Week of Friday, July 27, 2018 | Vol. 6, No. 30
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WALK THE 88 SHRINES 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. Lawai International Center Come and experience a tranquil walk at this archaeological and hidden cultural treasure in Lawai Valley. The center is open to the public on the second and last Sunday of every month or by appointments only. Donations are appreciated with gratitude.
KOLOA PLANTATION DAYS WATERCOLOR CLASS “CRIMES OF THE HEART” 9 a.m. to noon, Mahaulepu 4 p.m. WIT’s End Theater in Kukui Grove Center Local artist Patrice Pendarvis offers the class. Fee for supplies or bring Tickets: womenintheatre.org, 635-3727 your own, for ages 15 and up. Limited attendance. Info: 346-1509 KOLOA PLANTATION DAYS UKULELE CONTEST KOLOA PLANTATION DAYS HISTORICAL TALK 10:30 a.m. registration, 11 a.m. contest, Keoki’s Paradise in 4 to 5:30 p.m., Koloa Public/School Library Poipu Shopping Village Local author Catherine Lo talks about the living legacy of Koloa Ukes in Paradise is a competition for youth grades kindergarten Plantation. Info: 245-8693 through 12. Info: keokisparadise.com/ukes, 742-7534 KOLOA PLANTATION DAYS WALKING TOUR TUESDAY 5:30 p.m., departing from Koloa School GOVERNOR CANDIDATE FORUM Gail Little is the guide. Info: 332-5201 6 to 7:30 p.m., Aqua Kauai Beach Resort near Hanamaulu FLAVORS OF KUKUIULA Hosted by the Kauai Chamber of Commerce. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., The Shops at Kukuiula COUNTY COUNCIL CANDIDATE FORUM Live entertainment, local foods served “street style,” more. Info: 7426 to 8:30 p.m., Anahola Clubhouse 9545 SATURDAY WEDNESDAY “CRIMES OF THE HEART” 7 p.m. WIT’s End Theater in Kukui Grove Center Tickets: womeintheatre.org or 635-3727 KAUAI SCREENING OF “THE DARK HOBBY” Courtyard by Marriott Kauai at Coconut Beach, 7 p.m. Documentary about the reef animals taken from Hawaii’s reefs for the U.S. aquarium trade.
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POETS, WRITING GROUP MEETING 7 to 8:30 p.m. Lihue Public Library Meeting is to discuss formation of a writing group for practicing poets and a reading group for those who prefer hearing/reading poems to writing. Hosted by Kauai poet, author and The Garden Island columnist Dawn Kawahara, in partnership with Lihue Public Library. Free. Bring an original or favorite poem and writing materials.
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A keiki performer wows the audience at an earlier, annual Heiva I Kauai Tahiti cultural festival at Kapaa Beach Park.
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toddler to elder, will be performing solo and group competition and exhibition dances portraying legends and stories of Tahiti. The festival is aimed at providing a venue for the next generation of performers to present their talent, skill and cultural knowledge to an audience of more 1,000 attendees daily. One of the groups will be traveling from Oahu to share their love for the dance. “We’re a very small, humble group, and our whole goal is to teach Tahitian dancing to the dancers here and to share the culture and the dance with our students,” said Mareva Nopuente, who began her school, Te Ori Tahiti Here, on Oahu in 2009. The award-winning Honolulu Tahitian dance group Te Vai Ura Nui will be providing house drumming and exhibition dancing on both days. Nopuente, who is half-Ta-
hitian, said participating in dance and heivas is important because it helps keep her culture alive and offers a way to share it with those who are wanting to learn something different. “It gives me a venue to showcase what I teach to my students, so we’re thankful for the opportunity of the Heiva on Kauai and to be a part of it,” she said. After opening ceremonies, the solo competition is Saturday, starting with the youngest age groups and continuing through to adults, until the champion dance-offs in the afternoon. Solo categories include traditional Otea Vahine and Tane for junior, senior and master divisions. Group categories include Otea, Aparima, Ahupurotu and drumming. The group competition is Sunday. “There’s two main styles of Tahitian dance. There’s the Otea, which is to drums, and the other one is Aparina, and that’s to lyrics, kind of like hula, but it’s usually more upbeat, at a faster pace,” Nopuente said. Her group will be will be
