The second annual Kahilu Theatre Masquerade Ball will take place at 6 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Hilton Waikoloa Village Grand Ballroom. This will be a night of hot gypsy jazz, featuring music by the Hot Club of Hulaville.
The Masquerade Ball is a callback to the swanky, swinging parties of the theater’s early gilded heyday, hosted by actor/director Richard Smart, the theater’s founder. Festivities include gypsy tents with fortune telling, tattoos and tarot, with belly dancers and magicians roaming the room. Everyone is invited to don a mask and glamorous gypsy-inspired attire.
The Hot Club of Hulaville is Hawaii’s leading event band. Member Duane Padilla is on violin, Sonny Silva on guitar, Ernie Provencher on bass and Willow Chang-Alleon on vocals. The band won the Na Hoku Hanohano Award for Best Jazz Album in 2010.
The event will start at 6 p.m. with hosted libations, pupu and a silent auction followed by dinner with food stations by Hilton chefs then a live auction and dancing to the music of the Hot Club of Hulaville.
Individual tickets are $175 per person, tables of 10 are $1,500 and sponsorship tables of 10 are available at the following levels: Sapphire $3,000, Ruby $5,000, and Diamond $10,000. Tickets and tables can be purchased at kahilutheatre.org, by calling 885-6868 or at the Kahilu Theatre Box Office, 67-1186 Lindsey Road, Waimea. Box office hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday.