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Week of Friday, July 12, 2019 | Vol. 7, No. 28

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IT’S HOT IN KILAUEA Fire show debuts at Anaina Hou Community Park

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FRIDAY FESTIVAL AND ART WALK 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., Hanapepe Food, shopping, live music. Free. Info: 335-6469 TRIVIA NIGHT 6 to 8 p.m., Anaina Hou Community Park, Kilauea Trivia contests, food trucks, more. Free. Info: thetriviagirl@gmail.com LIVE HAWAIIAN MUSIC WITH LARRY RIVERA 5 p.m., Coconut Marketplace, Waipouli Free. Info: coconutmarketplace.com LIVE MUSIC 5 to 8 p.m., Anaina Hou Community Park, Kilauea Dirk Debonaire and the Golden Nuggets Band perform. Info: dirkdebonaire.com, anainahou. org/events/pau-hana-2/ SATURDAY

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FRIDA KAHLO & HER ANIMALITOS 2 to 2:45 p.m., Hanapepe Public Library Storyteller Adriana Santos will share some facts about Frida Kahlo’s life, her collection, and how she has become a source of inspiration for many fashion designers. Info: 335-8418 CRAFT FAIR 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 5022 Lawai Road, Beach House Restaurant All Kauai-made products.

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THINGS ARE REALLY HEATING UP AT ANAINA HOU COMMUNITY PARK

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LEFT: Coppin Coburn, right, and his ohana demonstrate fire-starting at the Anaina Hou Community Park’s new Polynesian fire show, “Ahi Lele,” or “fire dancing,” in Kilauea.

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It’s the new fire show at Anaina Hou — “Ahi Lele” — presented by veteran performer Coppin Coburn

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The show starts just before sunset, with Coburn setting the stage with storytelling.

As the sun goes down, he and his crewmembers start a fire the traditional way, with sticks and kindling.

That kicks off an evening of Polynesian revue, with several styles of dancing

from both men and women, including a segment that challenges dancers to walk barefoot through real flames.

Everyone on stage is part of the Coburn ohana, whether they’re technically family members or hanai, and the performance is SEE HEATING, PAGE 4

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professional and thrilling.

It’s also lighthearted and familial, with Coburn and the crew joking with and jostling the audience members — and each other.

Be ready to join the crew on stage, too, as they’ll pull audience members out for challenges.

It’s also close quarters, with moments in the show bringing flaming torches just inches from audience members. At one point, Coburn and a couple other dancers demonstrate fire-eating in the middle of the crowd.

The juxtaposition of graceful movements and scorching fire come to life on the stage, situated in

breezy darkness on the Porter Pavilion lawn.

And that atmosphere, combined with the style of the show, makes “Ahi Lele” (it means “fire dancing”) one of the more relaxed of the Polynesian revue shows on the island.

With plenty of space for kids to run around on the lawn fronting the Porter Pavilion and a home-style buffet dinner, this Polynesian fire show is separated from the rest of Kauai’s fire shows by its backyard, barbecue-type vibe.

That’s because Anaina Hou is evolving into one of the North Shore’s prime community centers, hosting events like Pau Hana Fridays and trivia nights, live music and farmers’ markets.

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on the Wai Koa Loop Trail, or play a round of mini golf in the botanical garden.

Then, as Wednesday dinner time rolls around, Anaina Hou opens up the back wall of the Porter Pavilion and lays out a buffet spread of classic Hawaiian dishes.

As the Ahi Lele show starts, grab one of the chairs set up in the auditorium-style seating, or snag one of the tables set up around the edges, where you can still see the show and have a place to put your plate.

If you want alcohol, snacks or popcorn — made with coconut oil, salt on the side — you can buy them at a concession stand.

Admission is $69 per adult, $35 per child. There are a select few VIP front row seats available for $84 a person and kamaaina rates are available.

