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When people on Kaua’i party they party, just check out the incredible line up of entertainers for the annual Waimea Town Celebration 2010, on Friday, February 19, 2010. Second Nature, Makaha Sons, Natalie Ai Kamaluu, Wailoa, Cherry Cherry, Kirby Keohn perform.

Then on Saturday, February 20, 2010 more stellar performances by Kiwini Vaitai, Mana’o Co., High Risk Factor, Pono Breeze and Hoolea.  In addition too all of the great music all of Waimea will be one vast party with food booths, crafts & games, lots of local products for sale, Hawai’i’an Heritage & Hula, and the sheer joy of family & friends and new found friends celebrating the joy of living on Kaua’i.

Suds a plenty with a beer garden for adults and carnival rides for children of all ages.  Festivities begin at 4:30 PM on Friday running to 11:30 PM, and then Saturday it is an all day party from 10AM to 11:30 PM.

There will be an on going softball tournament, three men basketball, but the biggest draw will be the 10^th Annual Waimea Round-Up Rodeo. All sorts of fun stuff from Steer Roping and Po’owaiu to Barrel Racing, plus the antics of Rodeo Clowns, and the drama of expert horsemanship plus colorful costumes and the sheer enthusiasm of the crowd all combine to make this a must attend event.

Most all of the Waimea Town Celebration events are free and open to the public while the main rodeo events are a screamingly modest $3, so grab this opportunity to explore Kaua’i the Unconquered Isle.  For further info about the Rodeo, Chelsie Ludington Phone: (808) 652-3770, and for the Waimea Town Celebration Mark Nellis Phone: (808) 651-3368 or check out WKBPA Events.

The Eight Annual Hilo Chinese New Year Festival roars to life at 9AM on Saturday February 13 2010 ushering in The Year of the Tiger when Lion Dancers set out from the Mooheau Bandstand along Kamehameha Avenue and up Waianuenue Avenue to Kalakaua Park.  Thousands of firecrackers will pop & crackle as the Lion Dancers bless people & businesses along the way, loudly opening historic Hilo to a day of celebration.

A free festival an excellent excuse for running away to Hilo, to experience The Year of the Tiger in Kalakaua Park packed with tents & pavilions displaying Chinese & Hawai’i’an & Asian crafts, arts and naturally lots of ono grinds, great food.  An international ‘Food Court’ will feature Island Favorites, roots evident in Pacific/Asia culture, offering an incredible variety of food for every taste imaginable.

The festival officially runs from 9AM to 3PM Though no doubt there will be fun deep into the afternoon in the heart of Hilo.  Cultural practitioners will give demonstrations of Feng Shui, Martial Arts, there will be a stage offering entertainment, cooking demonstrations, music, and a special ‘Keiki Chinese Costume Contest.  For more information call (808) 933-9772
or email amooninfo@bigisland.com or scope out POSH Festivals .

Saturdays are Ohana Days at The Kauai Museum (4428 Rice St, Lihue, Kauai) with free admission and on Saturday February 6 2010 The Kauai Museum celebrates the upcoming Year of the Tiger with special exhibits and activities.

Throughout February the Museum’s Lion will be on display in the Heritage Gallery accepting donations and bestowing blessings for luck.  On February 6^th from 11AM to 1PM woodwork by Les Ventura will be displayed.

In the courtyard the lovely ladies of Holomua FCE will have a tempting array of Chinese goodie on sale, along with crafts and fortune telling.  Narcissus Plants will be available for purchase, proceeds going to the Education Department.  The Peaceful Dragon Academy will give demonstrations of Tai Chi Chuan.

The Kauai Museum Gift Shop offers 15% discounts for members on Ohana Saturdays, with many Koa Wood items available.  For further info check out Chris Faye Phone: (808) 245-6931

On October 23, 2009, the Eve of National Make A Difference Day, the City & County of Honolulu and The Wild Hawaiian, Henry Kapono, will team up to bring you a FREE CONCERT on Waikiki Beach. That’s right free, concert, and it’s on the beach. What could be better?

The Green Aloha Concert will start the National Make A Difference Day weekend on October 23rd at 5:30pm at “Walls” (across from the Waikiki Zoo) on Waikiki Beach. This is the same spot that Sunset on the Beach is held which offers up free movies. The concert event will have all sorts of food, we’re guessing in the same fashion as Sunset on the Beach does, and also bring information booths on all sorts of environmental related issues to help educate you while you enjoy the concert. The booths will include information on recycling, storm water, urban forestry, water and wastewater along with great  entertainment.

Henry Kapono won’t be the only one taking the stage. Sistah Robi, Jasmine Trias, and Amy Hanaiali‘i, among others, will join him as he entertains the crowd over the course of the evening.  The Kings Guards Rifles, Chinese Mystical Lion Dance and the Japanese Spiritual Sounds of the Taiko Drums will also be there to keep your eyes wandering.

Also Blue Planet Foundation will be giving out 250 free CFL light bulbs and free tire guages. Only available while supplies last.

