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SOME of the Haleiwa merchants who are upset about losing business now that "Baywatch Hawaii" filming is over should follow the lead of creator Greg Bonann. He received a condolence Bonann keeps
commitmentmessage from one of the organizers of "Laughter is the Best Medicine," fund-raiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for which Bonann is the honorary chair. He replied to her message: "Yes, one door must close so another may open." Referring to HUGS coordinator Steve Crocker, Bonann wrote, "Tell Steve that I am very much looking forward to helping sell those tables, and participating in the event ... For me it never was about 'Baywatch.' The LLS is bigger than all of us, and certainly bigger than 'Baywatch.' " He added a P.S.: "It really was a great ride, and I am so glad that the last years were in Hawaii." Bonann returns to Hawaii Sunday and will commence his work selling tickets to the March 1 fund-raiser ...
WELL, here's a fine bit of timing. The annual Narcissus Fashion Show is this Sunday and models are supposed to include the "Baywatch" cast, plus the Society of Seven. Sig Zane and "Baywatch" have donated some silent auction clothing -- hey, who needs them anymore? (Can't you just see the SOS' Bert Sagum in one of Stacy Kamano's bikinis?) The design theme chosen by the Narcissus folks was inspired by Chinese Chamber V.P. Ban Chan, founder of Aloha Born Free Fashions, and he designed many of the clothes for "Baywatch Hawaii." Emceeing the event will be KGMB's Kuualoha Taylor ...
Zoorotica
WE know from Cole Porter that "Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it." But ever wonder about giraffes? And how about porcupines? I know, very carefully. The Honolulu Zoo is staging something called "Zoorotica: Love in Paradise" tomorrow, a pre-Valentine's Day look at animal mating rituals along with erotic storytelling, champagne and chocolates. You can take a moonlit tour with your Valentine and perhaps learn something about mating calls, and how you compare to the animals at the Zoo ...ALL in the family: When award-winning author and poet Kathleen Norris delivers the first of three messages in the Britt Lecture Series at the First Methodist Church Feb. 16, she'll be supported by family. Norris, who now makes South Dakota home, will hear her brother, the Rev. John T. Norris, pronounce the invocation, and her dad, trumpet playing jazzman John H. Norris, and a group of his musician friends will play some old gospel hymns in the New Orleans style. Author Norris wrote the best selling "Dakota: A Spiritual Geography," but you have to love the title of one of her five books of poetry, "How I Came to Drink My Grandmother's Piano." ...
Malice in Wonderland
DESPITE the fact that the Queen of Hearts was a mean person in Lewis Carroll's classic "Alice in Wonderland," there's a competition among young women seeking that title as part of the American Heart Association's 2001 campaign. Representing the "W" Hotel is their public relations manager, Aulii Chung, who may have a leg up (so to speak) on the others, being a former Mrs. Hawaii. There's a fund-raising pajama party at the hotel's Diamond Head Grill on Feb. 17, with guests invited to show off their jammies or teddies, right out in public. Attendees can win a one-night stay at the hotel and dinner for two at the Grill. RSVP at 922-3734 ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.
His columns run Monday through Friday.Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com