Directors Jimmy Jasper and Shawn Smith with Sue Kanoho, executive director of the Kaua‘i Visitors Bureau

Carrie Schneck of Capital Asset Management and David and Jean Camp of Camp Consulting, LLC

Barbara Bennett, publisher of For Kaua‘i / forkauaionline. com with team mates Chris Jensen (l) and Tine Howard (r) of Hawaii Stream.

The St. Regis Princeville Hotel was a Business After Hours host in August.

Stephanie Kaluahine Reid, director of Public Relations and Sarah Cera, Special Events Manager, pose with Randall Francisco, president, Kaua‘i Chamber of Commerce

Representing and guests of the Filipino Business Chamber contingent are front (l-r): Oscar Portugal, executive director of the Filipino Business Chamber of Commerce; Ernie Pasion, president-elect; Edie Pasion, Casey Meighan, guest. Back: Eddie Topenio, board member; Sonia Topenio, former president; Kim and Wade Lord, Jim Mayfield.

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Namahoe—Kaua‘i’s voyaging canoe

by Joan Conrow

After some 15 years of volunteer effort, the sea is literally within sight for Namahoe, Kaua‘i’s voyaging canoe.

Sitting on a patch of pavement within the Matson yard, overlooking Nawiliwili Harbor, the 72-foot canoe is slowly moving toward completion. But construction has taken so long that volunteers now are refinishing some of the sections that have gotten weathered over the years.

“It’s almost like main-

taining,” says Dennis Chun, the Kaua‘i Community College instructor who has been pushing the project along, while simultaneously planning ahead.

At the moment, he’s preoccupied with finding a permanent mooring space for the canoe, which he hopes will finally be lifted up by a crane and set in the water this spring.

“That’s the thing I’m concerned about, because we’re gonna finish with this, and then where are we going to put it?”

He’s eyeing the space

that was earmarked for the Hawai‘i Superferry, and hopes that his negotiations to secure it won’t have to begin anew when the incoming governor makes administrative changes in the state Department of Transportation.

In the meantime, though, there’s a canoe to complete, which is why volunteers converge at the site each weekend to grind, sand, paint and lash its fiberglass and wood components.

One of the regulars is Michael Shintani of

Oma‘o, who has been following the Hokule‘a since 1976, when it sailed to Tahiti and back using only the traditional navigation tools of sea swells and stars. The landmark voyage marked the resurgence of Polynesian seafaring in Hawai‘i and ultimately sparked the dream of a voyaging canoe for each island, which led to the construction of Namahoe.

Shintani, who has taken a few day trips on the Hokule‘a, enjoys the camaraderie of the project and the

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There’s a New Newspaper in Town?

by Barbara Bennett, Publisher No, not a new newspaper, just bringing back to you, our community, the newspaper that you loved and have missed. Missed because it was all about Kaua‘i. Loved because it connected you with your neighbors, the people and the island. It was called Kaua‘i People.

Yes, I too have missed Kaua‘i People, now renamed For Kaua‘i magazine by the staff. Renamed but the vision and the mission is the same. For Kaua‘i will continue to support the community, the people and publish news all about Kaua‘i, all about community, all Kaua‘i news.

Why bring another newspaper to our island?

Why continue this community newspaper? A good community newspaper has been described as a community in conversation with itself, about itself. As such, a good newspaper connected to its community performs a vital function and contributes to community reflection, understanding and progress.

With the State and Kaua‘i’s economy seem-

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With your support and the support of the community we can succeed at our goals with our most valuable and committed staff. I thank you for all the past years you have supported our endeavors and we will continue to serve you with vision and aloha.

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Canoe from page 3

giving folks hands-on experience in ocean voyaging, a key aspect of Hawaiian culture.

But over the years of construction, Chun and others have discovered that they don’t have to wait until Namahoe is in the water for the instructional and cultural sharing to begin.

Atsushi Sawada, a Japanese national and KCC student, is a good example. He was deeply touched when the Hokule‘a visited Japan during a 2007 voyage that also included stops in Micronesia. As

a result of that experience, Sawada ended up moving to Kaua‘i, where he enrolled in voyaging and Hawaiian language classes at KCC. Now he is a consistent volunteer on the Namahoe project.

The 2007 voyage also resulted in partnerships with five maritime colleges in Japan.

Some of the Japanese students from those schools have since enrolled at UH and traveled to Kaua‘i, where they worked on Namahoe while strengthening their Hawaiian language and voyaging skills.

Meanwhile, Chun and retired KCC pro-

fessor Marshall Mock, a longtime supporter of Namahoe, are teaching guests at the Sheraton Po‘ipu about voyaging and the night sky in presentations held at 7 p.m. each Thursday. The gig also generates some regular revenue for the canoebuilding project.

Chun envisions a time when Namahoe and visiting canoes will sail to different ports around Kaua‘i so the residents of each region will have incentive to learn about and share the history of their community and its culturally significant spots. He also sees Namahoe, which will

require a crew of 15 to 20, as giving youth a chance to experience the excitement of discovery inherent in ocean voyaging.

They’ll also be able to gain the academic, practical and cultural skills required of crew.

“The dream was that every major island would have a voyaging canoe,” Chun says.

“The idea of having all these voyaging canoes was to enable a larger part of the community to experience and learn from the opportunities that come about from being on a voyaging canoe.”

The volunteers working on Namahoe have

Namahoe in the Matson yard at Nawiliwili Harbor. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley gone through their own learning process in figuring out how to design and build the canoe they imagined, starting with forming a nonprofit organization, known as Na Kalai Wa‘a o Kaua‘i, and raising money, which

is an ongoing struggle.

Namahoe is “kind of a composite,” Chun says, using the shape of Hokule‘a’s hulls and the forward and aft sections of Hawai‘iloa, another voyaging canoe based on O‘ahu.

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County Council Overview

By Joan Conrow As the newly elected County Council gets down to business, members say their emphasis for the next year will be on the budget, building the economy while preserving Kaua‘i’s unique character, affordable housing policies, expanding the bus and getting along as a group.

First up, though, are proposals to end employee furloughs and amend the county’s shoreline setback law, which could affect how close structures can be built to the ocean. The Council also may seek a review of county staff to determine if furloughs are causing the county to lose fee revenues or spend more on overtime, says Council Chairman Jay Furfaro.

Allocating spending in the county’s $150 million operating budget is another top priority for all members, with Furfaro pushing to create a reserve fund that will set aside money for a truly rainy day.

“I want to work on a reserve policy that’s very transparent to the public,” Furfaro says. Unlike the current surplus, the funds would be “hands off from budget to budget” and tapped only

when the county finds itself financially challenged by a hurricane, airline strike or loss of the transient accommodation tax (TAT), which is assessed on visitor room stays and currently generates about $11.8 million for Kaua‘i. It’s a vulnerable funding source because the state Legislature regularly debates how much, if any, of the TAT should be shared with the counties.

Furfaro is looking toward a reserve that reflects 20 percent of the budget, or about $30 million. The county currently has a surplus of about $41 million, with $7 million of that earmarked for various expenses, so it would be able to create the reserve without having to cut services or personnel, he says.

Councilman Mel Rapozo says his Public Safety and Environmental Services Committee will deal “first and foremost” with issues surrounding the new county landfill, which Mayor Bernard Carvalho has proposed for a site behind Hanama‘ulu, on Kalepa Ridge.

Councilwoman Nadine Nakamura says the shoreline setback see Council page 9

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Volunteer for Namahoe Volunteers who can work with fiberglass and wood are welcomed, as well as those who can assist with basic paperwork and organizing.

The canoe project also could benefit from the donation of scaffolding, electric sanders and grinders, hand tools and money. For more information contact Chun at dennisch @hawaii.edu

Canoe from page 5

feet long, 7 feet down and 5 feet wide, Namahoe is larger all around than Hokule‘a, which measures 60 feet, 6 feet and 4 feet, respectively.

The hulls are made from a product called Divinlycel—sheets of foam with each cell totally enclosed, so if one breaks, the water isn’t absorbed elsewhere— that was layered, then strengthened and waterproofed with a covering of Knytex fiberglass cloth. The resulting material is light and easy to repair, much like patching a surfboard.

The layered edges were filled with Polyfair, then sanded “to smooth it all together,” Chun explains. And once the outside of the hulls was completed,

“we turned it over and did the inside.”

K a n e o h e - b a s e d marine architect and engineer Brian Trenhaille created the hull design and has provided ongoing advice on construction methods and materials. Another man offered to build Namahoe for a fee, but Chun and other project founders turned him down, a decision they do not regret, even after spending untold hours on construction.

“I think it was a wise choice,” Chun says. “It really tested our fortitude and our commitment to what we believe in. And now we know this vessel, every inch of it. You know what kind of work went into it, where it might fail, how to fix it. You know it intimately.

Lashings on the Namahoe. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley

“Everybody has had their hand in it, putting their own mana, their essence, into it. And that’s a lot of what it’s about. It’s not something that’s production, or off the shelf.”

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bill is just one of many issues that her Planning Committee will take up this year. Others include the important agricultural lands study, county General Plan update and East Kaua‘i Development Plan.

The Council also seems to be in agreement on expanding bus service, as well as focusing on affordable housing. Councilwoman JoAnn Yukimura says she wants to see her Committee on Housing, Transportation and Energy

Conser vat ion and Efficiency “develop a long-range plan for providing affordable housing for the next 10 to 15 years” and then review the housing policy Kaua‘i County Council Coun“to see if it is ty members include at front adequate to the (l-r) Derek Kawakami, Nadine tasks set forth Nakamura, JoAnn Yukimura, in the plan.”

