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Week of Friday, December 5, 2014 | Vol. 2, No. 48

Grinds & Da Kines For Your Weekend

AN EVENING WITH

AMY HANAIALI‘I GILLIOM

HOLIDAY HULA • JOSSELIN’S TAPAS BAR & GRILL • KMS CONCERT Island Calendar and much, much more!

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IN THIS ISSUE: 2. OUT & ABOUT:

Top picks for the week

3. THEATER: KPAC

4-5. DINING OUT KAUAI:

Josselin’s Tapas Bar & Grill

6. FLICKS:

“Penguins of Madagascar”

7. MUSIC:

KMS concert

8-9. CHECK DA SCENE: Holiday parade

10. DANCE: Holiday Hula

11. CONCERT:

Amy Hanaiali‘i Gilliom

OUT & ABOUT: TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK FRI SAT SUN CRAFT FAIR 9 A.M. TO 8 P.M. KAUAI MUSEUM Christmas parade, crafts for sale and wreath contest.

245-6931 RESTAURANT GUIDEBOOK RELEASE PARTY 5 TO 6:30 P.M. TIKI INIKI Kauai food writer Marta Lane is releasing her new edition of “Tasting Kauai.” A portion of all book sales will go to Hawaii Food Bank, Kauai Branch. $37 includes autographed book, pupus and one cocktail.

LIGHTS ON RICE PARADE 6 TO 9 P.M. HISTORICAL COUNTY BUILDING Start off the holidays with a Christmas parade.

There will be lighted floats, candy, food and more.

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WINTER CONCERT 7 P.M. KAUAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Kauai Community College Winter Concert featuring KCC Jazz Big Band and Wind Ensemble.

BREAKFAST WITH SANTA 8 TO 10 A.M. GAYLORDS AT KILOHANA Breakfast buffet prepared by Mark Oyama of Contemporary Flavors Catering. There will be activities for the children and Santa will be available for photo taking. Proceeds benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kauai. $23 adults, $18 children CRAFT FAIR 8:30 A.M. TO 1:30 P.M. CHIEFESS KAMAKAHELEI SCHOOL CAFETERIA Handmade gifts, jewelry and more.

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS 6 TO 8 P.M. HISTORICAL COUNTY BUILDING The Festival of Lights runs every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening through Christmas Eve. See the interior display of Auntie Josie’s creations and other Kauai artisans.

Santa and Mrs. Claus will be available for photos.

BREAKFAST BONANZA 6:30 TO 11 A.M. CHIEFESS KAMAKAHELEI MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETERIA

Breakfast fundraiser to help raise funds for the CKTV Media Production students competition in San Diego. Take out available. $10 WAIPA KALO FESTIVAL 11 A.M. TO 5 P.M. HALULU FISHPOND, WAIPA Entertainment, kid activities, crafts, food and contests. $5 adults, $1 children

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The Festival of Lights opens at 6 tonight at the Historic County Building. There will also be the Lights on Rice Parade beginning at 6 p.m. on Rice Street.

MON TUE WED CHRISTMAS FAIR 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M. CHURCH OF THE PACIFIC Kauai crafters will have hand-made gifts and Santa will be available for photos. 826-7168

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM 6 P.M. Kauai Christian Acadamy Community Center. Free, donations welcome.

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‘THE FISHING CLUB’ 5:30 TO 8 P.M. CHIEFESS KAMAKAHELEI MIDDLE SCHOOL

SURFRIDER MEETING 5:30 P.M. CAFE COCO Kauai Surfrider monthly executive committee meeting. 634-6597

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Free screening of ‘The Fishing Club’ and talk story with the filmmakers.

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AUDITIONS 6:30 P.M. Kauai Community Players will be having auditions for its upcoming three-act play, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

by Edward Albee and directed by Cass Foster. Callbacks will be held Saturday at 1 p.m.

