Bo Belinsky, John Henry Felix
THEY may not have known it at the time, but local members of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick were praying that the words of a certain tune written by Bob Merrill and Julie Styne were being heard in heaven yesterday morning. Those are the people who wrote "Don't Rain on My Parade" for the musical, "Funny Girl." Nothing was funny about yesterday morning's incessant rainfall, and the parade officially was canceled. San Francisco tried to get away with holding its parade on Sunday, but theirs continued in the rain ... There are basically three kinds of Irish people today. One group is missing from work. Another is feeling hellishly awful from too much Paddy's Day carousing. The third group consists of non- or former-drinkers who are still taking it one day at a time and feeling just fine, thank you ... Precipitation
wipes out marchSPEAKING of which, a friend just back from Las Vegas brings me an autographed photo of former Major League pitcher Bo Belinsky, who ended his baseball career with the Hawaii Islanders and who had lived on the North Shore for some time. Belinsky, himself a man who pried himself out of and away from the bottle, wrote on the photo, "To my old friend Dave. Keep the plug in the jug. Ha. Bo Belinsky." Bo relates that he misses the islands and the Round Table gang at the Columbia Inn, but is now hard at work as an exec with Saturn in Las Vegas. I remember Bo when he thought he was from Saturn. Incidentally, May 5 will mark the 35th anniversary of the "Bo No-No," Belinsky's no-hitter with the 1962 Los Angeles Angels ...
SO when the-rain-be-damned, gonna-tan-anyway George Hamilton was in town to promote his line of cigars, what do you suppose he ordered for dinner at the Sunset Grill? Why "smoke-infused salmon" as prepared by chef Sean Kinoshita. And yes, he and his party repaired to the outdoor patio of the Restaurant Row establishment for cigars after dining ...
GET your minds off Playboy! The above headline refers to "Women Juggling Roles," the theme of the recent Chaminade Women Awareness Month panel. There was some Niggling as well. Chaminade's Cheryl Niggle met up with old pal Jeanette Paulson, late of the Hawaii International Film Festival, who was on the panel as was Barbara Wong, new assistant police chief. A final panel was held Sunday and was intriguingly titled, "Women Transforming Management (wearing heels on the corporate ladder)." Speakers included Amefil Agbayani, Karen Anderson, Cheryl Gallagher, Ann Kobayashi, Dr. Joyce Tsunoda, Susan Doyle and Sharon Weiner ... Juggling women
YOU couldn't make it to the Heart Ball, you say? And your invitation to the Inaugural Ball was intercepted by Indonesian business people? Well, there's still hope: On April 12 Temple Emanu-El is inaugurating the "Matzo Ball" at the Temple, and chef David Koerner of the Hilton Hawaiian Village is in charge of the Matzo Ball Soup, plus there'll be dancing and a comedy show at the cleverly named event...
WATCH for a run on local record stores. Going on sale today is the historic double CD of "A Musical Tradition: Na Mele Ho'oheno." The CD celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Kamehameha Schools Song Contest to be held Friday at Blaisdell Arena and broadcast live on KHON-TV. The Mountain Apple Co. recording, three years in the making, is produced by Marsha Heu Bolson and Marlene Sai, both graduates of the Kamehameha Schools ...
CITY Councilman John Henry Felix wears many hats, among them honorary vice consul to Spain in Hawaii, so he'll be one of the first on board the Spanish midshipmen training ship, Juan Sebastian De Elcano, a 305-foot, four-masted schooner, when it docks at Pier 9 this morning. There'll be Spanish sailors around town all week on the lookout for senoritas, unless I miss my guess, and the ship itself will be open for public viewing daily, except Friday, until sunset Sunday. It sets sail Monday ... Buenos dias