Dickie Chang. Back (l-r) Tim With the Bynum, Jay Furfaro (chair), county’s unem- Mel Rapozo. Photo by Ron ployment rate Kosen/Photo Spectrum at 8.5 percent, building jobs through and arts, sports and science initiatives designed recreation, to support food and and technology and agriculture, health other “green jobs” and wellness, culture will be a top focus of see Council page 10

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Acidification—an ocean threat

By Jan TenBruggencate

The great navigator Nainoa Thompson talks about how our own limited experience misleads us about the health of our oceans.

We remember nearshore fishing being better in our own childhoods than it is now. But our elders remember it being even better in their childhoods. If you go back multiple generations, can we even imagine how productive Hawai‘i’s waters once were?

I can remember plucking lobsters off the reef in knee-deep water 20 feet from shore. But that was 50 years ago. Generations earlier, residents were able to feed themselves off the ocean using tools as simple as wooden spears and bone hooks.

Clearly, we have heavily fished our nearshore waters, and overfishing has been a focus of ocean recovery efforts, along with

pollution abatement, limiting sediment flow and preventing physical damage to coral reefs.

Those issues remain problems, but for the future, they may no longer be the major problems for our nearshore waters. The potentially larger threat is the acidification of the oceans, and perhaps the most frightening aspect is that we really don’t understand what its impacts will be.

We can guess. The United Nations Environment Programme has issued a new report Environmental Consequences of Ocean Acidification: A Threat to Food Security. You can look it up here: http://www.unep.org/ dewa /pd f/Env i ronmental_Consequences_of_Ocean_Acidification.pdf As carbon dioxide builds up in the atmosphere, much of it is absorbed into the ocean, where it combines with water to make the ocean more

acidic. The naturally alkaline ocean water is slowly losing its alkalinity, with serious implications for the many forms of ocean life like shellfish, which rely on carbonate ions in alkaline water to form their skeletons and their shells.

Some of the earliest basic ocean measurements have been taken at a scientific station north of Hawai‘i.

“Ocean observations at a station off Hawaii over the last 20 years show increases in seawater CO2 and decreases in seawater pH clearly tracking increases in atmospheric CO2,” the UN report says.

It is assumed that there will be impacts on the survival and ability to thrive of many small animals at the base of the food chain, but nobody really knows for certain.

“The impact of ocean acidification on ecosystems, with the possible exception of see Acidification page 12

Council from page 9

the Council. The Economic Development and Renewable Energy Sources Committee, chaired by Councilman Dickie Chang, will be taking the lead there.

Furfaro, who was unanimously elected Council chair, says he’s also formed new Rules and Human Resources subcommittees that will be charged, among other tasks, with developing policies for reviewing and training Council staff and posting Council documents on line. The latter has long been a favorite initiative of Councilman Tim Bynum, who chairs the Finance, Parks & Recreation, Public Works Programs Committee.

Councilman Derek Kawakami, who heads the Intergovernmental Relations Committee, has spoken up about the need for members to check their egos at the door and focus on the business at hand in order to keep things running smoothly.

Rapozo agrees, and says that all members have a common denominator they can refer to when their egos take over. “We’ve got to remember what caused us to run for office that very first time.

It wasn’t money or notoriety or fame. It was because we sincerely wanted to make a difference.”

Joan Conrow is an awardwinning journalist with more than 30 years of experience writing for newspapers and magazines. She writes a blog at kauaieclectic.blogspot. com

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Acidification from page 10

coral reefs, is largely unknown. The ability of many planktonic organisms to build skeletons decreases as seawater becomes more acidic but the response is not uniform,” the report says.

Will reefs erode and stop protecting shorelines? Will lobster shells thin? Will ‘opihi be unable to build strong shells to protect them from rolling rocks and high surf? Research is needed into the impacts of acidification.

The most obvious response, of course,

would be to stop pumping increasing amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but the UN report is coldly realistic about that possibility.

“The likelihood is that this will not occur in the immediate future,” it says.

The report suggests that jellyfish could thrive in an increasingly acidic ocean.

Among its recommended responses to the problem are research to determine which food species can best adapt to increasing acidity, what changes in habitat might improve their development, and con-

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sidering the development of artificial reefs or other habitat modifications to improve marine food survival.

The alternative is to continue the same downward spiral, in which, like us and our grandparents, our grandkids talk about how much better fishing used to be.

PADDLE BOARDING from page 13

LAST LISTENED TO: Toby Keith, You Caught Me at a Bad Time LAST WATCHED: The Office LAST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Finishing the TriKaua‘i Triathlon QUOTE: My dad told me when I was young, “Always do your best and God will do the rest” STILL TO COME: Now that I’m more focused in mind and body, I would like to find that right woman and settle down.

SEEKING: Love HOW ARE YOU For Kaua‘i?

I’m originally from Kaua‘i and I went to the Mainland for my education, and that adventure led me to New York, Florida, and Mexico, but I always knew I wanted to come back home to Kaua‘i and work and give back to the people.

As a professional, I’m helping people of Kaua‘i. I could be anywhere in the world, but I chose to come back home.

ETHNIC BACKGROUND: Filipino, Spanish and a little Chinese.

Contact: 652-9000; doctor_joel46@yahoo.com

(left) Jan TenBruggencate is an author and the former science writer for The Honolulu Advertiser. He operates a communications company, Island Strategy LLC. He serves on the board of the Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative and on the County Charter Review Commission.

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HOME: Puhi. Born on Kaua‘i, raised in Kapa‘a, went to St. Catherine’s Elementary School, Kapa‘a High School, Seattle University for a B.S. in biology; Indiana University for my O.D. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Work in progress

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FIT to the core

“strengthen your core” together to support the even if you’re not a fit- hips and pelvic area.

There are many recre- ness buff. But what The shoulders and ational activities, espe- exactly does it mean upper back support a cially here in Hawai‘i, and what are the mus- strong posture. All of cles that make these muscles—those up the body’s of the low back, abcore? dominals, and shoul Most people ders support the spine will say that and keep the body your core is strong and balanced. made up of the In essence, the core a b d o m i n a l s , is the body’s pillar of Summer Lawton, owner of FIT which is true, strength. that call on your body’s although that’s not the Try these three basic core to be able to be a entire story. Just like exercises to strengthparticipant—surfing, kayaking, and paddle boarding are three examples.

But daily activities require core strength daily. Picking up your children, lifting groceries in and out of the car—these are what fitness professionals call functional activi- Summer Lawton works with Bob Farias on the ties. It’s important for crunch, a good exercise to strengthen your core us to be able to main- muscles. Photo by Sue Boynton tain a strong core so en your core, whether you’re picking up the keiki, the groceries or going out paddle boarding.

1. The bridge. Lie on your back with your knees bent. Raise your hips as high as they will go, hold for three breaths and then release. For more of a Summer Lawton works with Bob Farias on dry land challenge, lift one leg paddleboarding, syncing the stroke and strengthup with the bottom of ening core muscles. Photo by Sue Boynton the foot aimed at the that we can maintain water and sunlight ceiling. Lift your hips. our independence and work together to make Repeat 15 times. good health as we age. plants grow, the mussee FIT page 24 Chances are you’ve cles of the low back heard the phrase and abdominals work

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Spirited Conversation Attended by Anne E. O’Malley Welcome to a Spirited Conversation, in which two persons meet to better understand each other’s point of view and to explore potential meeting of the minds on a topic. The topic under discussion in this conversation involves ocean resources management.

It is edited due to lack of space, but even so, having made the time to meet, the participants continued their conversation for over two hours more after For Kaua‘i left the table.

Greg Holzman, a Kaua‘i fisherman and member of the Hawaii Ocean Users Group, agreed to meet and converse on the topic of ocean resources management with Jean Souza, programs coordinator in the Kaua‘i office of the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary (HIHWNMS).

There’s reason for the discussion.

At issue is the potential for change in the current management plan, the size and scope of which is uncertain, but that will have some impact

as that is the nature of change.

The 1,370 sq. mile sanctuary, designated

by Congress in 1992, is one of 15 sanctuaries within the National Marine Sanctuary System administered by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Management of the HIHWNMS is shared

by NOAA and the state of Hawai‘i per a written compact agreement enacted between the two in 1998 at the request of then-Gov. Ben Cayetano.

Built into that 1998 management plan, explains Souza, is the requirement to review it periodically to see

if changes need to be made. That’s what’s happening at the moment, with a series of scoping meetings around the state held in August for the public to give input.

Holzman says he and others in the Hawaii Ocean Users Group want to keep the near shore waters, the three-mile shoreto-deep-ocean waters currently managed by the state, within the state purview. They do not want to increase the scope of any potential federal management, and their group doesn’t want to see the introduction of other species such as endangered native

Hawaiian monk seals or threatened Green sea turtles, for example, into the sanctuary management—they’re already protected by other laws, they say.

So while Souza explains that there is no new management plan per se in the works, and that NOAA and the state are analyzing comments and identifying issues raised by the scoping process phase of the management plan review, Holzman and others, not just those in the Hawaii Ocean Users Group, anticipate something will arise that may be potentially unfair or unsatisfactory to ocean users.

