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DATE
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EVENT
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LOCATION
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DETAILS
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TICKETS
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05/02/08
6:30pm
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Opening Ceremonies
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‘Iolani Palace
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Special guests:Jimmy Borges, Nick and Nina Clooney, Cathy Foy, Amy Hanaiali‘i, Ann Rutherford, Kahu Curtis Kekuna, Aaron Mahi, Halau Hula Olana, and the winners of Hawaii’s Most Romantic Man contest!
A preview of the week’s events featuring the full 40-piece orchestra and special guest artists performing musical snippets. Additional festivities to include a Hawaiian blessing, performances by a hula halau and vow renewal on the Palace grounds.
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(Free to the public)
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05/04/08
7:00pm
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International Music Night
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Waikiki Shell
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Sergio Mendes, Kim Bum Soo, Amy Hanaiali‘i, Martin Nievera, Jake Shimabukuro and The Matt Catingub Orchestra of Hawaii!
A night under the stars with some of the most talented Hawaii and international performers, and the full 40-piece Orchestra!
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05/05/08
5:00pm
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Romantic Night at the Movies
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Hawaii Theatre
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Special guest: Ann Rutherford, who portrayed Scarlett Ohara’s younger sister, Careen, in the film. Interviewed by Nick Clooney, with Q+A from the audience.
Celebrate the 70th anniversary of
Gone with the Wind, with a special screening sponsored in part by the Hawaii International Film Festival.
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05/06/08
6:00pm
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Dancing With The Stars – Hawaiian Style
Dinner Dance
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Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Monarch Room
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This neighborhood-style event is a celebration of dancing at the
Royal Hawaiian Hotel’s Monarch Room.
The incredible evening of dinner and
dancing will also provide an opportunity for guests to dance with various
Hawaii celebrities for $10 a dance, with all proceeds benefiting the Hawaii
Arts Alliance. See the Celebrities
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Among the celebrity dancers supporting the Hawaii Arts Alliance are:
Carolyn Berry; Hawaii jazz crooner Jimmy Borges; hula dancer Kanoe Cazimero;
KGMB9 weekend weather anchor and former Miss Hawaii 2006 Malika Dudley; Miss
Hawaii 1999 Candes Gentry and her mother, Nora Gentry; Miss Hawaii 2007
Pilialoha Gaison; songstress Amy Hanaiali‘i; Estate of James Campbell
Trustee David Heenan; entertainer Carole Kai; Kamehameha Schools Chief
Executive Officer Dee Jay Mailer; KSSK radio personality Sweetie Pacarro;
entertainer Cha Thompson; KINE morning disk jockey Billy V; legendary
Hawaiian entertainer Emma Veary; and Honolulu Star-Bulletin columnist Ben
Wood.
More to come!
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CALL (808) 545-SONG
(545-7664)
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05/07/08
05/08/08
7:30pm
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The Most Romantic Songs Ever Written… Part 2
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Hawaii Theatre
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Starring: Brian Stokes Mitchell with Jimmy Borges, Matt Catingub, Anita Hall, Glenn Medeiros, Afatia and Mihana Souza!
Hosted by: Nick and Nina Clooney
A continuation of the acclaimed Broadway-style show that began last year, highlighting the next 20 most romantic songs ever written.
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05/09/08
7:00pm
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Back to Romance
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Waikiki Shell
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Starring: Smokey Robinson with Robert Cazimero, Eric Gilliom, Cecilio & Kapono, Hapa’s Barry Flanagan & Nathan Aweau and Kaukahi’s Barrett Awai, Kawika Kahiapo, Walt Keale & Dean Wilhelm and Afatia with The Matt Catingub Orchestra of Hawaii! PLUS Military weddings and celebration!
The live concert version of the Orchestra’s Back to Romance CD, featuring some of the best male musical artists from Hawaii, and Starring the incomparable and legendary Motown artist and songwriter, Smokey Robinson.
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05/10/08
7:30pm
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Rhythm of Romance 2
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Blaisdell Arena |
Starring: Gladys Knight, Aaron Neville, American Idol’s Kimberley Locke with The Matt Catingub Orchestra of Hawaii and more!
Like last year’s spectacle with Natalie Cole, Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, and Ruben Studdard, to hear these mega stars–together in the same show for the very first time—singing with the full Orchestra, will be a musical event not to be missed.
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05/11/08
5:30pm
Dinner
7:30pm
Concert
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It’s Pink Night!
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Royal Hawaiian Hotel
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The finale event of the 2008 Hawaii Romance Festival, featuring a special
dinner, pink fashion show and concert by international superstar Boz Scaggs.
A benefit for the Queen’s Medical Cancer Center.
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CALL (808) 545-SONG
(545-7664)
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