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Week of Friday, May 6, 2016 | Vol. 4, No. 19

Uncle’s Shave Ice

Grinds & Da Kines For Your Weekend

‘Music is Forever’ set for May 14-15

Happy Mother’s Day

Weekly at KCC SATURDAYS 9:30am–1pm Campus!

From Farmers Market to Farm Fair The Kauai County Farm Bureau Supports Agriculture

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IN THIS ISSUE: 2. OUT & ABOUT:

Top picks for the week

3. ENTERTAINMENT: Kauai Chorale

4-5. DINING OUT KAUAI:

OUT & ABOUT: TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK TODAY MOTHER’S DAY SALE 8 A.M. TO 1 P.M., KVMH CLINIC ENTRY Orchids, gift baskets and snacks.

SPRING CONCERT 7 P.M., KCC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Kauai Community College Wind Symphony and Kauai Youth Honor Band spring concert. Free.

‘THE RAINMAKER’ 7 P.M., PUHI THEATRICAL WAREHOUSE Kauai Community Players performance of “The Rainmaker” opens tonight. $15 tickets.

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6. BOOK REVIEW:

‘The Secret Teaching of All Ages’

7. CHECK DA SCENE: May Day

LEGO BRICKS MCBRYDE GARDEN, NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDENS Nature Connects: Art with LEGO Bricks exhibit opens today and runs through July 10.

88 SHRINES 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M., LAWAI INTERNATIONAL CENTER Take a tranquil 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. Tour times are 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m., or by appointment. 6394300

‘THE RAINMAKER’ 7 P.M., PUHI THEATRICAL WAREHOUSE Kauai Community Players performance of “The Rainmaker” opens tonight. $15 tickets.

SURFRIDER ANNIVERSARY 6 TO 10 P.M., NAWILIWILI YACHT CLUB Celebrate Surfriders 10 year anniversary with music, food, trivia and more. Free.

COMIC BOOK PRINCEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY In celebration of free comic book day, drop by and pick up a free comic book.

FASHION WEEKEND 6:30 P.M., KAUAI BEACH RESORT Ahmad Couture and local designers to showcase fabulous fashions for day, casual and evening wear for men and women. $75 VIP tickets, $35 show only.

CHARITY WALK COUNTDOWN 10 A.M. TO 1 P.M., KUKUI GROVE SHOPPING CENTER Silent auction, live entertainment and more.

SUNDAY ‘LET US ENTERTAIN YOU’ 4 P.M., KAUAI WAR MEMORIAL CONVENTION HALL Carol Culver Dance Academy and Dolly Kanekuni Vocal Studio present a special Mother’s Day show. $15

SATURDAY

ANAHOLA FARMER’S MARKET 10 A.M., ANAHOLA FARM LOTS Celebrate the opening of the new Anahola Farmer’s Market with a blessing, music and plate lunches.

‘THE RAINMAKER’ 4 P.M., PUHI THEATRICAL WAREHOUSE Kauai Community Players performance of “The Rainmaker” opens tonight. $15 tickets.

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MON WED SPRING CONCERT 6:30 P.M., KAUAI WAR MEMORIAL CONVENTION HALL Kauai High School spring concert with symphonic band, jazz band, ukulele band and chorus. Free.

SPRING CHORAL 6:30 P.M., KAPAA MIDDLE SCHOOL COVERED COURT Kapaa Middle School spring choral and ukulele band concert. Ii addition to the concert there will be a free spaghetti dinner from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.

SPRING CONCERT 7 P.M., KAUAI WAR MEMORIAL CONVENTION HALL Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School spring concert.

THU SPRING CONCERT 7 P.M., KCC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Kauai Community College is the only UH System college to have a full instrumental music program with a Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble and Wind Symphony.

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Kauai Chorale will have their spring concerts on May 14 and 15th.

Music is Forever Kauai Chorale’s spring concert set for May 14-15

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auai Chorale’s spring concerts the weekend of May 14 will celebrate the eternity of music by performing songs that reflect the music of life in its many expressions.

Directing such a diverse group, Kauai Chorale director Lois Ricciardi finds true excitement in her role.