Greg Holzman and Jean Souza. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley

Just adding new species to the sanctuary, says Holzman, “is a feeling of danger to us.” He says that it would be hard to keep existing boundaries the same to accommodate the roaming habits of the smaller

species that come in near shore waters and up on beaches and that might come under sanctuary responsibility.

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Letter From the Editor Aloha dear Readers, E komo mai! Welcome to For Kaua‘i and forkauaionline.com. For Kaua‘i is a weekly, web-based newspaper. AND…the first issue of each month will not only be online, it will also be printed and delivered to every home and mailbox on Kaua‘i.

We’ll update content weekly online to keep it fresh and relevant. Look for it on Wednesdays and enjoy the features, community updates, profiles and spirited conversations we provide for your reading pleasure. We’ll tweet when something new goes up and look forward to hearing from you when you have something you’d like to share with us.

We’re delighted to announce also that in addition to our seasoned writers’ contributions— you can read their pieces in these pages—we’ve joined forces with the Stream Team—Hawaii Stream—to bring you live, streaming video with peeks and peeps of our island home.

We’re for Kaua‘i in every way, including doing our best to be a sustainable business, using materials that make a low impact on our environment, featuring green pages with all kinds of information and green news, and joining the

trend in media to cut back on paper editions.

For Kaua‘i invites you to return again and again to our online pages at forkauaionline.com and take your time, checking our calendar and reading about your friends and neighbors that call Kaua‘i their home, too. We know that there is no substitute for the coconut wireless, but we will tweet you when new material goes online— and please, keep us in your hearts and on your minds as we grow our business—we’re a business all about Kaua‘i, by the people of Kaua‘i and for the people of Kaua‘i. We’re For Kaua‘i!

Enjoy!

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Each month in its paper edition, For Kaua‘i will show you a photo taken somewhere around Kaua‘i. The photo may at times represent only a small portion of what you might see if you stood on the spot yourself.

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The first 10 responders with correct answers who responded after 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 12, will go into a drawing. The winner will be announced in our February paper edition that comes out on Wednesday, February 2 and goes to every home and mailbox on Kaua‘i.

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7. Winner announced in Wednesday, February 2 paper edition.

January 2011

The Garden Island Arts Council

bringing arts to the people and people to the arts

EKK 2011 Schedule Hula and Harmony Kaua‘i Beach Resort E Kanikapila Kakou (EKK)— it means, literally, let’s play music together—is the Garden Island Arts Council’s grassroots Hawaiian music program now in its 28th season. An opening concert and 11 Monday nights make your cup runneth over.

This is the program that Kumu Kawaikapuokalani Hewett called the mole, or taproot, of Hawaiian music and declared every island should have. But every island doesn’t have it. You have to be on Kaua‘i to experience it.

And BTW, Kumu returns as one of this year’s presenters and that means three hours of silky, smooth compositions and hula stylings that are all grace and effortless in appearance.

Each week, expect the following: three hours packed with loads of joy, tons of talk story, passionate, lovely and sprightly hula, gales of laughter and warm aloha of the audience. Don’t forget that early-bird ukulele toters can get an hour of ukulele secrets from the pros; sometimes even a quickie lesson in hula if the kumu is so moved.

It’s the best-kept secret in the state. For just a dash of cash in the calabash that helps pay for the song sheets, you get all of the above and

more.

This year’s theme is Hula and Harmony—great music, great lyrics and choke hula— so much you’ll want to run out and take lessons or get up and join the dancers. The EKK theme honors two of the EKK collaborators in culture: the Malie Foundation—they put on the annual September Kaua‘i Mokihana Festival and are celebrating 2011 with the theme Year of the Hula; and the annual summer Kaua‘i Music Festival whose 2011 theme is Hula, Harmony & Hollywood.

A wonderful new wrinkle at midpoint in the season will be a Songwriters Showcase in which contenders in Na Mele Inoa No Kaua‘i, a song-forhula competition sponsored

by Malie Foundation, will be invited to share their compositions and hula.

Encouraging young songwriters and keiki to learn about the unique hakumele style of composing songs in the Hawaiian language is a relatively new thrust of the EKK program. For the past two summers, songwriters have gathered in the forest to fulfill their dreams of writing hakumele under the guidance of some of Hawai‘i’s prolific Hawaiian language composers. In a three-day gathering

held at the historic Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in Koke‘e State Park, musings have become lovely songs.

This year’s camp is scheduled for June 10 -12.

This is rich and juicy stuff, and you can be a part of it.

In moving from location to location over the years, one thing about EKK that has not changed is the spirit of the evening. From the KCC cafeteria to folding chairs and outdoor picnic tables at St. Mike’s to folding chairs at Island School to the carpeted Jasmine Ballroom at the Kaua‘i Beach Resort replete with capiz shell chandeliers— it’s all EKK, all fun, all great music all the time, whether the audience is 20, 100, 250 or now—off the charts sometimes at 640 peeps—it still has the feel of a backyard jam. How is that possible?

It’s thanks to the direction of EKK program planner Carol Kouchi Yotsuda, you, your friends and relatives, the EKK gang that greets you with lei and handles the CD sales of the presenting artist, the staff and head honchos of the Kaua‘i Beach Resort—all extend their aloha.

Here’s the 2011 E Kanikapila Kakou line-up. Only the opening concert, described immediately below, will be held at KCC Performing Arts Center. All the Monday eve-

nings begin at 6 p.m. at the Kaua‘i Beach Resort in Lihu‘e, fka the Hilton.

The season kicks off with a Saturday, January 15 concert Hawaiian Legends at KCC Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m., featuring Ledward Kaapana, Dennis Kamakahi and Nathan Aweau. The concert is co-produced by Ken Levine and Larry Mayson, partners in Hapalaka Music based in Seattle. Says Levine, who has a long history with Kaua‘i including holding the position of Kaua‘i County Film Commissioner for a period of time, “I know Ledward and am so impressed with him, and I’ve always loved the Rev. Kamakahi’s music and I’m impressed with Nathan, who knows music in so many different realms. I thought, who are the strongest musicians and the most trusting people and thought of these three and it all worked out schedule-wise.”

Mahalo to Ken for connecting with EKK so this treasure of a concert could wrap into the EKK lineup. The three musicians will each do a 15-minute solo set in addition to a closing set in which they play together. JoAnn Yukimura will emcee, Sabra Kauka will perform the opening pule and GIAC volunteer executive director and EKK program director Carol Kouchi

Ledward Kaapana will appear in the Hawaiian Legends concert on Saturday, January 15. Contributed photo Yotsuda has been handling all the preliminary arrangements so the evening goes harmoniously. Two organizations near and dear to the organizers who will benefit from the concert are Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha Hawaiian language charter school and Malama Maha‘ulepu. Tix are $30/advance at www.hawaiianlegends.org; $35/door. For information, call 332.5101.

Who are these living legends?

Ledward Kaapana Now in his fourth decade as a professional musician, Ledward Kaapana’s mastery of Please see EKK page 2

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stringed instruments, and his extraordinary baritone and leo ki‘eki‘e (falsetto) voice, have made him a musical legend. As teenagers, Led and his twin brother Ned and cousin Dennis Pavao formed the Hui ‘Ohana, which helped spark a renaissance in Hawaiian culture and music; the group produced 14 best-selling albums. Kaapana’s solo albums include two Na Hoku Hanohano Instrumental Album of the Year winners. Suffice it to say he works with other living legends in music and is as awesome in bluegrass as he is in Hawaiian music. Led has been nominated for a 2011 Grammy Award for his CD recording The Legend. Check out the Awards on Sunday, February 13, and check out Led at www.ledkaapana.com/ bio.htm

waiian Slack Key Guitar, Vol 2 that won the 2010 Grammy for Best Hawaiian Music Album. Dennis was also the 2006 Hawai‘i State Foundation of Culture and Arts Individual Artist Fellowship recipient. It’s always a treat to hear him perform live. He’s a great storyteller who enjoys sharing what’s behind his music, giving audiences another kine slice of life. Visit online at www.slackkey.com/about_ dennis.php to learn more.

Nathan Aweau Don Ho called him a diamond in the rough… with tremendous potential. That was some years ago and Nathan is THERE. In musical

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Nathan in this insightful article on the Internet: www. aroundhawaii.com/entertainment/music/2008-03-a-manof-many-talents-getting-toknow-nathan-aweau.html

The Rev. Dennis Kamakahi will appear in the Hawaiian Legends concert on Saturday, January 15. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley most prolific living composer of Hawaiian music, and he’s a 2011 Grammy Nominee as co-producer and recording artist on the CD Amy Hanaiali‘i and the Slack Key Masters of Hawai‘i. Dennis was featured on a 2007 Grammy winning compilation CD and again on Masters of Ha-

Nathan Aweau will appear in the Hawaiian Legends concert on Saturday, January 15.

Photo by Anne E. O’Malley partnership with Barry Flanagan as the other half of the duo Hapa, he excels. On his own, he shoots to the stars.

He’s won numerous awards in both aspects of his career.

Born into a musical family where everybody could pick up an instrument—or sit at one, such as the piano, Nathan learned how to play guitar and ukulele and is gifted with a natural singing ability. The sax, bass guitar and percussion seemed second skin to him. During college, Nathan began playing professionally with some of the biggest names in music, among them Don Ho, with whom he played bass and sang back up for 15 years. Read more about

An evening of hula with Kawaikapuokalani Hewett.

Watching Kawaikapu dance hula, you can’t help but get

11 Monday Nights

Leina’ala Pavao Jardin, with her Halau Ke Lei Mokihana O Leina’ala, will present at EKK on Monday, January 31.