Saturday October 17 2009 from 3PM to 5 PM folks will get a chance to immerse themselves in Hawai’i’an Culture at the Schaefer Gallery at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center when four master story tellers take center stage, sharing tales of Pele and Hi’iakaikapoliopele as found throughtout the isles, stories including Kamapua’a, Lohiau, Hopoe, and others, with at least one tale told in Hawai’i’an and English.

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center at One Cameron Way, Kahului, Maui (96732) brings together four brilliant storytellers.  Kalama Cabigon is the most contemporary combining elements of hip-hop, reggae and rock into his Hawai’i’an Music with the group ‘Kupa’aina’ yet he remains rooted in local experiences, a truly diverse talent Kalama Cabigon is a chanter, storyteller, slam poet, musician, actor, who has toured with Ka Halau Hanakeaka doing Hawai’i’an language plays and for the past several years and he has presented stories in Hawaiian and English at the Mary Kawena Puku’i Storytelling Festival at the Bishop Museum.

Nalani Kanaka’ole is a delightful storyteller whose history and that of her family is intertwined with Hawai’i’an history.  The daughter of Hula Master / Chanter Eddie Kanaka’ole (1913-1979), Nalani and sister Pualani are the inheritors of Halau ‘O Kekuhi, founded in 1953 by their mother.  Nalani is a Kumu Hula (Hula Master), “Based in Hilo, on Hawai’i Island, they are looked to as guardians of the hālau’s distinctive ‘aiha’a style which is vigorous and low to the ground, its bent-knee stance personifying power emanating from the earth and its elements. Hālau ‘O Kekuhi is recognized as the guardians of Pele-related hula, carrying hundreds of years of knowledge within the seven-generation hālau. Nālani is a Kumu Hula, artist, designer, writer, and educator. Nālani emanates generations of connection to the past and blends that with today while taking it all into the future.”

Tom Cummings is a master storyteller having learned from his mother Kahili Long Cummings, he weaves tales as an ‘offering’ a ho’pkupu’ to future generations, which Tom has been doing for forty years.  Uncle Tom has traveled extensively throughout Hawai’i and the American Mainland, and other places, mainly sharing tales about ‘folks,’ real and mythical, of Hawai’i and Polynesia, incorporating images & objects, inviting audiences to join in with singing and dancing, further enchanting them with puppets and other objects.

Kekuhi Keali‘ikanaka‘oleohaililani whose roots are intertwined with Hawai’i’an history and culture is a renowned recording artist educator composer, who serves as a living repository of traditions & tales, a bridge to future generations.  A mesmerizing speaker whose presentations often induce that delightful sensation of ‘chicken skin.’

As part of this epic storytelling there will be an exhibit of artwork by Iao Intermediate School 7^th Graders inspired by several of the tales to be presented, those images will be on display in the Alexa Higashi exhibit rooms.  Kumu Hula and MACC Cultural Programs Director Hōkūlani Holt will host the event from 3PM to 5PM.

Thanks in part to an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the County of Maui and Kauahea, Inc, this event is FREE, yes, FREE.  What a deal, do yourself a favor and run away to Maui!

“Behold not with anger the sins of man, but forgive and cleanse.”  Quote attributed to Queen Lili’uokalani and to honor these words the Hawai’i Forgiveness Project presents Hawai’i International Forgiveness Day Saturday August, 1 2009, a free family festival open to all, from 12 Noon to 3PM, at Halau o Haumea, Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawai’i’ an Studies, at the University of Hawai’i Manoa Campus.

The doors will open at 11AM on Saturday August 1 allowing visitors to explore exhibits & arts exploring themes of forgiveness, there will be free refreshments, then the main program begins.

The theme for this years event is the Practice of Forgiveness, presented by three well-known local teachers who each create a vivid experience for the participants. Hawaiian leader Kawohiokalani (Aunty Betty Jenkins from Waimea), Rev. Sky St. John of Unity Church and Gregory Pai, a Buddhist meditation teacher.  ”They will go through three 10-15 minute exercises to help activate the process of forgiveness, and motivate people to extend what they have learned into daily life.”  More info here.

Also at the festival wil be Owana Mahealani-rose Salazar who has won not only a Na Hoku Hanohano Award but also share in the winning of a Grammy Award will be playing as well.   There will be Reiki Massage by Linda Friedman who has created a five minute “Touch of Forgiveness” Reiki treatment, available to all participants. Another highlight of the event will be something not seen publicly here in Hawai’i for over a hundred years.  Kauila Clark, will lead a rare Hawaiian sacred ceremony called The Mana Ai.  More here.

This will be the 7th Forgiveness Day in Hawai’i part of an International chain of forgiveness touching cities as diverse as Lagos, Paris, Buenos Aires, London, Amsterdam, New York, and San Francisco with Honolulu’s event among the largest drawing more than 400 people and expected to exceed that this year (come on, Honolulu, you can do it!).

Naturally the University of Hawai’i is easy to access by foot or bicycle or via the # 4 Bus.  For those who like to fuss with a motor vehicle there is a towering structure offering all day parking for a modest $3.

So, scope out this wonderful event, what better way to kick off the month of August 2009 then with forgiveness.