Hawaii
WHILE Hawaii basks in the box office success of Disney's "Lilo & Stitch," the animated film set on Kauai, in Canada they're outdoing Hollywood. Keala Yuen, just back from Toronto, reports that city alone is raking in $4.3 billion in film business. She attributes it to "good crews, good laws, friendly people who live there and who will help in any situation -- just like the folks in Hawaii." Now it's up to us to attract business capital so we can emulate their success in the Islands. While in Canada, Yuen got a chance to work with British director Chris Bould and says they are planning to shoot a film here either late this year or early in 2003 called "Karma." A good step in the right direction, opines Yuen, is Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel forming an entertainment division with Roy Tjioe coordinating it ... Canada is doing so well,
it’s like HawaiiMARKETING man Paul Klink was enjoying what he thought was a wonderful CD of Cecilio & Kapono at Nick's the other night, and some time went by before he realized it was the pair singing live ... Klink also visited Neptune's Garden in the Pacific Beach Hotel and heard Kealii, who he calls the "Ha" in Hapa, whose members went their separate ways ... A mystery novel by Barbara E. Sharp, "The Right Time," is set in Lahaina and has immortalized in print Maui's I'o restaurant. Server Chris Sherlock was thrilled to see his name and the book's main character describing him as "charming." Chef James McDonald was tickled to see some of his signature dishes mentioned by name -- Tiger By the Tail and the Lamb Pa ...
Ready, set, camera
YOU'D expect the president and CEO of the Hawaii Dental Service to have a big smile, and Jonathan Won has just that. He just learned through a high-tech dental device called Diagno Dent that he's in perfect oral health. To celebrate that and HDS's 40th anniversary, he treated all his employees to an anniversary cake. Hope they all flossed after eating that ...WHEN the scheduled group dropped out of the Hawaii Foodbank fund-raiser tonight at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, it was Hawaii Loa to the rescue. Hawaii Loa, which performs on the Sheraton Moana veranda on Thursdays and Saturdays, will help salute the Honolulu Fire and Police departments and Emergency Medical Services. Cathy Foy and the Royal Hawaiian Band headline the event with $175 tickets still available at 836-3600, proceeds to food banks statewide ...
Celebrations galore
TURTLE Bay holds its Independence Day celebration tonight, on the eve of the Fourth of July, with "Guitars Under the Stars," featuring jazz artist Larry Carlton and his band. Also performing is vocalist Anita Hall with guitarist Zanuck Lindsey ... Ala Moana Center is holding a free music and fireworks show tomorrow night ... Aloha Tower Marketplace is eschewing fireworks this year Chai's Bistro is featuring Sean Na'auao/Toa on Friday night, and the first in a series of "Saturdays @ the Tower" is this week with music all day. By the way, with the opening of Bite My Dogs, a hot dog station, Island Taffy and the reopening of Rodeo Cantina, the marketplace now boasts a 94 per cent occupancy ...
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