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On the Scene
John Berger
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Going 'South Pacific'
at the Academy
WHERE THE BOYS ARE
JOHN BERGER / JBERGER@STARBULLETIN.COM
David Hayakawa, left, Andrew Chu, Nalani Fujimori, James Kaina, and Lance Kaneshiro chatted as ARTafterDARK resumed with "Voyage to the South Pacific" Friday at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. The theme of "Voyage," the first ARTafterDARK party of 2006, was inspired by the opening of the impressive "Life in the Pacific of the 1700s" exhibition last Wednesday. Special "zip tours" of the exhibition -- more than 300 items collected by Capt. James Cook in the 1760s and '70s -- were an extra reason to be on the scene at the academy on Friday.
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LEARNING FROM HISTORY
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Kapono and Dana Beamer were impressed by the sense of traditional Polynesian culture captured in the exhibit. Kapono Beamer's ancestors fought to preserve the traditional culture of Hawaii against the Christian forces of Kaahumanu. He mentions in the liner notes of "Slack Key Dreams of the Ponomoe" that less than 60 years after Kaahumanu repudiated the old gods, the Kamehameha dynasty was gone.
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DANCING TOO
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Andrew Laurance and Janell Smith were among the lucky ARTafterDARK'ers who were able to catch the performance of the Te Vai Ura Nui dance troupe on the steps of the back patio.
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OVER TOO SOON
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Marie St. Fort, left, and jazz vocalist Geneva Cook enjoyed the music, the exhibit and open-air ambiance. They would have partied on, but ARTafterDARK shut down on schedule at 9 p.m.
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THE "FAYA!" MAN
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O-shen and gal pal Kewena Chun shared a quiet moment before he took the stage as the headliner of the evening. Songs from his multilingual album "Faya!" added to the cross-cultural atmosphere.
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A LONG TRIP
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Fred McKinnon, left, came from New York to see the pristine pre-contact artifacts Cook collected. McKinnon is writing a play about Cook and has been almost everywhere Cook went on his voyages. Don Crescimano made sure he had a good time here.
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