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KVB LUNCHEON 11:30 A.M. KAUAI BEACH RESORT Kauai Visitors Bureau annual luncheon. $37

Kapaa Middle School Choir and Ukulele Band members will be having a spaghetti dinner, book fair, country store and concert.

BOOK SALE 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M. KOLOA LIBRARY Used book sale with CDs, DVDs, books and more.

CONCERT 5 P.M. KAPAA MIDDLE SCHOOL, COVERED

CONCERT 6:30 P.M. ISLAND SCHOOL CHORUS, “ALL IS MERRY AND BRIGHT” CHRISTMAS SONGS. Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center. Tickets $10 adults, $5 students.

Kids free

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Philip Steinbacher directs the elementary and middle school choral groups into their proper pieces during rehearsal.

‘All Is Merry and Bright’ Island School prepares for Christmas show Island School’s four choral ensembles, together comprising the Island School Chorus, take center stage at the Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to present their seventh annual holiday concert.

Under the direction of Island School choral director Philip Steinbacher, “All Is Merry and Bright� showcases over 120 students from grades four through 12. “I’m always excited about our concerts,� Steinbacher said, “but this one is especially upbeat and exciting.

The holiday music featured represents a range of repertoire from beloved classics to newly discovered gems. It’s always challenging to find new ways to present old favorites, but I think we’ve really achieved that in this concert.�

Each of the different singing ensembles has a “showstopper� number, he said, which will really make

Island School Middle School eyes are on Philip Steinbacher as he drives the choral piece by bringing in the elementary voices during rehearsal.

for a rousing evening. “Expect fun, humor, surprises, and good music,�

Steinbacher said. “It promises to be a delightful evening of song that will put everyone in the holiday spirit.�

One featured composition in “All Is Merry and Bright� is a piece entitled Ocho Kandelikas, sung in Ladino, or Judaeo-Spanish.

Students in the Island School Chorus have been preparing since August for this performance, with some pretty compelling, unusual, and challenging repertoire,

Steinbacher said. “There are various objectives to consider when selecting songs for concerts, but it’s primarily important that students don’t just learn songs – they learn about music,� he said. “I really think we’ve accomplished that.� “All Is Merry and Bright� is accompanied by Rose Alfiler.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students grades four to 12 and free for children grade three and under.

Tickets are available at the Island School office, and at the KCC box office.

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Josselin’s Tapas Bar & Grill is open for business

(mesquite), the hot coals add a whisper of smoke to every dish. Bright orange decor matches the color of the oven’s flames and diners watch a line of chefs cook in the open kitchen.

Dedicated customers hope MARTA LANE for a glimpse of the regional legend, but Jean Marie divides his time between Josselin’s and his newly bout two months ago, people started opened restaurant Jo2, which is located in Kapaa. I can say spreading rumors that we were going to close,” that he will be at Josselin’s on Friday, Dec. 19 as the says Jean Marie Josselin, owner and chef of Josselin’s honored chef for last of four book release parties.

Tapas Bar & Grill in Koloa.

Jean Marie is designing a “That isn’t true. We are open, special menu for the event serving dinner every day from 5 to 9 p.m. and we are as well as adding some new items to the restaurant’s here to stay.”

At Josselin’s, a Wood Stone menu. Readers of Honolulu magazine voted Josselin’s oven crackles with kiawe

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marinated in hoisin sauce and braised for 11 hours, is garnished with a sprig of rosemary, perfuming each bite with a piney scent.

Slow Cooked Butterfish ($31) is another customer favorite. The flavorful filet is cooked at 275 degrees until it caramelizes and is served with stir-fried long beans and zucchini as well as a delectable soy and mirin reduction and fiery yuzu, ginger and sriracha paste.

