Wood Craft
49ers QB Young
will marry hereHAPPY New Year! Judy Jensen reports that her niece, model Barbara Graham of Scottsdale, Ariz., will marry San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young here early this year. Judy, who sells real estate for Coldwell Banker, said Young is not only flying the wedding party here and putting them up, but he's also doing the same for members of both families and some others as well, a total of 67 people. Generous Steve is a sure bet to enter the NFL's Hall of Fame. When he was injured and lost for the season early this year, the team went straight downhill. Young is the one player the team could not do without ...
JUNE JONES and his UH football team made us more than happy last year, and now it looks as though Riley Wallace and his never-say-die 'Bow basketball team, which won the Outrigger Rainbow Classic Thursday night, is going to keep us smiling in 2000. Go 'Bows ...
Step right up
THOSE glittering red rhinestone stiletto heel shoes in the Ferragamo stores' Waikiki and Ala Moana windows are a redesign of a pair personally created for Marilyn Monroe by Salvatore Ferragamo in 1953. Ferragamo's son, Massimo, bought back the original, size 7 pair for $42,000 in November at a Christie's auction. The stilettos are made of fine red satin, and each shoe is covered with 1,600 rhinestones. Five hundred pairs were made, and Hawaii got 30. The cost is a cool $1,100 a pair ...HONOLULU Symphony board member Carolyn Berry is holding a musical wedding celebration for her daughter, Rebecca, and Larry McMarlin today at the Academy of Arts. Singer Jimmy Borges is emcee and will perform during the reception. Also performing are the group Krush, Symphony violinist Darel Stark and cellist Jennifer Miyahira, bagpiper Larry Coleman and Hawaiian entertainers Doug Tolentino and Paul Lucas. Royal Hawaiian Band leader Aaron Mahi will conduct the marriage ceremony ...
The Honolulu Symphony, with Sam Wong conducting, opens 2000 with pianist Cecile Licad tomorrow and Tuesday. Grammy award-winning jazz vocalist Diana Krall performs with Matt Catingub and the Honolulu Pops Jan. 7-8. Denyce Graves sings favorites from "Carmen" Jan. 9 and 11 with the Symphony. All performances are at Blaisdell Concert Hall ... It's been a good year for Na Leo Pilimehana -- Nalani Choy, Lehua Kalima and Angela Morales. The trio made it to Radio and Records Top 99 adult contemporary hits for 1999. Listed at No. 54 is Na Leo's "Poetry Man," topping hits by such stars as Natalie Cole, Hootie & the Blowfish, Santana and Bonnie Raitt ...
SALLY PARKER held a mother-daughter cookie exchange party at her home over the holidays. Sally's five daughters -- Amie Bowlen Klemmer, Beth Bowlen, Meghan Goldman, Leslie Goldman and Natalie Parker -- were among those taking part. Each person brought three dozen homemade cookies to the event and left with a tray of three dozen cookies they selected. Don Conover played piano and Miss Hawaii Candes Gentry and Leslie led the group in Christmas carols ...
The road to marital bliss
SINGER-DANCER Barbi Benton and developer George Gradow are proud of their lengthy marriage. "We made it through 20 years," Barbi said. Said George, "I was away 19 years. That's how it works." Asked what their anniversary date was, Barbi said, "I forgot" ...
Ben Wood, who sold the Star-Bulletin in the streets
of downtown Honolulu during World War II, writes of
people, places and things every Saturday.
E-mail him at bwood@starbulletin.com