Wilder joins WHDTA staff, offers workshop
Eva Wilder has joined the teaching staff of West Hawaii Dance Theatre &Academy in Kailua-Kona.
Wilder, who brings her passion for movement and the connection between mind and body, into her teaching, continues to dance professionally, having just returned from international tours with Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre and Los Samurai Perdidos. She recently moved to Kona from San Francisco.
Her background and career as a professional dancer led her to the Pilates method to rehabilitate from an injury. Impressed by the intelligence, strength, and health inherent in the system, she completed her full certification with Pilates Sports Center. Her path led her to the Gyrotonic Expansion System, which widened her perspective and deepened her understanding of body, mind, and spirit. In complement to these movement modalities, she is a craniosacral thrapist educated at the Upledger Institute.
She also has experience working with a wide range of injuries, abilities and ages, from rehabilitation to sport-specific conditioning.
Wilder will be conducting a six-week contemporary dance workshop at the academy off of Alapa Street, in the Old Industrial Area.
The workshop will be held on Tuesdays Sept. 1 through Oct. 6. Cost is $75. Call 329-8876 or visit www.whdt.org to register. Classes for keiki ages 7 to 12 will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. while classes for teens and adults with be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Through improvisation, technical exercises, and longer movement phrases, participants will learn about their anatomy and biomechanics and physics. During the workshop, they will also practice moving in and out of the floor with efficiency, fluidity, and softness and explore verticality and horizontality. Long pants and sleeves that cover your shoulders are recommended.
West Hawaii Dance Theatre &Academy is a nonprofit educational organization sponsored by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Hawaii Community Foundation, Atherton Family, Vance Wall Foundation and local businesses and families.
Hulihee Palace offers book signing with sing-a-long
Hulihee Palace celebrates the publication of a new Hawaiian music songbook/CD release by Aunty Noelani Mahoe from 10 a.m. to noon Friday. Admission is free.
Join the Daughters of Hawaii in a morning of music with a sing-a-long. Mahoe will also sign her new songbook, “Hoahu Ana o Na Mele-Hookahi Iwakalua a Hapa Kakini – One Score and Half a Dozen – A Collection of Songs, Stories &Pictures,” on the palace grounds.
Mahoe, better known as “Aunty Noe,“ offers 26 Hawaiian songs — each with lyrics, chords and professional recording — in the new release. The compilation is geared as a complete reference for musicians of all skill levels and also provides the fascinating stories behind many of the songs.
The book will be available for purchase at the palace gift shop, which is open 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Call 329-6558 for more details.
Ogata to perform at Jackie Rey’s
Standup comedian Paul Ogata returns to Kona Friday to headline the laughs at a 9:30 p.m. dinner club special at Jackie Rey’s Ohana Grill.
Crowned the TakeOut Comedy Competition Funniest Asian-American Comedian in the U.S. in 2004, Ogata moved from Hawaii to the mainland to tackle the national comedy scene, winning the 32nd Annual San Francisco International Comedy Competition in 2007.
Tickets for the Aug. 28 show at Jackie Rey’s Ohana Grill are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Dinner show seating starts at 8 p.m. Show only, space available, seating starts at 9:15 p.m. For dinner and show reservations, call 327-0209.
An earlybird show at a different Kona venue may be added to the tour.
For schedule updates, as well as artist, ticket and show information, visit www.bigislandcomedy.com.
‘Twilight at Kalahuipuaa’ is Saturday
“Twilight at Kalahuipuaa,” Mauna Lani’s monthly gathering featuring storytelling, music and perhaps a little hula each month on the Saturday evening closest to the full moon at the oceanfront Eva Parker Woods Cottage at Kalahuipuaa. The next talk story event is Saturday and features Kumu Hula Michelle Kaulumahiehie Amaral.
The event is coordinated by Mauna Lani’s Cultural Historian Danny Akaka, who speaks Hawaiian and often performs as a musician. Everyone is invited to share stories, family histories, songs, and dance. Twilight Talk Story is held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the South Kohala resort.
For more information, call 881-7911.
September is Celebrate Museums Month
September is Celebrate Museums Month. During the month-long event, Hawaii Island museums celebrate members by offering reciprocal benefits to members of other Big Island museums. Free admission and store discounts may apply with current membership card and proper ID.
Participating museums include Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens, Anna Ranch Heritage Center, Onizuka Space Center, HMOCA (East Hawaii Cultural Center), Hawaii Plantation Museum, Hulihee Palace, Imiloa Astronomy Center, Kona Historical Society, Lyman Museum, Mokupapapa Discovery Center, Pacific Tsunami Museum, The Panaewa Rainforest Zoo &Gardens and Volcano Art Center. Contact participants for further details.
Sayre award dinner fundraiser is Sept. 5
Tickets are on sale for the 18th annual Daniel R. Sayre Memorial Annual Awards Dinner and Fundraiser set for The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii on Sept. 5 starting at 4:30 p.m. with the opening of the silent auction.
The cost of each gourmet buffet dinner is $109, which includes tax and tip. Patrons may also choose to sponsor a dinner for a firefighter and/or spouse at a cost of $99 all inclusive, per person. The evening will include dinner, silent and live auctions, and dancing to the dance band Vizion 20/20. Registration is currently available online at www.danielsayrefoundation.org.
The Daniel R. Sayre Memorial Foundation was created 18 years ago after Frank and Laura Sayre lost their son in a hiking accident. The foundation was founded to honor the dedication of Hawaii Island fire/rescue workers and to help purchase essential rescue equipment. Proceeds from the dinner and fundraiser will be used to purchase needed equipment for the Hawaii Hawaii Fire &Rescue Department. Over the years, this event has raised more than $1 million to support Hawaii Island’s fire/rescue and emergency response teams.
The needs for this year are vast, including rope rescue equipment, rescue communication systems, ATVs, rescue boards, automatic defibrillators, and jet skis.
This year, the foundation will honor the following Hawaii County Fire Department personnel, recommended from within the department for their meritorious service above and beyond the call of duty: Capt. Michael Andrade, Capt. Charles Spain, Fire Equipment Operator David Mahon, Fires Rescue Specialist Dustin Frechette, Fire Rescue Specialist Riley Young, Fire Rescue Specialist Lyle Tamaribuchi, Fire Rescue Specialist Carl Pires, firefighter Yurik Resetnikov, firefighter Tay Soares, Water Safety Officer Jason Nixon, Fire Medical Specialist 2 Bertram Carvalho Jr., Fire Equipment Operator Donald Awa, Fire Battalion Chief Michael Hayashida and fire inspector Palani Kurashige.
Paint your own silk scarf at Volcano Art Center
Big Island artist Patti Pease Johnson will offer a “Paint Your Own Silk Scarf” workshop on Sept. 5 at Volcano Art Center.
Johnson’s artwork can be found at galleries and shops across the state and in collections worldwide. She lives in Keaau with her family and teaches painting at her home studio.
During the workshop, participants will paint their own 8-by-53-inch scarf using three colors of your choice, which will create many more colors on the silk. Pick a main color, then, choose the other two after learning about color theory. You’ll then be ready to mix your desired colors, achieved by pre-mixing the four process colors (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black).
The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the art center, which is located within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Cost for the workshop is $60 for nonmembers and $54 for VAC members, plus a $10 supply fee per person. Beginner and intermediate artists are welcome.
Johnson will also offer an “Experimental Watercolors” workshop on Sept. 19 at Volcano Art Center.
For more information or to register, call VAC at 967-8222 or visit www.volcanoartcenter.org.