03-06-2014, 07:09 AM
Carol...I really thought Laura Love has played here... maybe on the other side...thought I had seen her
Neat thing is, she does to trans-Pacific tours & I have been involved with getting artists that are going through HNL to stopover in Hilo...It all depends on timing & venues, but this island has some really cool venues & music festivals... Many times we have been able to get free venues & the artists are willing to stay in guest houses, and have even had some really popular west coast artists willing to go with playing for calabash donations (heck they then do get to explore our island...which is a pretty cool place), and to work with music camp and school music programs... it takes a little planning & media write-ups & contacts, but this island is pretty great about showing appreciation for a good performance.
Aside from the prices on the other side, we have never paid anywhere near the ticket price for some of the very same performing artists that we saw in the Chitown area... and the local community theater groups have artists that are phenomenal...esp. from a very small county, the talent here is varied...
Neat thing is, she does to trans-Pacific tours & I have been involved with getting artists that are going through HNL to stopover in Hilo...It all depends on timing & venues, but this island has some really cool venues & music festivals... Many times we have been able to get free venues & the artists are willing to stay in guest houses, and have even had some really popular west coast artists willing to go with playing for calabash donations (heck they then do get to explore our island...which is a pretty cool place), and to work with music camp and school music programs... it takes a little planning & media write-ups & contacts, but this island is pretty great about showing appreciation for a good performance.
Aside from the prices on the other side, we have never paid anywhere near the ticket price for some of the very same performing artists that we saw in the Chitown area... and the local community theater groups have artists that are phenomenal...esp. from a very small county, the talent here is varied...