Erika Luckett 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Church of the Pacific in Princeville Erika Luckett is rounding third and heading home to finish her international tour with a performance at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Church of the Pacific in
Erika Luckett
7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Church of the Pacific in Princeville
Erika Luckett is rounding third and heading home to finish her international tour with a performance at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Church of the Pacific in Princeville. Erika ends her touring year on Kaua‘i after recent stops in Texas, Mexico, San Francisco, Italy and Croatia. With critically acclaimed new releases, “Awe” and “Breath” she continues to ignite passion and action in audiences around the globe.
Luckett creates a powerful expression of world-inspired music. Poetic and sensual, her voice conveys lyrical depth, and her fiery, innovative guitar playing creates an orchestra of sound with only six strings. Performing Songwriter magazine introduces her this way: “To be blessed with prolific songwriting skills and a captivating voice is one thing. But to absolutely master an instrument on top of that is indeed an enormous accomplishment.”
Whether singing in English, Spanish, French, Italian or Portuguese, with lyrics that capture the intimacy of our human experience and melodies that make distant lands feel like home, her songs invite the listener into terrain that is both vast and familiar.
Tickets are $20 at the door or in advance at Majestic Gems in Princeville and Cake in Kilauea.
New Year’s dinner / concert with Toni Childs
Emmy winner and three-time Grammy-nominated recording artist Toni Childs will give a special private concert to ring in the New Year at a spacious pavilion under stars. The evening begins with cocktails, followed by dinner and dessert, and ends with a bonfire and two-hour concert of Toni’s music, new and old.
In a recent press release Childs says, “I’m bringing my band from the Mainland to play, and I am putting together a very special New Year’s Eve celebration — Hawaiian style — on my land.”
On the back of every ticket, Child’s invites her audience to take the time to write out 10 wishes — four wishes for the planet and six things you wish for yourself. As a part of the celebration, and Childs’ Druid heritage, she plans to erect a special tree where the wishes will be hung.
Tickets are available at Papaya’s (north and eastside), Bounty Music in Kapa‘a and Scotty’s Music in Kalaheo. Tickets are $200 per couple and $125 per person. Those interested in reserving a New Year’s Eve ticket can contact Childs at toni@tonichilds.com.
From 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Dance
Bikram Yoga Studio in Kapa‘a
Ring in 2008 by grooving to a world-dance celebration of peace, abundance and unity on New Year’s Eve at Bikram Yoga Studio in Kapa‘a.
Come dance to world music with a cultural range that crosses Indian, Native American and African tribal-style dance.
Cost is $15, children are free. Two dollars will be donated from every ticket sold to support The 1000 Friends of Kaua‘i. Come celebrate the sacredness and love of dance, as well as a gratitude for life.
Bikram Studio is located on the second floor of the Dragon Building in the heart of Old Kapa‘a Town. For more information, call 822-5053.
Dances of Universal Peace
7 to 9 p.m. New Year’s Eve, at Kahuna Valley Retreat Octagon
Participate in a joyous, multicultural event that inspires the spiritual essence within the self and in others. These dances use sacred phrases, chants, music and movements from the many spiritual traditions of the world to promote peace and create an integrated experience of body, mind and spirit. Live music with guitarists and drum accompaniment.
Song leaders Steve and Karen Backinoff of Health in Motion Physical Therapy along with Timory Koch will teach the song before each dance. Songs are in various languages. Circle dances are similar to folk dances— there is a structured coordination between words, thoughts and motions.
No experience necessary. For directions or more information call Steve and Karen at 828-0416. Please come a bit early so the dance can begin on time.
