Hawaii
Tom Moffatt’s musical
feast for pal Cubby
IT began as a birthday dinner at Ryan's, hosted by promoter Tom Moffatt for longtime friend and associate George "Cubby" Chun, but ended up as a karaoke feast at Fisherman's Wharf. Chun is something of a singer -- show him a microphone and he'll be doing his Sinatra impressions in no time. Many local showbiz folks were part of the birthday bash including Kimo Kahoano, Ken Makuakane, Randy Smith and Alfredo Romero. Stealing much of the musical thunder from the Chun bunch was sexy Terri Ivens, who plays Simone on "All My Children." What was she doing at the nightly Al Waterson & You karaoke show? Seems her cousin is a bartender at the Wharf, so many pals were there to party with her before she departed Monday for New York. Not one to hide her talent under a bushel, Ivens did some sexy dancing and soulful singing that was right out of an MTV video ...AS for Kahoano, he demonstrated his singing ability, too, possibly as an audition. The ex-cohost of "Hawaii Stars" lost his morning D.J. gig with KORL recently and the Kodak Hula Show, now bankrolled by Pleasant Island Holidays, is about to close, cutting off his regular emcee job ... And Makuakane, who apparently didn't back up the songs he wrote on his computer, is still hoping they'll find their way back home after his computer was stolen. One local songwriter describe as awe-inspiring the Star-Bulletin report that Makuakane's laptop contained "several hundred new songs he wrote in the last four months." I'd call it a world's record, if true ...
Slick Schick chick
BEAUTIFUL Aiko Schick, the hapa-haole singer who starred in Ron Bright's production of "Sweet Charity" at Castle Performing Arts Center in 1999, has been attending the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Fla., in their musical theater program. Her parents, Mike & Paulie Schick are heading there in two weeks to see Aiko play Mary Magdalene in "Jesus Christ Superstar." Though offered an extended contract to play the lead in "On the Town" and a four-month contract tour with "Cabaret," Aiko declined both in order to stay in school and get her BFA: "I've worked hard and I've come this far -- I am gonna get it. Then I'm not looking back. I'll be ready for the opportunities." ...THEN there's Bobby Silva Jr., a '95 grad of Mid-Pacific and 2000 UH grad, who's moving forward in his quest for showbiz success. He worked on "Baywatch Hawaii" which helped him get into two cable TV series' last year on the SCI-FI channel, "The Invisible Man" and "The Chronicle." He plans to move to L.A. from San Diego, but first he'll be appearing in an NBC show called "Meet My Folks." He's slated to be in the episode airing Aug. 21 ...
Adolf's girl
THE "Hawaii at Work" feature in the Star-Bulletin mentioned that skin therapist Beverly Lam's mom is from Bremen, Germany, but unmentioned was the fact her sister was Adolf Hitler's godchild, and her mother was actually put through school by Hitler. Lum laughs that Adolf must be spinning in his grave after her mom married a Chinese boy from Hawaii ...
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