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Tuesday, July 11, 2000
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Piano teacher Ellen Masaki inspires students.
Cha solicited the most pledges for Sunday's Pianothon, which raised $17,000 for the symphony and Kauai's Prince Albert Music Festival.
Students of the Ellen Masaki School of Music performed at the Sheraton Waikiki. A dinner honoring Masaki followed the fund raiser.
Former Masaki student Nalani Blaisdell and her husband, KHON-TV's Bill Brennan, hosted the event. Highlights included performances by Norman Krieger, director of the Prince Albert festival; and Lisa Nakamichi, a former Masaki pupil and winner of international honors.
The following movies are scheduled to begin their Oahu run on Friday:
THE X-MEN
Rated PG-13
Ian McKellen, Halle Berry and Patrick Stewart star in this screen adaptation of the Marvel comic series. A group of outcasts with special powers are reluctantly forced to defend themselves from the intolerant human race.
CROUPIER
Not rated
Stars Clive Owen and Alex Kingston. A crime caper with Owen playing Jack Manfield, a frustrated, aspiring novelist whose father gets him an interview for a job as a croupier at the Golden Lion Casino in London.
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