The show is held every

Jessica Else / TGIFR!DAY

Coppin Coburn, left, and his ohana start a fire traditionally, with sticks and kindling, at the Anaina Hou Community Park’s new Polynesian fire show, “Ahi Lele,” or “fire dancing.” ON the COVER: Part of the show features Coburn and ohana jumping over scalding flames.

Wednesday. Gates open at 6 p.m., and tickets are available online at anainahou.

org/ahi-lele-fire-show.

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3 VEHICLES OWNED BY ELVIS TO BE SOLD ‘The King’s’ Lincoln, motorcycle among the collectibles ASSOCIATED PRESS

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lvis Presley fans can take to the road in his personal stretch limousine, on his last motorcycle or in a pickup truck if they have the money, an auction house announced Wednesday.

Kruse GWS Auctions said the items will be part of its Artifacts of Hollywood auction on Aug. 31.

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A personal stretch limousine that belonged to Elvis Presley is among the vehicles to be auctioned off next month.

tinental stretch many times around Memphis, Tennessee, Kruse said. It features an old-school TV and other amenities. There are photos

showing “the King” driving the car he was in when he stopped at a car accident in Memphis in 1976.

The auction house said a

1976 Harley Davidson FLH 1200 Electra Glide motorcycle was the last motorcycle Presley ever purchased. He transported it from California to Memphis and sold it 90 days before he died in 1977 at age 42. The Harley has been on display at the Pioneer Auto Museum in Murdo, South Dakota, since the late 1980s.

The third Presley vehicle is one of three GMC pickups that Presley purchased in 1967 for his Circle G Ranch in Mississippi. Two years later, his father, Vernon, sold them back to the same dealership, the auction house said. It has undergone a total restoration.

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‘ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK’ LEAVES LEGACY FOR WOMEN OF COLOR

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leged white character of Piper Chapman (played by Taylor Schilling), the supporting characters — some quirky, some volatile, some comic, some LEANNE ITALIE tragic — became the show’s ASSOCIATED PRESS breakout stars.

The award-winning Netflix rom corrupt, brutal series also became a showcase overseers to the fraught world of inmate hierarchy for actresses of color, thanks to nuanced story lines with to unlikely friendships and romances, “Orange is the New depth that have often proved elusive.

Black” told deeply rich and It’s no surprise that some of complex stories about life for women behind bars that reso- them went on to become the nated far beyond prison walls. show’s biggest draws.

Uzo Aduba won the While it was originally dramedy’ s only acting Emmys, centered around the privi-

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The hit dramedy winds down with the seventh and final season on July 26.

Aduba, who plays Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren, reflected on the show and where she may go next.

Uzoamaka Nwanneka Aduba is her full name, and the 38 year old had been trying professionally for about 10

years, with small victories. She was thinking maybe a law career was the way to go as her parents, of Nigerian descent, preferred.

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TAYLOR CAMP FILM ‘THE EDGE OF PARADISE’ TO BE SHOWN SATURDAY John Wehrheim’s documentary is at Anaina Hou Community Park BILL BULEY TGIFR!DAY

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he Edge of Paradise” is more than a film about Taylor Camp on Kauai.

It’s also about a time of great turmoil and transition on Kauai, the nation and the world. Protests, rallies and cries for free speech rose to prominence and changed the culture.

“This sort of thing was happening all over the world,” said John Wehrheim, producer.

He referred to it as a time

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Diane Daniels was a young, ambitious entrepreneur. By 20 she had started a popular Montessori school in Hanalei. Diane and her surfer boyfriend, Terry Lishman, built the nicest tree house in the village, a solid, two-story beachfront with a panoramic ocean view.

of a “kind of crazy youth His high-definition film, movement, rebelling against “The Edge of Paradise,” will status quo.” be shown with closed cap-

tions at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Porter Pavilion at Anaina Hou Community Park in

Kilauea.

Tickets are $15.