“What excites me about

directing the Kauai Chorale is working with people from all walks of life — some professional singers, some learning to read for the first time — and teaching music that turns black notes on a printed page into an exciting and, or evocative music experience,” Ricciardi said.

“When this result is achieved and I hear this artistic

achievement, it touches my very soul. What a moment that is.”

The 78-member choir will commence with “Let there be Music!” by Linda Spevacek that has various rhythms, tones, melodies, and mixtures of voices. It will feature songs entitled “The SEE MUSIC, PAGE 6

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Brittany Beamer and Kristen Kaohelauli‘i stand behind the vanilla Uncle’s Shave Ice at the Hokulei Village location.

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here are two secrets to getting shave ice to melt on the tongue.

“We make our own ice so there are fewer sharp edges,” said Veronica Lovesy, co-owner of Uncle’s Shave Ice. The second is keeping the

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3343 Kanakolu Street, Lihue 96766

The shop, in the Hokulei Village, boats at garage theme, filled with racing and car gear, license plates and a gumball machine.

Customers are also invited to bring photos of their favorite car and add them to the wall of fame.

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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.

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blade nice and sharp, Lovesy added.

“We change it every three weeks,” she said.

The shop, which got its start in Poipu in the Kukuiula Shopping Center, recently opened up a second location in Lihue.

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“We wanted a retro theme and wanted to do something different,” Lovesy said. “But we also wanted something that would be relevant.”

The shop also pays homage to Mamoru Matsumoto, who is considered the father of shave ice.

“He brought it to Oahu,” Lovesy said.

In 1951, Matsumoto and his wife started selling shave ice, mixed with homemade syrup as a way to supplement their income. People came from all over the world to the store, just to get the cold treat after being in the

sun and surf all day, according to the business website.

The business, which is located on Oahu’s North Shore, is still family owned.

Matsumoto’s photo is framed on the walls of Uncle’s Shave Ice in Lihue.

The Lihue location has been serving up shave ice, shave snow, caramel apples, frozen bananas and honey toast since April 22.

Everything in the store is homemade — including the Honey Toast from Uncle’s Shave Ice. ice and the syrups, Lovesy added.

Business for the last week Because it’s directly across “We buy about 600 the street from Chiefess pounds of syrup from Cost- and a half has been steady, Lovesy said.

Kamakahelei Middle School, co a week,” she said.

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the busiest time of day is at 2 p.m.

“We have kids lining up out the door,” she said.

During the grand opening celebration, which runs through May 17, patrons can enter to win a treat of their choosing for one year.

Additionally, Uncle’s Shave Ice is introducing the student card, where students, from elementary school to college, can buy a discount card for $15 and receive four regular shave ice or one flavor shave snow servings.

That’s a savings of $15, Lovesy said.

The Lihue location is open

7 days a week form 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Uncle Shave Ice, which has been a staple in the community for about 6 years, also gives back to the community.

Through the Kokua Fundraiser program, the company has raised over $40,000 for local groups, like schools and sports teams.

Kids sell Uncle’s Shave Ice cards for $12 a piece.

Koloa Elementary School sells the cards every year to help fund a trip to Oahu.

Lovesy estimates about 2,000 cards have been sold in the last four years.

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Music Continued from page 3

When this result is achieved and I hear this artistic achievement, it touches my very soul. What a moment that is.”

Lois Ricciardi Kauai Chorale director

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Ground,” “The Ocean,” “I Believe in Springtime” with St. Theresa’s chorus, and the Hawaiian “Ka Wailele O Akaka” revering Akaka Falls on the Big Island.

The choir will also be singing the foot stomping gospel song “Joyful Joyful” from the movie “Sister Act,” and the immortal “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” first sung in 1939 by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz,” and then remade and re-popularized

by Bruddah Iz. The choir will be joined by Marty Leonard on percussion, Joan Yamaguchi on oboe, Jane Albrecht on cello, Taylor, Daniel and Katherine Welch on strings and Mike Odo on bass guitar.

The first of the two shows will be on Saturday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center and second is on Sunday, May 15, at 5 p.m. at the St. Regis Hotel in Princeville.

“I would like the audience to be entertained by good arrangements of music that may be familiar to them, and to be enriched through music they never heard before. I want people to leave with their hearts uplifted,” Ricciardi added.

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