Photo by Adam Prall

At the Kaua‘i Beach Resort

Please check online calendar at www.forkauaionline.com for any possible changes to the schedule.

Your donation in the calabash helps continue the program that this year offers 11 Monday nights of brilliant Hawaiian music and hula from January 17 through March 28.

Monday, January 17 Natalie Kamauu, her father, Howard Ai; her husband, ‘Iolani Kamauu; and her broth-

Dennis Kamakahi EKK audiences love Dennis Kamakahi, and there’s good reason for it. He’s Hawai‘i’s

Monday, January 24

Natalie Kamauu, flanked by her husband, ‘Iolani (l) and brother Chad (r) will present along with her father, Howard Ai, on Monday, January 17 at EKK. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley er, Chad Ai. One of Hawaii’s best-kept secrets, singer, songwriter and hula dancer Natalie Kamauu started turning heads when she was just a teenager, singing alongside her father, Howard Ai, for Halau Hula Olana. It wasn’t long before she began stealing the show. Although she is a former Miss Aloha Hula, it is her angelic voice that captures your attention. Her first solo release ‘E was a true labor of love, with husband, ‘Iolani, on vocals and instrumentation.

Kumu Hula Frank Kawaikapuokalani K. Hewett will present at EKK on Monday, January 24. Photo

by Anne E. O’Malley chicken-skin. He’s also a gifted composer whose kauna, or underlying layers of meaning, simply amazes. And it turns out if you look at the top Hawaiian language songwriters, that he, Dennis Kamakahi and Palani Vaughan top the charts in terms of the number of times their songs have been recorded by others. Best known as kumu hula of Kuhai Halau O Kawaikapuokalani Pa ‘Olapa Kahiko, Kawaikapu is also a noted Hawaiian Cultural leader. It is a priceless gift to Kaua‘i that Kawaikapu will spend an evening at EKK, what with so many demands on his time.

Monday, January 31 An evening of hula with Leina‘ala Pavao Jardin, Halau Ke Lei Mokihana ‘o Leina’ala.

This former Miss Aloha Hula is devoted to perpetuating the Hawaiian arts and culture as well as guiding her ‘olapa, or dancers, to be better persons.

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the granddaughter of Edith Kanahele Kanaka‘ole. She hails from a family that has maintained a traditional family lifestyle dedicated to hula

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fine in that department and has performed outstandingly at the annual Keiki Hula Competition on O’ahu.

Monday, February 7 An evening of kane hula with O’Brian Eselu and his halau, Ke Kai O Kahiki. O’Brian

O’Brian Eselu and members of his halau, Ke Kai O Kahiki, will present at EKK on Monday, February 7. Photo courtesy of O’Brian Eselu began hula in the 1970s with Kumu Darrell Lupenui, whom he considers his mentor. He directs a popular Polynesian show at Paradise Cove lu‘au on O‘ahu, fulfilling an ambition he dreamed of in high school. O’Brian has released two solo CDs and in 1998 won a Na Hoku award as Most Promising Artist for his first album Ke Kumu in which he displayed his leo ki‘e ki‘e, or falsetto style. He has since released a second album Maka.

Eselu is recognized as one of Hawaii’s foremost kumu hula, winning many awards at the Merrie Monarch Hula Competition each year.

Monday, February 14 Lady Ipo Kahaunaele and her Na Hoku Hanohano award winning daughter, Kainani Kahaunaele. Join this moth-

Most Promising Artist of the Year. Their extraordinary harmonies and the new music that they compose together is one of those rare matches made in heaven.

Monday, March 14 Three generations of Kahaunaeles—Lady Ipo Kahaunaele-Ferreira; her daughter, Kainani Kahaunaele, and Kainani’s daughter, Haenaala Hapai.

Lady Ipo and Kainani will present at Monday, February 14 EKK. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley er and daughter team in an evening of Hawaiian music.

Lady Ipo is highly regarded on Kaua‘i where she is often asked to emcee programs.

Her wit, amazing voice and smooth hula are always a delight; her hula concerts have become an island tradition. She joins her composer daughter for an evening of awesome harmony—what a perfect place to be on Valentine’s Day.

Monday, February 21 Kaua‘i composers showcase their new compositions for hula. GIAC music camps, composers’ festivals and more are paying off, with new composers emerging. Listen to some top-notch new songs on this special evening as contenders in Na Mele Inoa No Kaua‘i, a song-for-hula competition sponsored by Malie Foundation, share their compositions and hula.

Monday, February 28 An evening of hula with Kekuhi Kealiikanakaolehaililani, granddaughter of renowned kumu hula Edith Kanakaole. We were fortunate last year to have Kekuhi’s son, Kaumakaiwa Kanaka‘ole as a presenter at EKK. This year we welcome his mother,

Kekuhi K. K. Kealiikanakoleohaililani, will present at EKK on Monday, February 28. Photo courtesy of Kekuhi K. K. Kealiikanakoleohaililani and the Hawaiian culture through Halau O Kekuhi. It is a traditional classical dance company that can account for seven generations of family practitioners and leadership in the indigenous Hawaiian performing arts of hula and oli.

Monday, March 7 Kupaoa—An evening with Lihau Hannahs & Kellen Paik and hula dancers. EKK was honored to host these pre-

Kupaoa—Lihau Hannahs and Kellen Paik—will present at EKK on Monday, March 7.

Photo by Anne E. O’Malley senters in 2009 and they’re back for a repeat. Kellen Paik is a Kaua‘i boy, hailing from Anini, who went off to college at UH and began playing with neophyte musician Lihau Hannahs. The pair did well—Kupaoa won a Na Hoku Hanohano award in 2009 for

An evening of hula with Kehaulani Kekua, Halau Palaihiwa O Kaipuwai. The halau is named for the palapalai hiwa or the highly cherished blackstemmed palapalai fern that only thrives in the pristine

Kehaulani Kekua and Halau Palaihiwa O Kaipuwai will present hula at EKK on Monday, March 14. Photo by Anne E, O’Malley depths of the native Hawaiian forest. The halau is also named for its founder and the different kumu hula of the family’s maternal lineage who also carried the name of Kaipuwai. Kaua‘i’s ancient hula culture and traditions are unique and significant. For Kumu Hula Kehaulani Kekua, perpetuating her family’s legacy of hula is a responsibility and an obligation of honor.

Her primary purpose is to perpetuate hula as a traditional discipline and art form of cultural excellence.

Monday, March 21 Jeff Peterson and Chino Montero—two of the best guitar players in the state—team for an evening of slack key.

Chino Montero was the former lead guitarist for the Hawaiian band Palolo and has performed and recorded with the best of Hawai‘i’s artists.

These days, he records and

Jeff Peterson will present at EKK on Monday, Monday, March 21. Photo by Jeff Peterson Guitar plays lead guitar and ukulele on world tours with Amy Hanaiali‘i. A surprise vocal solo Manoa by Chino on the recent Amy Hanaiali’i & Slack Key Masters of Hawai‘i may be an indication of more vocals by this phenomenal guitar master.

Jeff Peterson has spent time with us at EKK in the past and he, too, plays with Amy Hanaiali‘i as well as with other artists. Born on the Island of Maui, this multiple Grammy Award and Na Hoku Hanohano Award winner grew up on the slopes of Haleakala, where his father, a paniolo, or cowboy, at Haleakala Ranch, introduced him to the rich heritage of Hawaiian music. Jeff ’s focus on slack key guitar, classical and jazz music has allowed him to develop a unique and transcendent voice on the guitar while being deeply rooted in the traditions of his Hawaiian heritage. He has contributed to two Grammy Awardwinning recordings and has been honored with three Na Hōkū Hanohano Awards in Hawai‘i. His latest solo CD Maui on My Mind was recognized as the Slack Key Album of the Year in 2010. His latest release features his songwriting, performing, and producing on Amy Hanaiali‘i and Please see EKK page 4

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Slack Key Masters of Hawai‘i.

The groundbreaking recording features a collaboration among Jeff, Amy Hanaiali‘i, Cyril Pahinui, Dennis Kamakahi, Sonny Lim and Chino Montero.

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Ke Kula Niihau O Kekaha mural project starts from scratch. First, students design and create relief fish tiles that are then bisquefired, glazed, gloss-fired and incorporated into an oceanlike background consisting of hundreds of glistening pieces of tiles that capture the colors of the ocean.

Monday, March 28 An evening of hula with Doric Yaris, Halau Hula O Hali’ileo.

Persons fortunate enough to have witnessed hula by the members of Doric’s halau already know what they’re in for. It’s exciting, whether it’s kahiko or auana. This West Side halau continues to please audiences with its 25 or so

Men of Halau Huka O Hali‘ileo under the direction of Kumu Hula Doric Yaris will present hula at EKK on Monday, March 28. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley men, women and children participants. Doric’s productions entertain and always, always, pay attention to style while honoring his authentic hula roots. This EKK performance is extra special as Doric will be premiering the concert he’ll take on tour to Japan immediately following the EKK season. You’ll have bragging rights to say “I was there to see it when...”

Funding for the 2011 E Kanikapila Kakou program is once again made possible by a grant from the Hawai’i Tourism Authority and managed by the Kaua’i County Office of Economic Development. The Kaua‘i Beach Resort lends

Kalehua Kanahele and Kaleiu’I Kanahele help Van Go! artists move the completed mural. L-R: Carol Yotsuda, Lauren Brennan, Pepe Orbe, Mizu Sumida.

