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Week of Friday, Dec. 16, 2016 | Vol. 4, No. 50

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LIVE NAVITY Crossroads Christian Fellowship, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

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CALVARY CHAPEL LIHUE THREATRE PRESENTS A CHRISTMAS DRAMA, “HOPE STATION.” 7 p.m., Calvary Chapel Lihue $5. Tickets available at CCL. KPAC Performance Kauai High School, 7 p.m.

Kauai Performing Arts Center will be putting on nine, 10-minute plays covering genres from comedy to drama. Admission is $10.

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LIVE NAVITY Crossroads Christian Fellowship, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Kauai Chorale “The Colors of Christmas” concert: 7:30 p.m. KCC Performing Arts Center Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

Students, $5. Info: 822-5633 SCROOGE 7 p.m. Aloha Church Christmas musical with keiki to kupuna. Free, donations accepted.

LIVING NATIVITY 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Church of the Pacific Free outdoor production. Children or adults wishing to be a part of the pageant need to check in at the community hall by 6 p.m. to don a costume.

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BIRTHDAY OF A KING 7 p.m. Wilcox Elementary School.

Christmas musical by Kings Chapel. Free, donations welcome.

Kauai Chorale “The Colors of Christmas” concert: 5 p.m. St. Regis Grand Ballroom Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

Students, $5. Info: 822-5633

CALVARY CHAPEL LIHUE THREATRE PRESENTS “HOPE STATION” 7 p.m. Calvary Chapel Lihue $5. Tickets available at CCL.

BIRTHDAY OF A KING 7 p.m. Wilcox Elementary School.

Christmas musical by Kings Chapel. Free, donations welcome.

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ith over 50 years of delighting audiences, Kauai Chorale will celebrate the holidays by presenting “The Colors of Christmas” at the Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, with a second performance at the St. Regis Grand Ballroom at 5 p.m. Sunday.

Conducted by Lois Ricciardi and accom-

panied by Virginia Shepherd, Kauai Chorale will perform holiday favorites including “Angels in Seven,” a special arrangement of Hark the Herald Angles Sing by Charles Wesley & Felix Medelssohn, arranged by Philip Kern.

“The Colors of Christmas” by John Rutter and “Deck the Hall,” the Welsh traditional carol, arranged by Mack Wilberg will also add to the holiday festivities.

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This weekend’s holiday shows will also include children’s choir, string, brass ensembles

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piano accompaniment in “Angels from the Realms of Glory” by Hentry T. Smart, arranged by Dan Forrest .

Other guest artists for the evening will be Dan Spriggs on percussion, The Kauai Chorale String Ensemble: Taylor, Daniel, Katherine Welch and Jane Albrecht, a brass ensemble including Barry Toy, and the Kauai Seventh-day Adventist Children’s Choir.

The lively “Hallelujah” (from “Handel’s Messiah: A Soulful Celebration), G.F. Handel, arranged by Mervyn Warren, Michael O. Jackson and Mark Kibble and adapted

by John Higgins will rock the house.

The holidays would not be complete without a song for Hanukah with “Hanerot Halalu” by Baruch J. Cohon, Arranged by Blanche Chass. You are sure to be clapping your hands along with the chorale on this one.

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erriman’s Restaurants is holding the second of two dinners to benefit the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust this weekend on Kauai.

The first was Dec. 9 at Merriman’s Waimea on Hawaii Island with guest Chef Mark “Gooch” Noguchi of Pili Group and Merriman’s Chef, Vince McCarthy.

The second will be Sunday at Merriman’s Fish House Kauai in the Kukui’ula shopping center in Poipu and will feature Tin Roof

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owner Sheldon Simeon and Merriman’s Chef Mark Arriola.

Tickets are $120 per person.

“We are excited to have the opportunity to help protect Hawaii,” said owner/Chef Peter Merriman, who has served on the board of the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust since 2009. “Both events will feature collaborative farm to table menus and provide the opportunity for these great chefs to lend their hand in conservation.”

As the pioneer of Hawaii Regional Cuisine, Merriman began the farm-to-table movement in Hawaii over 25 years ago.

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With restaurants on Hawaii Island, Maui, and Kauai, Merriman’s showcases 90 percent locally grown and raised products, fresh authentic regional cuisine, and menus that change daily and seasonally. Merriman’s Restaurants strive to “Do The

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Farm-to-table dinner Sunday will benefit the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust Right Thing!” for the land, the community, and its guests.

“The Hawaiian Islands Land Trust is honored to work with Chefs Peter Merriman, Mark “Gooch” Noguchi and Sheldon Simeon who are all leaders in promoting sustainable agriculture in Hawaii.

Through partnerships with these great local chefs we hope to inspire our guests to support our mission of protecting Hawaii’s special lands and unique natural and cultural resources,” said Kawika Burgess, CEO for the Hawaiian Islands

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The Hawaiian Islands Land Trust is a nonprofit organization formed in 2011 out of the merger of four local land trusts, and it is the first and only nationally accredited local land trust in Hawaii. Its mission is to protect the lands that sustain us for current and future generations.

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the fun will be “Perfect Christmas Night” from “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” by Paul O’Neill, Robert Kinkel by Jon Olivia, Arranged by Greg Gilpin.

With even more in store, the evening will be sure to leave you with the holiday spirit.

Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door general admission, and students are $5. For tickets, contact any Kauai Chorale member, go to Kauaichorale.com for outlet information or call 822-5633 or 377-1882.

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