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Week of Friday, August 12, 2016 | Vol. 4, No. 32

Grinds & Da Kines For Your Weekend

Bartender challenge

AN EVENING WITH HAPA Aug. 20 at Kauai Christian Fellowship

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IN THIS ISSUE: 2. OUT & ABOUT:

Top picks for the week

3. CONCERT: HAPA

4-5. DINING OUT KAUAI: Bartender contest

OUT & ABOUT: TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK TODAY SATURDAY SUNDAY HISTORIC PRESERVATION 1 TO 4 P.M., ST. MICHAELS AND ALL ANGELS Seminar on historic preservation standards with guest speakers.

6. BOOK REVIEW:

‘Love Languages’

7. CHECK DA SCENE: Keiki ride

TUE BUSINESS AFTER HOURS 5 TO 7 P.M., WESTIN PRINCEVILLE OCEAN RESORT VILLAS

WED EVENING OF JAZZ 5:30 TO 6:30 P.M., PRINCEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY Jazz music performed by Mike Latif and friends.

AARP CELEBRATION BREAKFAST 9 TO 11 A.M., COURTYARD MARRIOTT The breakfast will recognize legislators and key supporters of the CARE Act, which was signed into law in June. Registration free, seating limited.

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DOG TRAINING 10 TO 11 A.M., KUKUI GROVE CENTER Dog Fanciers of Kauai is having training classes for puppies and dogs. $50 for 10 weeks.

246-6889 CRAFTERS FAIR 8 A.M. TO 2 P.M., KAUAI VETERANS CENTER BICYCLING CLASS 8 A.M. TO 4 P.M., DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICE Free bicycling skills class taught by certified instructors.

SAND FESTIVAL 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Hanalei Pier 7th annual Sand Festival and sand castle/sculpture contest.

LIVING TREASURES 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kauai Marriott Resort and Beach Club. Kauai Museum will honor the 2016 Living Treasures of Kauai and Niihau during its annual Na Hulu Kupuna Makamae luncheon.

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AUG. 20 CRAFTERS FAIR 8 A.M. TO 2 P.M., ST. RAPHAEL CHURCH HAPA CONCERT 7 P.M., KAUAI CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP $30 advance, $40 door

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88 SHRINES 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M., LAWAI INTERNATIONAL CENTER Walk on the path of the 88 shrines at the Lawai International Center the second and last Sunday of each month and learn about this archaeological and cultural treasure.

SIERRA CLUB BIKE RIDE Join the Sierra Club on a bike ride in Poipu.

Bring your own bike and helmet.

RUMBA 7 TO 8:30 P.M., KILAUEA NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER Rumba adult dance classed sponsored by YMCA North Shore Dance Club and Kauai Parks and Recreation. $5 class, $20 series.

MUSIC AND MANGO 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M., HALULU FISHPOND Live music, activities, crafts, food sampling and more. $10 adults, $1 keiki

AUG. 21 SLIDE LECTURE 3 P.M., 3 P.M., GALERIE 103 “Installation” slide lecture by Glen Kaufman. Potluck picnic to follow at Poipu Beach Park.

BENEFIT CONCERT 7 P.M., KAUAI WAR MEMORIAL CONVENTION HALL Kyoto Tachibana High School band is performing to benefit Chefiss Kamakahelei Middle School and Kauai High School band.

CAR WASH FUNDRAISER 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M., KUKUI GROVE SHOPPING CENTER CKTV Media Productions will be having a car wash fundraiser to help pay for travel expenses to get the participants to the annual Student Television Network Competition in California.

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AUG. 22 VAN GO! 10 TO 11:30 A.M., ELEELE SCHOOL Loom weaving project with second graders.

AUG. 24 TOWN HALL MEETING 4:30 TO 6:30 P.M., CHIEFESS KAMAKAHELEI MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETERIA Governor Ige’s office is holding a town hall meeting.

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‘AN EVENING WITH HAPA’

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t’s been a little over a year since award-winning musical group Hapa visited the Garden Isle, but founding member Barry Flanagan says he’s looking forward to entertain Kauai residents and fans at Kauai Christian fellowship on Aug. 20.

“There’s a vibe on Kauai that’s different from anywhere else,” Flanagan said. “It’s almost like a shared thing with everyone over there that attitudes shouldn’t change because

things change. That’s what I love most about Kauai.”

An Evening With Hapa,

which starts at 7 p.m., will feature material from the group’s self-titled CD, “Hapa,” when the group featured Kauai native Keli‘i Kaneali‘i.

Flanagan said fans can expect to hear recent pieces about his current residence: Manoa.

“As far as new material, there’s going to be two new songs: one called ‘Kahalaopuna’ about the princess of Manoa and another about her mother entitled, ‘Tuahine.’”

