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Week of Friday, August 2, 2019 | Vol. 7, No. 31

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Annual competition returns to Kapaa this weekend

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TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK

FRIDAY

LIVE MUSICAL 7 p.m. Puhi Theatrical Warehouse “Chicago!” is the production of the Hawaii Children’s Theatre’s “After Dark” program. Tickets: www.HawaiiChildrensTheatre.org FREE FILM PRESENTATION 9:30 a.m., Wilcox Medical Center Breastfeeding Hawaii and Wilcox Medical Center present “Chocolate Milk,” a documentary by Elizabeth Bayne.

PRESCHOOL PREVIEW 5:30 to 7 p.m., Leaps & Bounds Preschool, Pahee Street, Lihue Families are invited to see the school and playground. There will be activities and snacks for preschoolers, as well as teachers on hand to answer questions.

Info: 652-8194 SATURDAY

LIVE MUSICAL 7 p.m. Puhi Theatrical Warehouse “Chicago!” is the production of the Hawaii Children’s Theatre’s “After Dark” program. Tickets: www.HawaiiChildrensTheatre.org KEIKI BIKE AND SKATEBOARD SAFETY DAY 8 to 11 a.m., Wilcox Medical Center Featuring a helmet giveaway while supplies last, helmet-fitting station, bicycle and skateboarding skill course, safety inspections, more. Info: 2451100 HEIVA I KAUAI 2019 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Kapaa Beach Park Tahitian dance competition. Admission is $7 at the door and is free for children ages 12 and younger. Info 822-9447

COMMUNITY CARING DAY 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lawai International Center Volunteer nurture the grounds and plant orchids, followed by lunch. Info: 639-4300, lawaicenter.org, lm@hawaii. rr.com SIERRA CLUB HIKE Maha‘ulepu coast Moderate 4 miles round-trip. Requested donation for members and participants under 18 is $1. All others: $5. Info: Lee Gately, 661-373-4834 THE MAYJAH RAYJAH MUSIC FESTIVAL 5 p.m., Poipu Beach Athletic Club Performances by Soja, Rebel Souljahz, Mike Love and Iya Terra.

from around the world to paddle Napali Coast. Each teach consists of six men and six women. Info: koapaddler.org WORLD’S LARGEST GOLF OUTING 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Puakea Golf Course Benefits Fisher House Foundation, a network of comfort homes where military and veterans’ families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving treatment. 18-hole, four-person team scramble. Registration fee includes a $10 per player donation, 18 holes of golf, cart, range, lunch or dinner, and prizes.

CAR WASH 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kukui Grove Center CAR WASH 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kukui Grove Center This is a fundraiser for the Kauai All-Island Band for their planned trip This is a fundraiser for the Kauai to Japan. $10 donation.

All-Island Band for their planned trip to Japan. $10 donation.

WEDNESDAY STATE CANOE RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS 7:30 a.m., Hanalei Bay Teams from across the state compete in several age groups.

SUNDAY

HEIVA I KAUAI 2019 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Kapaa Beach Park Tahitian dance competition. Admission is $7 at the door and is free for children ages 12 and younger. Info 822-9447 NA PALI CHALLENGE 7:15 a.m., Hanalei Black Pot Beach Park The annual race gathers paddlers

SIERRA CLUB HIKE Maha‘ulepu coast Moderate 4 miles round-trip. Requested donation for members and participants under 18 is $1. All others: $5. Info: Lee Gately, 661-373-4834 THURSDAY

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PRESENTATION 6:30 to 9 p.m., Koloa Neighborhood Center Elton S. Ushio, director of the Kauai Emergency Management Agency, will cover family preparedness, siren operations, what to expect, as well as any new information being developed.

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Exhibitions are a traditional part of Heiva I Kauai. ON THE COVER: Young dancers stand out at the annual event at Kapaa Beach Park.

DANCE & DRUMS Heiva I Kauai is Saturday, Sunday at Kapaa Beach Park

soak in the magic of this annual Tahitian dance and drumming competition.

This weekend, it’s the 18th one.

It’s open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday at Kapaa Beach Park. It will feature tradiBILL BULEY tional and contemporary solo TGIFR!DAY and team competitions, plus professional dance exhibitions daily, t’s easy to know when the annual Heiva I Kauai is going on. including guest performances by The drums.

