Taste of Hawaii 2011
Taste of Hawaii 2011 will take place Sunday, June 5th, with gates opening at 11:30 am. This is the Ultimate Sunday Brunch. This a food and drink festival of the highest order. This is Kauai’s favorite day to eat, drink, and be merry.
Taste of Hawaii has been voted Best Community Event on Kauai for four years running. You can enjoy food prepared by 50 of Hawaii’s best chefs, imbibe at more than ten beverage stations of beer, wine, water, soft drinks, smoothies, coffee, and specialty coffee drinks. Meanwhile you can listen to 14 musical groups perform throughout the afternoon, and visit the large silent auction. All this is set within the beautiful park-like grounds of Smith’s Tropical Paradise.
Besides an upscale culinary garden party, it is also a fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Kapaa. Net proceeds from this event go back into our community to help worthy non-profit groups, and to fund scholarships for high school and community college students. A portion of the funds also go abroad where to help Rotary clubs in Third World countries provide basic necessities of life such as water wells to provide clean drinking water and toilet and hand-washing stations for rural schools.
Taste of Hawaii chefs in past years have served up delectable dishes like Scallop and Shrimp Gyoza with Tempura Shimeji mushrooms, or Kekaha Corn Edamame Relish and Miso Sapporo Pepper Sauce, or Kalua Pork Sandwich with Habanero Chili Pepper BBQ Sauce, on a Taro Roll with Maui Gold Pineapple Salsa, or Chocolate Bomb with Lilikoi. Photo by Ann O’Malley.
Hawaiian Music and Anuhea
Anuhea (Rylee Anuheake’alaokalokelani Jenkins) is a Hawaiian contemporary folk rock singer and songwriter. Born and raised on the island of Maui, her name in hawaiian means “a cool breeze of the heavenly rose”. Anuhea blends engaging lyrics with acoustic soul, pop and reggae into a style that has earned her a reputation as Hawaii’s newest rising star.
Anuhea graduated from Kamehameha Schools and then attended film school in Orange County California. After spending a year there she realized it was music she was most passionate about. Returning to the islands she immediately started performing at local coffee shops and restaurants. She put a band together using friends from around the island and began to market herself as a musician, acted as her own manager, booking agent, music producer and distributor, all while working as a cocktail waitress and barista.
Her debut album titled Anuhea
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Hawaiian Music and Keali’i Reichel
Kealiʻi Reichel is a popular singer, songwriter, choreographer, dancer, chanter, scholar, teacher, and personality of Hawaiʻi. He was born and raised on Maui, and at the age of 24, Kealiʻi was convicted of theft, and was sentenced to community service involving the study of Hawaiian culture. This marked a turning point in his life, as his passion for the language and culture of Hawai‘i led him to become the founding director of Pünana Leo O Maui (Hawaiian language school), and Halau Ke’alaokamaile (hula school).
Kealiʻi produced and released a collection of traditional and contemporary Hawaiian songs and chants entitled Kawaipunahele
His album Keʻalaokamaile won four of the top awards at the 27th Annual Na Hoku Hanohano Awards including Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year, Hawaiian Album of the Year, and Song of the Year. All told, he has been awarded 19 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards.
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Waimea Town Celebration 2011
The Waimea Town Celebration on Kauai is filled with aloha and the unique character of the town who hosts more than 10,000 people in a two days of non-stop events. This Kauai festival will take place on February 25 and 26, 2011.
Waimea Town is Kauai’s most ancient settlement and a capital from ancient Hawaiian days. Its history encompasses the turbulence of post European contact starting with the first landing in Hawaii of Captain James Cook, to a dramatic stand-off of King Kamehameha’s superior forces by Kauai’s King Kaumualii, to Russian empire builders, whalers, missionaries, and sugarcane farmers.
Events include Hawaiian outrigger canoe races*, Hawaiian cowboy rodeo events, 3-on-3 basketball tournaments, swim meet, ice cream eating contest, ukulele contests, and a 2k, 5k and 10k fun run. There will be continuous island entertainment with loads of food, beer garden, craft & game booths, lei contest, and cultural demonstrations. Free live entertainment featuring up-and-coming greats of Hawaiian music until 11 pm on stage both nights.
*The Kilohana Canoe Race is being held one week early this year, on Saturday, Feb 19th.
Hawaiian Music and Cyril Pahinui
Cyril Pahinui is one of the most gifted guitarists and singers of Hawaiian music. As a slack key guitarist, his technical virtuosity, rhythmic adaptations, and instrumental harmonics impart the soul of Hawaiian music, and his beautiful, emotive voice renders an intimate picture of Hawaii.
Cyril Pahinui is the son of musical legend Gabby Pahinui. He started playing music from the time he could hold an ukulele, and began learning slack key at age seven by watching and listening to his father. Weekends at the Pahinui home were a continuous jam session, as musicians came by to jam with Gabby. Attendance at the weekend jam sessions mushroomed to a hundred or more musicians jamming from early on Friday morning and continuing straight through to Monday morning.
He played in his father’s group The Gabby Band, and later the Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band. He played with his brother in a band called The Characters, and later joined with two brothers for The Pahinui Bros
In 1988, he recorded Cyril Pahinui
His father told him, “Play whatever you feel, whatever makes you happy, but always respect Hawaiian music and keep it in your heart.”
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Hawaiian Music and Nathan Aweau
Nathan Aweau was born into a musical family, along with piano, guitar, ukulele, and saxophone lessons, and was born with the natural ability to sing. In college, his passion for the electric bass made him decide that this would be his main instrument and he accompanied professional performers. He was a member the award winning groups Ka’eo and The Ali’i's, has performed on commercials, and done background music for various shows. He has done various high school and college level seminars covering writing, arranging, computer music, and giving students a chance to see what goes into producing and recording songs.
In 2001, Nathan released a CD called E Apo Mai
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