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15-week competition will choose best bartender on Kauai

omemade mountain apple juice, lilikoi kombucha, fresh lime juice, lemongrass simple syrup and two varieties of Koloa Rum, garnished with a slice of starfruit, toasted macadamia nut and a piece of dry ice for a dazzling presentation.

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That’s how Nilo Badua wanted to make his Plantation Mai Tai — inspired by his family who traveled from the Philippines to Hawaii to work for the sugarcane plantations — to beat out competitors in a 10-week battle at the 2015 RumFire Poipu Beach Annual Best Bartender competition.

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ipants can enjoy an 8-ounce Koloa Rum at the RumFire portion of each contestant’s Poipu Beach inside the SherKoloa Rum-based cocktail aton Kauai Resort. for $16.

The 15-week competition Jeanne Toulon, spokeswill bring together the iswoman for Koloa Rum land’s best food and beverCompany, said this is the age industry professionals to first time prize money was challenge each other using all offered. six varieties of Koloa Rum by “We jumped at the mixing and creating unique chance. We wanted to cocktails to earn the “Best showcase all the bartendBartende ers on island who are Patrons of RumFire Poipu Nilo Badua using Koloa Rum to create Beach will have the opporthese fabulous cocktails,” Toulon said. tunity to cast their vote to determine the “Everybody is getting into it. It happened winner of each round on Fridays between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. beginning tonight. Partic- on the mainland a while back and now

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it’s happening on Hawaii and Kauai. The amount of creations never stop. As long as someone can imagine it, they can create it.

We are just really exited and are hoping that all the bartenders come together and create something fabulous.”

Badua, bartender at Street Burger, said he’s competed on multiple Hawaiian islands.

He’ll be competing again at this year’s competition.

“I have a few drinks planned and am excited to be mixing new ingredients,” he said. “It felt really good to win last year. It’s something that I love to do, making drinks.”

Badua, who represented Kalapaki Joe’s in last year’s competition, was awarded two nights in an Ocean Front Suite at Sheraton Kauai Resort and a $100 dining credit at RumFire Poipu Beach. d Sixteen finalists were recruited, said June Cappiello, spokeswoman for Sheraton Kauai

Resort. The drinks will be scored on taste and creativity.

“It will be two bartenders per week who will battle head-to-head kind of like basketball’s sweet 16 tournament, with a little bit of a twist,” Cappiello said. “Each week features a mystery ingredient.”

Each contestant of the competition can put as many ingredients into their drinks as they want, but the secret ingredient won’t be revealed to them until the day prior to the Friday of the tournament, Cappiello said.

“It’s a mystery, so we can’t reveal it just yet,” she said. “It could be anything.”

Leading up to the final round, RumFire will ask its patrons a favor.

“While they dine at RumFire, patrons can ask their waiter to be included in competition,” Cappiello said.

Contributed photo A winner will be named Kauai’s Best BarPlantation Mai Tai by Nilo Badua, winner of 2015 RumFire Poipu Beach Annual Best Bartender tender in the final round on Nov. 18. competition.

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FOR READERS, AMORE!

Hapa

Continued from page 3

Performing with Flanagan will be vocalist Ron Kuala‘au, bassist and singer Tarvin Makia and hula will be performed

by Radasha Ho‘ohuli.

Flanagan said Hapa has come a long way since the group was formed in 1983.

The group’s name, Hapa, which means half in Hawaiian and is also a reference to a person with dual ancestries, reflected on Flanagan, who is from New Jersey and Kaneali‘i, who is from Hawaii.

The music of folk music icon Gabby Pahiniui drew Flanagan to Hawaii in 1979. He moved to Maui and was influenced by his neighbor, Jimmy Kaopuiki.

“Jimmy and his wife Ardell became my extended family,” he said. “The song on the first Hapa CD was called ‘Kaopuiki Aloha’ because that was first first aloha I experienced family wise in Hawaii.”

That same year, he met Kuala‘au.

“I really ophi’d myself to Ron, and he really helped me get a grip on thinking that James Taylor, Eagles, Kenny Loggins guitar sound could be mixed in with Hawaiian singing,” Flanagan said.

Short on cash, Flanagan saved up and raised $125,000 for 10 years to produce the group’s first award-winning album,

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“That first CD is the reason you and I are talking,” Flanagan told The Garden Island. “As far as the vocals being the focus of that half vocal, half instrumental album, you and I wouldn’t be talking if it wasn’t for Keli‘i Kaneali‘i.”

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Young bicycle riders had an opportunity to have their bicycle helmets fitted, have some instruction in bicycle handling and safety before leaving on Ke Ala Hele Makala‘e multi-use path to the Kapaa Neighborhood Center turnaround and return to the Pono Kai Resorts.

They also received goodie bags prepared by the Pono Kai staff filled with school supplies, a healthy snack from Ono Pops, and other premiums.

Paradise Ride is one of the signature fundraising events for the Malama Pono Health Services.

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