High Tea in the Rainforest Aug. 15 Wailua rainforest This fundraiser for the Friendship Force of Kaua‘i included members and guests enjoying a variety of finger sandwiches, sweets, tea and coffee. Kalaheo Girl Scout Cadet Troop 950 volunteered to serve
High Tea in
the Rainforest
Aug. 15
Wailua rainforest
This fundraiser for the Friendship Force of Kaua‘i included members and guests enjoying a variety of finger sandwiches, sweets, tea and coffee. Kalaheo Girl Scout Cadet Troop 950 volunteered to serve refreshments as part of a community-service project. Their black dresses were made for the occasion by FF member Eleanor Stanley, and white dirndl aprons provided by FF member Annelise Martin lent an air of elegance to the event, a press release states.
The Back Alley String Quartet provided the music. Nine-year-old Olivia Gegen delighted the audience with a violin solo. Topping off the entertainment for the afternoon was hula performed by Friendship Force members Hualani Duncan and daughter Makana.
Friendship Force International is a nonprofit organization with over 300 clubs throughout the world. These clubs are community-based volunteer organizations that work to increase international understanding through the process of home hospitality. Clubs organize both inbound and outbound travel, called “exchanges,” where members are matched with local hosts in whose homes they live for a short time. Meetings are held at 1:30 p.m. the first Sunday of every other month at in the Sun Village recreation hall behind Wilcox Memorial Hospital in Lihu‘e. Interested residents and visitors are invited to attend.
‘Furry Tales’
1 p.m. Saturday
Kapa‘a Neighborhood Center
Follow the adventures of Sam and Alex, two bumbling actors trying desperately to present a few of the world’s most-beloved fairy tales.
Unfortunately their script becomes scrambled and they perform GoldiSocks and the Three Wolves, the Three Billy Trolls Gruff and The Three Little Bears, who end up battling the Big Bad Billy Goat.
In addition to entertaining with humor, slapstick and charm, Sam and Alex also guide the audience through the creative world of story structure, vocabulary and theatrical staging.
“The Purple Striped Honu Theatre for Kids aims to initiate children in the magic of theatre,” Director Richard Porto said in a press release. The company performs plays and musicals designed especially for a young audience. The company debuted last winter with “Where’s Mom?” a short play written by local playwright, Laurel Petterson-McGraw, about the morning adventures of a baby monk seal.
The last show is 1 p.m. Oct. 9 at Kalaheo Neighborhood Center.
For more information visit honutheatre.org or contact Porto, 826-7552.
Terno Ball
scholarship gala
Saturday
Kaua‘i Marriott Resort & Beach Club grand ballroom, Lihu‘e
The Kaua‘i Filipino Women’s Club awarded nine scholarships to members of the high school Class of 2010 of Filipino ancestry, in recognition of their academic achievements. Over $5,000 was given to these recipients as a result of a successful terno ball held last year, a press release states. The 2010 scholarship recipients are Abigail Iloreta and Alyssa Clark, Kapa‘a High; Jayson Manzano, Island School; Daisy Liberato and Randee Layosa, Kaua‘i High; and Bessie Baclig, Natasha Abadilla, Rouben Buyat and Arlene Valmoja, Waimea High.
There will be presentation of Philippine cultural dances and a contest of the national costumes, the ladies’ terno gown and men’s barong shirt. Judging of the costumes will start at 5:45 p.m. and ends promptly at 6:45 p.m.
For more information call Carol at 245-2538 or Luz at 822-9255.
Parent meeting, fair and barbecue
5 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
Kapa‘a High School cafeteria
All parents are welcome to attend this information fair to help them help teens navigate their high-school years. All Kapa‘a High academic and extracurricular topics will be covered.
Receive information on academics, college and career planning, athletics, student clubs, PTSA (Parent-Teacher-Student Association), Project Grad and how to stay informed and connect to your teens’ teachers and keep abreast of their homework assignments. Different groups and departments will have booths to browse. Visit kapaahighblog.blogspot.com for more information.
Student essay
contest
Deadline: Oct. 16
‘Does Patriotism Still Matter?’
The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is sponsoring an essay contest for students in the sixth through eighth grades. Students must write essays between 300 and 400 words on the subject “Does Patriotism Still Matter?”
Monetary awards and certificates will be presented to the top three essays on Kaua‘i. An award will also be given to the best essay at each grade level. The top essay will be read by the student during the ceremonies following the Veterans Day Parade Nov. 6. The best essays will be forwarded for the statewide competition. Awards will be presented to the top three state essays. The best state essay will be sent for the national completion. Information has been provided to all middle schools on the island. Two of the schools made it a school project in the 2009 contest. Students desiring to participate are requested to check with their teachers. If it is not a school project, the student can contact the VFW coordinators, Johnny Rabasa at 245-1625 or Gary Inouye at 332-9336. Students may also contact the coordinator by e-mail at kauaiveterans@aol.com
Story time
1:30 p.m. Wednesday
Princeville Public Library
Join Phyllis Hopeck for crafting with keiki as they create a project that they’ll be able to take home with them. Free and open to the public, parents and children.
Island School
Ho‘olokahi Festival
Nov. 13
The music department plans to take the Island School Alaka‘i Chorus to O‘ahu in November to participate in the first 2010 Ho‘olokahi Festival All-High School Mass Chorus concert. This event, sponsored by the Hawai‘i Youth Opera Chorus, the Honolulu Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts, and the Hawai‘i Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association, is being organized to give Hawai‘i high-school singers an opportunity to sing challenging music with a top-notch choral clinician.
Over 350 high school singers from across the state will join with the Royal Hawaiian Band on Nov. 13 in a mass choral concert to be presented at the Blaisdell Concert Hall.
The concert will be conducted by Dr. Karen Kennedy, former chorus director for the Honolulu Symphony and current director of choirs at Towson University. Philip Steinbacher, Island School’s choral director, will take his 27-member high school chorus to O‘ahu to join choruses from ‘Iolani School, Punahou School, Island Pacific Academy and a number of other public and private schools from across the state to rehearse for two days before presenting the culminating concert on Nov. 13. The concert includes choral music from various genre, and will feature a specially commissioned piece by Aaron Mahi, former bandmaster and conductor of the Royal Hawaiian Band. Island School’s Alaka‘i Chorus parents are currently planning fundraisers in order to help underwrite the cost of attending the festival.
