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Week of Friday, February 13, 2015 | Vol. 3, No. 7

Grinds & Da Kines For Your Weekend

‘KA HANA KAPA’ Learning the history of kapa

SWEET MARIE’S • ‘THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE’ • ‘MATILDA’S WALTZ’ Island Calendar and much, much more!

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IN THIS ISSUE: 2. OUT & ABOUT: Top picks for the week

3. ART & THEATER: ‘Matilda’s Waltz’

4-5. DINING OUT KAUAI:

OUT & ABOUT: TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK FRI SAT SUN LEI WORKSHOP 9 A.M. TO NOON KAUAI MUSEUM Elvrine Chow will be teaching the craft of making hakus, flower leis. $35 for members, $40 for nonmembers.

Sweet Marie’s

6. FLICKS: ‘The Spongebob Movie’

7. HAWAIIAN: E Pili Kakou

8-9. CHECK DA SCENE: Waimea High Carnival

10. TUNES: Mardi Gras

10. CULTURE: ‘Ka Hana Kapa’

LASER LIGHT TRAIN NIGHT 6 P.M. TRAIN DEPOT, HALEKO ROAD Links DJ Productions and Grove Farm museum invite you to a evening of free music, lights, dancing and fun.

Come ride the “Tren del Amor” aka PAULO the steam locomotive. 639-8222 NORTH SHORE DANCE PARTY 7 TO 10 P.M. CHURCH OF THE PACIFIC From 7 to 8 p.m. enjoy tango music and 8 to 10 p.m. There will be a variety of swing, ballroom and Latin music. $5 kauaidancing@ gmail.com

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CRAFT FAIR 9 A.M. TO 4 P.M. POIPU BEACH PARK Array of handcrafted products with a farmers market.

652-0236 SATURDAY MARKET 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M. ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH Monthly Saturday market and swap meet. Fresh cut flowers, sweets, crafts and food.

ONE BILLION RISING 11 A.M. TO 5 P.M. KAPAA BEACH PARK Preeta Carlson will be headlining the event to raise awareness about violence against women. This event is sponsored by the YWCA of Kauai.

Sweetheart Rummage: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. Theresa School.

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KISS CONCERT 7 P.M. HA COFFEE BAR Kauai Island Singer’s Showcase sings about love.

20 songs; 10 singers. Melissa 822-0545 CHURCH ON THE BEACH 9 A.M. SALT POND BEACH PARK BREAKFAST AND BOOK SALE 7 TO 11:30 A.M. KAUAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAFETERIA American Culinary Federation breakfast fundraiser with a used book sale happening with the event at the Technology Center. $15, $18 door.

OPEN HIKE Join the Sierra Club on a Mahaulepu and Makawahi Cave hike on the South Shore. 2.5 miles round-trip.

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Kauai Island Singer’s Showcase sings about love 7 tonight at Ha Coffee Bar.

MON TUE WED E KANIKAPILA KAKOU 6 TO 9 P.M. KAUAI BEACH RESORT E Kanikapila Kakou program’s weekly workshops with Mark Yamanaka, Bert K Naihe, Edward N Atkins.

WAIMEA FILM FESTIVAL 10 A.M. TO 9 P.M. HISTORIC WAIMEA THEATRE A full day of cultural documentaries, films and shorts from the Hawaii International Film Festival. $8 adults, $6 children.

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NATURE LECTURE 5:30 TO 7 P.M. KAUAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAFETERIA Sean Chun, Hawaiian healing arts practitioner, will talk on the healing power of plants.

Sean will discuss how common plants in Hawaii and aspects of culture like pule (chants) and ho’oponopono (conflict resolution) play an important role in our well-being.

DAVID SEDARIS 7:30 P.M. KAUAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE Join David Sedaris at an evening of cutting wit, social satire and riveting conversation. $56 AMBASSADOR OF ALOHA 6:30 TO 9 P.M. HISTORIC WAIMEA THEATER An evening full of entertainment that represents several of our island’s annual festivals that Ambassador of Aloha Nalani Brun helps to support. $10

DAIRY BRIEFING 7 TO 8:30 P.M. KOLOA SCHOOL CAFETERIA Hawaii Dairy Farms community briefing and open house on its Environmental Impact Statement process.