In late Fall, the Garden Island Arts Council guided students at Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha in making their mosaic mural to adorn the Kamalani Pavilion at Lydgate Park after the pavilion is rebuilt this summer. A fire destroyed the community-built pavilion in 2007 and Van Go!, the GIAC mobile arts classroom on wheels, is at the moment scooting around the island helping schools and other groups to make murals of the ceramic sea creatures they’ve already fashioned as part of the project. A total of 24 murals, each measuring 30” x 48” partial support to the program, held in their Jasmine Ballroom. Activities of the GIAC are supported in part by a grant from the Hawai’i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

For more information about the 2011 E Kanikapila Kakou season, contact: giac@ hawaiilink.net; or visit online at www.gardenislandarts.org.

will make the pavilion a welcoming place to meet. There is still much to do.

It’s a tight squeeze, but many hands work together swiftly to lay down all the pieces of the tile before the cement hardens. What they designed on their paper template has to be transferred swiftly and carefully to the mural backing board.

Making all the tiles and fish fit together takes a lot of concentration and fast work before the cement hardens. L- R: Leialoha Kawahalau, artist Patricia Yu, project leader Carol Yotsuda, artist Mizu Sumida, Kaohulani Niau and Naniwaiui Kanahele. taking care of. First came To recap, Kahu Kai is the Kahu ‘Aina, taking care of the third phase of the Garden Is- land; next was Kahu ‘Ohana, land Arts Council Kahu pro- taking care of the family. In grams that teams business, this Kahu Kai phase, the Gararts and the community to den Island Arts Council has create art while at the same once again partnered up to time instilling core values in engage youth in art. youth in the name of kahu— In this phase, each school

Artist Mizu Sumida works with Keoki Strickland (wearing protective goggles) and Pelenalako Kamala on their section of the mural.

Recently, seven artists with Van Go! worked with 15 students at Ke Kula Niihau O Kekaha to successfully finish that school’s mural. More groups are moving toward completion. It’s been a committed process, of drawing and coloring, then carving and firing and now the finish line nears, putting it all together in a series of murals— but not without a lot of work still to come, of course.

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Kaua‘i loves its theatre!

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Introduction Theatre booms on Kaua‘i. At least 10 different groups delight a mix of audiences with productions ranging from adult drama and musicals to theatre performed by children and theatre performed for children by adults and by teens for their peers.

Recognizing that theatre is

Wil Welsh, president, Kaua‘i Community Players. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley a huge part of many people’s lives here, ARTS asked current theatre heads what’s out there, what’s next for their groups and how to contact the various theatre groups.

Because live theatre here involves so many people and we couldn’t possibly ask everyone involved at every level of theatre to participate, we instead asked for a glimpse into the thespian life of the current head of each group.

A chart titled Theatre at a Glance shows all 10 groups, but there is room in this issue to explore only half of them. There are check marks next to the names of the theatre groups that are featured in this issue. he remaining groups will be featured in the next two issues of ARTS along with an updated chart.

To begin, it would be remiss of ARTS not to mention one particular luminary of local theatre, for even though

technically speaking he is nity Players. The impetus to not at the moment the head form began in 1955, when a of a theatre group, he’s been group produced You Can’t involved in founding or co- Take It With You. Eventually, founding theatre groups go- the group incorporated as a ing back almost four decades. That luminary is Arnold Meister, a designated Living Treasure of Kaua‘i and a world-class gem of theatre arts who founded the Kaua‘i Performing Arts Learning Center (KPAC), an afterschool DOE performing arts learning center in 1986. It is the words of Arnold Meister that perhaps best explain the Kauai Community Players cast hunger people have for for Dearly Beloved a comedy set in Fayro, Texas, opening February theatre.

In a 2004 interview 18. Front l-r): Jennifer Downs, that Arnold granted to Mary McDermott. Row 2: Shannon Kaua‘i People, he shared Griffin, Shanda Rego, Cher Ellwood, what he told his students Director Jo Grande. Back: Fredan in KPAC each year: Alfonso, James Warrack, Anold “This is a temple where Meister. Also cast, but not shown: we study an art that goes Jojo Fisher, Faith Harding, Thom back centuries, and you Newman. Contributed photo are a link in that art and it non-profit in 1971, and with will go on for centuries more few changes, their bylaws because it’s an innately neces- continue to govern the orgasary part of the human race. nization. The mission is sevAs long as we have recorded eral fold and kind of covers history you can find examples the gamut of anything you’d of theatre.” like a theatre group to be, inPerhaps more than any- cluding helping other theatres thing, Arnold described ex- with the goal of keeping theactly what it is that makes atre on Kaua‘i alive and well. hundreds of people on Kaua‘i KCP has helped give birth to embrace theatre, jump for other non-profit live-theater joy to be cast in roles, en- organizations on the island, dure hours under hot lights, including Hawai‘i Children’s through sometimes seem- Theatre and Women In Theingly endless rehearsals, get- atre.

KCP leases and shares the ting fitted for costumes and Puhi Theatrical Warehouse making-up. and its expenses with the KCP Hawai‘i Children’s Theatre The granddaddy of commu- (HCT). It’s an intimate space nity theatre organizations on with seating for 50 and also Kaua‘i is the group known houses costumes, props, and today as Kaua‘i Commu- sets, and serves as a rehearsal

space for both organizations.

Wil Welsh, president, has been with KCP since its 1971 formal founding and was in the first production, Teahouse of the August Moon. He began his first involvement in theatre while in college. Name it and he’s done it—set building, publicity, lights, acting, producing, sound—whatever’s necessary, as he says. What Welsh also brings to the table is a career as a playwright.

His first play was a full-length musical titled Yes that he wrote roughly 40 years ago and that was produced by KCP. He’s written about 10 one-act plays produced by KCP and, as he says, “I’ve got other plays that haven’t seen the light of day yet.”

Welsh says the growth opportunities that theatre offers people is “Almost immeasurable. It’s terrific, the social

Peggy Ellenburg, director, Island School Drama Department. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley aspects of it. You’re involved in a pretty intense experience and get close to other cast members, and when a production is over, it’s like a family breaking up—and of course, there are the public speaking skills you learn—all kinds of things.”

Theatre has changed his

life. “Theatre is an interest my wife Jo [Grande] and I share,” he says. “She’s an actress, a director, and was very active in theatre in California. We became friends through theatre.

It’s kind of part of who I am, so it’s kind of hard to separate it out.”

Welsh says one of his favorite theatre moments was doing the first original musical written and performed here, Paradise, Paradise in 1976. “It had 13 songs, an orchestra – it was quite a production, the first standing ovation I ever got, and I was very proud of that moment,” he says.

One of the funniest moments he recalls is when he and Jo were in Same Time Next Year, a comedy by Bernard Slade. The plot focuses on two people, married to others, who meet for a romantic tryst once a year. In a funny moment, Jo arrives pregnant. A beach ball was the baby and somehow it lost air. Jo left the stage and when she returned, the beach ball was twice as big.

If Wil could win a Tonyequivalent for anything he’s done in theatre, he says, “That would be my wildest dream to have something like that happen. I think Sugar! Oh, Sugar! was a good play—entertaining and it may have some life beyond the recent production.”

Island School Drama Department Peggy Ellenburg, drama instructor, has been involved in theatre since she was seven years old, when her mother Please see Theatre page 6

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signed her up for a community theatre production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. “I was Dopey and I was hooked,” she says. Since then, she’s written several plays, produced and directed over 70 plays and has done everything imaginable to make productions flow over at Island School.

She speaks from experience as the drama instructor at Island School for the past 34 years and founding mother of the institution when she says, “Theatre builds confidence in children. It also teaches them the value of teamwork and of being a responsible member of the cast or crew.

Theatre helps children learn

to be comfortable in front of others in a variety of situations—from book reports, to job interviews, to corporate presentations. It also helps children socially, to learn to work with any and all types of personalities toward a com-

mon goal. Children who succeed in theatre find the skills they learn help them achieve in academic areas as well— reading, memorization, study skills, problem solving, and more. In short, THEATRE RULZ!” Theatre has given Peggy so many things, she says.

“Theatre has given me a career! It’s also helped me understand the value of including others, as Cast members of the Island School opposed to creating production of Oliver Twist include in elitist, exclusive sono special order: Kailer Dibona, Kelly cial groups..”

Kay, Sadie Jackson, Lexa Mink-Flacco, Theatre Eric Potter, Tabitha Blake, Kelly Culliney, may be fun and Nick Lu, Jedidiah Blake, Ava Zebzda, equally poignant.

Christy Jo Williams, Stephanie Steuri, “Just last week, we Nicole Malapit and Lacie Eto. Photo by were singing the Peggy Ellenburg songs for Chocolate

Theatre At A Glance

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Soup for the first time with the fifth graders,” says Peggy.

“There was a really sad song about a boy whose parents were always arguing. I looked at a girl in the first row and tears were streaming down her face. That really got to me.”

HCT Hawai’i Children’s Theatre is committed to being a worldclass, multi-cultural theater arts education program. It stands for excellence, accessibility, and theater that makes a difference to enrich the lives of young people, their families, and the community by addressing their unique needs through live theatre, formal education in the performing arts and high quality enter-

Corissa Berrett as Peter Pan and Fredan Alfonso as Captain Hook in the recent Hawai‘i Children’s Theatre production of Peter Pan. McDonaldKean Photography tainment.