New menu items include sumptuous lobster balls Photos by Daniel Lane spiced with ginger and (From left) Bryan Acojido, Freddy Rivera, Jean Marie Josselin and Art Rosqueta. wrapped in thinly sliced by a pool of savory braising phyllo pastry; juicy portabello Seared Diver Scallops as a finalist for Best Kauai liquid. A meaty chunk of suc- mushrooms stuffed with Restaurant in the 2015 Hale ($17) are plump and sweet. culent short rib, which was The gorgeous dish glistens Aina Awards. They will be roasted red bell peppers, happy to know that some fa- with masterfully cooked and vorites remain on the menu. wonderfully caramelized scallops that are sliced in half and placed on a bed of creamy saffron risotto, made rich with Parmesan cheese and tarragon beurre monté, a silky emulsified butter sauce.

Hoisin Braised Short Rib ($27) is served in a cast iron pot. Wedges of tomatoes, zucchini and heirloom Portabello mushrooms stuffed with roasted red bell peppers potatoes are surrounded and served with house-made naan.

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cubes of crisp cucumber and creamy goat cheese served with house-made naan; miso marinated hamachi collar with Chinese mustard and sudachi lemon sauce; and deep-fried whole red snapper topped with scallions, ginger, soy and sesame oil.

“We have an excellent team at Josselin’s,” says Jean Marie. “I know people are a little confused because I opened a new place and they think that I am moving there and not coming back.

But I am very, very committed to Josselin’s Tapas Bar & Grill.”

Josselin’s Tapas Bar & Grill 2829 Ala Kalanikaumaka St., Koloa 742-7117 www.josselins.com rrr Marta Lane, a Kauai-based food writer since 2010, offers food tours and is the author of “Tasting Kauai: Restaurants - An Insider’s Guide to Eating Well on the Garden Island.”

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‘Madagascar’ spin-off hatches family fun

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or a movie that’s more paint by numbers than Picasso, “Penguins of Madagascar” begins with something completely unexpected: a Werner Herzog voiceover.

Parodying his own work and documentary films’ obsession with the flightless birds, the German filmmaker gives an auspiciously clever start to a movie targeted toward the under 10 set. It’s a little wink to the adults in the audience right at the front.

But don’t be fooled. This movie is almost exclusively and unapologetically for tots. Kids will no doubt be amused by the exhausting madcap antics of the cuddly breakout stars of the popular “Madagascar” films. Parents: probably less so.

The story reintroduces audiences to the illustrious spy team, giving penguins Skipper (Tom McGrath), Kowalski (Chris Miller), Rico (Conrad Vernon) and Private (Christopher Knights) a bit of an origin story before blasting them back into their espionage work.

After an amusing heist, the penguins are taken captive by the evil octopus Dave (John Malkovich). It’s revealed that Dave (aka Dr. Octavius Brine) is out for revenge against all penguins for being the more popular and beloved attractions at zoos.

The brothers-in-arms manage to break out of Dave’s tentacled grasp in an imaginative high-speed gondola chase through the Venice canals. When the

berbatch’s Classified tells the penguins, explaining why they can’t help The North Wind anymore. The audience is probably meant to feel for the penguins in this moment, but it’s hard not to place your empathy with Classified. More often than not, they do a remarkable job of messing things up pretty spectacularly.

In this golden age of The two teams clash over animation, it’s especially thrifty penguins are backed into a corner, they’re relieved best spy practices, with The difficult to become an instant classic. “Penguins of North Wind preferring mewhen The North Wind, an Madagascar” does not apelite special ops team, wafts ticulous, gadget-enhanced pear to be reaching for those plans, while the penguins in for a stylish rescue. heights, which is just as well. opt for hysterical improviLed by the debonair The story is simple, the charsation. Of course the sweet Agent Classified (a charmacters are basic, unfussy and ingly zany Benedict Cumber- spot is somewhere in the barely evolve, and there’s middle, but, too often, the batch), the James Bond-inwacky birds come across as no overriding lesson, moral spired superspies form a or otherwise, to be gleaned an actual menace. nebulous alliance with the “You stole and destroyed a from the tale. penguins in order to track What we do get is a $19 million vehicle,” Cumdown the diabolical Dave.

fairly amusing, surface-level spectacle.