The film chronicles the inner-workings of the North Shore’s hippie and surfer enclave Taylor Camp from 1969 to 1977 before it was dismantled by the state. It features interviews, surf footage and historical photos.

The camp was started by actress Elizabeth Taylor’s brother, Howard. There were less than 30,000 people living on Kauai, and the island’s economy was collapsing.

People were leaving.

That’s when Taylor Camp found footing.

“People fleeing the mainland to Kauai encountered an empty island, an abandoned garden,” Wehrheim said in a phone interview this week with TGIFR!DAY. “It was a special, unique time.”

It was a place of love, of family, of friends, of freedom, of independence, of community, of togetherness.

It was also a place at times of lawlessness, of drugs, of drinking and of disputes.

“It was pretty much a freefor-all. He just turned these seven acres on the beach in what’s now Haena State Park and let them do whatever they wanted to do,” Wehrheim said in a previous interview with TGI. The result of that was a community of beautiful tree house architecture that inspired Wehrheim when he saw it.

Wehrheim became acquainted with Taylor Camp in 1971 when he was living in Howard Taylor’s guest

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‘SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS’ IS A LIGHT-HEARTED ROMP ◗ Editor’s note: This is one in a series of reviews of movies with scenes shot on Kauai or connected to Kauai. arrison Ford has made many great movies. “Six Days, Seven Nights” is not one of them. But as a romantic comedy not to be taken seriously, it delivers what you want — fun, action, narrow escapes, a love story and a happy ending.

Ford is joined by Anne Heche in this 1998 film directed by Ivan Reitman. In a nutshell, Ford plays a middle-aged pilot, Quinn Harris, who has seen better days but is still up for delivering folks by air where they want to go, which is how he meets Heche, who plays

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Robin Mon- ••• roe, a jourMOVIE REVIEW nalist just engaged to her boyfriend, Frank, played by David Schwimmer.

What follows is a plane crash on an island that strands Ford and Heche. From there, you guessed, they develop a relationship despite their differences on pretty much everything, including age.

The main attraction of the film is how it showcases Kauai and even gives a bit of screen time to locals.

Among the Kauai sites shown in the movie are Kipu Kai Beach, where the plane crashes; the Napali Coast, Papa‘a Bay, Kilauea

Falls, views of the Anahola Mountains and a few shots around Lihue Airport. In an amazing

escape from pirates, Ford and Heche wind up on a cliff at Shipwreck’s Beach and leap into the ocean (well, their doubles did). Perhaps this is what inspires people to want to take that same plunge today.

Ford, by the way, was on Kauai for scenes of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” According to my friend Chris Cook and his book, “The New Kauai Movie Book,” Ford did many of his own stunts, rode his motorcycle and flew his own plane on Kauai. In the film he seems to have a good time, showing humor, worry, anger, hope and delight when he connects with Heche at the end (though this certainly seems like a relationship

unlikely to stand the test of time).

You can’t hold this movie to a high standard, and it’s not meant to be. It’s not up for best picture.

You can take it for what it is — an entertaining, enjoyable film that showcases a spark between Ford and Heche, two stars who gave it a good effort in what is really a pretty silly story. Still, it works.

And the bad guys even get what’s coming to them.

If you want to borrow the DVD, I have it. Swing by our office. I found it for $1.50 at a thrift store.

Money well spent.

••• Bill Buley, editor-in-chief, can be reached at 245-0457 or bbuley@thegardenisland.com.

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The pageant takes place at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall on Saturday, July 27, starting at 7 p.m., as part of the Hawaii Filipino Community Council statewide convention, both hosted by the Kauai Filipino Community Council.

Nancy Apalla and Celia Melchor-Questin are co-chairs of the pageant, which will feature Kauai’s own Isabel Gampon vying for the Miss Hawaii Filipina 2019-20 crown. Other contestants include Miss Hawaii Island Filipina Sarah Barry, Miss Maui Filipina Mary Grace Basig and Miss Oahu Filipina Nicole Ashley Kawahara.

