TO celebrate its sixth anniversary, Ciao Mein in the Hyatt Waikiki will present Ciaomania! on July 18 to benefit the Hawaii Ronald McDonald House. Besides the Italian and Chinese food, it'll feature celebrity waiters and bartenders, and there will be children's entertainment such as face painting, a magician and clowns. It gets under way at 6 p.m. ... Ciao Mein to help
McDonald HouseFRANCIS RUIVIVAR stars in "Broadway at the Beach" for five nights starting July 10 at the Polynesian Palace. Ruivivar has appeared on Broadway in "Miss Saigon," "Shogun," "Chess" and "Starlight Express" and has toured the country in "The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber." He was in the fourth national tour of "Cats" and appeared in the international tour of "Evita." Ruivivar is the brother of Society of Seven leader Tony Ruivivar ...
THE EIGHTH annual Old Soldiers Reunion will be held Sept. 19-21 at the Waianae Army Recreation Center. A luau, Fellowship Night and golf and bowling tournaments are scheduled. Irwin "Yoka" Cockett is chairman and vice chair is Clarence Wilhelm. Call Manny Cabral, 488-7126 for more info ...
KEKOA KAAPU recalls his son, Kekoa Jr., coming up to him and asking whom he should take Hawaiian language lessons from. Kaapu recommended Minnesota-born Keith Haugen. Kaapu laughed about Keith going back to Minnesota and Keith's Norwegian family telling him that it's all well and good that he is so proficient in Hawaiian -- but that his Norwegian stinks. Keith, a former Star-Bulletin staffer before going into Hawaiian music and education, performs at the Royal Hawaiian's Mai Tai Bar with wife, Carmen ...
DON MURPHY hopes to top the $38,000 he raised last year for the UH football program when he presents the Rainbow Pigskin Pigout July 17, 5:30, at Murphy's Bar & Grill. The $75 ticket includes an all-you-can-eat suckling pig dinner, refreshments, entertainment and live and silent auctions ... Murphy wants to score
HYATT WAIKIKI employee Freddy Dolor used the Heimlich Maneuver to save the life of a 9-year-old Japanese boy at the hotel who was choking after stuffing himself with potato chips... Michael Pili Pang's Halau Hula Ka No'eau of Waimea performed on the East Coast recently and received flattering reviews in the New York Times, the Village Voice and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ... Kapalua Land Company, developer of Maui's Kapalua Resort, has been awarded the runner-up spot in Conde Nast Traveler's Ecotourism Awards competition ...
THE ANNUAL Royal Garden Cup charity golf tourney will be held July 14 at the Honolulu International Country Club. The tourney is sponsored by Nichiei U.S.A., owner of the Royal Garden and Kaulana Kai hotels. The National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii, Waikiki Improvement Association and D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) will benefit from the tournament. On one of the Par 3 holes, golfers will have a chance to win a new Buick from Schuman Carriage by firing a hole-in-one. On another Par 3, anyone getting an ace will be awarded $10,000 from Alexander & Alexander. Entry is $150 per person. Call Linda Scarborough at 943-0202 for more information ...
PARTNERS for a Cure, a golf tourney to benefit the Hawaii affiliate of the American Diabetes Association, will be held July 17 at the Navy Marine course. Lunch and an awards dinner are included in the $150 entry fee. Call 924-7755. Bank of Hawaii is the tournament sponsor ...
HAVE to love the bumper sticker on the Ford Taurus station wagon listing famous places: "New York, London, Paris, Waianae" ... Then there's the cutie with the license plate 1QT2C ... Waianae stands tall