performing both of those dances, and 12 of her dancers will be performing solo dances, including some of the children. Nopuente will be judging the competition. The process to become a judge has taken several years, she said. “The first few years they invited me first to be an apprentice judge, so for the first few years I sat next to a judge and asked questions and it gave me the opportunity to learn how to be a judge, and then they asked me to be a judge,” she said. Training others about the dance to keep the Heiva alive and keep it relevant to the younger generation is what the Heiva is trying to do, she said. For many in her group of 25 performers, the Heiva will be their first cultural event, and they’re honored to perform. “It’s something for us to look forward to,” she said. Tahitian and other Pacific Island gifts such as jewelry, art, woodwork and clothing will be for sale. Food vendors will also be on hand,
BOZ SCAGGS REVISITS PAST INFLUENCES ON ‘OUT OF THE BLUES’ PABLO GORONDI ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ometimes with more gloss, at times with more grit, but always with great feeling, Boz Scaggs has kept some form of the blues close to the surface during most of his career, which has already sailed past the 50year milestone.
On “Out of the Blues,” the last of an informal trilogy also including “Memphis” and “A Fool to Care” revisiting his roots and influences, Scaggs covers some superior blues tunes from decades past, along with a Neil Young song and originals by long-time collaborator Jack Walroth. SEE BLUES, PAGE 4
and Polynesian artists and crafters will also be demonstrating coconut frond and lauhala weaving, Polynesian carving and lei making. The family-centered
celebration is Aug. 4 and 5 at Kapaa Beach Park. Gates open at 10 a.m. Admission is $7. Children age 12 and under are admitted free. •••
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Then and now: The Crusaders Quartet, featuring Kauai’s the Rev. Ed Terui, center in both photos, is scheduled to perform on Kauai the first weekend in August.
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prings of Living Water” is one of the Rev. Ed Terui’s favorite gospel songs. “I was in a barren land of sin and shame but God came in and
filled me with his water of life.” Those words speak to him because that’s what he said God did for him. “It’s a lively song and really expresses my heart,” he said. “I was a young person at the time I became a Christian, but
when I reflect on my life, my life was filled with shame for things I had done or said that hurt people. Through his living water, he washed away that sin and I have a sense of tremendous relief,” the 70-year-old retired pastor said. It’s also a song he along with
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Unlike its two predecessors, “Out of the Blues” was produced by Scaggs instead of Steve Jordan, but some of the musicians from the earlier releases are back, including bassist Willie Weeks and guitarist Ray Parker Jr., topped up with additions including Jim Keltner (drums), Jim Cox (keys) and a lefty-righty combo of Texas six-stringers, Doyle Bramhall II and Charlie
Youth fellowship in Fort Wayne, called five students together to form a quartet that would represent the youth department at the Missionary Church Association. Terui, was one of those
Sexton. Walroth’s “Rock and Stick” has shades of soul and Andy Summers’ echoing guitar, with Scaggs’ falsetto emphasizing the emotions, while “I’ve Just Got to Forget You” — associated with Bland — is pure regret and heartbreak. Jimmy McCracklin’s “I’ve Just Got to Know,” based here on the magnetic Magic Sam version — deals with a step earlier in the relationship, even if the writing’s on the wall. “Little Miss Night and Day,” a hardboiled rocker with
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solos from Cox, Bramhall and Sexton, is Scaggs’ only songwriting credit, shared with Walroth, whose grooves fit right in with the rest of the repertoire. Scaggs sounds aptly fatigued on Young’s “On the Beach,” which features great guitar work by Bramhall and a disillusionment with fame that sometimes even an everyman can emphasize with. The blues suit Scaggs and thankfully “The Feeling Is Gone” is just the last song on the album, not a reflection of his performances.
