Archive for "December 18th, 2011"

A Kauai Christmas Hula Concert

Kauai

Sunday, December 18: 
A Kauai Christmas Hula Concert.  Kumu Hula Leilani Rivera Low and Halau Hula o Leilani invite everyone to celebrate the holidays Hawaiian style with beautiful music, hula, Maori, and Tahitian dances. Over 75 keiki and adult dancers dressed in colorful costumes and lei dance to lively Hawaiian Christmas songs and vibrant Tahitian drums. Guests from Niihau share their distinctive harmonies and Niihau dialect in mele composed by Mama Ane Kanahele and dedicated to the Lord. Local gifts and crafts in the lobby from 5 p.m. Come to this festive holiday show for the whole family. Call Darryl Low, (808)651-0864 to reserve limited front section seats, $30 each. Lobby doors open at 5:00 p.m. for crafts and food sales. Auditorium opens at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7:00 p.m.  Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall, 4161 Hardy Street, Lihue.

The Messiah

Big Island

Sunday, December 18: 
The Messiah.  This perennial holiday favorite choral work by Frederich Handel will be performed by the orchestra and chorus of the very talented Kona Music Society. Audience members may bring a score and “sing along.”  Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa, 78-128 Ehukai Street, Kailua-Kona.  For information call (808) 334-9880 or visit www.konamusicsociety.org.

Kokua Kailua Hulihe’e Palace Concert Series & Village Stroll

Big Island

Sunday, December 18
Kokua Kailua Hulihe’e Palace Concert Series & Village Stroll.  One Sunday each month from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Ali’i Drive along scenic Kailua Bay in Kailua-Kona becomes a festive pedestrian-only walkway. Enjoy music, artists, merchants and restaurants. At 4:00 p.m., there is a free Hawaiian music concert on the lawn at Hulihe’e Palace. Bring your own mat or chair and they will be checked for free while you stroll Ali’i Drive, Kailua Village (Kona).  For information visit www.KVBID.org.