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Week of Friday, November 16, 2018 | Vol. 6, No. 46

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STRICTLY ACOUSTIC Old Time Gathering 3 days of fun in Kokee SAVE THE DATE: HOLIDAY MARKET, ON DECEMBER 15TH

SATURDAYS 9:30am –1pm

On the Kauai Community College Campus

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TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK FRIDAY

KAUAI’S BEST BARTENDER COMPETITION 5:30 p.m. RumFire Poipu Beach at Sheraton Kauai Resort Winner receives $2,500. This is the finale of a seven-week competition.

KAUAI OLD-TIME GATHERING 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Kokee State Park $75 donation. Over 13 bands. Hear and learn how to play old-time music, such as fiddle, banjo, ukulele, slide guitar. Square dancing, blacksmithing and so much more. Info: www. kauaioldtime.com or 631-3455 HAWAII CHILDREN’S THEATRE PRESENTS “NEWSIES” 7 p.m. Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall Tickets: www.hawaiichildrenstheatre.org SATURDAY

RICE STREET BLOCK PARTY 4 to 8 p.m.

Stage performances, keiki activities, food trucks, vendors.

KAUAI OLD-TIME GATHERING 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Kokee State Park $75 donation. Over 13 bands. Hear and learn how to play old time music, such as fiddle, banjo, ukulele, slide guitar. Square dancing, blacksmithing and so much more. Info: www. kauaioldtime.com or 631-3455 HAWAII CHILDREN’S THEATRE PRESENTS “NEWSIES” 7 p.m. Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall Tickets: www.hawaiichildrenstheatre.org THIRD ANNUAL FUNDRAISING GALA 5 p.m. Koloa Landing Resort

“Starry, Starry Country Nights!” is an evening of barbecue, music, dancing, silent auction, more, to benefit The Bridge: Kauai to College. Tickets are $95. Info: bit.ly/2RK6PVF HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School cafeteria Handmade gifts, jewelry, books, clothing, hand bags and more.

HEALING MASS 8:30 a.m. praise and worship, 9 a.m. service, St. Catherine Church, Kapaa The Rev. Anthony Rapozo will celebrate. Info: 822-7900 SUNDAY

DAY OF THANKSGIVING 10 a.m. 1 p.m. Ohana Christian Fellowship, Kapaa Middle School Free meal, household goods, clothing, haircuts, Thanksgiving service.

Roochi Toochie and the Ragtime Shepherd Kings will perform at the Kokee State Park Kauai Old Time Gathering this weekend. ON THE COVER: Cajun Country Revival will be performing and teaching as well.

KAUAI OLD-TIME GATHERING 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Kokee State Park $75 donation. Over 13 bands. Hear and learn how to play old-time music, such as fiddle, banjo, ukulele, slide guitar. Square dancing, blacksmithing and so much more. Info: www. kauaioldtime.com or 631-3455

THE GATHERING

HAWAII CHILDREN’S THEATRE PRESENTS “NEWSIES” 4 p.m. Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall Tickets: www.hawaiichildrenstheatre.org VEGATARIAN SOCIETY OF HAWAII GATHERING 7 p.m. Kapaa Public Library John Pierre will talk about “The Pillars of Health: Your Foundations for Lifelong Wellness.” Lecture is free. Bring a vegan snack to share.

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he Kauai Old Time Gathering, sponsored by Hale Puna and Kokee Lodge, is today through Sunday in Kokee State Park.

The gathering is a celebration of the traditional musics of North America and the Hawaiian Islands and an opportunity for fans and musicians to learn how to perform different styles

Old-time music and tons of fun this weekend in Kokee

on a variety of instruments in workshops, classes and jams.

Square dancing classes and old-time crafts will be featured. Performances and workshops will be held throughout the weekend.

“We encourage all to bring instruments, dancing shoes and a desire to learn more about the old ways of playing, singing, dancing and living,” a press release said.

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There will be Grammy award-winning and internationally acclaimed traditional musicians representing a range of cultures and a love for old time music.

This year’s event has been expanded. Several extremely talented and award-winning mainland groups and performers are coming to participate, share and learn music with local SEE GATHERING, PAGE 3

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performers. Kailua resident Kilin Reece will be coming to share his extensive studies of Hawaiian string band traditions and their influence on the modern American soundscape.

Master artisans Castillo will teach skills that plantation days Hawaiians used to live and survive.