HCT runs special programs for youth. Summer Stars offers intensive theatre skill-

Head

Last Production

Next Production

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Wil Welsh

Blood Brothers

Dearly Beloved

Opens Feb 18

kauaicommunityplayers.org

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1977

Peggy Ellenburg

Oliver Twist

Chocolate Soup

Mar 4-6

www.ischool.org

peggy@ischool.org

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HCT

1996

Steve Whitney

Peter Pan

Godspell

Opens Mar 24

www.hawaiichildrenstheatre.com

hawaiichildrenstheatre@hotmail.com

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Women in Theatre

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WIT

2000

Melissa McFerrin Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

An Evening with Tennessee Williams

Mar

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info@womenintheatre.org

635-3727

Kaua‘i Sings

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Jason Blake

Kaua‘i Sings!

Christmas

Kauai Sings! Cole Porter

Mar 25-27

http://www.malama-pono. org/

barbara@malamapono.org

246-9577

Purple Striped Honu Theatre for Kids

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2010

Richard Porto

Furry Tails with a Twist

Pinocchio

Opens Feb

honutheatre.org

purple.honu@ hotmail.com

826-7552

Kaua‘i Performing Arts Learning Center

KPAC

1986

Dennis McGraw

You Could Die Laughing

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

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Dennis_McGraw/ KAUAIH/HIDOE@ notes.k12.hi.us

651.242

Kalaheo School Drama Club

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2001

Marly Madayag

Annie Jr.

Beauty and the Beast Jr.

Apr 2011

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332-6801

HAPA

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Alain Dussaud

South Pacific

South Pacific continues

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346-6500

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2009

Ross Martineau

The Complete History of America, Abridged

Tuesdays

http://oceansideproductions. info@OceansideProcom/ ductions.com

Hawai‘i Assoc. of Performing Arts Oceanside Productions

212-8444

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building and training; the art of performing gives participants a complete theatre experience culminating in the production of a one-act musical; and the HCT Alumni show takes young adults who perform at a professional level. In 2010 they did Rent, leaving the community breathless in its perfection.

Pono Players is another of the programs run by HCT. Young actors and peer educators translate serious issues into non-threatening stories that address various problems facing youth on Kaua‘i. Insights of the teens are amazing. Their last production was Ripples: My Best Friend is Smoking ICE. The troupe is working on a show about bullying and related issues and will perform it in Spring.

The biggest production of the year takes place at the Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Center each Fall with a large cast of actors of all ages. Often co-produced with The Kauai Community Players, these shows include elaborate sets, costuming, special effects, choreography, a full orchestra, and a fundraising party. Fall productions have included Peter Pan, Cinderella, The Wiz, Big River, Annie, and The Beauty and the Beast.

Steve Whitney, president of HCT, has been with the group for five years, and in general has been involved in theatre on and off since the age of 10, when his best friend got him involved in a Christmas play. Like so many of his peers in theatre groups here, he’s done it all—acting, producing, working the sound and lights, building sets and props, crewed onstage and

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done marketing and promo- WIT tion and acting as the webMelissa McFerrin looks back master.

Steve has been playing the to when she was 13 and was in role of Captain Brackett in the her first show Grease. “It was Kaua‘i production of South love at first sight!” says MePacific for the last three years lissa. “Since then, I will always and markets the show to visi- be a Pink Lady.

“After that we did Annie, tors at North Shore resorts.

What theatre affords peo- Barnum, Pippin, Little Shop ple who participate in it, he of Horrors with every semessays, is the opportunity to ter a whole new time, place and world. Music and thegrow “We can better under- atre—that really made sense stand ourselves and the world as a teenager.”

Eight years ago, Melissa around us while thinking, feeling and being moved in ways that enrich and enhance everyday life,” says Steve. “You get the opportunity to connect with others, working together to create something beautiful, experience it, say goodbye The Cratchits at their meager table and start over again. in the WIT production of A Christmas Theatre allows you Carol.Photo by Roberta Cable to experience every emotion McFerrin joined Women In possible and then get in your Theatre and since then, she’s car and think about it as you done nearly every job there is to be done in a theatre group. drive home!”

In addition to the above, She was a nurse in the origiSteve adds that theatre offers nal revival of South Pacific, a youth experience at a time hen with an attitude in Honk! when it can have a greater im- and most recently, the cockpact on the overall quality of ney maid of Mr. Scrooge.

Theatre is a place for their lives. “They build confidence, learn about teamwork, growth, says Melissa. “Themeet positive role models, atre allows the opportunity make friends, learn valuable to step outside your daily life, life skills, and have a ton of and look at the world from a different place. To express fun,” he says.

There are so many memora- yourself and laugh at yourself ble moments in theatre. Steve and at times, represent somerecalls a couple of them, say- thing profound. It is a collabing, “I can’t imagine life with- orative activity that absolutely out theatre. One of my favorite depends upon teamwork. You moments is being backstage succeed or fail together, and watching the kids dance in the it is the diverse talent of all dark as the orchestra plays the these different individuals overture on closing night. And coming together to essenthe last time I cried was to- tially make believe which rewards the end of the final per- ally creates what they call the formance of the HCT Alumni magic of theatre.”

Theatre is important for show Rent.

youth, she believes. “I’m on the Board of Hawai‘i Children’s Theatre to help pass on theatre experience to younger children—and to play. I think it’s extremely important that we have positive activities for youth that respects them and develops their talents. With WIT, I am always impressed with how much young actors grow when they have a chance to work side by side with adults. One of the boys that was Tiny Tim just eight years ago, Beorn Chantara, is today an accomplished violinist and accompanying the show. I’d like to think that the theatre community is one great resource we have here to enrich the lives of our children.”

Melissa’s favorite theatre moment was meeting David Hyde Pierce in his dressing room after seeing him on the Broadway stage. He’s best known as Niles from Frasier.

She observed, “Seeing how it works backstage there is not that different from what we do here, just on a different scale. Wherever you live, love of theatre really does connect people around the world.”

If Melissa might have won an award for something, she says, it could have been “For best stuntwoman—for flipping over the couch dressed as a moorhen in Honk!”

Kaua‘i Sings!

Jason Blake turned his love of singing into a bonanza for a nonprofit, building a solid following. Three times a year he holds auditions for community members to vie for a slot in these themed shows that benefit Malama Pono Health Services. It’s an organization whose goal is to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS, STDs and infectious Hepatitis on

Kaua‘i through education and to serve persons infected with or affected by these diseases.

With the exception of the Fall show, profits from which are split with Kaua‘i United Way, 100 percent of the proceeds— well over $100,000 since Jason

Thom Newman and Dolly Kanekuni perform in Kaua‘i Sings! Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Photo by Anne E. O’Malley started the program five years ago—go to Malama Pono.

Jason knew there was a performer inside him crying to be let out at age five when he begged his mother for tap dance lessons and later was in the Christmas play. Over the years, he’s been a singing waiter on a harbor cruise ship—it paid his way through Georgetown University—became a performer at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, worked in community and professional theatre in Chicago and more. He was a soloist in the Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus, where he met his partner and the pair decided to move here.

With 35 years of theatre experience under his belt, Jason says with authority, “Theatre offers participants the ability to be comfortable in front of a group, learn self-expression, confidence, have fun and live other lives. It’s the best thing I have going and I found my partner this way, too—Philip Steinbacher, choral director at Island School.”

Jason has an ambition, He says, “I’d like to start a movie/ TV production company on Kaua‘i.”

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Kaua‘i Backstory congratulates the 2010 Refuge creative competition winners. Reading their works at the Kaua‘i Community College Technology Building moved listeners to laugh, commiserate and see new sides to their friends and neighbors. You can read the submissions mentioned below on kauaibackstory.com by clicking on the December and November 2010 blog archive. The Garden Island Arts Council was a sponsor, offering cash prizes.

Jericho Panasuk received first place for Awakening; and Brian Doyle with Kono’s Car and Laurie Barton with For the Portuguese Buried in Peace at St. Raphael’s tied for second place. Runners-up included Sharon Douglas for Refuge; Bill and Judie Fernandez for Listening to Agnes; Ron Horoshko for Sugarberry, One Beautiful Albatross; Sequoia Leech-Kritchman for Red-Dirt Caked Feet; Catherine Lo for Ode to Shanrae

Winners and runners-up of the kauaibackstory.com 2010 Refuge creative competition include, clockwise from front: Catherine Lo, Kathleen Viernes, Jean Rhude, Jericho Panasuk, Ron Horoshko and Sharon Douglas. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley Kaulana Donovan 19922010; Jessica Meek for her student entry Refuge—she is 13 years old; Jean Rhude for The Great Tenderness on the Edge of Everything; and Kathleen Viernes for The Flight of Life.

Kaua‘i Backstory is an online venue for rigorous writing with a view about Kaua‘i. Year-round, the literary journal welcomes high-quality writing and thoughtful images from the public. Touch base at kauaibackstory.com regularly for new offerings.

On April 15, Kaua‘i Community College will host the Kaua‘i Literature Festival as part of the annual Celebrate Reading program. Confirmed as of this date are: Kealoha, slam poet, emcee; Matt de la Pena, Ball Don’t Lie, Mexican White Boy, We Were Here; Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese, The Eternal Smile, Prime Baby; Juliet Kono, Anshuu, a short novel; Kate Elliott, Cold Magic; Amalia Bueno or David Choo, We Go Eat; Ku’ualoha Ho’omanawanui, poet. The program will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center.

