Hawaii
THERE'LL be a celebration of the long and colorful life of the late Kimo Wilder McVay Friday at 8:30 a.m. at the Outrigger Canoe Club. Lots of people whose lives Kimo touched are expected to be there. One of those people is Guido Salmaggi, who's back in town from his Florida home to sing the National Anthem at the Outrigger tomorrow to kick off the annual MacFarland Canoe Regatta and again tomorrow night at the Pearl Harbor celebration by the U.S. Navy. Not bad for an old singer who's been doing "The Star-Spangled Banner" almost since it was written -- well, 60 years anyway. Guido is now 84 ... Incidentally, Reyn Spooner has issued its new "Commemorative Quilt 2001" shirt. It's the fourth in a series of dated Fourth of July holiday aloha shirts ... Kimo McVay’s friends
will celebrate his lifeGETTING the jump once again on Fourth of July celebrating is Aloha Tower Marketplace. The Independence Day party will be held tonight, with music, strolling entertainers and games for the kiddies, culminating in another of those trademark Grucci Brothers fireworks displays over Sand Island. One person looking to cash in on the expected crowds is entertainer Henry Kapono, whose Kapono nightclub, fully digitalized, has opened in the Marketplace, overlooking Honolulu Harbor ...
AMERICA is celebrating tomorrow, but a group of Canadians, some of whom now live in Hawaii and work for the Star-Bulletin and its Canadian owner, David Black, had a Canada Day picnic at a private home on Kalanianaole Sunday. Never have you seen so many Canadian flags, even small ones on toothpicks for picking up cheese, banners, hockey jerseys and cases of Molson and Moosehead Beer. You almost expected Ann Murray to pop in and sing "Snowbird." ...
Mahi with Foy Sauce
THERE was some good news and some bad news in the home of Aaron Mahi over the weekend. The Royal Hawaiian Bandmaster's wife, Cathy Foy, failed to win a role in the pro-mising recreation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Flower Drum Song," which playwright David Hwang has totally rewritten for a Broadway opening. It'll star Lea Salonga, but Foy had gone to New York to audition for a featured role and wasn't cast. Still, all is not lost. She's been nominated locally for two Po'okela Awards for "Kiss Me Kate" and "Victor/Victoria," and while they're not a Tony, she's not Julie Andrews either, so it'll have to do ...
Move over, Tiger
NOBODY won the 2002 Ford Explorer in the Restaurant Row putting contest which Ford sponsored as a benefit for the Susan G. Komen Hawaii Race for the Cure. Cancer survivor Indru Watumull drew the names of 10 finalists out of a bucket, people who'd earlier aced the hole in preliminary competition. None of the 10 got an ace this time, so the Explorer went unclaimed. Then Peter Rodbell got up from his seat at the Row Bar and before officiating pro Greg Nichols of Waialae Country Club could stop him, grabbed a putter and hit the ball directly into the hole. Alas, he wasn't entered, so all he got was the opportunity to return to the bar and his drink without getting 86'd. The event raised $6,000 for the Race for the Cure, dedicated to a cure for breast cancer ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com