Oahu’s Te Vai Ura Nui. You’ll hear them from blocks Cultural demonstrations away. They echo down the include locally made lauhala hats, streets and around the corners of Niihau shell lei, coconut weaving, Kapaa. And then, you’ll hear the fire-knife dancing, wood turning cries and yells of the dancers. and Pacific island artists, island These are enticing sounds, and foods and Polynesian crafts people, mesmerized, follow them available, with a silent auction and gladly hand over the $7 entry fee so they can watch and SEE DANCE, PAGE 4

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B-RAD FOUNDATION’S 3RD ANNUAL FESTIVAL SET FOR LATER THIS MONTH

Honors Brad Parker, who passed away climbing in Yosemite National Park

$35 and can be purchased at Papaya’s Natural Foods in Kapaa or at brownpapertick-

ets.com. A limited number of Info: www.b-radfoundatickets will also be available at tion.org or on Instagram@b_ the gates, which open at 4. radfoundation

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he B-Rad Foundation is hosting its 3rd annual B-Rad Festival Saturday, Aug. 17, from 4 to 10 p.m. at the old Kealia Store.

“We feel so incredibly blessed to host our event in the same location for the third year in a row. The openness of the large outdoor field, with the sky and stars above, there’s nothing better,” says Gayle Parker, foundation co-founder.

This year’s festival promises to be another awesome party, with live music featuring Day-Day, Island Grass, Saving Cadence and live entertainment from Soul Fire Productions.

Also for the evening will be an expanded keiki zone for the little ones, a silent auction with prizes ranging from resort stays to zipline excursions and Napali Coast cruises, as well as games and educational activities provided by the Surfrider Foundation.

There will also be food trucks plus some pop-up booths to provide some interesting vegan options.

“It is our largest fundraiser of the year,” said Matt Parker, B-Rad Foundation board president.

“Because of the large turnout last year and the generosity of the donors and attendees, our keiki programs this year were a huge success. We added a new

Gayle Parker / Special to TGIFR!DAY

Matt Parker and his brother the late Brad Parker head back to the parking lot after surfing Donkeys, one of their favorite beaches and one the B-Rad Foundation cleans often.

school to our partnerships, the Kauai Technology Academy, along with Kanuikapono Charter School, Kapaa Middle School and Hanalei Elementary.”

In the five years since its inception, the B-Rad Foundation Kauai Chapter has provided over 300 children on Kauai the opportunity to participate in beach cleanups, hiking trips, kayaking outings, ropes courses with climbing adventures, team-building ziplining experiences, plus hands-on organic farm-to-table events where the children learned to plant, harvest and cook their own foods.

“We not only provide these experiential learning activities at no cost to parents or schools, but also do educational presentations about our work in the classrooms,” Matt Parker said.

“This year we organized our first marine-debris art contest with the keiki from Kanuikapono Charter School, and were amazed at the fine art that the keiki presented.”

The B-Rad Foundation also facilitates monthly community beach cleanups aimed primarily at the Eastside of Kauai where the majority of

the marine debris is deposited. Since the beginning of 2019 alone they collected over 10,000 pounds of debris from those shorelines.

The B-Rad Foundation was created in honor of Brad Parker, who passed away five years ago while climbing in Yosemite National Park.

In the wake of their grief the ohana and friends of Brad decided to turn their loss into something greater, something to give back in his honor.

“Because Brad was such an outdoor enthusiast we designed our foundation to support education through outdoor experiential learning,” said Matt Parker. ”I know that he is so proud of all the work we have done in his honor and will continue to do to carry on his legacy.

It’s such an incredible feeling each time we walk onto a campus and are greeted with the smiles of all the kids that know us and have experienced our programs. It’s like going home, and that feels fantastic.”

The Parker family and B-Rad ohana invite all to come and help celebrate another amazing year of growth and expansion. Tickets are

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2019 Heiva I Kauai program

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each day.

Naomi Baldomero of Te Vai Ura Nui was all smiles last year during and after the performance of shaking, swirling and swiveling.

Their group is high-energy, full of joy that seemed to spill over into the audience.

In an interview with TGIFR!DAY, Baldomero said it’s important to share the Tahitian culture “in the right way.”

“We come here each year and we’re grateful to be here,” she said. “It’s such a good energy and feeling.

