Hawaii
IS there a more remarkable musician around than Virginia Lum? Doubtful! Lum, who'll be giving a free performance Friday at the Kamehameha Schools chapel, began her piano studies in Honolulu with instructor Ernest Chang. She made her debut with the Honolulu Symphony at the age of 8 and went on to graduate from Julliard in 1977. Lum has three children, all musicians. Daughter Colette Cecile, 7, plays piano, Marielle Christine, 5, is a violinist, and Justin Robert plays cello at the tender age of 2! Despite her music career, which has taken her all over the world, Lum found time to get a law degree from Georgetown (Class of '88, wouldn't you know), and is a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice where she supervises 18 professionals. In addition, she's taught, lectured, edited a handbook for police organizers and is a director of the Chinese American Society in Washington. Lum is married to Dr. Robert S.K. Young and lives in Bethesda, Md. Don't even ask what she does in her spare time ...ALSO on the music beat, I'm sure the writer of "Ain't She Sweet" didn't have mom in mind when composing that song, but that's the name of the Mother's Day tribute the Honolulu Boy Choir will be performing May 12 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Guests at the Mother's Day luncheon will be Chinky Mahoe and Halau Hula 'O Kawaili'ula, Brother Noland and Kenny Endo's Taiko Center of the Pacific Youth Group ...
REMEMBER Jack Fox, the former C. Brewer honcho who used to act in community theater productions and the annual Press Club Gridiron Show? He and wife Marliss moved to London and made a sweet profit in the sugar business, allowing him to retire to the Big Isle, though they now live in Northern California. Well, the Foxes are back, celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary at the Lodge at Koele. The two were married April 10, 1946, by Territorial Supreme Court Justice Louis LeBaron in his chambers ...
THE idea of Joe Montana, clearly the most popular sports figure in San Francisco, being turned down for a table by a Bay area chef would appear to be headline-making news. But that's what happened Saturday night. Bradley Ogden, himself a "star" in cuisine circles in S.F. and environs, was preparing some of his trademark contemporary American cuisine as part of the Lodge at Koele's Visiting Artist Program. Who is more all-American than Joe Montana? Normally Ogden would manage to punt his way out of the situation and squeeze in Joe for dinner, but when he called to request a table for 14 (an entire team and three coaches?), the chef had to turn thumbs down. After all, it was Easter weekend and there was only so much room at the Inn (another Joseph turned away?) and so much Yankee pot roast with all the trappings to go around. So Joe will have to wait until he gets home to sample the chef's offerings at either his Lark Creek Inn in Marin County or One Market Restaurant in San Francisco ...