TALES & TREATS 6:30 TO 9 P.M. HISTORIC WAIMEA THEATER Hawaiian Ghost stories told by storyteller Joseph Keoki Punohu of Oahu Ghost Tours.

There will be treats of chocolate, cupcakes, candy and ice cream. $10 BASKET WEAVING 3 P.M. KAUAI MUSEUM 90-minute basket weaving classes with Uncle Onio weekly on Thursdays. Class fee is $25 which includes admission to Museum. Reservations required. 245-6931

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Matilda’s Waltz cast, front row from left: Tani Ishiono, Averie Soto, Kaina Allard-Mahoney and Claudia Cowden. Back row from left: Issac Worth, Chad Dellatan, Rod Green, Jennifer Cullen, Steve Whitney and Emily Goldbach.

From ‘Dance’ to ‘Waltz’ David Penhallow Scott writes, directs continuing World War II story set in Hawaii

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ith the success of last year’s “Emma’s Last Dance,� writer and director David Penhallow Scott continues the story with “Matilda’s Waltz.�

The play, presented by the Kauai Community Players, opens Feb. 20 and runs through March 8 at the Puhi Theatrical Warehouse. It is set during World War II in 1944, a time when Oahu became home to millions of servicemen heading to fight on the islands in the Pacific and then, if necessary, on to the shores of Japan to finish the war.

It was a time, Scott said, that changed the moral, political and social climate of Hawaii — forever. It was a huge turning point in Hawaii’s history and it is a story Scott experienced, knows well and wants to share. “It was never the same again,� he said. “Everything turned upside down.�

Matilda’s Waltz is a continuation of the saga

of the Whitney family that Scott shared in Emma’s Last Dance. Oahu, to servicemen, was known as “The Rock� because it was a lonely outpost in the middle of the ocean, where they were forced to wait and contemplate a future of life or death. “These GIs live for the moment. Their angst creates havoc for the people who live on Oahu and now all bets in Hawaii are off,� Scott wrote about the play. “The Whitney family and the people around them get caught up in their chaos. Forbidden relationships are formed, strikes are threatened by the sugar workers wanting a better life, and the old, sweet Hawaii is lost in a war that concludes that madness rules over reason and life is a mere shadow signifying nothing. “But as in all chaos which man creates, the Whitneys of the Hawaiian Islands still find hope in this new world; a world where beauty, humor

and love still exists in their land of aloha.�

Hawaii, Scott said, is generous and kind to newcomers. “It is less judgmental, I believe, than you will find anywhere else, maybe in the world,� he said.

The cast includes Jennifer Cullen, Isaac Worth, Chad Dellatan, Rod Green, Steve Whitney, Emily Goldbach, Tani Ishino, Averie Soto, Kaina Allard-Mahoney and Claudia Cowden.

Matilda’s Waltz runs Fridays and Saturday at 7 p.m., and Sunday’s at 4 p.m. for three weekends. There is a paywhat-you-can preview at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19. There will be a reception with the director and actors after the opening night’s performance with refreshments served.

Tickets are $20, $5 off opening weekend, discounts for KCP members, students and seniors.

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The third time’s a charm

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weet Marie’s Hawaii Bakery moved to its third location in five years.

“The third time’s a charm,” said Marie Cassel, owner of the state’s first certified dedicated gluten-free and allergen-friendly facility.

Once again, her customers can enjoy sweets that are 100 percent gluten free.

“All my customers are finding me and supporting me and I really love this place,” she said of her new locale in a new building that is a replica of the former Post Office building at 3-4291 Kuhio Highway in Hanamaulu. The original structure was built in 1896 and burned down on Dec. 14, 2012.

Building owners Kina and

Photos by Tom LaVenture

Right: Marie Cassel shows a chocolate gamache to a coconut cheesecake. Above: A vintage truck sits outside of the new Sweet Marie’s Hawaii in Hanamaulu, welcomes visitors.

Deane Abben said there were 14 tenants in the original building. The new building opened in June and has room for 12 tenants and currently has eight with

the bakery.

“We are happy that she is here,” said Deane Abben.

“Her bakery is a great fit.”