Some of the musicians include: ◗ Foghorn Stringband — Square dance music, honky tonk country, blistering fiddle, banjo and mandolin tune; ◗ Los Kauaianos — Kachi-Kachi Puerto Rican/ Hawaiian dance music brought by 19th century Puerto Rican immigrants to Hawaii; ◗ Roochie Toochie and the Ragtime Shepherd Kings — Over-the-top stagecraft with props, instrumental tricks, costumes, dancers;

◗ Ed Punua and Friends — Hawaiian steel guitar music and old-style campfire singing; ◗ The Cajun Country Revival — Legends of Southwest Louisiana’s endemic Cajun music: accordions, fiddles, sung in French, and perfectly dance-able; ◗ Pancho Graham and Friends — Traditional slack-key guitar tunes and singing; ◗ Nick Castillo — Hawaiian falsetto or better known as leo ki‘eki‘e — perpetuating the Hawaiian culture and this art of singing.

Workshops, classes and lessons All performers will be holding group and individual music lessons on fiddle, banjo, guitar, ukulele, steel guitar, slack-key guitar, pakini bass, harmony singing, group playing and leo ki‘eki‘e.

In addition, there will be workshops on Hawaiian and old-time music history, ecology and arts including blacksmithing and weaving.

Lessons in square dancing and two-step dancing complete the program.

Camping and cabin living for the weekend

Reasonable rates are available on cabins, bunks, campsites and meal plans.

All campers will have access to bathrooms and showers. All bunkers and cabin dwellers will have access to bathrooms, showers and communal or private kitchens. You’ll be able to check in, turn off your cellphone and enjoy the rustic beauty of Kokee State Park.

Volunteer There are volunteer opportunities available to all attendees with the Kauai Resource Conservation Program, involving invasive species removal and outplanting of native plants from the nursery. This is a great chance for attendees to connect with the host location and give back to Kokee State Park.

Background In November 2017, Fanny Rose Ballantine-Himberg, Matt Morelock and Jim Ballantine organized a small Kauai Fiddlers’ Convention, which included slack-key guitar performers and a top-notch square dance caller at the Kokee Lodge.

There were free live performances and music jams.

Attendees and observ-

two locations!

Enjoy a complimentary basket of fresh hot chips and a cup of salsa per table.

Happy Hour Daily 2 - 5 p.m.

In addition to Authentic Mexican Cuisine our menu also features Omelettes, Pancakes, and French Toasts as well as Club and Santa Fe Sandwiches, Vegetarian Burger and Mahi Mahi Sandwich.

ers were so enthusiastic about the concept and experience that the group decided to repeat the event this year and broaden it.

Ballantine and his

daughter Fanny Rose Ballantine-Himberg manage a farm and restaurant on the Westside of Kauai. Their nonprofit organization, Hale Puna, is the present-

ing sponsor for the event.

Their restaurant, the Kokee Lodge, in Kokee State Park, is the central gathering spot SEE GATHERING, PAGE 6

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WHAT DO YOU DO WITH CRICKETS?

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rickets?

Chef Esteban Alicea of Merriman’s Fish House had experience with the insect protein.

Chef Fetulele “Fetu” Taala of The Dolphin Restaurant & Fish Market did not during the “Market to Menu” event that launched the 2018 Poipu Food & Wine Festival at the Kauai Culinary Market at The Shops At Kukuiula.

Crickets was one of the mystery ingredients the chefs needed to incorporate into their dishes in a timed competition based on the Food Network’s “Chopped” competition. The other ingredients other than the crickets from Sustainable Boost included rozelle hibiscus provided by Mr. Lin’s Farm, starfruit from Josie Green’s family of farmers, and breadfruit, or ulu, from Lanipo

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Celeste Rogers emcees while Chef Esteban Alicea of Merriman’s adds crickets to the developing sauce for steak as Kauai Community College culinary arts students Angela Rhey Ventura, Caylan Ajimura and Phenny Prado watch during the Market to Menu event at The Shops at Kukuiula earlier this month.

Farms.

“We eat ulu in Samoa,” Taala said.

“And what’s with this rozelle?”

Both chefs had teams of culinary arts students from Kauai Community College, the program being

Chefs make sumptuous creations using mystery ingredients

a beneficiary of the Poipu Food & Wine Festival events.

Teams had to pair the mystery ingredients with beef provided

by Ranchers Daughter’s Reserve, and had 15 minutes to canvas the Wednesday market for other ingredients outside of the common pantry they could utilize in their creations.