There’s a great recurring gag involving celebrity names (“Nicolas! Cage them!” ‘’Drew, Barry, more power!”) that adults and older children will enjoy spotting.

The voice cast is strong, but it’s “Madagascar” newcomer Cumberbatch who really takes hold of the movie as Classified. His silky baritone is perfectly matched to the silly dialogue, resulting in expertly goofy readings.

Overall, neither animation nor storytelling is particularly elevated in this outing. “Penguins of Madagascar” is a passible, inoffensive addition to DreamWorks Animation’s canon, even if there’s a faint whiff of a North Wind spinoff sullying the contained story.

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Students make music magic

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he Kapaa Middle School choir and ukulele band will perform their free Christmas concert 6:30 p.m. Dec. 10.

Along with music of the season, there will be a spaghetti dinner, book fair and country store at the KMS covered court. The dinner, $6, starts at 5.

The performance will feature 160 students from grades six through eight,

The choir is directed by Mary Lardizabal and ukulele band is co-directed by Loke Sasil.

“We are excited to share our gift of music with everyone,” Lardizabal said. “We are busy with our fundraisers and performances throughout the community, but our concerts are always a special time to bring everyone together to celebrate this festive season. And what better way than to hear our

children sing.”

Some Christmas songs they will perform include “Perfect Christmas Night,” “The Angels Sang,” and ukulele songs written

by Sasil: “Little Drummer Boy,” and “Kolohe Christmas.”

“We have a wonderful selection of Christmas and holiday songs this year to bring in the season,” Lardizabal said.

It promises to be a wonderful event.

“Our gift of music is the best gift of all to share with our family and friends, and of course, the community,” Lardizal said. “We have worked very hard preparing for our many performances

KMS concert set for Wednesday

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Contributed photo

Kapaa Middle School choir and ukulele band students at Kukui Grove Center in October.

and this is our big concert to showcase what has been learned in the first semester.”

The concert is free, but

Foodies, Rejoice!

The latest version of “Tasting Kauai: Restaurants 2015 — An Insider’s Guide to Eating Well on the Garden Island” has been released, just in time for the holidays.

Meet & Greet Marta Lane Author

Book Launch Cocktail Parties Friday, Dec. 5 Tiki Iniki – 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 10 Hukilau Lanai – 5:15 to 6:45 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 19 Josselin’s Tapas Bar & Grill – 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are $37 plus tax and includes an autographed copy of the book, pupus and one cocktail.

Proceeds benefit the Hawaii Food Bank - Kauai Branch.

Reservations are required and must be made at tastingkauai.com.

donations will be accepted to help fund a trip to the Heritage Music Festival in March in California.

The group continues to

raise money. The choir will be singing throughout the community. It will be singing outside of Walmart on Friday, Dec.12 and 19.

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CHECK DA SCENE Kiilei Kamalani, Vaiani Dubocage

Lexis Agan, Meha Ferreira, Gianna Lewis, Chaelyn Abihai

Eldren Rabago, Howard Costa, Laurie Costa

Oscar Portugal, Keith Uyeno

Bailey Hanna, Pippin

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Parades light up holidays

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auai welcomed the holidays with the 21st annual Kauai Christmas Parade at the Kukui Grove Center, giving shoppers a respite from the Black Friday frenzy.

Sponsored by the Kukui Grove Center, the Garden Island Federal Credit Union, and the Kauai Teachers Feder-

al Credit Union, the parade is the first of three parades that brighten the holidays.

Tonight, the Rotary Club of Kauai hosts the free Lights on Rice street parade featuring more than 2,000 walkers and participants which highlights the Kauai Museum Christmas Craft Fair and the official lighting of the historic

County Building and its front lawn by the Festival of Lights featuring the folk art of the late Josie Chansky.

