Mary Rauh in benefit recital 4 p.m. Sunday Lihu‘e Parish Hall Mary Rauh’s sonorous, warm timbre has earned her invitations to sing at the State Theater on the New York City Opera stage and the Legion of Honor in San
Mary Rauh in benefit recital
4 p.m. Sunday
Lihu‘e Parish Hall
Mary Rauh’s sonorous, warm timbre has earned her invitations to sing at the State Theater on the New York City Opera stage and the Legion of Honor in San Francisco.
She will be dedicating her performance to her first voice teacher, the late David Conrad. The Kaua‘i High School graduate and a previous Mokihana Club Music Scholarship recipient will perform Art Songs, Lieder, Opera and Broadway and will be accompanied by Virginia Shepherd.
Rauh left the Hawaiian Islands to further pursue operatic study at SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music where she went on to graduate studies and receive the only full scholarship.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Children under 10, free. Tickets are available at the following outlets: Kmart in Lihu‘e, Zack’s Frozen Yogurt at the Coconut Marketplace, Kaua‘i Music and Sound in Kapa‘a, Scotty’s Music in Kalaheo and Hanalei Surf Shop in Hanalei.
Ticket reservations can be made for “will call” pick-up the day of the performance. Advance ticket purchases are recommended as there will be a limited number of tickets available at the door. For more information call Georgene Yamada, 332-9870 or Vicky Thrift. 822-3718.
Senegal, West African dance and drum classes
Tomorrow; Jan. 8 and 10
All Saints Gym
Aloha Africa welcomes guest artist Ousmane Sall , master dancer and teacher from Senegal, to Kaua’i for two weeks of dance instruction. According to the cultural exchange organization’s Web site: “There is powerful medicine in the unity of earth-based cultures. In both Hawai’i and Africa dancers and musicians are the keepers of tradition, history and spiritual practice.” The classes are as follows: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. tomorrow and Jan. 10. A drum class with Nii Anang follows at 11:30 a.m. Evening classes are from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday and Thursday. Classes are $15 each. For more information visit aloha-africa.com
“Year of Hawaiian Music”
Today
Kick-off radio event
Three Kaua‘i non-profits coordinate Na Mele O Kaua‘i (songs of Kaua‘i). Kaua‘i Music Festival, Garden Island Arts Council and Malie Foundation join forces to promote 2009 as the “Year of Hawaiian Music.” To kick this theme off, between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. today five radio stations will play only music about Kaua‘i in the Hawaiian language. All listeners on Kaua‘i will be able to tune in and receive Hawaiian music at the same time. Participating radio stations include: KONG FM93.5, SURF 95.9, KUAI AM720, KESU 87.7, KKCR FM91.9.
Beach grooming
8:30 a.m. tomorrow
Lydgate Park
Friends of Kamalani and Lydgate Park invite volunteers to a day of beach clean-up. Start the New Year with good intentions among caring community members. Bring gloves, rakes and drinking water. Starbucks coffee will be served. For more information call John Lydgate, 652-0552.
Blues benefit concert
7:30 p.m. Monday
The Point at Sheraton Kaua‘i Resort
The 2008 International Blues Competition grand prize winner Danielle Schnebelin, with Kansas City’s top blues guitarist, Brandon Hudspeth will play a concert to benefit “Save the Seas Turtles, International” and “In Dis Life.” A $20 donation is requested at the door.
KPAC presents
“Macbeth”
Jan. 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18
Kaua‘i Community College Performing Arts Center
Arnold Meister directs and Dennis McGraw producing; Blake Guest and Kendall Beck star as Lord and Lady Macbeth. Advance tickets available at North Shore Pharmacy, Kilauea, Jim Saylor Jewelers, Kapa‘a, K-Mart, Lihu‘e, Progressive Expressions, Koloa, Scotty’s Music, Kalaheo. Students, $8; adults $12/$15 at the door. KPAC is a Hawai‘i State Department of Education program.
Ballroom dance class
registration
Tuesday and Jan. 13
Hanapepe Neighborhood Center
The Hanapepe Chapter of the Kaua‘i Ballroom Dance Club will have class registration Tuesday and Jan. 13. The beginning dances are rumba, nightclub two-step and intermediate East Coast swing. Classes begin on Jan. 13 and continue each Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. For more information call Glenda at 335-3554.
Uplifting immune system
6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 9
Qi Center in Lihu‘e
The sun, earth and moon will be in alignment Jan. 9. This free treatment with Grandmaster Hong balances this special energy with herbal patches and easy lung exercises to enhance the immune system for asthma, allergies, respiratory colds and vog relief. One day will have an effect on all 365 days. The principles derive from a 5,000 year old natural health care system. To register call 639-4300 or e-mail qi@hawaii.rr.com
