01-27-2016, 10:55 AM
LAVA LOVE concerts + dance parties:
(short blurb with full news release below)
Celebrate Valentines aloha with two LAVA LOVE concerts including silent auction, sumptuous desserts and dance party Friday February 5, 7:30 pm at Downtown Hilo’s Palace Theater and Saturday, February 6, 7:30 pm at Kalani Oceanside Retreat - featuring the Puna Men's Chorus, Halau Hula Ka Makani Hali #699;Ala O Puna, UHH Dance Ensemble, sax virtuoso Moon Brown, the Nix Alstrand Dance Band, faux fire spinning by Josef Schneider and lava projections by fisherman photographer Jose Martinez. Douglas Wayman, legendary diva of many Hawai'i Island musicals will cast an “enormous amorous spell” as Janelle Neiman, singing deeply hot lava hits akin to starring roles in “Pippin”, “La Cage Aux Folles”, and “Young Frankenstein”. February 5th is “Red & White Night” in Downtown Hilo, with LAVA LOVE leading the flow and igniting the glow with endearing songs ranging from Britain’s Beatles to mele of Kalapana, erupting with love – past, present and future. The Saturday February 6th show plus dance party will be in the oceanside EMAX pavilion at Kalani. Admission at gate: $15, $12 seniors and students. For advance purchase visit Jungle Love in Pahoa, Basically Books in Hilo or call the Palace, 934-7010, or Kalani, 965-7828, credit cards accepted.
LAVA LOVE concerts news release:
LAVA LOVE: 2 concerts with silent auction and dance party:
• Friday February 5, 7:30 pm at Downtown Hilo’s Palace Theater (during “Red and White” night)
• Saturday, February 6, 7:30 pm at Kalani Retreat (coastal Hwy 137, 5 miles east of Kalapana)
Valentine sweetheart singles, couples, and adult 'ohana are all invited to the “LAVA LOVE” ball with serenades by the Puna Men's Chorus and a concluding dance party. There are two opportunities to join in: Friday, February 5th at Downtown Hilo's historic Palace Theater, and Saturday, February 6th at Kalani Oceanside Retreat near Kalapana. PMC chorus director Devon Lerma and accompanist Sandi Alstrand have a charming line up of endearing melodies ranging from Britain's Beatles to the kai leo nui (big voice of the sea) at Kalapana. Hawaiian mele will be performed by alaka'i and haumana of Kumu Hula Ali'i Kahuna Nui Ehulani Stephany, led by U'ilani Pihana, daughter of Kahuna Nui Kimo Pihana.
Decked out in red, white and black fashions University of Hawai'i Hilo students and Dance o Hawai'i members will perform in "Goodnight Sweetheart" and "For All We Know" (choreographed by dance legend Earnest Morgan) accompanied by sax virtuoso Moon Brown. UHH Dance Ensemble members, instructed by Celeste Staton, Kea Kapahua, and Annie Bunker, include Jenna Acia, Cameron Alvarado-Robinson, Sarah Dunaway, Sky Flores, Angie Jara, Mary Kimura, Lawrence Mano, Sharyse Molina, Taylor Nalica-Bryant, Nicole Perea, Trey Saunders, Leilani VisikoKnox-Johnson, Leah Wilson, and Jessica Yamaguchi. Intermission will feature a silent auction and sumptuous desserts, plus jazz tunes provided by Allison Semmes, lead singer (playing Diana Ross) in Motown the Musical.
Everyone gets to shake their sweets in the concluding dance party with the Nix Alstrand band featuring Dan Nix, Dennis Alstrand and faux fire spinner Joseph Schneider. Douglas Wayman, legendary diva of many Hawai'i Island musicals will cast an “enormous amorous spell” as Janelle Neiman, singing a couple deeply hot lava hits. Janelle starred in “Vaudeville at the Palace”, “Vaudeville Variety”, “Janelle Neiman's Jingle Belles”, “La Cage Aux Folles” and directed “Foot Lights”. For advance sale tickets for the “LAVA LOVE” fun Friday February 5 at the Palace or Saturday February 6 at Kalani's EMAX call the Palace 934-7310 or Kalani 965-7828. Credit cards accepted by phone and at the event. “LAVA LOVE” benefits the educational programs of the Palace Theater, Kalani Retreat Center, and the Puna Men's Chorus. Admission: advance sale at Jungle Love and Basically Books and at gate: $15, $12 seniors and students, or call the Palace, 934-7010, or Kalani, 965-7828, credit cards accepted.
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Why the “LAVA LOVE” title?
“People who live in the Puna district have a particularly appreciative, patient, and passionate relationship with Pele” says Kalani founder, PMC president, and “Palace jester” Richard Koob. “When you live with such a natural, fiery force of destruction and creation, you can’t help but be inspired by the energy. The volcanic source of all the Hawaiian Islands is most evident here, where the action is, in Puna. Here geothermal and the sun empower a spectrum of life styles and careers in the sciences, the arts, agriculture, the cherishing of nature, culture, wellness and sustainable living. We ‘Punatics’ have a special respect and love for lava in its forms from firm to flowing, from porous to dense, hot to cold, red to black, fine silica Pele’s hair to vast acres of a’a and p#257;hoehoe.