Dorothy Nakazawa of Kapaa said she has been a

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loyal customer for years and thought Sweet Marie’s had closed after seeing the sign on the door in its old spot in Lihue. She was driving by the new location when she saw the sign and came back to see if she was open.

“Her carrot cake is divine,” Nakazawa said. “I hand out her cookies and they are popular just for the taste alone.”

Cassel has been on island since 1992 after a career in specialty catering in Philadelphia and California. After working as the pastry chef for many years at A Pacific Cafe, she started her first bakery from scratch in 2006 until 2011.

In early 2012, Cassel moved into the former Lihue delicatessen space. She said it was a great space but the location was wrong for her type of business. It took some work to make the Hanamaulu location work for Sweet Marie. She is actually renting three units, one for the kitchen, one for an office, and the front room that will serve as the retail sales and health eduction room.

She built the kitchen from scratch in a little

Marie Cassel applies chocolate gamache to a coconut cheesecake in the kitchen of her new Sweet Marie’s Hawaii in Hanamaulu.

under 258 square feet of space. The 11.5- by 12-foot kitchen is tight but for a small commercial kitchen, everything is almost within arm’s length. The goal was to keep it as efficient as possible.

“This is my third build up that I have done from an empty room to a kitchen,” Cassel said. “But I like where I am at now, it feels like I’m home.”

She was the first in the state to get a gluten-free facility certification.

Sweet Marie’s is a bakery for everyone but especially

has a dairy-free version for the lactose intolerant, and she even makes a gluten-free pizza dough.

“This is my passion,” Cassel said. “Most don’t know it’s gluten free and we can switch ingredients out to accommodate.”

Cassel continues her catering, retail and madeto-order specialty cakes, muffins, cookies and bread.

“We have a whole line of baked goods, catering and wedding cakes”, she said.

For customers who want to do their own cooking, Sweet Marie’s sells soy- and dairy-free muffin mix by the bag. They come in tropical, mango macadamia nut and

muffins are gluten, soy and for those who suffer from dairy free. The coffee cake auto immune conditions or have gluten sensitivities that interfere with the body’s ability to process nutrients and cause severe pain. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, oats, rye, barley, malt and spelt — all common, basic ingredients in flour-based foods such Tuesday to Sunday - 8:30am as breads, pastas, soy sauce, Closed Monday cheese and even beer.

Sweet Marie’s recipes call for organic gluten-free rice flour, organic cane sugar, organic palm sugar, and a variety of time-tested, healthy substitutes. All the

banana.

Cassel said she plans to add light breakfast specials and lunches to go along with the coffee and retail in the morning. The signature desserts and cakes continue to be the mainstay of the business along with catering special events.

“I am just passionate about what I do and I love educating and I love creating,” she said.

Hours are 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and also by appointment. Call 635-8229.

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SpongeBob’s back, on a zany venture

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ould that all of our brains resembled that of SpongeBob SquarePants — and we’re talking about his actual brain, like, the cerebral matter located somewhere inside that porous yellow body.

When, in the thoroughly enjoyable (though somewhat exhausting) “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water,” the tiny, scheming Plankton takes a surreptitious trip into one of those sponge-holes, he finds a brain coated with cotton candy, rainbows and all manner of sweets, like a scene from “The Nutcracker.” It’s enough to make a cynical little organism sick, but it makes us love sweetSpongeBob even more.

As does director Paul Tibbitt’s new movie, which is zany and clever and fun (and in 3D), as long as you can take 93 minutes of it.

That may depend on your age. As I exited the theater I heard a father telling his young son wearily, “That’s about all the SpongeBob I can take.” The son, it seemed, could have taken a few hours more.

The movie — the second feature-length outing for the durable Nickelodeon TV character, and the first since 2004 —begins somewhere above the undersea hamlet of Bikini Bottom, whereSpongeBob lives.

We meet a nefarious pirate character named Burger Beard (Antonio Banderas, in live action and game for

anything), tracking down a precious ancient book via his treasure map.

The book tells the story of Bikini Bottom — a device to bring newcomers up to speed. (In a clever touch that parents will like, an old library card shows the previous borrowers, who include Davy Jones.