The holidays wrap up with the annual Waimea Lighted Christmas Parade, Dec. 20, also known as the last Saturday before Christmas, hosted by the Waimea Community Association.

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‘Holiday Hula’

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1,000 expected for Sunday celebration of music, dance

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t’s time for one of Kauai’s most loved traditions.

“Holiday Hula,” a Christmas Celebration with Halau Na Hula O Kaohikukapulani and their Kumu Hula Kapu Kinimaka-Alquiza, is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Sunday at the Grand Hyatt Kauai. A crowd of 1,000 is expected for the 28th annual event.

The theme is “Let’s Hula for Christmas.”

“It’s our way of celebrating our years together as halau in the spirit of Christmas,” Kinimaka-Alquiza said.

The celebration will highlight more than 100 dancers and special guests, who will share their love and expertise of music and dance. Past dancers of Halau Na Hula O Kaohikukapulani who have moved on will

be traveling far to return just for this spectacular show.

Hula will be shared by keiki to kupuna, as they perform to Christmas tunes as well as traditional and modern hula. It will be a festive evening and all are invited to enjoy and support the fundraising efforts of the dancers.

Come listen to the sweet voice of Nei Moana Henriques, who will be graduating from the University of Hawaii this year, as featured vocalist in the opening number. Be mesmerized with the dynamic sound of Hiipoi Kanahele-Vakameilau from Niinahu. In addition, Eki Ripley and Uilani Hickson, both of Kauai, will sing a duet to cumulate the evening celebration.

A special hula tribute

dedicated to the late Kumu Hula Doric Yaris will be shared in memory of his many years with Kumu Kapu’s Halau. Close and dear friends Ben Naka’ahiki, Kunane Aipoalani and Sharon Maha Leoiki will lead the group in a medley of tunes that were special memories of Kumu Doric and halau.

Singing the music for this special evening under the name of Na Kapu Mele are Maha Leoiki, Robbie-Lynn Contrades, Jack Wilhelm, Berto Genovia and Kalani Kaiminaauao and Hi’ipoi Kanahele-Vakameilau.

Tutu Ane Kanahele, accompanied by her Ohana, will be sharing original compositions she has written for Ke Akua, Niihau and Kauai.

Holiday Hula includes a

silent auction, baked goods and other foods. Funds support the halau, student scholarships, cultural exchanges, halau dance competition and other programs.

Kinimaka-Alquiza said Holiday Hula is a special, exciting and fun event to offer during the holiday season.

This presentation will bring closure to the halau for 2014 and will guide them into a new, energized, exciting year for 2015.

“Christmas has always been a special time to gather halau families together before the new year begins,” Kinimaka-Alquiza said.

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

For tickets, call Kumu Kapu at (808) 651-3099 or Haru at 634-5746.

Contributed photo

Amanda Newall performs during a “Holiday Hula.”

Winter dance recital performances

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auai Dance Center will hold its Winter Recital Performance Showcase on Saturday.

The annual event features students of all ages and levels performing at Kauai Dance Center studio, located in the Eyes Wide Open Productions Nawiliwili Theater, 3285 Waapa Road adjacent to Nawiliwili Park.

The shows include class exercises, solo variations, group classical repertoire, hip hop dance choreography and Spanish flamenco dance. It begins at 10 a.m. with the Keiki Dance Concert for children ages 3 to 6.

“The children as young as

three have just started learning ballet and will be doing demonstrations, exercises and expressive movement for their parents,” said dance instructor Jennifer Bell-Grey.

“They will be dancing to music spontaneously in front of an audience, many for the first time and it will be a very exciting time for them.”

The Youth Dance Concert of children ages 7 to 11 follows at noon with ballet, hip hop and Spanish dance.

