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Week of Friday, Sept. 2, 2016 | Vol. 4, No. 35

Grinds & Da Kines For Your Weekend

Morgan Heritage coming

DREAM GIRLS

Quartet will be featured at Terno Ball

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IN THIS ISSUE: 2. OUT & ABOUT:

Top picks for the week

3. Terno Ball:

Dream Girls will be there!

4-5. CONCERT:

Morgan Heritage

6. BOOK REVIEW: Bottoms up, readers!

7. CHECK DA SCENE: Farm Fair

OUT & ABOUT: TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK TODAY SATURDAY BEACH BOYS CONCERT 7:30 P.M., KAUAI MARRIOTT RESORT General admission tickets are $65 and $89, Golden Circle tickets $125. Info: viaticketweb.com. Listen to some of the greatest surfing songs and many more.

TALK STORY 6-9 P.M., THE BOOKSTORE IN HANAPEPE John Bruna, author of “The Wisdom of a Meaningful Life: The Essence of Mindfulness,” is having a talk story during Hanapepe Art Walk.

WILCOX HEALTH SPORTS AND FITNESS EXPO 10 A.M., THE GRAND HYATT KAUAI RESORT AND SPA Lifestyle vendors, Kauai Marathon merchandise, speakers Bart Yasso and Tyler McCanless at 2 p.m.

Last-minute race registration.

SUNDAY KAUAI MARATHON AND HALF MARATHON 6 A.M., POIPU ROAD IN FRONT OF THE POIPU SHOPPING VILLAGE. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE IN EFFECT.

FOURTH ANNUAL KAUAI MARATHON KEIKI RUN 9 A.M., FAR WEST SIDE OF GRAND HYATT RESORT. $20 SPORTS AND FITNESS EXPO: 10 A.M., GRAND HYATT KAUAI RESORT AND SPA EP RELEASE CONCERT: 9 P.M. TREES LOUNGE Ron Artis II and The Truth to release their new extended play, “Little People.” $15 at door.

POTLUCK AND LECTURE 12:30 P.M., KAPAA NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. “Food Choice and Sustainability,” a recent video featuring Dr. Richard Oppenlander.

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CONSERVATION EXPO: 8:30 A.M. TO 3:30 P.M., NTBG MCBRYDE GARDEN. Unprecedented cultural event with several keynote speakers.

MELE MEI 7 P.M., WAIMEA THEATER Mele Mei concert with Na Hoku Hanohano award winners Nathan Aweau and Maunalua. $20, 651-5744.

BREAKFAST 7 TO 10 A.M., LIHUE UNITED CHURCH. Annual Labor Day breakfast, $8 adults and $4 children.

OUTLOOK OF FARMING 5-7 P.M., COURTYARD MARRIOTT KAUAI AT COCONUT BEACH. Networking event to learn about farming, agriculture. www. kauaichamber.org.

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Dream Girls Quartet will be featured at 52nd annual Kauai Filipino Women’s Club Terno Ball

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Juno Apalla is graceful in descending the stairway at the Aqua Kauai Beach Resort in her terno designed by Orlando Pascua.

NUKOLII — Nialani Green, Daphne Sanchez, Makena Pascua, and Juno Apalla will be garbed in terno on Sept.

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But the quartet will also don costumes designed by Barbara Green, president of the Kauai Filipino Women’s Club, as they assume roles of “Kauai’s Dream Girls” at the 52nd annual Kauai Filipino Women’s Club Terno Ball.

“The entertainment is very unique,” Green said. “These four young women all had leading female roles in productions held on Kauai. I spoke with them and they all came together to combine the power of their talent and perform as ‘Kauai’s Dream Girls.’”

Apalla had the leading female role in “Miss Saigon,” Pascua portrayed Mrs. Pott in “Beauty and the Beast,” Sanchez assumed the role of Lily in “Carnival,” and Nialani Green, a junior at Kauai High School, portrayed Ellie in “Legally Blonde.”

Green also designed and created costumes for the girls to use in their presentation at the gala signature scholarship fundraising event.

Joining the quartet, the Kauai Filipino Women’s Club will also present a

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presentation on Kali, the traditional Filipino martial arts which is considered an art form and passed down by family members.

“Kali Grandmaster Floral Villabrille and Grandmaster Ben Largusa were the first to systemize this Filipino martial arts so it

could be taught to others,” Green said.

In addition to the high-powered entertainment, Green said there will be the Terno and Barong Contest with a prize being presented for the Most Beautiful Terno.

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‘SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE’ Grammy Award-winning reggae band Morgan Heritage to make Kauai debut

After 20 years in the music business, the greatest achievements for Grammy Award-winning reggae band Morgan Heritage are garnering the love and acceptance of the people.

“We don’t make records to win awards.

We do this to make songs for the people,” said Peetah Morgan, lead singer for Morgan Heritage. “That keeps us inspired. That keeps us going.”

“The Royal Family of Reggae” is set to make its Kauai debut at the Poipu Beach

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Athletic Club on Sept. 9. The band will perform classics such as “Down by the River,” “She’s Still Loving Me,” “A Man Is Still A Man,” and songs from the Grammy Award-winning album “Strictly Roots.”

“We’re island people from Jamaica, so it’s just island love we expecting,” Morgan said.