“This is way overdue,” the pirate says.) We learn how Bikini Bottom is addicted to Krabby Patties, the succulent burgers made only at Krusty Krab, the fast-food joint where SpongeBob(voiced by Tom Kenny) works for Mr. Krabs (Clancy Brown), who keeps the secret recipe stowed away in a vault.

Back down in Bikini Bottom, rival restaurant

owner Plankton is trying to steal the formula, as usual.

He fails, but the formula actually disappears.

The two rivals join forces to find it, and this quest drives the movie, with many a wacky tangent awaiting — including time travel and even space travel, up to a weird platform somewhere in the universe where a porpoise who sounds delightfully like Christopher Walken makes sure the planets don’t collide.

But back to the recipe. It’s an urgent mission, because without its beloved snack, Bikini Bottom falls immediately into an apocalyptic state, with everyone wearing leather and turning evil. They’re hungry — very hungry.

Eventually, SpongeBob and his posse, which includes series regulars Squidward (Rodger Bumpass), Sandy (Carolyn Lawrence) and of course starfish Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke), will end up traveling somewhere they’ve never been: Up to the surface, and out of the water. Here, they assume their new, 3D form, the better to run around the beach (peopled by live-action humans) and track down the villainous Burger Beard, who’s up to something nasty.

This isn’t a battle to be fought by mere, well, puppets — and so they make another transformation, into glorious superhero versions of themselves, the better to battle that snack-stealing

pirate and rescue their desperate hometown.

Kids, likely, will be the prime audience for these energetic shenanigans.

Adults may prefer the clever wordplay. “Unleash the condiments!” Krabs says at one point in a battle. “With relish!” SpongeBobreplies.

There’s also a cute visual gag making fun of those of us who would never mix the garbage with the recycling.

It’s striking to realize that SpongeBob, the character, is more than 15 years old in sponge years (the TV series’ creator, Stephen Hillenburg, is an executive producer here.) He’s isn’t slowing down. If you like the yellow guy on TV, you should have a good, squishy time here, too.

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Serving with open minds and hearts Annual E Pili Kakou set to kick off on Feb. 20 in Lihue

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or anyone who commits themselves to learning the art of hula, Paddy “Wailani” Kauhane said one key concept is always stressed: the perpetual ability to learn with an open mind and heart.

“One of the laws of hula is that not all knowledge comes from one school, so just because this is your lineage and what you know, isn’t it a wonderful and beautiful thing to be able to look at other lineages and see how they’re here for the same reason you are,” said Kauhane, co-executive director of the Lauakea Foundation on Oahu.

“Except what they celebrate and what they learned may be slightly different?

“It doesn’t mean that I’m wrong and you’re right,” she added. “It just means that it’s an even bigger celebration.”

That same celebration, she said, will continue at the annual E Pili Kakou, which kicks off Feb. 20 at the Aqua Kauai Beach Resort, following a yearlong hiatus to help with last year’s Ka Aha Hula O Halauaola (the fourth World Conference on Hula).

“The main focus of the weekend is to provide workshops in hula, culture, place, and anything to do with the culture that relates to hula in a non-competitive, nurturing environment,” said Kauhane, who is helping to organize the event. “We have workshops happening all day Friday

and Saturday, and in the evenings we have a celebration event where we have live music and all the participants in the workshop are going to perform what they learned during the day.”

The whole weekend is capped off with a free kukakuka (discussion) session on Sunday, where featured kumu hula will sit on a presentation panel and allow audience members to “ask questions about anything they ever wanted to know about the culture and about hula.”

Well-known kumu hula who will be guiding workshops and classes this year include Joan Lindsey, Kawaikapuokalani Hewett, Ed Collier, Leiamomi Ho, Kealoha Kalama, Maka Herrod, Noelani Chang-Ka‘aina, Maelia Lobenstein-Carter, Keala Ching, Leialoha Amina and Kapua Dalire.

“You can be a beginner or advanced, or could even have grown up in a hula environment, but the time doesn’t matter — we’re all students and we continue to be students right till the very, very end,” Kauhane said. “These kumu hula who are coming usually don’t teach outside of their halau, so for them to come to an environment which is so relaxed and celebratory, it’s an experience that will change a person’s life.”