When Pele erupts the fearsome flee and the adventuresome arrive. Those of us here for the long term simply smile and abide by Pele’s rule, moving to the side when she opts to quake or lava slide. Pele encourages us to bond together as compassionate, conservationist and also alternative community. Because Puna is too risky for the big investment interests that shape the commercialized world, the people here are free to vanguard new approaches in economy and creativity, often through reinventing and safeguarding age old forms of bartering, subsistence farming and fishing, and cultural expression. Leaders in both innovation and conservation include Volcanoes National Park, the Volcano Art Center, the diversity of farming enterprises, a spectrum of education and recreation choices, Malama O Puna, the Kalapana to Kapoho Neighborhood Organization’s scenic byway initiative, and the plethora of burgeoning intentional communities, visitor attractions, and retreat centers such as Kalani.
The relationship of Hilo, Hawaii’s second largest city, to Puna, the state’s fastest growing district, is also closer and more mutually supportive than ever. Not just a bedroom community for commuters to Hilo, rural Puna supplies the island’s more urban areas with a range of services from IT talent, to fresh fish, and a growing variety of farm produce that adds rambutan, turmeric and goat’s cheese to the standard orchids, anthuriums, macadamia, coffee, bananas and papaya. Hilo also has its visionaries, including government and university leaders with the foresight to assist the area’s socially responsible organizations, communities, and enterprises in providing services that are akin to Hawaiian heritage practices. Such visionaries are preserving the heritage and reinventing the vitality of downtown Hilo and Pahoa. In Hilo the Palace Theater is an anchor and a symbol for all the benefits, including heritage pride, that conservation brings. Under the direction of Quack Moore lots of great art was presented and improvements included a new roof. Now, with Morgen Bahurinsky at the helm, a super cool goal is to add solar panels to air condition the theater. Meanwhile the “LAVA LOVE” events February 5 at the Palace and February 6 at Kalani will warm up winter with a showcase of Hilo and Puna talent during “Red and White Night” and Valentines. We’ll celebrate what the earth is born of, and what binds our global ‘ohana together - lava and love! Ua mau, ke ea o ka ‘#257;ina, i ka pono, ‘o Hawai’i.”
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(short blurb with full news release below)
Celebrate Valentines aloha with two LAVA LOVE concerts including silent auction, sumptuous desserts and dance party Friday February 5, 7:30 pm at Downtown Hilo’s Palace Theater and Saturday, February 6, 7:30 pm at Kalani Oceanside Retreat - featuring the Puna Men's Chorus, Halau Hula Ka Makani Hali #699;Ala O Puna, UHH Dance Ensemble, sax virtuoso Moon Brown, the Nix Alstrand Dance Band, faux fire spinning by Josef Schneider and lava projections by fisherman photographer Jose Martinez. Douglas Wayman, legendary diva of many Hawai'i Island musicals will cast an “enormous amorous spell” as Janelle Neiman, singing deeply hot lava hits akin to starring roles in “Pippin”, “La Cage Aux Folles”, and “Young Frankenstein”. February 5th is “Red & White Night” in Downtown Hilo, with LAVA LOVE leading the flow and igniting the glow with endearing songs ranging from Britain’s Beatles to mele of Kalapana, erupting with love – past, present and future. The Saturday February 6th show plus dance party will be in the oceanside EMAX pavilion at Kalani. Admission at gate: $15, $12 seniors and students. For advance purchase visit Jungle Love in Pahoa, Basically Books in Hilo or call the Palace, 934-7010, or Kalani, 965-7828, credit cards accepted.
LAVA LOVE concerts news release:
LAVA LOVE: 2 concerts with silent auction and dance party:
• Friday February 5, 7:30 pm at Downtown Hilo’s Palace Theater (during “Red and White” night)
• Saturday, February 6, 7:30 pm at Kalani Retreat (coastal Hwy 137, 5 miles east of Kalapana)
Valentine sweetheart singles, couples, and adult 'ohana are all invited to the “LAVA LOVE” ball with serenades by the Puna Men's Chorus and a concluding dance party. There are two opportunities to join in: Friday, February 5th at Downtown Hilo's historic Palace Theater, and Saturday, February 6th at Kalani Oceanside Retreat near Kalapana. PMC chorus director Devon Lerma and accompanist Sandi Alstrand have a charming line up of endearing melodies ranging from Britain's Beatles to the kai leo nui (big voice of the sea) at Kalapana. Hawaiian mele will be performed by alaka'i and haumana of Kumu Hula Ali'i Kahuna Nui Ehulani Stephany, led by U'ilani Pihana, daughter of Kahuna Nui Kimo Pihana.
