Kaua‘i Community Radio’s Battle of the Bands 7 p.m. to 2 a.m., Friday, Polynesia Nights in Kapa‘a KKCR’s “Jam Off” features the following: Malama Pono All-stars; Burning Bush; Johnny Five; Angela Rose Band; Animal Dream; Island Grass and special guests.
Kaua‘i Community Radio’s Battle of the Bands
7 p.m. to 2 a.m., Friday,
Polynesia Nights in Kapa‘a
KKCR’s “Jam Off” features the following: Malama Pono All-stars; Burning Bush; Johnny Five; Angela Rose Band; Animal Dream; Island Grass and special guests. A $10 donation at the door goes to your community radio station and gets you a ballot to vote for your favorite band. The winning band will get recording time at Steelgrass Recording Studio as the prize.
Another way to support KKCR is through their spring membership drive from April 22 to May 4.
50th Annual Miss Kaua‘i Filipina scholarship pageant
6 p.m. tomorrow at Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Hall
This year’s theme is “Recognizing 50 years of pageantry for education.”
The new queen will be awarded a cash prize, a tuition waiver for four years at Chaminade University in Honolulu, plus a variety of other prizes. Five contestants are vying for the Miss Kaua‘i Filipina crown: Kristyn Ishibashi, Lea Lee Tumaneng, Charlene Rivera, Christine Yotsuda and Lovely Charlenne Hyde.
The show will open with the 50th circle of life and hip hop dance presentation by the five contestants, 2007 Miss Kaua‘i Filipina, Miss Maggi Celebrado, and other performers. There will be a piano interlude presentation by Maggi Celebrado. Contestants will compete in swimsuit, talent and speech.
This year’s Miss Kauai Filipina will have the distinction of serving as the queen during a year of much celebration in the Filipino community.
Tickets are available from the contestants or by calling Thelma at 651-7439 or Liza at 482-0267.
E Kanikapila Kakou
final concert
7 p.m. Sunday, KCC
Performing Arts Center
Aaron Sala, Dennis and David Kamakahi, Natalie Al Kamauu with Iolani Kamauu and Chad Ai, Ladies of Kapu Kinimaka’s Na Hula O Kaohikukapulani will usher out the EKK season, Sunday, at Kaua‘i Community College.
Tickets available at the Hawaiian Music Kiosks at Princeville and Coconut Plantation; Bounty Music; Island Soap and Candle in Koloa; Scotty’s Music and Banana Patch Studio. For more information contact the Garden Island Arts Council at 245-2733.
88 shrines open house Sunday
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
Lawai International Center
Sunday, Lawai International Center welcomes all to experience the 88 shrines of Lawa‘i.
Lawa‘i International Center, a non-profit community project, is an archaeological and cultural treasure in a valley that has long been recognized as a healing sanctuary. In 1904 the first generation of Japanese immigrants built 88 shrines replicating an ancient pilgrimage of 88 temples in Shikoku, Japan. Today, it is the only such site existing outside of Japan and is one of the oldest Buddhist temple sites in the country. The center is open the second and the last Sunday of every month or by appointment. Volunteers are bringing these shrines and this valley back to prominence as an international center for compassion, education and cultural understanding. Donations will be accepted with gratitude.
For more information call 639-4300, e-mail lm@hawaii.rr.com, or go online to www.lawaicenter.org.
Taj Mahal and his Hula Blues Band
6 p.m., Sunday
Kilohana Plantation
A self-taught musician, Taj Mahal plays more than 20 instruments, including the national steel and dobro guitars. His remarkable voice ranges from gruff and gravely to smooth and sultry. The Hula Blues Band came together when Taj Mahal moved to Kaua‘i in 1981.
Singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, ethnomusicologist, two-time Grammy-winner, world-class musical collaborator, musicians’ advocate and world traveler — these titles are all accurate, yet none convey the warmth, humor and soulfulness of the man and his music.
For tickets call the Kaua‘i concert hotline at Mardi Gras Entertainment, 337-9234. For table reservations call Kilohana at 245-5608.
A portion of the proceeds go to benefit the junior lifeguard program on all islands.
Rockin’ retro dance party with D.J. Dr. Trax
10 p.m. to 2 a.m., tomorrow
Lotus Lounge
Music of the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s; disco-funk-rock and soul at The Blossoming Lotus after hours. Cost is $7 at the door. Must be at least 21 years old. Future dance parties: April 12, 26, May 10, 24, June 14, 21.
