THIS WEEK

Guitarist/singer Chris Rego, 8:30 p.m. July 4, Barnes & Noble. Call 737-3323.

Kelii Kanealii and Barry Flanagan, Hapa, will sign autographs, noon July 5, Sam's Club. Information, 732-9575.

Palolo, noon July 5, Ala Moana Center Stage, autograph session to follow at House of Music. Also 2 p.m. July 6, Borders, Waikele, call 676-6699.

Joy, 3 p.m. July 5, Borders, Ward. Call 591-8995.

UH-Manoa's Sunday Guitar Series features guitarist Carlos Barbosa-Lima, 4 p.m. July 6, Orvis Auditorium. Cost: $10-$12. Tickets: 956-3836.

Genny Lim, award-winning playwright, performs with San Francisco pianist/composer Jon Jang, 7:30 p.m. July 7, Orvis Auditorium. Cost: $8-$10. Reservations, 956-3836.

"Sunday Afternoon Jazz" featuring the Bonnie Gearhardt Quartet, 5:30-8:30 p.m. July 6, Row Bar. No cover.

Jazz Hawaii Big Band with vocalist Sandy Tsukiyama, 8:30-11:30 p.m. July 7, Studio 1, Aloha Tower Market Place. Cover: $6. Validated free parking at Harbor Square on Richards Street and $2 validation at Aloha Tower parking facilities. Call 737-6554.

Shari Lynn, 8 p.m. July 11, Barnes & Noble. Call 737-3323.

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SPECIALS

Second annual "Na Himeni Ki'eki'e" contest, July 19, Hyatt Regency Kauai Resort and Spa, Kauai Ballroom. Contest focuses on leo ki'eki'e, the Hawaiian form of falsetto singing. Contestants and trailblazers in the renaissance of Hawaiian music are welcomed from all islands. Amateur and professional category contestants will perform two songs. Contestants will be judged on their ability to hit all the right notes from one of the following songs: Kalamaula, Alika, Kahealani or Akaka Falls. Scoring on a second song, selected by the contestants, will be reserved in the event a tie occurs. There also will be a new category for leo ki'eki'e original compositions, which will acknowledge the composer's creativity.

Amateur contestants should not have been affiliated in any professional recording or have earned a wage performing professionally. First place winner will advance to the 1997 Frank B. Shaner Hawaiian Falsetto Contest on Oahu in September.

Professional contestants will receive a recording contract.

Information: call Ernell Gonzales, 1-808-742-1234 (Kauai), extension 4406; or page Chala Vidinha, 1-808-654-3186.