Hawaii
Duchess of York promotes
Wedgwood china at Macy’sLOOK for Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, to go through a lot of vodka when she appears at Macy's Ala Moana Friday. Oh, don't get me wrong -- Fergie won't be drinking it! She represents Wedgwood china and is there to promote it. She'll autograph some Wedgwood pieces and to help the ink adhere to the china's surface, it's rubbed with vodka. She'll likely sign hundreds of pieces on this, her first public appearance in Hawaii. ...
HOOPLA, the charity auction to help fund aid and scholarships to La Pietra School for Girls, celebrates its 30th annual event Saturday at the Kahala Mandarin. It's an ideal event for folks who enjoy cruising. Sweetening the one-week canal tour of France is a two-night stay in the Central Paris apartment in the Hotel Particulier owned by Cynthia Cooke de Moucheron. If you're not a lover of things French, you can bid on a 14-day Seabourn Cruise to northern Europe. Or a sunset cruise on the "Via Mida," sister ship to John F. Kennedy's "Danny Boy." ...
THIS brings us to St. Paddy's Day festivities. Kevin O'Kennedy, who was with the disbanded Irish Hearts, thinks the biggest and best will be at his Wailea Pub, Mulligan's. Kevin's new group, "The Celtic Tigers," featuring Ado Flynn, Irish banjo player from Clare, and his brother Vinnie on fiddle. He's also flying in another ex-Irish Heart, fiddler Lisa Gomes. O'Kennedy promises up to 10 other bands will also perform Saturday night ...
Singapore Swing
WHEN Manoa Valley Theatre did "Song of Singapore" back in 1995, it kept selling out and eventually had to close after six weeks. Look for more of the same this time. The playlet has no recognizable songs and a silly plot, but a winning cast, especially leggy Katie Leiva and versatile Greg Howell, who hammed his way through a number of roles, each a bit sillier than the other. It's a rousing good time, and you'd better get tickets while you can ...COULD it be? Yep, that was ageless Dick Clark, decked out in aloha shirt and shorts, carting shopping bags through the Kahala Mall as he shopped with his wife last week. The Clarks also appeared, somewhat more dressed, at Alan Wong's restaurant on S. King St. Host Charly Yoshida described him as a "very gracious gentleman." ... Also stopping by Alan Wong's before returning to Vancouver after some R&R at the Mauna Lani was fine jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall ...
Six months later
THERE were many moving moments in the national TV coverage of the six-month commemoration of 9/11, the destruction of the World Trade Center in N.Y., but I was especially moved by the canine officer who appeared on the "Today" show soon after and said he wanted to say goodbye to his dog. "Sure," said the officer, "he was only a dog. But he was my partner." Yesterday the officer returned to the "Today" show and told how the remains of the dog were later found. He raced to the site and found the animal -- his partner -- lying on a flag-draped litter. And as he and a buddy carried the litter away, he reported, every cop and fireman saluted. If that didn't bring tears to your eyes, not much will ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.
The Week That Was recalls items from Dave's 30 years of columns.Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com