KCC is partnering with Kaua‘i Backstory to hold a reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Elections Building—white building behind the old OCET office. Bring a small pupu or wine.

Closer to the date, check for an update at http://kauai.hawaii.edu/calendar/kauaicc or www.forkauaionline.com.

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Hawaiian Waters­—Hawaiian Whales Another Hawaiian whale watching season has begun on Kaua‘i, and the number of Humpback whale sightings along the Na Pali Coast is growing each year. Seeing these magnificent creatures back in Kaua‘i feels much like the excitement and jubilation one gets when reunited with their best friend after a very long 6-month separation.

The sight of a blowhole shooting water high into the air is best compared to a hand wave from a friend as they come off the plane.

Your heart starts racing, the anticipation of seeing your old friends’ eyes makes your own sparkle with tears for this magical reunion.

So similar is the feeling and emotion of seeing the eye of the humpback whale again, as they come up close to investigate the boat full of humans, you sometimes get that eye to eye contact as they turn on there side.

That eye connection between man and whale is a profoundly deep feeling to experience. It is proof that these whales are extremely intelligent creatures. I can only liken the feel-

ing to what it would be like to see an alien for the first time on another planet, because there is no doubt in my mind that they have and use different senses for their means of survival.

The Humpbacks have the ability to read our human emotion, to decipher a friend or foe. I recall a whale experience from last winter, when a man on the boat was talking to a humpback whale under the boat. He spoke gently and lovingly. He repeated these words slowly, “You’re so beautiful, you’re so beautiful…” as the rest of us on the boat listened and observed the ac-

tions of the whale. His words were like the flute of a snake charmer bringing a snake out of the basket. And just like that we watched the head of the Humpback slowly break water to perform a spy hop (where the whale stands vertically with its head just out of the surface of the water) only a few feet from the boat and staring straight at us with that big black eye.

During this moment, no one on the boat said a word, or dared to move. I could feel a sensation in my stomach, and the indisputable strong feeling of peace in my mind that was coming from this whale’s persona. He was reading us and sounding us in ways humans have the capacity to do.

Submitted by Chris Turner, Captain of the Na Pali Riders

Tours Museum Tours Docents lead interpretive tours of the Kaua‘i Museum exhibits and galleries from 10:30 a.m. to noon each Tuesday through Friday. Free with admission to the museum. Call 245.6931.

Waimea Historic Walking Tour Take a several hour historic walking tour of the cozy town of Waimea beginning at 9:30 a.m. Mondays.

Led by a kupuna, or lifetime elder. Starts at the West Kaua‘i Technology & Visitor Center Free; reservation required. Call: 338-1332.

Waimea Plantation Tour 90-minute tours of Waimea Plantation cottages and Waimea Sugar Company “camp” houses which date from the turn of the 20th century are led every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Call 337-1005.

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Allerton Garden Tour The National Tropical Botanical Garden offers Hawai‘i residents a free 2.5-hour guided tour of the Allerton Garden on the third Saturday of each month. Tours begin at 9 and 10 a.m., and 1 and 2 p.m. at the visitor center across from Spouting Horn in Po‘ipu. Reservations are required. Call 742-2623.

88 Shrines Lawa‘i International Center welcomes all to experience the 88 shrines of Lawa‘i, a non-profit community project and an archaeological and cultural treasure in Lawa‘i Valley, as well as its bonsai collection, on tours at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. on the second and last Sundays of every month or by appointments. Donations accepted with gratitude. Call 639-4300, LM@hawaii.rr.com or visit www.lawaicenter.org.

Service Clubs West Kaua‘i Rotary The West Kaua‘i Rotary Club meets at 5:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Waimea Plantation Cottages Dining Room. Call 645-1210.

American Legion Meeting The American Legion, Westside Post 51 meets the third Thursday of each month, at 3880 Kilohana St., Kalaheo. Call Adj. Dan Cordes at 332-7189.

Zonta Club Meeting The Zonta Club of Hanalei meets at 11:30 a.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at Bouchon’s restaurant in Hanalei. Call Lisa Maas at 651-3409.

Lions Club Meeting The East Kaua‘i Lions Club meets the first and third Thursday of each month, at Lihu‘e Neighborhood Center.

Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. For dinner reservations, call President Wayne Shimizu at 822-3753.

Kiwanis Club The Kiwanis Club meets at noon every Tuesday at the Hanama‘ulu Cafe. Call 822-1885. Everyone welcome.

Toastmaster Meeting The Toastmasters Club of Kaua‘i offers a structured, yet fun, way to improve public speaking skills with prepared, timed speeches and extemporaneous speaking for people whose work requires them to speak in front of groups and anyone seeking to improve their speaking skills. Meetings are held from noon to 1 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the Liquor Control Conference Room 3 of the round building in Lihu‘e. Call Tom at 635-5404.

Po‘ipu Beach Rotary The Rotary Club of Po‘ipu Beach meets every Wednesday at 7:10 a.m. for fellowship, meeting from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the Po‘ipu Beach Broiler. Call 6520773.

North Shore Lions The Kaua‘i North Shore Lions Club meets for an hour at 7 a.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, at the Prince Golf Course restaurant (downstairs) in Princeville. Call John Gordon at 826-9573 or visit www.Kaua‘inorthshorelions.org.

Kapa‘a Rotary The Kapa‘a Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Hukilau Lanai in Wailua. Call 652-2928.

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West Kaua‘i Lions The West Kaua‘i Lions Club meets the first and third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Wong’s Chinese Restaurant, 1-3543 Kaumuali‘i Hwy., Hanapepe. Call President Tracy Hirano at 335-3568.

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example of perceived transgression, is that fishermen and other ocean users could inadvertently harm one of the species. That would involve a federal offense for which the alleged perpetrator would need to use an attorney that handles federal cases and that would involve a trip to Honolulu to appear in federal court. All of this means a considerable expense, he says, and for something that may not be judged the fisherman’s fault.

But hold on a minute, says Souza. She and Holzman have known each other for years and consider themselves friends.

“We’re in a listening and discussion stage of the management plan review,” Souza points out. “There are no proposals for expansion of either boundaries or species, and any proposals will be in the form of a draft management plan expected for release for public comment in 2013.

“We’re at the beginning stages of a multiyear comprehensive review of our management plan. The concerns Greg and others have shared, as well as those of other mem-

bers of the community is what we want to hear, and in fact, many people on Kaua‘i did share their sentiments with us during public scoping sessions this summer.

“So the stage we’re at now is, we have read all of the comments that have been submitted. We have categorized and analyzed them into different topics and we’re in the process of identifying issues that have been raised.

“Soon, we will engage in a process to identify these issues, consult with experts and discuss what actions may be taken to address those concerns, and it will be state and federal. We share staff and management—we have a sanctuary superintendent and a state manager.”

Holzman still can’t see a happy outcome.

“I think Jean can’t actually say it won’t impact anybody. One

thing her group has not been able to say is certain things will not happen—they really don’t know.

“We find that within their own written documents that they have a proposed vision, so that’s where we have this conflict.

So it goes around and around and around and around, but until we get to the draft of this thing we’re really not going to know.

He continues, “It’s hard to talk about hypotheticals. It’s tough to deal with issues that haven’t even begun to form. Our main concern, bottom line, is that it’s the difference between federal management of our resources vs. state management and I know Jean keeps saying always it’s a joint agreement with the state, but regardless of how it looks on paper and how much is talked about with the state, the federal gov-

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ernment comes in and can do pretty much whatever they want to do and what worries us is that this is going to change if any new species come into the sanctuary. If this

agreement is going to change the boundaries, it’s going to change restrictions in use and there’s very little that we can do about that at this point.

Says Souza, “I applaud folks for getting involved at this stage of the management

plan review process. I would hope that folks continue to get facts on what’s happening rather than speculating and letting fears control their actions.”

Replies Holzman, “It’s hard not to speculate.”

Souza continues, saying, “I think what folks need to realize is we’re asking the pub-

lic’s involvement in what those proposals are. I think many—for example, the fishermen—will get consulted with before that happens.

“We’re getting involved years before.

There may be proposals for regulation and boundaries—we don’t know that, but if folks think we’re entering

into some plan with preconceived notions, they’re mistaken. This is a bottom up plan and we’re asking people to be involved.

“Our style is maybe something that Greg and some others are not comfortable with, but we are community-based. That’s why I’m here on Kaua‘i.

Says Holzman, “I

have no problem with Jean. She’s great.”

Says Souza, “We want to see what do people want to see in the sanctuary and do we have a role in common to get that job done. We’re very much into collaboration, communication and creating dialogue.” see Spirited page 25

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Video Production courses that provide you with easy to follow primary training in camera operation, audio and lighting, field production techniques and editing in Final Cut KUTV - Channel 55 (HTEC) Pro. Once certified, a producer has full access to the equipUNIVERSITY DISTANCE LEARNING: ment and facilities at Ho’ike. Another way to get on the cable Schedule of programs is available at channel is to appear on either the “Open Mic” or “Community www.hoike.org & Oceanic Channel 12 Camera” programs.

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Sunday, Jan. 9 The Sierra Club will lead a 4-mile round-trip public hike to Waipo‘o Falls in Waimea Canyon. Great views and a picnic spot at a lovely mountain pool are part of this moderately strenuous trek. Call Allan Rachap at 212-3108.

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January Highlights Friday, Jan. 7 Deborah Duda and Gabriela Taylor will have a booksigning at 6 p.m. at Borders.