This year’s event, Kauhane said, will also feature members from Kauai Nui Kuapapa, who will teach attendees about “the genealogy of Kauai, certain place

DARIN MORIKI TGIFR!DAY Paddy Kauhane / Contributed photo

Workshop participants at one of the E Pili Kakou in 2013 perform a hula they learned earlier in the day.

Oahu, as well as late Kumu Hula Aloha Dalire, Paulette Kahalepuna, Doric Yaris and Wayne Chang, who died last year.

Tickets to access all events happening that weekend can be purchased for $215.

Event attendees, however, may also purchase $60 tickets to attend morning or afternoon sessions, or $15 tickets to attend evening events, on either day.

Event check-in and registration begins at 7 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 20 and Saturday, Feb. 21. The free, two-hour kukakuka (discussion) session on Sunday begins at 9 a.m.

Info: Kauhane at (808) 454-3256, or pkauhane@ hulaspirit.com.

teaches students from her names, especially ones that gathering will honor Kumu Hula Joan Lindsey, who still Pearl City hula studio on don’t exist any longer, and how it relates to Hawaiian Global Media Productions Presents mele (chants or poems).”

I N C O N C E R T “This is wonderful not only for the haumana R.CARLOS PETER (students), but also for the kumu (teachers), who can enjoy what each other brings to the table,” County Office of Economic Development tourism specialist Nalani Brun wrote in an email. “The Hawaiian cultural community is very tight knit and tries to share with each other new forms of past information which feeds the participants as they strive to strengthen our culture.”

In all, Kauhane said, about 150 people attended E Pili Kakou in 2013.

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CHECK DA SCENE Kailen Simao-Castillo, Nathan Gallagher, Joh Bisarra-Kaleiohi, Makenna Kanahele-Castillo

Visitors and residents sit outside of Waimea High School and watch entertainment and enjoy food and drinks.

Matthew Santos, Jason Viernes, Alex Kolev, Travis Valmoja, Robert Holt, Densel Viernes

Jaymond Yadao, Armin Tumaneng, Wesley Fujinaka, Andrew Evans

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Celebrating with ohana

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eople flowed through the campus for the Waimea Alumni and Friends Foundation’s annual carnival.

WAFF president Janice Nitta said work done by alumni at the carnival every year is voluntary. Only Waimea High School organizations that fundraised by running various concessions benefit financially from the carnival.

These included the Waimea High School Band, the Bayanihan Club, cheer team, junior varsity boys basketball, the JROTC, Language Arts Department, Spanish club,

W.E.L.L., and Project Grad. Volunteers who turned out include the classes of 1964 through 1968, 1970, 1973, 1978, 1981, 1989, 1990, 2005 and a large number of supporters.

The class of 1979 chaired the silent auction and the class of 1987 operated the country store.

Since 1994, the WAFF has provided more than $330,000 in scholarships and other grants to Waimea High School through its fundraising efforts, including the annual WAFF carnival.

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Music for the soul Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience perform Feb. 20

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rammy Award winning zydeco musician Terrance Simien says he’s coming to Kauai with the best live Mardi Gras music in the world. “Straight from the source, brother. Straight from the source,� said the Louisiana native by phone from Portland, Oregon.

Terrance Simien & The Michael Weintrob / Contributed photos Zydeco Experience Terrance Simien, left, performs with his band The Zydeco Experience Feb. 20 at the Marriott Courtyard Kauai at Coconut perform Feb. 20 on Kauai as part of a four- Beach as part of a statewide Mardi Gras tour. He will be joined by his daughter, Memphis-based Marcella Simien. date, four-island tour.

The Kauai concert beIt’s been more than Kauai fans dancing in the gins at 7 p.m. at Marri- a decade since Simien aisle of the Performing Arts performed in the islands. ott Courtyard Kauai at Center.

Coconut Beach.