It’s a nice family event.”

Kauai’s Chaz Sasil with Ori Uvira has been in the competition each year.

“I always look forward to it,” he told TGIFR!DAY before dancing last year. “It’s cool how everyone comes together from the different islands as one island.”

The annual Heiva I Kauai Iorana Tahiti festival is important culturally to the dancers and artists who take pride in who they are and what they do. Dancers make their own costumes.

Participants come from Hawaii, the mainland and Japan, from toddler to elder, and will be performing

Admission: $7/day - Gates open at 9 a.m.

Children 12 and under free Saturday

Mike Teruya / Special to TGIFR!DAY

Solo competitions at Heiva I Kauai are popular among the men and women, and boys and girls.

group competitions and exhibition dances portraying legends and stories of Tahiti.

There are two main styles of Tahitian dance: otea is to drums, while aparima is to lyrics.

The solo competition is Saturday, while the group competition is Sunday.

Organizers say both days showcase something new and beautiful. Beyond the dancing, the festival is aimed at providing a venue for the next generation of performers to present their talent, skill and cultural knowledge to an audience of more than 1,500 attendees daily.

10 a.m. — M.C. Cathy Teri‘ipaia: opening prayer, introduce committee, judges, house drummers 10:15 – 11:30 — Solo competition junior division, ages 4 to 12 11:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. exhibition – Te Vai Ura Nui (audience dance contest) 12:30 — Junior division dance-off 12:45 to 1:30 — Lunch break 1:30 to 3 — Solo competition senior division, ages 13 tp 40+ 2 p.m. Close silent auction 3 p.m. - Senior division dance-off 3:10 – 3:30 Exhibition – fire knife dance – Michael Drake ohana 3:30 to 4 — Competition — Ahupurotu – To‘a Here Tahitian Revue 4:00 to 4:30 — Competition — Ahupurotu — Lokelani’s Rhythm of the Islands 5 p.m. - Close Heiva I Kauai Committee: President Tepairu Manea, Vice President Stella Miyoshi, Treasurer Shirlee Ozaki, Secretary Jo Manea, Food Coordinator Olinda Higashi, Media Coordinator Pat Finberg, Gatekeeper Valerie Saiki, Financial Advisor Ray Carpenter, Auction Coordinator Patty Kaliher. Additional

Everyone loves the costumes, flora, music and opportunity to see children and adults of all ages

committee members; Agnes and Deo Haohao, Lena Robertson. Judges: Director of Judges Camelia Temanaha; Judges Pualani Avaeoru, Wallis Punua.

Judging Coordinator Monica Ka‘auwai.

Auditors: Jade Boyd, Gigi Chock, Lena Robertson, Terrilyn Amorin. Solo dance coordinators: Rhoda Libre, Agnes Haohao.

Sunday

10 a.m. — MC Cathy Teri‘ipaia, opening prayer. Introduce Ra‘atira and groups.

10:15 to 11 — Exhibition – Tamatea Nui O Kauai 11 a.m. to noon — Exhibition – Te Vai Ura Nui Noon to 12:45 — Lunch break 12:45 to 1:45 Competition – senior overall otea and aparima, senior drumming, youth otea and aparima, youth drumming — Lokelani’s Rhythm of the Islands 1:45 to 2 p.m. — Exhibition — Ori Uvira 2 p.m. — Close silent auction 2 to 3 — Exhibition, fire knife dance and coconut husking contest, Michael Drake ohana 3 to 3:30 — Drummng circle – Tepairu Manea 3:30 — Awards and Closing — TGIFR!DAY

compete in group and solo Tahitian dance.

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JURY GETS A GLIMPSE INTO COSTS OF MAKING A KATY PERRY HIT ASSOCIATED PRESS

Just how expensive? More than $13,000 for a wardrobe stylist. Over $3,000 for a hairdo. Nearly $2,000 for t’s expensive to promote a Katy flashing cocktail ice cubes.

Perry hit, a music executive told a Steve Drellishak, a vice president jury that will decide how much the at Universal Music Group, testified pop superstar and other collaboraWednesday that expenses like these tors on her 2013 song “Dark Horse” are essential to the brand of Perry, will pay the creators of a Christian which requires that she always has rap song.

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the most fashionable styles available.

