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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
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 Posted - 05/25/2010 : 5:18:51 PM
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Uiha! The much-anticipated Na Hoku O Hawai`i Music Festival kicks off this Thursday night at the Hawai`i Convention Center with a roof-top "gala"...then continues Friday with plenny workshops, Saturday more workshops plus the annual HARA Lifetime Achievement Awards luncheon, culminating Sunday evening with the big Na Hoku Hanohano Awards show. Full schedule is here (procrastinators can still get tickets!):
http://www.nahokuohawaiimusicfestival.com/
In Hawai`i, KFVE will broadcast arrivals at 6:30pm, then at 7pm tune to KGMB for the Hoku awards ceremony (due to end at 10pm). The awards will be streamed online: www.hawaiinewsnow.com.
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Auntie Maria
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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 05/28/2010 : 06:15:13 AM
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| First event was a smashing success! Kick-off party was standing-room only, with plenty of free ono-licious pupu (including a prime rib station...deeeee-lish!) and no-host bar. Great entertainment featuring just about every genre of music from the islands. Amy Hanaiali`i (backed by Steve Jones, Chino Montero, and others), Ernie Cruz Jr., Jake Shimabukuro, Friends of Adam, B.E.T., Kalapana, Pali, and more). The audience was a broad spectrum...lots of fans, plus folks from various aspects of the music industry (radio, musicians, engineers, etc.). Governor Lingle stopped by, as did Mayor (and now candidate for governor) Mufi Hannemann (sp??). If this event was a indicator of things to come, this weekend is gonna be a blast. Today it's workshops, tomorrow is workshops and the annual Lifetime Achievement Awards luncheon, and Sunday evening is the grand finale -- Na Hoku Hanohano Awards. All of this is happening at the Hawai`i Convention Center...stunning venue. A hui hou! |
Auntie Maria
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My "Aloha Kaua`i" radio show streams FREE online every Thu & Fri 7-9am (HST)
www.kkcr.org - Kaua`i Community Radio
"Like" Aloha Kauai on Facebook, for playlists and news/info about island music and musicians!
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bubba
Akahai
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Posted - 05/28/2010 : 07:29:22 AM
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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
USA
1918 Posts |
Posted - 05/28/2010 : 3:21:55 PM
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Workshop day is almost pau...great turn out, with lots of island musicians (and their fans!) attending the various offerings. Lunch was an island music fans heaven...grab your bento (or whatever) from the food vendor, and sit down and chat with Raiatea Helm or John Cruz or Mailani Makainai or Jake Shimabukuro or... 
Hope the workshop idea is repeated next year! |
Auntie Maria
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My "Aloha Kaua`i" radio show streams FREE online every Thu & Fri 7-9am (HST)
www.kkcr.org - Kaua`i Community Radio
"Like" Aloha Kauai on Facebook, for playlists and news/info about island music and musicians!
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Na Hoku weekend is almost here!
