Week of Friday, July 13, 2018 | Vol. 6, No.28
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“CRIMES OF THE HEART” 7 p.m. WIT’s End Theater in Kukui Grove Center Tickets: womeintheatre.org or 635-3727 FREE MOVIE “Sonic Seas,” 5:30 p.m. at the Kapaa Public Library HAWAIIAN SLACK-KEY GUITAR AND UKULELE CONCERT 4 to 6 p.m. Hale Hanawai Hanalei Family Community Center Tickets $10 to $25 SATURDAY
“CRIMES OF THE HEART” 7 p.m. WIT’s End Theater in Kukui Grove Center. Tickets: womeintheatre.org or 635-3727 EAST SIDE FLOOD RELIEF FUNDRAISER 4 to 9 p.m., 2838 Kealia Road, Kapaa Ilima Rivera in collaboration with Kaiaulu Papaloa present this fundraiser. John Cruz, Ka Ha, Malani Bilyeu and others perform. Dickie Chang is master of ceremonies. Entertainment, food trucks, silent auction, activities for kids. Info: 822-5929, 755-5108 or 635-5091 SUNDAY
“CRIMES OF THE HEART” 4 p.m. WIT’s End Theater in Kukui Grove Center Tickets: womeintheatre.org or 635-3727 MOVIES IN THE PARK 8 p.m. Poipu Beach Park Free movie hosted by Rotary Club of Poipu
Beach. Bring blankets and low beach chairs for the events. Refreshments will be available for purchase. HAWAIIAN SLACK-KEY GUITAR AND UKULELE CONCERT 3 to 5 p.m. Hale Hanawai Hanalei Family Community Center Tickets $10 to $25 MONDAY
WEST KAUAI BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION QUARTERLY GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING 5:30 p.m. no-host dinner, 6 meeting Speakers from Habitat for Humanity will discuss a Waimea housing project, state Department of Land and Natural Resources will discuss improvement plans at the Russian Fort, and state House district 16 (Omao to Mana, Niihau) candidates will speak TUESDAY
KAUAI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOURTH ANNUAL MAYOR’S LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m. Koloa Landing Resort Poipu Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. will speak. $60 chamber members, $70 nonmembers. Info: 245-7363 SPIRIT OF SLACK-KEY GUITAR AND UKULELE CONCERT 6 to 8 p.m. Princeville Community Center Tickets $10-25 WEDNESDAY
COUNTY COUNCIL CANDIDATE FORUM 6 p.m. Eleele School cafeteria The forum theme is “Improving the Quality of Life in Hanapepe-Eleele”
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ashion influencers are a more recent addition to today’s lifestyle, and Joelle Souza of Omao is one of them. Married to Sheldon Souza, a bull rider on the rodeo circuit, Joelle and her daughters, Savannah and Montana, recently moved back to Omao from the Mainland, where she earned her “fashion influencer” title for posting blogs about Western wear. “I was inspired after going to rodeo with Sheldon,” Joelle said. “Rodeo is super dangerous, and I would get super dressed up because you just never know what’s going to happen. I do it for Sheldon.” Joelle and her family are involved in both the Koloa Plantation Days Rodeo and the Sunset Ho‘olaule‘a that will open the 2018 edition
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Joelle Souza shows off a “super dressed up” outfit. Souza is co-hosting the first Western Fashion Show that will be a part of the Sunset Ho‘olaule‘a and Koloa Plantation Days opening festivities at the Poipu Athletic Club Saturday, July 21.
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a two-episode segment Brian’s crew will be doing on Kauai ranchers.” A full schedule of the 10 days of celebrating the
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LEFT: Savannah Souza shows a princess pose at the family’s ranch. Souza is hoping to become a rodeo princess during the Koloa Plantation Days Rodeo Friday Night Bash at CJM Country Stables in Poipu July 20. ABOVE: Sheldon Souza, wearing a birthday shirt bought for him by his wife Joelle, is hoping to beat the eight-second bull-riding whistle during the three days of Koloa Plantations Days rodeo, starting Friday at CJM Country Stables in Poipu.
