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The Lord of the Dance
goes nationwide

DON DORCHA MAKES HIS BIG FIVE-0: The opening of "Lord of the Dance" in the Blaisdell Concert Hall on Friday had special significance for Adam McSharry aka Don Dorcha, the Dark Lord. With that performance in Hawaii he has done the show in all 50 states ... "Lord" closes this weekend with shows tonight through Sunday ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: To Willow Chang, who is celebrating tomorrow ... also to Tauri Kinoshita (Sunday), Lito Capino (Monday) and Fiji (Tuesday) ...

CONGRATULATIONS: To "Lord of the Dance" dancers Shaun Casey and Aisling Toial! He proposed during dinner at Michel's on April 27 and she accepted. Casey carried the ring around with him for 3-1/2 weeks, waiting for the right time and place to pop the big question ...

SMART WOMEN, SMART MEN: Armani execs Amy Rothman and Michelle MacKnight were leaving The W on Friday to meet Smart Magazine's women-about-town Amy Alston, Molly Watanabe and Sarah Honda for the "Life" party at E&O Trading Co., when they noticed Sean Johnson, Chris Barber, Lee Hetzler, Daniel Espinoza and Chris Hayden outside waiting to get in. Rothman and MacKnight invited the guys to go to "Life" instead, and they all partied in the Smart Magazine booth at L&O until closing ...

OUTWARD BOUND: Crucible goes to New Orleans this month to record. Derek Haderman will be co-producing his band's third album of original hard-core rock with Keith Falgout. They worked together on Crucible's second album, "Souls Worn Thin," three years ago ...

GETTIN' SCREWY: Shannon Winpenny, former member of Loose Screws now in Chicago, reports that Hawaii's foremost improvisational comedy troupe earned a standing ovation with its Japanese-themed "Screwbuki" at the Chicago Improv Festival last weekend and continues to be the talk of the Chi-town improv scene. Winpenny will be here with an all-female group, Bevy, on Sept. 10, and hopes the female members of Loose Screws will open the show for them. You can catch up with Winpenny at www.bevybevy.com.