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Week of Friday, January 19, 2018 | Vol. 6, No. 3

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A TOUCH OF BLUE

Singer, songwriter and fiddler, Laurie Lewis comes to Kauai

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Singer, songwriter and fiddler, Laurie Lewis, to perform in Princeville

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ward-winning original acoustic roots musician Laurie Lewis is going to be jamming on Kauai.

“We love the beautiful Garden Isle,” Lewis said. “We feel very lucky, blessed to be able to do it.”

The bluegrass artist will be performing with mandolin player and singer Tom Rozum at Princeville’s Church of the Pacific on Jan. 26. The musical duo has performed on Kauai almost every year for the last 15 years.

“As soon as I heard bluegrass as a teenager, it just really spoke to me,” Lewis said.

“It just resonated within me somehow, and I had to follow.”

The internationally renowned singer, songwriter, fiddler, band leader, producer and educator has twice been voted “Female Vocalist of the Year” by the International Bluegrass Music Association.

“My music voice is unique to me because it’s my window on the world,” Lewis said.

“One of the things that actually resonates with a lot of people in the islands is a lot of my music is tied to the natural world,” Lewis said. “That’s a major focus in my music, and it seems to be a major focus in a lot of people’s lives who live on Kauai.”

Performing since 1974 and nominated

Photo courtesy of Maria Camillo

Laurie Lewis performs.

for the “Best Bluegrass Recording” Grammy in 2017, the musician from California is also an educator, teaching at camps, festivals and workshops in the US and Canada.

“I hope that it (bluegrass) always retains a feeling of community about it, a feeling of give-and-take within the music, and also I hope it stays as sort of a vehicle to sing songs that really speak to ordinary people’s lives,” Lewis said.

She considers herself lucky to slowly have grown an audience over decades of playing. Since 1986, Lewis has recorded nearly 20 albums with her musical partner, Rozum.

“Tom Rozum’s a wonderful singer and

mandolinist who has drawn a lot of inspiration from music outside of the bluegrass genre,” Lewis said. “His instrumental interpretations open up our music in a lot of different ways.”

“We try not to just fit in the bluegrass box.”

Opening the concert, event host Michaelle Edwards and Steve Dubey will be performing swing/blues.

Edwards has performed on Kauai for over three decades as a professional musician and recording artist. In the last few years, her focus has been on promoting concerts and traveling the world instructing courses in postural realignment.

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and Tom.” The show begins at 7:30 p.m., 54280 Kuhio Highway.

“I hope if people haven’t heard this before, they maybe take a chance,” Lewis said.

“We’ve been having these

really fun and engaging community concerts for well over a decade now.”

Tickets are $25 in advance at Magic Dragon Toys, Harvest Market, Hanalei Surf Co., Hanalei Strings &

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Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands perform during the Freight & Salvage grand opening weekend, August 30, 2009, Berkeley, California

Dubey is another longtime Kauai musician who excels on jazz trumpet and harmonica , while also crooning a few tunes too.

Edwards said they will be performing a set before Laurie and Tom with a varied song list including some swing, bluesy jazz, a couple

of her original songs and a Bob Dylan tune.

The two musicians previously worked together as a trio with Kirk Smart as the BeatKeepers.

“It is not very often that we have acoustic musicians and songwriters such as Laurie Lewis and Tom

Rozum perform on Kauai,” Edwards said. “The Princeville Church of the Pacific has excellent acoustics, and concert goers can expect to hear beautiful acoustic music ranging from the 30’s jazz era to bluegrass, Indie folk and the fine songwriting and vocal skills of Laurie

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ikers pass by thousands of plants while adventuring in the Kauai mountains; some endemic, some endangered and some incipient.

Teaching the difference between them is a big part of the Kokee Resource Conservation Program, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month.

Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Kekaha Harbor House with live music by Cruz Control and a special performance by the Wahine of Halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leina’ala.

A silent auction and ono food will also be available.

Tickets are $25 per person. Children under 10 are free.

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JESSICA ELSE TGIFR!DAY can dive into the forests in Kokee, and learn about watershed management while lending a hand to remove invasive species.

And everyone who is willing and able is welcome, according to Cherith Andrade, spokeswoman for KRCP. “We accommodate any skill level. We have children that come up doing hand pulling and taking out weeds in the forest,” Andrade said. “We can work with anybody that can go out into Kokee and do hiking, that type of thing.”

School and community groups, individuals and families, visitors and residents — KCRP has worked with more than 31,000 volun-

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The Wahine of Halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leina’ala performed at the 2017 Ho’omaluo for Kokee Resource Conservation Program and will again on Jan. 20.

teers who have contributed more than 167,000 hours since it’s creation in 1998.

Together, volunteers and KCRP staff have removed more than 12 million invasive weeds, covering more than 11,800 acres of Kauai’s forests.

A program of the nonprofit Garden Island Resource Conservation and Development, Inc., staff members also work with the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, and State Parks.

