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Wood Craft
BOB Holden's exquisitely carved nene goose was judged Best in Show in the Hawaii Forest Industry Association's annual Wood Show. The show closes tomorrow at Aloha Tower at Pier 9. The Holden’s ‘best’
was for his dadwood-crafted furniture, ukulele and other objects are impressive. Bob's victory was extremely meaningful to him as he had dedicated the nene entry in his father's memory, the father he never knew. Robert Holden Sr.'s B-17 Flying Fortress was shot down over the English Channel on Sept. 8, 1944. The 21-year-old radioman-gunner was on his 10th mission. This wood show opened on the same day the plane went down, 56 years later. "I was 6 weeks old," Bob said. "He did know I was born. I never met him but I feel very close to him" ...
There are big bucks out there
The Honolulu market for luxury properties is flying high. Prudential Location's Jo Frasier and Worrall's Marysia Coleman combined to sell developer Jack and Zelie Myers' Diamond Head home for $9 million. The folks at Coldwell Banker are smiling about Anne Hogan Perry and Penny Bradley selling a vacant lot on Diamond Head Road for $7.6 million. Their colleague, lively Margaret Murchie, received an offer on a $1 million home at a garage sale at the same home. Then there's Coldwell's Fred Lunt, who also plays steel guitar. The day Fred left on tour with the Hula Blues Band, he had a $1.2 million Tantalus home in escrow ...Besides Fred, the band includes Pat Cockett, Pancho Graham, Wayne Jacintho and Michael Barretto. The band backed up Taj Mahal at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival. There were also gigs in Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Amsterdam, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Check out the Hula Blues Band at http://www.kilohana.com/taj.html. As for Fred's $1.2 million listing, the deal closed the day he returned. Fred's not singing the blues, no way ...
Chef Andrew Marion-Copley at the Lodge at Koele got a chance to show off his creativity when rock star Lenny Kravitz called from the mainland recently and asked him to prepare a special dinner paired with wines that same night as a birthday surprise for actor Laurence Fishburne, who was celebrating there. "At least his reservation wasn't 'till 9 p.m., so I had some time," said Andrew, who prepared a seven-course feast for a star. Also on Lanai was James Worthy, the former L.A. Lakers basketball star ...
People may enter a drawing at Palomino to win a dinner party for 10 in their home, prepared by Chef Fred DeAngelo, who will be in the kitchen. Deadline is Oct. 19. Palomino and DeAngelo, a Kamehameha graduate, are featuring local products through Oct. 19. DeAngelo has a segment on KITV's "Good Morning Hawaii" on Friday mornings at 6:45 entitled "Chef Fred's Table" ...
The Halekulani's Steel guitar Festival opens tonight, 7:45-8:30, at the House Without a Key. Jerry Byrd and the Hiram Olsen Trio will kick things off ... Public relations agency owner Ruth Limtiaco took off for L.A. yesterday to attend today's wedding of former isle P.R. woman Jeannie Datz and Alan Rice in Agoura Hills, Calif. ...
Manhattan swing, swing, swing
Don't forget the swinging harmony of the Manhattan Transfer tonight at the Concert Hall with Matt Catingub and the Honolulu Pops. Eric Gilliom opens ... Tomorrow's Let's Dance session at the Royal's Monarch Room offers swing music by Willie Barton's big band and vocals by Jan Brenner, George Chun and Sonny Maguire, 6 to 9 p.m. Rene Mansho is host ...
Ben Wood, who sold the Star-Bulletin in the streets
of downtown Honolulu during World War II, writes of
people, places and things every Saturday.
E-mail him at bwood@starbulletin.com