This year's Merrie Monarch Festival big winners, Halau Na Mamo O Pu'unahulu, led by kumu Sonny Ching, will hold it's Family Fair fund-raiser 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday on the Bishop Museum's Great Lawn. Celebrate with winning halau
The fair will feature crafts and food booths, games, a keiki carnival, lucky number drawings and entertainment by Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom & Willie K, Pure Heart, Keolalaulani Halau Olapa 'O Laka, Hawaiian Sol, Mahiehie and Tihati Productions. Tickets are $5; children under 4 are admitted free. Admission to the museum is not included in the ticket price. Coolers are not allowed. Tickets will be available at the door.
Halau Na Mamo O Pu'unahulu took first place in the men's overall and kahiko, or traditional hula; the women's overall, kahiko and auana, or modern hula; and halau overall categories.
For more information, call 848-7780.
The Honolulu Symphony continues its Beethoven series in two concerts featuring "Beethoven and Strauss" and the solo debut of the Symphony's concert master, Ignace "Iggy" Jang. Classic sounds
The concerts will be at 4 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The program features Beethoven's Romance, a 16-minute showcase of Jang's technical ability, followed by the Strauss Metamorphosen; and Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op.55, Eroica.
Tickets are $15-$47.50 and are available at the Honolulu Symphony box office by calling 538-8863 and all Connection outlets.
Platinum-selling singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka returns to Hawaii for a one-night concert 7:30 p.m. May 21 at the Sheraton Waikiki. Sedaka's special guests will be The Tokens, made famous with their song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." Sedaka to perform
Sedaka has had dozens of hits, including "Oh, Carol," "Calendar Girl," "Little Devil" and "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do."
Tickets go on sale Saturday at the Blaisdell box office; Tower Video on Kapiolani Boulevard; Tower Records and Video at Kahala Mall, Pearl Kai Shopping Center and Pearl Harbor's Bloch Arena.
For information call 591-2211.
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