“She always has to be in the most fashionable clothes, the most fashionable makeup,” said Drellishak, who is the first witness to testify after a nine-person jury found that Perry and her “Dark Horse” collaborator improperly copied elements of the 2009 song “Joyful Noise.”

Attorneys for the creators of “Joyful Noise” say Capitol Records received more than $31 million for the “Dark Horse” single and the album and concert DVD on which it appeared. Attorneys for both sides told the jury Tuesday that Perry herself earned $3 million, minus $600,000 in expenses.

That’s before factoring in expenses, which an attorney for Capitol Records told jurors Tuesday trimmed the label’s profits to roughly $650,000.

“Joyful Noise” is a song by Christian rap artist Marcus Gray, who released it under the stage name Flame.

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A SPINOFF HAPPILY SPINS ITS WHEELS IN ‘HOBBS & SHAW’ JAKE COYLE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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dd an “e’’ and “Hobbs & Shaw” might have been a time-traveling thriller about playwright George Bernard Shaw and 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes.

Tantalizing as such a pairing may have been to the makers of “Fast & Furious,” they have instead opted to, in the franchise’s first spinoff, combine two of the series’ supporting standouts, Dwayne Johnson’s U.S. government agent Luke Hobbs and Jason Statham’s former British agent Deckard Shaw, for another ballet of Buicks and bullets. Probably a wise choice. It’s difficult to imagine the writer of “Pygmalion” careening down the side of a skyscraper in hot pursuit of Idris Elba.

And when it comes to high-octane action spectacles, few are better suited to the task than The Rock and Statham, who both make up with brawn and charisma what they lack in hair. In the “Fast & Furious” franchise,

leads. But just as significant are two major new additions: Elba’s villain, a cyborg mercenary “Hobbs & Shaw” has some named Brixton, and Shaw’s nifty moves (in one scene, a sister Hattie (Vanessa Kirby), an Chevy flies a helicopter like a MI6 agent whose theft of a sukite), but it’s slightly disapper virus from Brixton sets the pointing in terms of sheer globe-trotting plot in motion. ridiculousness. It earns some Hobbs and Shaw are called points for a centerpiece show- in to the save the world, a down, seemingly designed for job they are both eager for.

“Chernobyl” fans, set among (Hobbs says, seriously, that he reactors at a Russian nuclear had been “tracking some dark power plant. But at this point, web chatter” on the virus.) But we expect — no, demand — it’s a partnership they loath. to see Lamborghinis on the If “Hobbs & Shaw” lacks in moon. memorable stunt work, it tries Instead, the entertainment to make it up with bickering of “Hobbs & Shaw,” directed by and put-downs between the stunt coordinator-turned-ditwo, a shtick that vacillates berector David Leitch (“Deadpool tween funny and tiresome. But 2,”‘’Atomic Blonde”), rests more it’s the kind of stuff Johnson with its cast, including its two excels at.

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From left, Dwayne Johnson, Idris Elba and Jason Statham contemplate their options in a scene from “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.”

which now numbers eight films and more than $5 billion in box office, they’ve found a comfortable home — aside any headaches for Johnson caused by co-star Vin Diesel.

That friction between Johnson and Diesel was reportedly part of the benefit of this pit stop, without the whole gang, in between continuing “Fast & Furious” adventures. But those off-camera tiffs are also perfect for the speedy but soapy “Fast & Furious” world, where family squabbles and questions of loyalty play out in between death-defying

automotive stunts.

If “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” (two and a half stars out of four) has a hard road to travel, it’s because the franchise has consistently ratcheted up its stunt game. One of the real pleasures of the last decade’s blockbuster parade has been to watch the “Fast & Furious” movies morph from a more simple L.A. street-racing tale into an increasingly absurd and over-the-top action extravaganza of muscle cars and muscle, where hot rods don’t just go fast but occasionally leap between buildings

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SURFING IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE BOARD ••• BOOK REVIEW

CYNTHIA LYNN & ED JUSTUS SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY

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he history of surfing is a subject of great interest to many, especially here in Hawaii.

What is not as often showcased in

surfing history is what makes surfing possible in the first place: the surfboard.

“Surf Craft: Design and the Culture of Board Riding,” by Richard Kenvin and edited by Christine Knoke, does a phenomenal job of examining the very origins and evolution of the device that has been used by millions to experience the unique joy that surfing brings.