“We’re expecting that love from the island in Hawaii and sharing the love and joy of reggae music with the people.”

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ana from Honolulu and Jemere Morgan, who is the son of Gramps Morgan, the band’s keyboard player and vocalist.

The last stint in Hawaii for the reggae band was a performance in Honolulu in 2014, and band members are looking forward to once again feeling the island vibes.

“Hawaii has a culture all its own, and it’s you being true to your islands and the whole Polynesian culture,” Morgan said. “It’s that same island energy that we get from any other island in the world, whether it’s in the Indian Ocean, Caribbean or any other place in the world. It’s that island essence that we have as island people. That’s what Hawaii and the people of Hawaii have.”

Morgan Heritage is made up of five siblings, who grew up watching their father, Denroy Morgan, do music. Denroy, known for his 1981 hit record “I’ll Do Anything For You,” was instrumental in the band’s formation.

“We were highly influenced by music from a young age,” Peetah said. “Our father saw the talent

in us and saw each one gravitating to our respected instruments.”

The Morgans dropped their first album in 1994 and started with eight members. By 1997, the band shrunk to five and released the album, “Protector of Jah.” “This is what we know. This is who we are,” Peetah said. “We have become the music that we play.

Everything about Morgan Heritage is the culture, is the essence of the islands, is the essence of Rastafari, the essence of unity amongst humanity.”

For the Morgans, reggae is more than music. It is life, culture, spiritual and social inspiration.

“It brings all nations of people together, all cultures,” Peetah said. “It’s a world music. It’s a music that caters to the essence of humanity. When you hear it, you feel love moving through you. The essence of the music is love and unity.”

Tickets for Morgan Heritage are $35 and $40 the day of the show. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show opens at 8 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at http:// www.bampproject.com/.

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Peetah Morgan (vocals), Una Morgan (keyboard/ vocals), Roy “Gramps” Morgan (keyboard/vocals), Nakhamyah “Lukes” Morgan (rhythm guitar) and Memmalatel “Mr. Mojo” Morgan (percussion/vocals) will perform on Kauai on Sept. 9 at the Poipu Beach Athletic Club.

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BOTTOMS UP, READERS! CYNTHIA & ED JUSTUS SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY

Daphne Sanchez

Nialani Green

using pink termaline gemstones.

It is valued at $2,500.

Continued from page 3 Barbara said the Terno Ball serves not only as the organi“This year’s prize is very zation’s signature scholarspecial,” she said. ship fundraising event, it It is being donated by perpetuates and showcases Grande’s Gems and was crethe Filipino culture. ated using antique Chinese During the school year gaming counters set in 14k ending in 2016, the Kauai Filigold with the Kauai Filipino Women’s Club’s theme colors pino Women’s Club pre-

Terno

Makena Pascua

sented four $1,000 scholarships — one to each graduating senior of the four schools on Kauai. Recipients included Sheena Juliano of Kauai High School who later went on to earn the Miss Kauai Filipina crown, Athena Abadilla of Waimea High School, Ariana Wilson of Island School and Alyssa Gipolan of Kapaa High School.

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emember those fun scratch and sniff books? Well, they are making a comeback! And this one is for adults!

Enter “The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Whiskey Know-It-All” by Richard Betts.

Yeah, you read that right!

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For instance, we were immediately fascinated to learn that the same ingredients that make beer also make whiskey! Huh! Or did you know that whiskey in many countries is aged in old wine or whiskey barrels instead of new oak barrels like in the United States? These subtle differences are part of the nuances of their flavors.

It is exciting to be learning about the varieties of whiskeys, especially now when there are endless boutique artisans cropping up all over the world. Some of the “beginner’s guides” often seem too thick of a book to even start with, but the “Essential Scratch & Sniff ” sums up the entirety in a way that even those with only a passing curiosi-

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ty can learn a lot from.

It helps too that the New York Times best-selling author, Richard Betts, (also the author of “The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert: Take a Whiff of That!) is actually a Master Sommelier who passed his exam on the first test. This means the author certainly “nose” his stuff!

What’s even more fun, other than the variety of scents we get to sample from scratching and sniffing, are the illustrations.

They are lively and colorful.

Heck, this book even comes with a map! So get scratching, educate your palate, and enjoy!

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Kawai Ka‘ahanui, Lani Kaui, Kalalea Herrod, Nai‘a Blagg-Noblisse

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ore than 80 community businesses and organizations took advantage of the four days at the Kauai County Farm Bureau Fair which wrapped up Sunday at the Vidinha Stadium parking lot.

“I don’t know if I can handle this,” said Stephanie Shinno of the Garden Island Federal Credit Union. “I was here last night, and I’m back again to work. I need some time to recover.”

EK Fernandez Rides lit

up the night skies, and the sounds of entertainment, including Jordan Segundo and Greg Gabaylo, filled the night, teased by the tantalizing aroma of food, including the malasadas based on Janice Wong’s recipe.

Louisa Wooton of Wooton Family Farm was thrilled her luau leaves earned Best in Show Vegetable honors along with the polar bear pumpkin by Pablo Valdez nailing the Best in Show Fruit honors.

Alannah Kolev, Dylan Kolev, Robert Holt

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