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Monday, June 26, 2000
For more information on MOA, check out the Web site,
http://www.moa.or.jp, or call Ivan Kawamoto, 595-6344.
MOA stands for Mokichi Okada Association, an organization that embraces more of a living philosophy than a full-blown religion. Okada was a Japanese scholar who believed -- and this is vastly simplified -- that mind, body, health and the environment are one.
There are MOA branches worldwide, and MOA Hawaii also operates a Honolulu medical clinic and Waimanalo farm.
On the inside, the former church is used as an information center and classroom, and natural foodstuffs are sold downstairs.
One path to spiritual harmony is through the act of gardening. Okada believed that the beauty of art was the highest human achievement, and that flowers are a kind of natural art. "Heaven is filled with flowers," said MOA spokesman Ivan Kawamoto.
Which brings us to why the MOA HAWAII building seems to have become more visible in the last year. Look closely, and you'll see that the building is being cleaned and repainted, and hidden floodlights now make it gleam at night.
The main change, though, is that the grounds have been relandscaped with a variety of flowers and plants. "Before, we had nothing but azaleas," says Kawamoto. "Azaleas everywhere! Pretty, but you couldn't see the building."
Curious about something you've seen? Ask us: WatDat?, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu, HI 96802, fax at 523-7863 or email features@ starbulletin.com.
Forty to 50 people are needed to fill six principle roles of the Frake family -- Mom and Pop, Mary and Wayne and their romantic interests -- as they leave their routine of farming for blue ribbons, heartbreak and adventure at Iowa's State Fair in Des Moines. Rounding out the cast will be featured dancers, plus singing and dancing choruses.
Musical highlights include "It Might as Well be Spring," "It's a Grand Night for Singing," "When I Go Out Walking With my Baby" and "The Man I Used to Be."
The production -- to be staged Sept. 7 to 23 -- will be directed by Vernon Campbell, with musical direction by Lorna Mount and choreography by Derek Daniels.
Auditions will take place at Richardson Theatre, Fort Shafter. Scripts are available for library use only at Fort Shafter Library. For information, call 438-4480.
Among the creatures that await are Atlantic and Pacific bottlenose dolphins, Humboldt penguins and the park's hybrid wholphin. Kids can also feed baby sting rays and descend three fathoms beneath the Hawaiian Reef Aquarium to see moray eels, giant sea turtles, eagle rays and a shark or two.
Adult admission is $25 or $12.50 for Kamaaina. For more information, call 259-7933.
Batalla's music is described as pan-cultural with influences from traditional Latino melodies to bluesy ballads. She has sung with such varied performers as k.d. lang, Was (Was Not) and Leonard Cohen.
Accompanying her will be her husband, percussionist Claud Mann, and guitarist David Batteau.
Tickets at $15 general, $12 for students and seniors, are available at UHM Campus Center or by phone at 956-3836.
Pang takes his halau on tour and will perform in such states as Oregon, Arizona, Massachusetts and New York City in winter 2001.
Concert dates:
Big Island: 8 p.m. July 1 and 2, Kahilu Theatre, Waimea; tickets are $18 and $20 at Cook's Discoveries.
Oahu: 8 p.m. July 7 and 8, Hawai'i Theatre; tickets are $20 and $25, at the theater box office or by phone at 528-0506.
Maui: 7:30 p.m. July 28, Maui Arts & Cultural Center; tickets are $18 and $20, at MACC box office or by phone at (808)-242-7469.
For more information, call (808)-885-6525 on the Big Island.
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