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students. Paul Brennan from Ohio, Paul Robbins of Tennessee and T.A. Strader from Michigan formed the quartet, along with Ken Mays of Indiana who served as the quartet’s pianist. During their college years, the group performed across the continental United States and in the summer of 1958 the Crusaders performed in churches on Oahu and Kauai during a three-week tour. They all graduated in 1960, but throughout the years they came together again to perform at class reunions and in 2013, they came back to Hawaii where they performed in both churches and at senior centers. From a young age, Terui said he was drawn to the music they sang at his church and as a youth at Koloa Missionary Church, he performed in a choir, which is where he learned to sing in parts, but he said he wasn’t the best. “The leader of our quartet had perfect pitch he would say raise it up a bit from bass I had to learn second tenor but that was a real stretch,” he said and at 79, their voices aren’t the best, so Terui tries to practice for a half an hour each day. Music is an impression of our hearts and soul, the words of the songs are an expression of thanks to God, he said. “In a sense through music we’re worshiping God, expressing our appreciation and thanks to God, sharing what’s in our hearts to other people in the audience,” he said. Though members of the group live apart from one another, Terui said the bonds they formed while performing in college have lasted a lifetime. In some ways, their bond is thicker than blood, he said. “The kinship and brotherhood we share is solid. Whenever we come together, it’s like we’re in college again. There’s a closeness, we have supported each other through thick and thin throughout the years,” he said. Now that he’s older, Terui said another song that touches him is called, “It’s not an easy road.” It wasn’t as significant to him when they sang it in college, but now that he is older and life isn’t as easy, the song’s message brings comfort.
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“Life is not easy to live through, but God has been with us all the way through and helped us,” he said. The song became the group’s signature song, said quartet member Paul Brennan, who now lives on Oahu. “The lyrics of the song are something that I would think would fit in most any culture, most religion, we all aspire to go to heaven whatever or wherever that may be we all aspire to find a paradise, we all hope that we have some divine assistance,” he said. “As we’re walking this trail and we can sing, my savior walks beside me and brightens the journey and lightens every load.” Being in the quartet helped him throughout his life because they experienced circumstances that demanded flexibility. “We learned what our strengths were and where we might have weaknesses and how we can overcome them,” Brennan said. During college, the quartet performed every weekend and for the most part, Brennan said the students were by themselves, including when they came to Hawaii. “We were just five teenagers who got aboard a plane who came out here when we arrived here we were assisted, we were given an itinerary a schedule, we were told where we were going but we had to fly by the seat of our pants that was a wonderful experience for me it was that added dimension that when I graduated from college I realized OK, I can do some things, I can take what I have learned from all of this I can apply it, I wasn’t afraid to go onto higher levels of education,” he said. Brennan earned his Ph.D. in descriptive linguistics and would eventually become a missionary to Papua New Guinea. The concerts will be Aug. 4 at Kapaa Seventh-day Adventist Church at 11 a.m., two concerts on Aug. 5, the first will be at Kapaa Missionary Church at 9 a.m., while the second one will be at Kalaheo Missionary Church at 4 p.m. and then at Regency at Puakea on Aug. 6 at 10 a.m. ••• Bethany Freudenthal, courts, crime and county reporter, can be reached at 652-7891 or bfreudenthal@thegardenisland.com.-
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LUDWIG BOOK: INIKI TOOK MUCH, BUT GAVE ‘A REBIRTHED STRENGTH’ BILL BULEY TGIFR!DAY
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he book on the shelf of the The Helen Mitsui Shared Blessings Thrift Shop caught my eye. “Kauai: In the Eye of Iniki,” by Myles Ludwig. Published in 1992, this photo essay clearly revealed two things: One, Hurricane Iniki was powerful enough to cause immense destruction; Two, it wasn’t powerful enough to destroy the aloha spirit on Kauai. The book, “dedicated to the brave people of
