Tuesday, June 6, 2000
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You too, can ride the waves, after a few lessons.
Sessions run 10 a.m. to noon weekdays, June 19 to 30 and Aug. 7 to 19. Also included will be two Saturday labs covering CPR, first-aid and surf lessons.
The course was offered for the first time last summer.
Lined up to teach this year are top Hawaii surf industry professionals including pro surfer Hans Hedemann, pro surfer and board shaper Ben Aipa, Naish Hawaii owner Rick Naish, oceanographer and surf forecaster Patrick Caldwell and former World Surfing Champion and businessman Fred Hemmings, who will discuss social and political issues related to surfing.
Coordinator Ian Masterson, a surfer and musician, said, "We want to take responsibility for promoting our sport and preserving this important asset for Hawaii."
The course is $145, with a $30 lab fee. Register at 235-7433.
The fellowship is considered one of the most prestigious in the country.
Allard, who lives in New York City, will receive a $7,200 stipend and a 12-month residency at The Playwrights Center in St. Paul, Minn.
HTY produced Allard's "Painted Rain" and "Sand Dragons," written while she was a student at Punahou School and a member of HTY's Pacific Young Playwrights program. In 1989, she won the Young Playwrights Inc. National Playwriting Competition for "Painted Rain."
She recently completed a year of research as a Fulbright Fellow and has taught playwriting at Bennington College, The New School and Victoria University. She is a graduate of Yale University.
The following movies are scheduled to begin their Oahu run on Friday;
GONE IN 60 SECONDS
Rated PG-13
Nicholas Cage, Angelina Jolie, and Robert Duvall. Cage plays a car thief who agrees to one last heist before retiring. The challenge: stealing 50 cars in a single night to save his brother's life from the mob. Another gang is planning to do the same thing and the police are on his trail. See story at right.
TIME CODE
Rated R
Saffron Burrows, Salma Hayek and Jeanne Tripplehorn star in this psychological drama shot with four cameras over the course of one day in Los Angeles. Shown in split screen with action in real time.