“The students are learning a lot,” said Chef Martina Hilldorfer of the KCC culinary arts program. “Not only do they have to work against the clock, they are learning how to work with unusual or unique materials, how to work around unexpected surprises, and more.”

Among the guests gathered to watch the culinary teams, Sabine Dumais of the University of Alberta watched with great interest with

her baby and husband.

“I teach this at school,” Dumais said. “We came especially for this competition after we learned it was taking place. I teach culinary tourism through the school’s Tourism Management Program.”

Celeste Rogers, a Food Network “Chopped” competition winner, guided the audience through creation of the Market to Menu process, skillfully interweaving her own life experiences of living in Hawaii before joining the Food Network.

Rogers is one of the celebrity chefs teaching classes in the daylong series of In the Kitchen where people were offered the opportunity for hands-on learning with chefs from The Club at Kukuiula, Rogers, SEE CRICKETS, PAGE 5

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The Final Showdown FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16

The final round of Kauai’s Best Bartender’s will be held tonight, oceanfront at RumFire Poipu Beach. The competition has been narrowed down to two finalists after six weeks of competition.

Join us at RumFire from 5:30-7:30 PM for the exciting conclusion as the contestants vie for the $2,500 first-place prize.

For more information, visit www.rumfirekauai.com or call 808-742-4RUM (4786).

Must be 21 years or older to participate. Please drink responsibly.

Adam Kurth

Beach House Restaurant

Rachel Parker

Ruth’s Chris Steak House

A WARM MAHALO TO OUR SPONSORS

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and eating establishments in The Shops at Kukuiula.

When the dust settled and the judges — Chef Shaden Sato of the Halekulani Hotel; Mark Oyama, owner of Mark’s Place and Contemporary Flavors Catering and an instructor at the Kauai Community College; and Orly Yadao, a recent winner of the Food Network’s “Halloween Wars, Season 8,” and waiting on opening his own patisserie in Puhi — had finished their discussions on how well the teams had incorporated all of the ingredients, the team of Chef Alicea and Merriman’s was announced the winner by a slim margin.

Thanksgiving 2018 Special Menu

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The Market to Menu dish prepared by Chef Esteban Alicea and Kauai Community College culinary arts students at The Shops at Kukuiula won the contest grand prize.

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pher, can be reached at 245-0453 or dfujimoto@ thegardenisland.com.-

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ALOHA: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? LEARN THIS VALUABLE LESSON BILL BULEY TGIFR!DAY

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ou hear this word daily in Hawaii, even around the world. It is universal. People say it coming and going. They say it at the grocery store. They say it when they’re hanging up the phone. They say when greeting others. They say the island is filled with it.

Aloha.

But what, really, does this word mean?

One book tries to bring this home in words and illustrations that are easy to understand.

That book is “Aloha: What It Means To My Ohana and Yours.”

It was co-authored and lived by Lahela Keikiala‘au‘o‘wakanahele Chandler Correa and co-authored and designed by Ann Hettinger.

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for the festival.

Ballantine-Himberg is a seasoned musician, and Ballantine has extensive experience in producing large projects. Morelock, a Tennessee transplant to Kauai and the event planner, plays and teaches traditional music and has many years of experience producing and performing at festivals and fiddlers’ conventions.

What’s new Last year’s event was a one-day jam, concert and square dance party at the lodge. This year’s program has extended to three days. Last year, the instructors and performers were mostly locals,

This is a wonderful book for keiki, families and adults. It is used in schools. It spells out, quite clearly, what aloha is.

It is fitting that proceeds from the sale of this 2017 book help to support educational programs for children through Aloha Movement Kauai, a nonprofit.

Chandler Correa’s parents were born and raised in Haena, and both are examples of aloha. They lived it.

“They taught us that aloha was taking care of your family, being kind to everyone, being helpful, being honest, always setting a good example, working hard, doing your best, keeping our name good and always respecting your elders,” she wrote.

“For me, ‘Aloha’ is not just a word, it has a deeper meaning that is endless. Like all things in life if not passed down and taught, it will be

with some from neighboring islands, and there were around 100 attendees.

The 2018 Kauai Old Time Gathering will carry the same spirit, with a truckload of veteran traditional music practitioners both from the continental U.S. and all over Hawaii. The lineup is an “A list” of traditional musicians who were chosen for their unique abilities not only to put on a good show — but to also show how to make the same kind of music.