Kauai,” is filled with amazing pictures. Yes, lots of damage — flattened homes, toppled trees, downed power lines and poles, crushed cars and debris everywhere. There are looks of despair and anguish and frustration and uncertainty. But more telling, perhaps, are the pictures that reflect the resolve, the determination, and the strength of the people of Kauai at the time. And yes, in the following days of recovery, the pictures show people laughing, smiling, sharing and rising up together,
flashing the shaka. There is a full-page picture of JoAnn Yukimura, then the island’s mayor, with a quote from her on the facing page: “It broke my heart … I salute you, the people of Kauai, for your courage and your perseverance. I thank you
for your wonderful spirit … Kauai has shown the world how aloha can really work …” I have heard a lot about Hurricane Iniki. I have seen pictures. But this book presented them in way that depict in amazing detail the way things were, the destruction, and the way people rallied together. It’s a wonderful tribute to those who were here, what they endured, how they stood together and how they came back. The $1 I paid for this book might just be the best
dollar I ever spent. Ludwig did two things very well in this book: He assembled gripping photos from many photographers, including his own. And, in a short essay at the beginning of the book, Ludwig’s words were touching and telling: “The island will heal; it will return to its former grandeur. Some two weeks after Iniki, I was in Kokee with my friend Richard Moore. As we drove up the winding road, a black wild board scurried across our path. At the Kalalau Look-
out, flowers were blooming. We could make out a few goats on the browned slopes of the valley below. And when the mist cleared, a sky painted endearingly by the kind of magnificent sunset we used to take for granted, was revealed. “It was, after all, still Kauai … still paradise.” If you come across this book, which is a rare find, buy it. ••• Bill Buley, editor-in-chief, can be reached at 245-0457 or bbuley@ thegardenisland.com.
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nd so, fellow moviegoers: Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what Tom Cruise can — and will — do for you. The answer is anything. The man will do anything to entertain you. At age 56, when the rest of us are making chiropractor appointments and upping our corrective lenses, Cruise will jump out of a plane for you, into a lightning storm. He’ll learn
to fly a helicopter for you, all for one nausea-inducing helicopter piloting stunt — yep, he’s piloting AND acting — that sends him into a death spiral in “Mission: Impossible - Fallout.” It should go without saying that Cruise will hang off a sheer cliff for you. Oh, also: he will dangle off a rope from a helicopter, then bungee jump off it for you. And finally, Mr. Cruise will shatter his ankle jumping from one building to another for you — and then sprint like hell on that broken ankle.
Because, what’s an MI film without a Cruise sprint? One day, if this continues, it will surely seem silly. One day, people will chuckle sympathetically at the exploits of this well-meaning but wrinkled movie star, perhaps in his 80s then, putting his life in danger to please his fans. Now, though, is not that day. With his partner, returning director-writer Christopher McQuarrie, Cruise delivers all the above in the ridiculously entertaining “Fallout,” his sixth outing as Ethan Hunt.
We begin, as always, with a new mission — this time, it arrives in a hollowed-out copy of Homer’s “Odyssey,” perhaps a reference to Hunt’s own journey. We’ll try to boil it down: The evildoers are the Apostles, terrorists who aim to nuke the world’s top religious sites — the Vatican, Jerusalem and Mecca — and bring on an apocalypse. They’re in league with Solomon Lane (Sean Harris), the criminal mastermind from the last film, who stayed alive and now wants revenge against Hunt, not
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he first-ever Western fashion show coordinated by Joelle Souza marked the Sunset Hoolaulea and formal opening ceremonies of Koloa Plantation Days at the Poipu Beach Athletic Club. The fashion show drew much of its talent from the Plantation Days Rodeo, which opened the 11-day celebration that offers more than 30 events through its run that ends Sunday, July 29, with the Keoki’s Paradise Ukes in Paradise event at the Poipu Shopping Village restaurant. Highlighting the festivities is the historic Koloa Plantation Days parade Saturday, July 28 at 10 a.m., which started the event 30 years ago to celebrate 150 years of sugar in Hawaii. There will be a cavalcade of walking units, motorized units and floats and horseback riders. The Koloa Plantation Days park celebration immediately follows the parade, at the Anne S. Knudsen Park, with food, games, crafts, keiki rides, nonstop entertainment and more.
Karen Campbell, Flo Rabut, Manu Pacanas, Sergio Hurtado, Wes Pacanas, Mary DeThouars
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