Duda has recently revised and published her book, Coming Home: A Practical and Compassionate Guide to Dying at Home with Dignity; Taylor will have her book Geckos and Other Guests. Call Deborah Duda at 651.5395.

Saturday, Jan. 8 An Encaustic Art Workshop taught by special guest artist, Camille Scott will take place at Painting Paradise in Waimea, Kaua‘i from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost is $40 (all materials included). Call Marionette at 631-9173 or visit www.kauaiartclasses.blogspot.com.

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Tuesday, Jan. 11 Leo Kottke, virtuoso guitarist-composer-vocalist, will perform in concert at 7 p.m. at the Kaua‘i Community College Performing Arts Center.

Tickets are $25 and available at Magic Dragon Toys & Art, Hawaiian Music Kiosks, Kaua‘i Music & Sound, Scotty’s Music, Island Soap & Candleworks and online at www.ticketswest.com. Call 800-992-8499.

Saturday, Jan. 15 The Hawaiian Legends concert, featuring Ledward Kaapana, Nathan Aweau and Dennis Kamakahi performing together for the first Leo Kottke will be in concert time, is set for 7:30 p.m. at the Kaua‘i Commu- Tuesday, January 11. nity College Performing Arts Center. Tickets Contributed photo are $30 and available at Hawaiian Music Kiosks, Kaua‘i Music and Sound, Island Soap and Candleworks,Scotty’s Music, Banana Patch Gallery, Borders Books, Hanalei Strings and Things and online at www.hawaiianlegends.org. Call 332-5101.

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Deborah Dudah wll do a book signing on Friday, January 7.

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by Anne E. O’Malley Sunday, Jan. 16 The Sierra Club will lead a 4-mile public hike starting at Shipwreck Beach at sunset and ending with moonlight at Maha‘ulepu. Humpback whales may be spotted on this moderate trek. Car shuttle for a one-way hike. Call Bill Snyder at 652-1718.

Monday, Jan. 17 Gabriela Taylor wll do a book signing The Sierra Club and Surfrider will lead a clean up from 9 a.m. to on Friday, January 7. Contributed noon to remove plastic trash and nets that harm seabirds and photo

CALENDAR marine life. Meet at Kamalani playground in Lydgate Park. Call Judy Dalton at 246-9067.

The Interfaith Roundtable of Kaua‘i annual event for Martin Luther King day will begin at 10:45 a.m. at Kukui Grove Center mall. Call Pohaikalani at 3453148.

Monday, Jan. 17 Natalie Kamauu will present at the grassroots Hawaiian music E Kanikapila Kakou program with her father, Howard Ai; her husband, ‘Iolani Kamauu; and her brother, Chad Ai at 6 p.m. at the Kaua‘i Beach Resort in Lihu‘e. Donations welcome.

Friday, Jan. 21-28 The International Kinesiology College will offer beginning and advanced courses in “Top Ten Pain Releasers” and “Touch For Health Kinesiology” all week at a residence on Makana Road in Kapa‘a. To register contact 646-672-9876 or info@ikti.org.

Saturday, Jan. 22 The Sierra Club will lead a 7.5-mile public hike on the Ili‘ili‘ula trail on the east side. Follow the North Wailua ditch system t1rail to the upcountry weir on the Ili‘ili‘ula Stream in this strenuous trek. Call Bob Greene at 245-9280.

Saturday, January 22 & 29 Kaua‘i Museum will offer a feather hand kahili class with Kaeo Bradford from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. $65 fee includes all materials. Call 245-6931.

Sunday, Jan. 23 The Sierra Club will lead a 4-mile round-trip public hike on Okolehao Trail on the North Shore. Enjoy sweeping views of Hanalei Bay and Valley on this strenuous trek that climbs 1,200 feet along a ridge. Call Kathy Valier at 826-7302.

Monday, Jan. 24 Kawaikapuokalani Hewett, kumu hula of Kuhai Halau O Kawaikapuokalani Pa ‘Olapa Kahiko, will present hula at the grassroots Hawaiian music E Kanikapila Kakou program at 6 p.m. in the Kaua‘i Beach Resort in Lihu‘e. Donations welcome.

Saturday & Sunday, Jan. 29-30 The 7th Annual Inspiration Kaua‘i Wellness Expo, with keynote speaker Dr. Len Saputo, founder of the Health Medicine Forum; presentations by taiko master Koji Nakamura and taiko artist Steven Tokunaga; 30 speakers and 100 exhibitors, is set for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Hall on Hardy Street in Lihu‘e. Contact Char Ravelo at 652-4328 or char@inspirationjournal.com or visit www.inspirationjournal.com.

Saturday, Jan. 29 An Evening with Taiko Master Noji Nakamura and Taiko Artist Steven Tokunaga and featuring guest speaker Len Saputo, MD. is set for 7:30 p.m. at the Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Hall Featuring guest speaker Len Saputo, MD.$18/advance; $20/ door. Contact Char Ravelo at 652-4328 or char@inspirationjournal.com Taiko Master Noji Nakamura will perform or visit www.inspirationjournal. on Saturday, January 29. Photo courtesy of com.

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CALENDAR Monday, Jan. 31 Leina‘ala Pavao Jardin, a former Miss Aloha Hula and kumu hula of Halau Ke Lei Mokihana ‘o Leina’ala, will present an evening of hula at the E Kanikapila Kakou grassroots Hawaiian music program at 6 p.m. in the Kaua‘i Beach Resort in Lihu‘e. Donations welcome.

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Saturdays: 9 a.m. at the Kekaha Neighborhood Center on Elepaio Road; 10 a.m. at the Hanalei Community Center (includes crafts); and 10 a.m. at Kaua‘i Community College Waipa Foundation ‘Ohana Day Help out in the taro patch at Waipa, one mile west of Hanalei School, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. Wear comfortable shoes and clothing for working in the ‘auwai (taro irrigation system); bring water bottles, hats, tabis. Lunch provided from Waipa-grown produce. Reservations recommended. Contact kalen@waipafoundation.org or 639-6905.

Arts and Museums Pendarvis Exhibit Paintings of Provence and Tuscany done on location by Patrice Pendarvis will be on exhibit through Jan. 31 at Iti Wine Bar, next to Tahiti Nui in Hanalei. Call 826-6477.

Galerie 103 “An Affair in the Islands,” a group exhibit inspired by H.C. Westermann, will continue through Feb. 1 at Galerie 103 in Kukui‘ula Village, Po‘ipu. Contact: 742-0103.

Industrial Revolution Exhibit An exhibit about steam power and the change it brought to Kaua‘i and the rest of the world is showing through April 26 at the Kaua‘i Museum’s main gallery.

Photographs, biographies and static and living displays from the museum and Grove Farm Homestead Museum.

Art Walk Kapa‘a An art walk is held from 5 to 9 p.m. on the first Saturday of the month in Old Kapa‘a Town, with local artists, music, food, prizes and entertainment. Contact: Angelique at angie@aelldesign.com.

Russian Fort Exhibit An exhibition focused on Kaua‘i’s Russian Fort will run through April 23 in the Senda Gallery at Kaua‘i Museum. The fort was declared a national monument in 1928 and played a pivotal role in shaping Hawaiian politics and warfare.

Art Night Sixteen galleries in Hanapepe town hold a free open house, with strolling guitar players, for Art Night from 6 to 9 Friday nights. Call 335-5944.

Kaua‘i Museum Quilting with master quilter Florence Muraoka from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays in the Main Gallery and demonstrations by local woodturner and artist Les Ventura from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Free admission every first Saturday.

Mokichi Oakada Association shares the art of Flower Arrangements, Healing, and Traditional Tea Ceremony every fourth Saturday. Call 245-6931.

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Kai Nani Canoe Club The Kai Nani Canoe Club meets at 11:30 a.m. every Sunday at Hanama‘ulu Bay. Beginners welcome. Call 652-7387.

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Kukui‘ula Canoe Club Puuwai South/Kukui‘ula Canoe Club is recruiting novice and experienced paddlers, with novice/introductory and 55+ age group practices at 5 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday and experienced paddlers practicing at 5 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays at Kukui‘ula Small Boat Harbor on Lawa‘i Road, just before Spouting Horn. Call Dana at 332-7625 or Fran at 635-0165.

Koloa Canoe Club Practice Koloa Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe Club practices at Waita Reservoir (Koloa) and Old Koloa Landing. Na ‘opio ages 8 to 17 practice at 4:30 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. Kane and wahine adults, including those over age 50, practice both days at 5 p.m. Beginners welcome. Call Ruth at 651.6966.

Pu‘uwai Canoe Club Pu‘uwai Outrigger Canoe Club holds practices at 5 p.m. on the Wailua River for women on Wednesdays and men on Thursdays. New paddlers invited. Call Brian Curll at 635-6311.

Hanalei Canoe Club Hanalei Canoe Club welcomes new and experienced paddlers 18 years old and over. Women practice Mondays and Wednesdays at 5 p.m. Men practice Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 p.m. Saturday practice is at 7:45 a.m. for both men and women. Located at the end of Weke Road in Hanalei; turn right at the pier and follow the dirt road to the end. Call 639-4048 for more information Niumalu Canoe Practice Niumalu Canoe Club men practice at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and women at 5:15 Mondays and Wednesdays. Call Greg for men’s practice at 6398324 or Marleny at 639-8497 for women, or Coach Teo at 652-4646.

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