Still, he clearly remembers And he guarantees anyone who comes to the show with an ailment will leave feeling brand new. “For people at home, you know, Mardi Gras, it’s like our time of the year where we just release and let it all out,â€? he said. “It’s almost like spring cleaning for the soul. You get out there, you MEMBERSHIP FEE $100 get all the cobwebs out. I DETAILS: want to invite everybody s !CCUMULATE POINTS s Membership includes a to try this Mardi Gras thing towards one round complimentary Birthday round (may with us, and consider it a OF GOLF POINTS PER be used anytime during the year) HOLE ROUND POINT s 4 complimentary guest golf passes cleansing for the spirit and FOR HOLES 3UPER s OFF IN THE 'OLF 0RO 3HOP the soul, and just come twilight) including sale items and have a good time and s OFF HARD GOODS IN THE 'OLF 0RO s OFF REGULAR MENU ITEMS IN THE (O@OKIPA 3HOP AND SPECIAL ORDERS see what kind of medicine CafĂŠ (excluding nons '(). (ANDICAP we bring.â€? alcohol, alcohol beverages s Driving Range Card and daily specials) s -EMBER ONLY 1UATERLY 'OLF 4OURNAMENTS Terrance’s daughter, Memphis-based Marcella Need to pr presen entt a va vali lid d Ha Hawaii State Drive ver’’s Lice ense to be a Ha'u 'upu Gold Member.

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blend of New Orleans funk, world blues and American zydeco roots music.

He is legendary for his live performances, complex vocal harmonies and diverse repertoire, a release promoting the event boasts. The Zydeco Experience was featured in the blockbuster film “The Big Easy� and has shared the stage with Robert Palmer, Stevie Wonder, Los Lobos, Taj Mahal, Dr. John, the Meters, Alan Toussaint, Paul Simon and Dave Matthews Band.

Simien said sharing the stage with his daughter is always a special experience. As for his thoughts about returning to the Garden Isle, Simien said the honor is all his. “Looking forward to being in Kauai,� he said. “It’s only paradise, right?� Concert promoter Les Hershhorn of Lazar Bear Productions described Simien as the ambassador of Creole and Cajun music and said the audience can expect a hot, high-energy show, with lots of dancing, Mardi Gras beads and, of course, jambalaya. “It’s a very cool show and I think that people will really enjoy it,� Hershhorn said. Tickets cost $45 for general admission, $65 for gold circle tables. Doors open at 5 p.m., show is at 7 p.m.

For more information visit www.lazarbearproductions.com or call 822-3455.

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Art and tradition Aston Aloha Beach Resort to host kapa making documentary

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he hands of the ancient Hawaiians fashioned many crafts to aid them in their daily lives but one of their finest works was the kapa cloth.

Created from tree fibers, kapa had many uses for the Hawaiian people, including clothing. Although such a craft seems like a lost art, the Kauai Historical Society is inviting people to

A Kapa Pa’u skirt.

see kapa created firsthand through the documentary “Ka Hana Kapa.”

“It’s not just about watching a movie,” said Denise Miyahana, State Foundation on Culture & the Arts program specialist. “It’s very important that the work we do gets out into the community.”

The presentation is in the Alii Ballroom at the Aston Aloha Beach Resort at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21.

The documentary explains the history of kapa in addition to the process from start to finish as told by today’s dedicated kapa practitioners. Doors will open at 12:30 p.m. A talk story will be held with the co-producer of the movie and true kapa makers after.

“I’m proud that we have this fine art in Hawaii and

Contributed photos

Above, top left and right: Halau O‘ Kekuhi perform at the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo.

we have so many kapa makers that love what they’re doing, and they’re very committed,” said Miyahana. “Some of them love to teach. They love the educa-

tional aspect of informing people.”

Miyahana said many kapa makers were eager to be a part of the documentary because it will give them

the chance to discuss how much it means to them.

The documentary was born through the desire of kapa maker Marie McDonald, whose greatest wish

was for a hula dancer to wear her kapa cloth. Many other kapa makers shared McDonald’s desire and sought a halau to wear their works. The well-known hula dancers of Halau O’ Kekuhi thought it was a brilliant idea and wore the kapa maker’s cloth at the 2011 Merrie Monarch Festival.

The State Foundation on Culture & the Arts also commissioned a camera crew to follow the kapa makers as they fashioned their works and documented the entire process until after the Merrie Monarch Festival.

“It’s a huge project that started with a little idea,” said Miyahana. “It’s not a dying art, it’s very robust and very creative. There are a lot of people in our state who are doing kapa making.”

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