The reigning Miss Hawaii Filipina 2018-19, Joylene Tabon, will crown her successor following the pageant that will feature local entertainment vignettes.

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house. Campers often visited Taylor’s home to borrow tools and he would be sent to retrieve them from the camp. As a photojournalist, he was drawn to the beauty of the camp’s architecture and the beautiful lighting.

He knew it needed to be documented.

“Taylor Camp” was originally released in 2011 and shot in standard definition.

In previous showings on Kauai, tickets have sold out. The film connects with those on Kauai, those who lived through the days of Taylor Camp, and pretty much anyone curious about life on this island at a time that will never be seen again.

“To see this film and relive those days, it’s a very rare moment, and we caught it,” Wehrheim said. “It’s sort of a time travel for people.”

It was a time a person could hitchhike in Haena and never get picked up — because nobody was

driving on the road.

It was a time when there was a car on the road, you know who was driving it.

Taylor Camp was a community of surfers, hippies, college dropouts, draft-dodgers, doctors, educators, families, and a few locals. Taylor Camp brought an odd collection together and, somehow, for years, it worked, with folks in tree houses that had old furniture, used dishes and well-worn musical instruments.

It was a time of freedom.

Nobody had student debt.

They were free to be creative, explore and test life, take chances and adventures and push the limits.

“It’s a different era now,” Wehrheim said. “Debt really limits the freedom and creativity of our young people when they get out of college.”

They came for their own reasons, often battling their own demons, running from their past, and seeking peace of mind and heart, and healing of soul.

Some even found it

Photos by John Wehrheim / Special to TGIFR!DAY

ABOVE: There was even a church at Taylor Camp in Haena. BELOW: One of the Taylor Camp tree houses.

in the place they saw as paradise.

“Taylor Camp at the end of the road was a magnificent place, a beautiful place,” Wehrheim said.

But, as he says, a place alone can’t heal anyone. It can’t solve problems.

“A lot of people, in my

observations, came to Kauai thinking it was going to heal them,” Wehrheim said.

It didn’t.

His film is balanced, he said, as it does not paint a Utopian picture of Taylor Camp. The place had problems with drugs, alcohol and violence. Police came calling. Newspaper articles told of issues that ended up in court. There were calls for government to shut the camp down — which eventually happened.

“It’s certainly not super hippie propaganda,” he said.

“The Edge of Paradise” has earned strong reviews, something Wehrheim is proud of.

“The book and film are frequently used in university classrooms and have been added to library collections around the world,” he wrote. “It is very satisfying for my work on Kauai (as well as Bhutan) to be taken seriously by artists, writers, publishers and

academics internationally, and I’ve been enriched by the friendships that have resulted.”

The Huffington Post did a feature with almost 2 million views. There’s been an avalanche of similar unsolicited media attention, including from the Smithsonian, London Daily Mail, Slate, Buzz Feed, and many more print articles and blogs across the U.S. as well as England, France, Japan, Thailand, Germany, Spain, Brazil, with over 20-million magazine, blog and social media views and shares.

Those reviews include: w Michael Pollan, author of “How to Change Your Mind; The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” wrote: “It’s spectacular! … The photography is gorgeous and beyond that, how fortunate that such a utopian experiment was so lovingly documented.” w Paul Theroux, America’s leading travel writer, said: “Impressive! A real

time capsule of an era and a place — humane and atmospheric — and news to most people. I love the Before and After faces and bodies, and the theme of violated Eden, or After the Fall…” w Gavan Daws, author of Hawaii’s No. 1 best-selling history, “Shoal of Time,” said: “The best piece of sociocultural writing I have read about modern Hawaii.”

Friends still ask Wehrheim where the camp was, but all signs of it are gone.

“There’s absolutely no evidence it ever existed,” he said. “It’s gone without a trace.”

But you can still see it — and feel it, too — on Saturday when you watch “The Edge of Paradise.”

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