Decked out in red, white and black fashions University of Hawai'i Hilo students and Dance o Hawai'i members will perform in "Goodnight Sweetheart" and "For All We Know" (choreographed by dance legend Earnest Morgan) accompanied by sax virtuoso Moon Brown. UHH Dance Ensemble members, instructed by Celeste Staton, Kea Kapahua, and Annie Bunker, include Jenna Acia, Cameron Alvarado-Robinson, Sarah Dunaway, Sky Flores, Angie Jara, Mary Kimura, Lawrence Mano, Sharyse Molina, Taylor Nalica-Bryant, Nicole Perea, Trey Saunders, Leilani VisikoKnox-Johnson, Leah Wilson, and Jessica Yamaguchi. Intermission will feature a silent auction and sumptuous desserts, plus jazz tunes provided by Allison Semmes, lead singer (playing Diana Ross) in Motown the Musical.
Everyone gets to shake their sweets in the concluding dance party with the Nix Alstrand band featuring Dan Nix, Dennis Alstrand and faux fire spinner Joseph Schneider. Douglas Wayman, legendary diva of many Hawai'i Island musicals will cast an “enormous amorous spell” as Janelle Neiman, singing a couple deeply hot lava hits. Janelle starred in “Vaudeville at the Palace”, “Vaudeville Variety”, “Janelle Neiman's Jingle Belles”, “La Cage Aux Folles” and directed “Foot Lights”. For advance sale tickets for the “LAVA LOVE” fun Friday February 5 at the Palace or Saturday February 6 at Kalani's EMAX call the Palace 934-7310 or Kalani 965-7828. Credit cards accepted by phone and at the event. “LAVA LOVE” benefits the educational programs of the Palace Theater, Kalani Retreat Center, and the Puna Men's Chorus. Admission: advance sale at Jungle Love and Basically Books and at gate: $15, $12 seniors and students, or call the Palace, 934-7010, or Kalani, 965-7828, credit cards accepted.
___________________________
Why the “LAVA LOVE” title?
“People who live in the Puna district have a particularly appreciative, patient, and passionate relationship with Pele” says Kalani founder, PMC president, and “Palace jester” Richard Koob. “When you live with such a natural, fiery force of destruction and creation, you can’t help but be inspired by the energy. The volcanic source of all the Hawaiian Islands is most evident here, where the action is, in Puna. Here geothermal and the sun empower a spectrum of life styles and careers in the sciences, the arts, agriculture, the cherishing of nature, culture, wellness and sustainable living. We ‘Punatics’ have a special respect and love for lava in its forms from firm to flowing, from porous to dense, hot to cold, red to black, fine silica Pele’s hair to vast acres of a’a and p#257;hoehoe.
When Pele erupts the fearsome flee and the adventuresome arrive. Those of us here for the long term simply smile and abide by Pele’s rule, moving to the side when she opts to quake or lava slide. Pele encourages us to bond together as compassionate, conservationist and also alternative community. Because Puna is too risky for the big investment interests that shape the commercialized world, the people here are free to vanguard new approaches in economy and creativity, often through reinventing and safeguarding age old forms of bartering, subsistence farming and fishing, and cultural expression. Leaders in both innovation and conservation include Volcanoes National Park, the Volcano Art Center, the diversity of farming enterprises, a spectrum of education and recreation choices, Malama O Puna, the Kalapana to Kapoho Neighborhood Organization’s scenic byway initiative, and the plethora of burgeoning intentional communities, visitor attractions, and retreat centers such as Kalani.
The relationship of Hilo, Hawaii’s second largest city, to Puna, the state’s fastest growing district, is also closer and more mutually supportive than ever. Not just a bedroom community for commuters to Hilo, rural Puna supplies the island’s more urban areas with a range of services from IT talent, to fresh fish, and a growing variety of farm produce that adds rambutan, turmeric and goat’s cheese to the standard orchids, anthuriums, macadamia, coffee, bananas and papaya. Hilo also has its visionaries, including government and university leaders with the foresight to assist the area’s socially responsible organizations, communities, and enterprises in providing services that are akin to Hawaiian heritage practices. Such visionaries are preserving the heritage and reinventing the vitality of downtown Hilo and Pahoa. In Hilo the Palace Theater is an anchor and a symbol for all the benefits, including heritage pride, that conservation brings. Under the direction of Quack Moore lots of great art was presented and improvements included a new roof. Now, with Morgen Bahurinsky at the helm, a super cool goal is to add solar panels to air condition the theater. Meanwhile the “LAVA LOVE” events February 5 at the Palace and February 6 at Kalani will warm up winter with a showcase of Hilo and Puna talent during “Red and White Night” and Valentines. We’ll celebrate what the earth is born of, and what binds our global ‘ohana together - lava and love! Ua mau, ke ea o ka ‘#257;ina, i ka pono, ‘o Hawai’i.”
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