A performance of ballet students in the intermediate levels of ages 11 and up will begin at 5 p.m. This includes the Advanced Class Dance

Concert with upper level students who will perform classics works from Swan Lake, Paquita, Nutcracker, as well as contemporary and lyrical dances until the event finale at 6:15 p.m.

“It will be an eclectic mix, with parts of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Swan Lake’, ‘The Nutcracker’ and the ‘Mozartiana’, which is Tchaikovsky’s tribute to Mozart,” Bell-Grey said. “A majority of the music we are using for the hip hop dances was written by Mel Bell-Grey, the director of Kauai Dance Center.”

Some of the advanced students started with BellGrey when she began teach-

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Heuer-Salazar, and assistant teacher Emmalia Majewski.

“There is a fantastic outdoor area for families to just hang out,” Bell-Grey said. “It is also for students who have siblings that come to the class and want something else to do so we created this t r with them in mind.”

Proceeds from ticket sales, O food and drawing will benefit the KDC Performance & v s Scholarship Fund.

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Sadie Sanson, 12, Jaycee Pang, 14, and Kristin Chun, 14, perform with the level six ballet class.

ing on Kauai 16 years ago.

The new Nawiliwili studio, which opened in a former warehouse last February, is designed to give siblings

and parents something to do while students rehearse and attend classes with Jennifer and fellow teachers Hilary Johnson, Alana

adults, $5 child, children under two are free. Call 823- C 9588, email jenballet@gmail. g com or visit kauaidancecen- t p ter.com.

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Amy Hanaiali‘i Gilliom performs Sunday

Concert will be a benefit for ‘Growing Our Own Teachers’ on Kauai

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awaiian vocalist and songwriter Amy Hanaiali‘i Gilliom takes to the stage Sunday to help raise funds for “Growing Our Own Teachers” on Kauai.

Jonathan McRoberts, vice president of GOOT, said sustainability is important to Kauai residents.

“What more sustainable Christmas present can you give?” he asked, referring to tickets to the upcoming performance.

The concert begins at 7

p.m. Sunday at Kauai Community College’s Performing Arts Center. Doors open at 6 p.m. with a silent auction.

Founded in 2006, GOOT provides financial assistance to Kauai students so they can finish the final semester of their teaching degree. Since its start, the organization has raised more than $200,000, which has allowed dozens of students to complete course work online through the University of Hawaii at Manoa while

maintaining family and cultural ties to the island of Kauai.

In return for financial assistance, students pledge to teach on Kauai for a minimum of three years.

McRoberts said GOOT has proved extremely successful, with only one teacher leaving prior to the end of the three years due to a situation that required her husband to return to the Mainland.

“We now have teachers in

every school on the island,” he said.

For the last three years, Maui-grown guitar virtuoso Willie Kahaialii — better known as Willie K — has headlined the event. This year, a conflict prevented him from making a fourth straight appearance.

Much like Willie K, Gilliom — Hawaii’s top-selling female vocalist of all time — is not one to disappoint.

“She’s a superb singer,” McRoberts said.

Gilliom is a five-time Grammy Award nominee for Best Hawaiian Music Album, and has brought home 22 Na Hoku Hanohano awards.

She has played for sold out crowds in Europe, Japan, China, all across America and French Polynesia.

McRoberts said Sunday’s performance will feature two parts. During the first half, Gilliom will perform her wellknown and well-loved local tunes. And in the second set, she will tackle a number of

Christmas songs — which she is no stranger to, having won a Na Hoku award for Christmas Album of the Year.

Tickets cost $35 for general seating, $45 for premium and can be purchased at www. growkauaiteachers.org.

Tickets are also available at Kapaa Business Support Services, Pono Market in Kapaa, Savage Gifts in Hanalei, King Auto Center in Lihue, Kalaheo Music and Strings and the Mail Service Center in Princeville.

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National Credit Union Administration a U.S. Government Agency.

Field of Membership (FOM) – Federal, State and County Employees, Select Employer Groups (SEG’s) and their immediate families.