Organizers Hale Puna Managing Director Ballantine and daughter Ballantine-Himberg are descendants of H.P. Faye, one of the founders of the Kekaha Sugar Company on Kauai. Ballantine was born and raised in Waimea, left

forgotten.”

What’s wonderful about this book is what’s inside.

It contains history about Hawaii and explains that in 1810, Kamehameha 1 was the first king to rule all of the Hawaiian Islands. It also explains that the Hawaiian Island were formed by volcanoes and

that Kauai is the oldest island. You’ll learn that outrigger canoeing is the official state team sport of Hawaii.

You’ll even learn how to make a lei, the proper way to present it, and that the Hawaiian language is one of the oldest living languages in the world. There’s a crossword puzzle that highlights Hawaiian foods.

And there is page dedicated to The Hokulea, the Voyaging Canoe.

It is a replication of the original canoes that brought the Polynesians to the islands of Hawaii about 2,000 years.

“The Hawaiian people have a very strong relationship with the ocean and a love for exploration.

The voyaging vessel ‘The Hokulea,’ meaning the ‘Star of Gladness,’ is a tribute to the Hawaiian culture past and present.”

And a page outlines hula as “the physical embodiment of prayer. It

Photo courtesy Kauai Old Time Gathering

Foghorn Stringband will perform live, and teach various sessions on playing stringed instruments and singing.

Kauai to pursue his college studies and had a successful career in production. He started out producing live events, then moved on to produce animated films and television shows. He received two Emmy nominations for producing “The Ren and

Stimpy Show.”

Ballantine-Himberg is an accomplished musician and has been playing cello since she was 8 years old. She has been coming to Kauai since small-kid time, and has a deep love for the island. She fell for the charm of old-time

expresses the feelings and emotions of what we experience in our everyday life and while in its grips allows us to be in touch with the divine.”

But what you will learn most about, and what you need to understand, is aloha.

Aloha, the authors write, is: Akua. Greeting. Kuleana. Respect.

Mana. Malama. Hope. Light. Kokua.

Kindness. Pono. Openness. Sharing.

Love.

“It doesn’t matter if you are white, black, blue or green,” Chandler Correa writes. “I believe we all have ‘Aloha.’ Aloha is considered a gift of the Hawaiian people to the world. Learn and share aloha today.”

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

music 10 years ago and has been playing old-time cello and “clawhammer” banjo ever since. Managing this event has been a true labor of love forher.

Both Ballantine-Himberg and Ballantine moved back to Kauai in 2015, where they have thrown themselves into community life and revitalizing projects around West Kauai.

The mission of Hale Puna is to “encourage cultural and economic resiliency within the community by preserving and investigating the rich history of West Kauai.”

Highlights of the event and why?

The learning workshops: Hawaii has never seen such a concentration of legendary masters of traditional music

from the continental U.S alongside legendary masters of Hawaiian traditional music.

The performances will be fastpaced variety shows followed by small-group instructional sessions by the performers.

“We’re also excited about the prospect of traditional Hawaiian musicians and continental musicians sharing the same stage and same space in hopes that they share their songs and styles with one another,” Ballantine said.

Is there a cost?

This is a high-value event that’s meant to be easy on the pocketbook, especially for kamaaina. Live performances in Kokee Lodge will be free.

Workshops will be ticketed and held at the nearby CCC Camp and Camp Sloggett.

Ticket prices are $25 a day.

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Cliff Vandyk, Suzie Woolway, Diane Zachary

Candie Dagel, Teloa Dagel, Kathy Dagel

Dawna White

Jenna Antolin, Ivy Antolin

Ben Schaal, Adrianna White

Gayle Grotegut - Utah, Pat Jarstad - Missouri

Kathy Dagel, Jay Geffert

Kaizey Castillo

Edwin Sawyer, Dawna White

DEBUTING A MUSIC VIDEO W

hy is the white frosting pink?

The answer is in viewing “Funk & Wagnalis,” or The Auntithesis music video that premiered to the public Saturday at Kukui Grove Center.

One of the treats available was cupcakes, covered by what some of the attendees described as “very pink” icing.

Dawna White got the help of her daughter Arianna White to direct the video that is currently available for viewing on YouTube.

White said she wants the video “to go viral” so she can do another.

To view the video, visit bit.ly/2DjAwJ8

Laura Southern

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