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Trance dance
Local promoter Greg Dehnert (a.k.a. G-Spot) continues to bring in heavyweight deejays from across the water. This time it's renowned trance and house music DJ Kimball Collins, the originator of the house music movement in the southern United States, specifically from the Orlando, Fla., club Ahzz.Collins solidified his reputation by spinning at prestigious U.K. clubs Ministry of Sound and Renaissance and was chosen, back in 1992, to do the very first of the now-popular "United DJs of America" mix compilation series.
His "International Club Union: Session One" in '99 is the best-selling trance compilation by an American deejay in the United States. The following year, Kimball became the only DJ to have residencies in the top three clubs in the country. Honolulu is just one of the more than 150 cities he visits every year.
>> Place: 111 N. King St. (second floor, next to Golden Dragon restaurant)
>> Time: 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. tomorrow
>> Cost: $15, 21 and over
>> Info:www.double-o-spot.com
Plenty of other local talent will be featured tomorrow, including Maui's No. 1 female deejay, Rainbow, plus G-Spot and other veteran DJs like Mizota, Daniel J, Ryan "IKON" Galinato, Technique, plus Bass Drum Ben, PSI, Space Cowboy, K Phoenyxx and more.
The downtown venue will have two areas exclusive to live bands, plus house, jungle, trance and drum 'n' bass music.
There will also be an after-party at Virus Entertainment Center at 1687 Kapiolani Blvd. until 7:30 in the morning. There will be a two-for-one admission with a stamp from the earlier event.
In honor of the Duke
"He was the only bandleader that ever had the same players working for him for 50 years. He wrote around 1,500 songs. The Smithsonian has hundreds of his compositions. He lived for the first 75 years of the 20th century and is one of the greatest composer/arrangers of the time."Marsha Joyner, president of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coalition Hawaii, extolls the achivements of the great Edward Duke Ellington. And the self-described "24-karat busybody" is the project director of this weekend's fete at Honolulu Hale to honor the Duke's birthday this month.
April is also Jazz Appreciation Month and the month legendary artists Tito Puente, Gerry Mulligan, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday were born, according to Joyner. So while today's song-and-dance revue (starting at 6:30 p.m.) is an all-Ellington program spotlighting popular compositions such as "Take the A Train," "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)," "Come Sunday" and "Warm Valley," Saturday's all-day jazz festival will include the other musicians' work.
"Duke was always ambivalent about the word 'jazz,'" Joyner said. "He instead called it 'the music of my people.' But whatever it's called, Quincy Jones said that, 50 years from now, it'll be known as real American music."
Things kick off tonight with a 1940s-styled night club revue, complete with a big band (the Royal Hawaiian Band with guest pianist J.B. Bryant), singers Rea Fox, Catherine Fong and music director Leonard Piggee, and the pre-teen "The Annie's" Dancers. Pianist Joseph Choy, 11, will also be featured.
>> Place: Honolulu Hale (the jazz festival will be held on the adjacent Civic Center Grounds)
>> Time: 6:30 p.m. today and 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow
>> Admission: Free
>> Call: 523-4674
Saturday's lineup includes Abe Weinstein's Jazz Band, Azure McCall with Tennyson Stephens and the Honolulu Jazz Quartet, the 32-piece Hawaii Pacific University Jazz Band, the Moonlight Jazz Trio featuring Percy Matthews, Rolando Sanchez & Salsa Hawaii and the U.S. Pacific Fleet Jazz Band. The day's MCs will be KUMU radio's Jim Harber and KIPO's Seth Markow.
There will also be food and drink booths, with additional crafts and extreme game setups on Saturday.
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Sound of steel
The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association presents the free Hawaiian Steel Guitar Ho'olaule'a Sunday at Ala Wai Golf Course Clubhouse.The three-hour event runs from 2 to 5 p.m., featuring the music of Alan Akaka, Isaac Akuna, Steve Cheney, Bobby Ingano, Paul Kim, Kiyoshi "Lion" Kobayashi, Casey Olsen, Hale Seabury-Akaka, Greg Sardinha and Kamaka Tom.
The association hosts the annual concert to perpetuate the legacy of the Hawaiian steel guitar and traditional Hawaiian music.
A Kamehameha school student, Joseph Kekuku, is credited with inventing the steel guitar more than 100 years ago. The steel guitar and Hawaiian music achieved worldwide popularity in the 1920s. The instrument remains the "signature sound" of Hawaiian music today.
For more information, please contact the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association at 235-4742.
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AFI at World Cafe
Tickets go on sale tomorrow for AFI, performing May 26 at World Cafe. The hardcore punk band features vocalist Davey Havok, guitarist Jade Puget, bassist Hunter and drummer Adam Carson. The band's most recent offerings are "Black Sails in Sunset" and "The Art of Drowning."Tickets for the all-ages show are $12.50 and will be available at Tower Records Kahala and Pearl Kai, Tower Video Kapiolani, Cheapo Music Puck's Alley and Pearl kai, Pearl Harbor Bloch arena, ITT Kaneohe MCBH, Schofield ITR, the University of Hawaii Campus Center, World Cafe box office, 808 Skate in Kailua and Foodland stores. Tickets may also be charged by calling 526-4400.
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., with the show slated to start at 7 p.m. World Cafe is at 1130 N. Nimitz Highway. For information, call World Cafe at 599-4450 or go online at www.goldenvoice.com.
He-Men tool up
Thirty-three male and female contestants will compete in the 9th annual He-Man Competition presented by Slim's Power Tools from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Slim's, 1626 Republican St.The competition to demonstrate the accuracy, convenience and speed power tools provide will have contestants using hand tools in four events: Dewalt's "Hammer da Nail," Porter Cable/Delta's "Cut da Metal," Bosch's "Drill da Bit," and Makita's "Unscrew da Screw." The fastest four contestants move on to the final round.
Modeled after lumberjack competitions, the He-Man Competition continues to increase in popularity every year.
Each grand prize winner will receive a $1,000 Slim's Power Tools shopping spree and a trip for two to Las Vegas, courtesy of Worry Free Travel. All contestants will receive a He-Man Competition T-shirt and a Stanley Fatmax hammer.
Call 841-0902 for more information.
The contest will also take place on Maui at Slim's in the Wailuku Industrial Park, at 864 Alua St., from 10:30 to 1:30 p.m. tomorrow.
Remodeling help
The "Build New or Re-Do" seminar will be held 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Sam Choy's Diamond Head Restaurant, 449 Kapahulu Ave.The event will feature presentations on starting up and financing construction of a new home or remodeling project and natural stone counters and flooring. The free seminars are presented the last Tuesday of each month by Homeworks, American Savings Bank, Viking Appliances, and Hawaii Home & Remodeling.
Following their presentations, speakers will be available to meet with guests in one-on-one sessions to discuss individual projects. Guests are invited to bring along project plans for review. The consultations and literature provided by the participants are free.
For reservations, call Homeworks Construction at 545-2777.
Rehab for homes
Rebuilding Together Hawaii celebrates National Rebuilding Day tomorrow, when more than 7,500 houses and community centers across the country will be painted, repaired, weatherized and rehabbed as a way of preserving and revitalizing low-income houses and communities.Here on Oahu, Rebuilding Together Hawaii, formerly known as "Christmas in April," will be rehabbing 10 homes islandwide.
Rebuilding Together Hawaii is celebrating its 10th year since incorporating in 1992 as a Junior League project and has repaired over 150 homes on Oahu and 8 non-profits with the help of community groups and businesses such as City Mill.
Although there are enough volunteers for the event, help is usually needed throughout the year. Call 791-6056.
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