Scotswoman
fiddling aroundNEXT up, the Scots. With the final strains of Irish music fading after the Irish Hearts played pretty much nonstop over the looooong Paddy's Day weekend, here come the Scots. For a change, Irish Hearts fiddler Lisa Leung, who got little sleep over the weekend between gigs, at least can sit without fret tomorrow at Orvis Auditorium. There she'll hear former National Scottish Fiddle Champion Elke Baker in concert. The program also will include demonstrations of traditional dancing to fiddle music, and there'll be CDs and tapes for purchase. It's sponsored by the Caledonian Society of Hawaii. After all, we don't want the Irish to get all the attention this week despite my own Irish heritage ...
MEANWHILE, some of our state legislators put serious business aside to acknowledge St. Patrick's Day, notably "Tom O'kamura." He addressed the House and credited the olive complexion of him and his countrymen "Paul O'shiro" and "Marcus O'shiro" to the fact that they're from the southern part of Ireland. Okamura (or "O'kamura," if he insists) even put out a lunch of corned beef and cabbage in his office and added, "I have a blarney stone you can kiss." I'm not touching that one ...
Tidbits and pieces
NAMES make news, whether they appear appropriate or not. For example, a press release from the Ilikai stated in large type that the hotel "names Roach as restaurant manager." That would be John Roach Jr., but you have to admit the headline leaps out at you ... And how about the attorney attempting to get money for those dieters who were prescribed Fen-Phen and Redux. His name: Gregory Grab ... And yesterday's story about singer Tony Orlando, who's being sued for sexual misconduct by two former members of his backup group, states his attorney is named Brian Niceswanger ... Attorney Dave Shutter long has had personalized license plates on his Rolls Royce reading "SUE EM." Now comes Ken Robbins' rebuttal with plates on his Beamer reading "DEFEND". Who says lawyers don't have a sense of humor ...THAT reminds me -- tonight's scheduled Hawaii Lawyers Basketball League games have been postponed so the grinnin' barristers can cheer on UH in its game against Fresno State. And with all the legal hassles the Bulldogs have been having of late, perhaps they can drum up some business. Bring business cards, guys ... The phone rang at the residence of Peggy Hodge (author of "Growing Up Barefoot in Hawaii") at dinner time the other night and the caller asked for Mr. Hodge, who died 14 years ago. "Sorry," said Peggy, "he's not here." The caller persisted, "Do you know where I can reach him?" "No," she replied, "but when you do, lemme know. I'm his widow." Click! ...
Nothing doing
FANS of "Seinfeld" are being given an opportunity to vote for their favorite episode of all time ("The Soup Nazi," "The Puffy Shirt," etc.) But you need to be connected to the Internet to participate. From now through April 20, log onto the KITV website http://www.kitv.com and find a page dedicated to the Jerry Seinfeld sitcom, now in the throes of its final season. Included there is information on every episode produced (seasons 1 through 8) and viewers can pick their favorites. The results of the poll will be used to determine the Top 10 episodes according to viewers, and those 10 will be aired on KITV in May. So if you've nothing to do, check out "the show about nothing." It costs you nothing ...
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