In addition to accepting volunteers, KCRP is a training ground for conservation and a destination for those looking for internships and hands-on experience in the field.

“We take them into the forest every day and they learn native and non-native plants, learn how to manage a watershed and why it’s important to have a diverse watershed,” Andrade said.

She continued: “Then they take those skills and apply them when furthering their

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career in conservation.”

While they’re busy hacking away at weeds or learning the nuances of Kauai’s native flora, there isn’t an abundance of time to talk story and connect. That’s one reason why KCRP is hosting its second Ho’omaluo event, in celebration of their 20 years going strong.

“It’s just being able to say, ‘hi, how ya doing?’ and talk story,” Andrade said. “At the same time, it’s a way for us to find ways to continue our volunteer and intern program.”

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And yet, by being himself, Ferdinand perseveres to achieve being himself!

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HEMSWORTH LEADS A SOLID WARTIME FILM IN ‘12 STRONG’

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n the days and months following the Sept. 11 attacks, a small U.S. Special Forces unit led an offensive against the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. They worked in harsh conditions alongside a local warlord and his men, an

uneasy alliance at best, and, even with all the technology and money of the U.S. military, executed the successful mission largely on horseback.

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later in Doug Stanton’s 2009 book “Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan.” It provides the basis for “12 Strong,” a long-in-the-works adaptation from producer Jerry Bruckheimer (“Black Hawk Down”) and director Nicolai Fuglsig, a Danish photojournalist who has shot the War in Kosovo, a Levi’s short film, and a Coca-Cola spot in his eclectic career.

Films about U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have a somewhat dicey track record. They can veer from too sentimental to

too macho and bloviating depending on who’s in front of and behind the camera.

But “12 Strong” is, while perhaps not the deepest entry, a very solid movie with an engaging story, script and cast led by Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth.

Only slightly camouflaged behind a modern haircut and some manicured stubble, Hemsworth is Capt. Mitch Nelson, who is on leave with his young daughter and wife (played by his real-life spouse Elsa Pataky) but springs into action at the sight of the World Trade Center falling on the news. He raises his hand

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Before that happens, however, we must sit through another obligatory farewell-to-the-families sequence to remind us that many of these guys have wives and children to get back to — some of whom are withholding sex as incentive for a quick homecoming and others who couldn’t be any crueler to a member of their family whom they very well might never see again.

It’s when the men get to the Middle East that the film becomes truly gripping, thanks to an ominous score, a hair-raising helicopter ride that rivals moments in Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty,” and the inherent tension of a mission that, as Nelson puts it, has no playbook. Their task is to meet up with Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum (Navid Negahban) who may be equally motivated to fight the Taliban if properly persuaded.

LINDSEY BAHR ASSOCIATED PRESS Dostum and Nelson form a tenuous bond that is tested throughout the film, as they trade the shield of modern technology for horses and mules to cross the treacherous landscape (New Mexico plays Afghanistan here). The action sequences are riveting, if a little numbing at times, and their evolving mission is engaging throughout.

What separates “12 Strong” from the pack, however, is its ability to introduce and stay with a band of brothers worth caring about. In addition to Hemsworth, they are played by Michael Shannon, Michael Pena, Trevante Rhodes, Geoff Stults, Thad Luckinbill, Austin Stowell, Ben O’Toole, Austin Hebert, Kenneth Miller, Kenny Sheard and Jack Kesy.

But stirring and solid, “12 Strong” is the kind of film that might make you think twice about January releases, and spotlights a riveting story in our recent history that many Americans might not know.

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KEIKI CELEBRATION

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id you know that the Kilauea Performing Arts have their Shrek musical production coming up March 12?

Keiki from the program at the Kilauea Elementary School, performing preview numbers from the production, were just part of the fundraising event benefiting the Kapaa Middle School Choir and Ukulele Band, Saturday at the Keiki Aloha Fest held at the Kauai Veterans Center with an offering of lunch wagons, crafters, and a live painting class.

A steady crowd of people flowed through the gates that opened to performances to keiki groups such as the Na Hoku O Kaumuali‘i, the Chiefess Kamakahelei ‘Ukulele ensemble, the Koloa Elementary School choir, and ‘ukulele band, the Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School Choir, the Wilcox Elementary Creative Arts, Kapaa Elementary School Kid Fit, Joyful Noise taiko ensemble, Ka Waikahe Lani Malie hula, and of course, the hosting Kapaa Middle School Choir and Ukulele Band who will be traveling to the Heritage Music Festival in California in March. The offering was further enhanced with appearances of Showtime Characters and the KUGA group.

Mary Lardizabal, director of the Kapaa Middle School choir, said the effort would not have happened without the efforts of the group’s board which is led by president Andrea Kaneakua, vice presidents Henry Panui and Jimmy Galiza, secretary Kaleo Keli‘ipuleole, treasurer Terri Russell, Tim Geis, and the Kauai Veterans Center.

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