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Ben Wood
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Wie on '60 Minutes' fields questions on boys, marriage
IN ANSWER to
Steve Croft's question on "60 Minutes" Sunday,
Michelle Wie said she has no time for boys now. And when asked if she wanted to get married and have kids, she said, "Yeah," but that's "way down the road. I'm only 16. It's probably illegal right now." Michelle is never dull ... On "The Sopranos" Sunday, a mob boss' daughter and her husband were leaving for a Hawaiian honeymoon after their lavish wedding party and a hood yelled, "Say hi to
Don Ho" ...
MANOA VALLEY Theatre netted $64,000 at its fundraiser at the Hilton Saturday that included more than "A Little Night Music," which was the event's theme. Karen Bumatai produced the musical show featuring Stefanie Smart, Cathy Foy-Mahi, Zenia Moura, Doug Schear, Keoki Kerr, Larry Paxton, Katie Beth Hicks, Mina Osako, Don Conover and Keith Hiraoka. Some of them and other theatrical performers, such as Katie Doyle and Cameron Krainin, had a ball on the dance floor working out to the vocals of Ginai and the music of the hot PBS Little Big Band. Paxton was a dynamo on the dance floor ... Federal Judge Sam King celebrates his 90th birthday Thursday at the Halekulani with about 200 friends. The judge should be riding high with the success of "Broken Trust," the book on Bishop Estate trustees that he and Randy Roth wrote ...
Family DNA livens it up at E&O on Thursdays
IT'S "ALL in the Family" for
DNA, a vocal-instrumental group that not only brings enjoyment to guests at E&O Trading Company on Thursday nights, but whose members also are having a good time themselves. "If you're not having fun, well why do it?" says
Lloyd Kawakami. The group includes his sons
Nick, 23
, and
Alex, 20, Mom
Carla, who has been married to Lloyd for 25 years, says she's the cheerleader. The Thursday I was there,
Ron Quong was playing with DNA. Versatility is the key for the group, which plays a mix of Hawaiian, hapa-haole and pop tunes quite well. "We play everything," Lloyd said. It's a relaxed, laid back session. Lloyd's sister
Patty Kawakami does an occasional hula. A guest, who could have been a flower child in earlier years and still may be, got up and did her own dance. A guy grabbed E&O's smooth-moving events planner
Carol Lin and danced with her ...
Ben Wood, who sold the Star-Bulletin in the streets of downtown Honolulu during World War II, writes of people, places and things every Wednesday and Saturday. E-mail him at
bwood@starbulletin.com