Written in a manner respectful to phrases such as these throughout the artistry and talent (and genius) its fascinating pages: that spawned the surfboard, “Surf “If you took all the genius that alCraft” honors those who made surfing possible to the world, with lowed us to put a man on the moon

and applied it to an understanding of the ocean, what you would get is Polynesia.”

But what “Surf Craft” also focused on is the importance and necessity of the artistry of “handcraft,” which allowed surfboards to take the many forms that we know today.

In its numerous glossy pages, we are treated to both replicas and original surfboards that have existed over the centuries, photographed by Ryan Field in vivid detail presented in gallery form against a lush black background. The colors, shapes, contours and textures of each of these historic boards are

incredibly beautiful to look upon, and reveal to even the most casual viewer the work of art that each of these truly are.

From no fins to multi-fins to everything in-between, “Surf Craft” treats the subject like no other we have seen before.

In its large, hardcover form, it makes a fantastic coffee-table book.

And best of all (considering the superb quality), “Surf Craft” has a low price point that can’t be beat!

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BIRD AND BEE COVER VAN HALEN – NO GUITARS, MUCH FUN PABLO GORONDI ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Van Halen featured keyboards on their biggest hit, “Jump,” and while George sings the n album of Van Halen bassist Michael synth lines beautifully, it Halen covers Anthony’s backing vocould have been a neat without guitars. cals — and a just-right twist to play some on combination of the Wait, what? guitar. The Kinks’ “You original’s stomp with a Singer Inara George Really Got Me” was Van lighter touch.

“Panama” and producer-keyboardgets a dancefloor make- Halen’s first single and ist Greg Kurstin, who sounds so good here over and what sounds make up The Bird and that George and Kurstin like a solo of tuned the Bee, carry off the should target Ray and intriguing concept with bottles.

Kurstin, a seven-time Dave Davies’ band for plenty of fun, grace and their next volume of aplomb, focusing most- Grammy-winning proly on Van Halen’s debut ducer who has worked interpretations.

“Diamond Dave,” album and some of the with everyone from the final song on the Adele to Sia to Beck, band’s other big hits from the David Lee Roth has a wild piano solo on 10-track album, pays “Hot for Teacher,” which tribute to Roth. Even if era, as well as a fresh take on their own hom- features a spoken-word the lyrics, written when he rejoined Van Halen age to the spandex-clad cameo by Beck. That in 2007, show their age, leads right into “Erupvocalist. the ballad is a fitting tion, ” where Kurstin Opener “Runnin’ With closer to an album turns Eddie Van Halen’s the Devil” is elevated by where the Bird and the flurry of notes into a George’s multi-tracked Bee’s love for Van Halen quasi-classical piano vocals on the refrain requires no euphepiece.

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Greg Kurstin and Inara George are the cover of “Interpreting the Masters Volume 2: A Tribute to Van Halen”

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Elaine Panui, Bernie Nunes

Isaiah Simao, Rollin ‘Brudda Nui’ Simao

Lovelyn Yadao, Elaine Leibrandt, Elsie Bayot

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Cristina Carolan, Kelly Carolan, Sean Carolan

Alyssa Olson, Vernon Ho

Drewan Pigao, Skyler Sadora, Shaunce Sadora

Misty Pagni, Justin McDaniel, Shina Pagni

Kyle Schumacher, Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami, Richie Wa‘alani, Ekahi Wa‘alani, Jayden Tabilangan

Beryl Blaich, Ivah Wilson, Napua Romo, Theo Emery, Tony Romo, Kawika Matsumoto

he historic Koloa Plantation Days parade pulled thousands of people to the sidewalks on the roads through Koloa town with its offering of assorted mounted units, decorated vehicles and floats, walking units and the historic Grove Farm Museum steam locomotive “Paulo.”

Wrapping up the 10-day celebration and tribute to the culture and life during the plantation-days era, people surged through the gates at the Anne S. Knudsen Park following the colorful parade to enjoy the day-long celebration in the park with its offerings of food, keiki activities, a silent auction, two (not one) tents of crafters, and nonstop entertainment that was kicked off with the rousing performances by the Navy’s U.S. Pacific Fleet Band and Tsunami Taiko.

The next big parade on the Kauai calendar is the Veterans Day parade Nov. 2 in downtown Kapaa.

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