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princess crowns,” Joelle said. “Sheldon is a bull rider, and he wants the buckle for that event.” The crowning of the 19th annual rodeo queen and princess is one of the new facets for the three-day rodeo that takes place at the CJM Country Stables, about a mile past the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa in Poipu. Gates open at 4:30 p.m. Friday, July 20 for the first Friday Night Bash where ropers in high dollar roping 5 will be in the arena along with bull riders attempting to make the eight-second whistle, and women riding in the first go of wahine barrel racing. Outside the arena, music from Not My First Rodeo will tease dancers “until the cows come home.” Admission is charged on all three days. “Joelle bought me this shirt for my birthday,”
Sheldon said, using his denim jacket to ward off the approaching rains. “But my birthday is still a ways away. It’s nice, but not my birthday yet.” Pa‘u riders in traditional lei will be escorted by defending rodeo buckle holders Saturday, July 21, during the grand entry, opening a day filled with more action as paniolo compete for some of the $38,000 purse during Hawaiian heritage day. July 22 closes the threeday series with a family and fun day that includes pony rides, a petting zoo, carnival games, and keiki rodeo events including junior bull riding, barrel racing, sheep riding and stick horse reach roping. Champions from the three days of competition will emerge from the arena dust in roping, bull riding, and this year’s wild cow-milking contest, and Hawaii’s unique double mugging after gates open at 10:30 a.m. “Joyce Miranda has
been working hard on this rodeo,” said Melissa McFerrin-Warrack, Koloa Plantation Days events coordinator. “She’s come up with a lot of new facets to this already popular family event.” Under the Koloa Plantation Days overall theme of Landmarks in Time, Joelle takes the spotlight July 21 during the free Sunset Ho‘olaule‘a and festival opening that takes place at the Poipu Beach Athletic Club from 5 to 8:30 p.m., with support from Kimes Ranch and Ariat. Known as “The Aloha Cowgirl,” Joelle, who has been invited to participate in the Denim and Velvet Dec. 9 show during the Wranglers National Finals Rodeo at Stetson Country Christmas in Las Vegas, will be on stage with Brian Doty from “This is Country TV” to present the first Western fashion show. “Brian is flying here from Texas especially for the show,” Joelle said. “The show is just part of
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or weeks, a group of children has been working diligently to bring a little magic to Kauai. “I’m so excited to play the lead this year. It’s one of my first leads that I’ve been,” said
Rayna Shafter, 13, who is playing the title role of Belle in Hawaii Children’s Theatre’s production of “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” This enchanting production has all of the elements of the full-length Broadway show and Disney movie, in a condensed form, said director Rebecca Hanson. SEE THEATER, PAGE 5
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“All of the memorable songs are in there. The three everyone will remember are “Be Our Guest,” “Something There,” and “Beauty and the Beast” and the song “Belle” is in the beginning of the show,” she said. Some of the actors have more than one part. As part of the Summer Stars program, each of the 62 child participants are cast in either ensemble or principal roles. By opening night, the children will have been rehearsing for six weeks. “It’s a really fun experience and everybody’s so close and it’s fun to be with the little kids and to get more experience and to help others too,” Shafter said. Acting is an important part of Shafter’s life. It’s something she’s been doing since she was seven years old. “It’s my passion, it’s what I love to do. It also helps me work as a person, becoming a better version of myself. When I’m reflecting as my character it helps me have some self-reflection, too, and it helps me to work hard,” she said. Playing the part of Belle has been exciting because Belle is one of Shafter’s favorite Disney princesses. For Caitlin Plowman, 9, of Lihue, who plays the role of Mrs. Potts, singing in harmony and memorizing all of her lines has been challenging, but she has a lot of support. “I like to like practice it at home with my family members, too, so that they can
HCT SCHEDULE IS OUT er with disastrous results. This show will be rated PG-13. ”Into the Woods” Continued from page 4 will be staged at the Puhi Tony-Award-winning mu- Theatrical Warehouse sical, Stephen Sondheim’s Aug. 2 to 19, Thursdays through Sundays at 7 “Into the Woods.” One of Sondheim’s most popular p.m. Finally, HCT has selectworks, ”Into the Woods” is a musically sophisticated ed Disney’s “Newsies” as its big fall musical this show, a dark comedy. The story follows a baker year, and auditions for and his wife, who wish to ages 8 and up will be in mid-August. Dates, times have a child; Cinderella, and locations will be on who wishes to attend the HCT website. ”Newsthe king’s festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow ies”will open at Kauai War Memorial Convention would give milk. When Hall on Nov. 9 and run the baker and his wife for three weekends, with learn that they cannot have a child because of a nine public performances witch’s curse, the two set and school performances, off on a journey to break closing Nov. 25. Info: www.hawaiichthe curse. ildrenstheatre.org or Everyone’s wish is 246-8985. granted, but the conse••• quences of their actions return to haunt them lat- TGIFR!DAY
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help me improve my better acting skills,” she said. The actress, who will be entering fourth grade at King Kaumualii Elementary School, said acting has shown her not to be afraid of what other people think and to embrace her differences. She said she’s had fun with this production because she has had to learn accents. “She’s (Mrs. Potts), English so I get to speak in an accent which is really cool and I get to learn how to say different words which is cool,” she said. Acting is important for kids, said Finnley Garcia, 12, who plays a hat seller and
has a solo in the opening number “Belle,” because it allows kids to be active and experience things they haven’t done before. “I think everybody should try acting at least once because you get to learn so many different things,” he said. Performances will be 7 p.m. July 27, and 3 p.m. July 28 and 29 at Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. ••• Bethany Freudenthal, courts, crime and county reporter, can be reached at 652-7891 or bfreudenthal@thegardenisland. com.-
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