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BURL BURLINGAME / BBURLINGAME@STARBULLETIN.COM
A billboard does not have to stare down from the
sky. Here's an airport carousel example
from CarroSELL.
WAT DAT?
Hawaii, the land without billboards -- thank goodness -- still manages to sneak display-type advertising in wherever it can. Inside parking structures. On the sides of cars. Within windows. On gas pumps. And now on those carousel luggage machines at the airport. Any place where folks pause. Look down, ’round
and ’round to
spot a billboardAround and around they go, and where they stop, you'll find out about the Don Ho Show. Or Citizen Watches. Or Polynesian Cultural Center. Or Palm Pilot. Whoever and whatever could use a little added visibility boost whilst bags are tumbling around the machine.
The system uses a ceramic bonded pigment on steel plates that are bolted onto the leaves of the carousel. Each image is broken down into segments that flow along with the carousel's rotation.
The system is called CarroSELL, and it's patented. There's a CarroSELL Hawaii office to handle clients. And it's pretty new. In addition to Honolulu, CarroSELL is visible only in New York's JFK and LaGuardia airports, and Newark and Dallas/Fort Worth International airports.
It would be interesting, however, to use the limited animation possibilities of the moving carousel in this manner. How about a landscape loop, or waves forever breaking?
Or maybe one of those Yogi Bear backgrounds, the kind that seemed to repeat every few feet when Yogi and Boo-Boo would run away with sandwiches in Jellystone Park.
Welcome to Hawaii; good buy!
Burl Burlingame
HPR airs Chicago jazz
Hawaii Public Radio will once again be broadcasting the Chicago Jazz Festival, Thursday through the Labor Day weekend.The artists to be featured are as follows:
>> Thursday -- Dee Dee Bridgewater with the Elmhurst College Jazz Band, 8 to 11:30 p.m.
>> Friday -- The Kurt Elling Quartet with Orbert Davis, Jim Gailloretto and Pat Mallinger; plus "An Evening with Dave Brubeck," 8 to 11:30 p.m.
>> Saturday -- Greg Osby Quartet and the Gerald Wilson Orchestra with Teddy Edwards, 8 to 12:30 p.m.
>> Sunday -- Benny Golson's Quintet, 8 to 10 p.m.
>> Monday -- Terence Blanchard with special guest Cassandra Wilson, 8 to 10:30 p.m.
Tune in to KIPO 89.3 FM or KIFO 1380 AM. For more information, call 955-8821.
Make friends via art
Hawaii residents 60 and older are invited to participate in the 12th annual Shizuoka Friendship Postcard Art competition, sponsored by Tokai University Junior College.The contest is designed to further the friendship between Japan and Hawaii through art. Entries must be done on postcards, using paint, collage, print and other mediums. Judging will be based on originality and creativity.
Entries must be postmarked no later than Sept. 20 and will be exhibited in the Shizuoka Community Gallery.
The winner of the contest will be awarded a round-trip ticket and four nights' accommodation to attend a Dec. 19 award ceremony in Shizuoka, Japan.
For information and official entry postcard, call Wanda Sako at Hawaii Tokai International College, 983-4109.
Reggae Fest at World's
Get ready for Reggae Fest 2001, taking place 8 p.m. Sept. 14 at World Cafe.On the bill will be Half Pint, Tippa Irie, Phife, Jarobi & DJ Rasta Roots of Tribe Called Quest, Hawaii's Humble Soul and THC, plus special guests.
Tickets are $18 general for the all-ages show and available at the cafe, Hungry Ear Kailua, Tower Video Kapiolani, Ticket Plus outlets, Tower Records Kahala and Pearl Kai, and Cheapo Tickets (formerly Jelly's Music).
Tickets may also be charged by calling 526-4400.
World Cafe is at 1130 N. Nimitz Hwy. For more information, call 599-4450.
Art on the Rise
If you're a closet artist, the folks up in the Wilhelmina Rise-Sierra Drive area of Kaimuki want you.The community is hosting an arts festival from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 7 for an afternoon of buying and selling art.
They're asking participants to:
>> Remember it's not a garage sale. Don't try to unload last season's dress mistake or junior's old shoes.
>> Tie a bright bunch of balloons to mark your home if you're selling.
>> Wear a wiggy, out-there kind of hat.
>> Price your work to sell. They want everyone to go home successful and happy.
If you have work to sell or a garage to borrow, call Gerry Ralston at 737-1165.
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