|
Hawaii Dave Donnelly |
Number him the No. 1
fan of the 50th stateREMEMBER "El Sid?" When Sid Fernandez first took the mound as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers he wore No. 50, in honor of the 50th State, his home. Well, history may well be repeating itself. Todd Hewitt is the St. Louis Rams staffer who assigns numbers to the players. It so happens that numbers 50-59 go to linebackers, and No. 50 currently belongs to no one. Hewitt told his longtime Hawaii friend and Rams fanatic -- I challenge anyone to compete with him -- that he plans to give No. 50 to Rams recruit Pisa Tinoisamoa. The funny thing is, Pisa might not even be aware of it yet. (Yeah, I know, Hewitt is leaning toward Pisa!) ...
UKULELE virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro is thinking maybe he should stick to strumming and leave water sports to others. Jake took the crowd by surprise at the 23rd annual Harry Mamizuka Manoa Invitational Swim Meet with a spontaneous decision. After performing the National and State Anthems, Jake got into the spirit and entered the competition himself. Never mind the fact he'd never been in a swim competition before, Shima-bukuro was happy that the race officials put him in the 10-years-of-age and younger race. He found himself competing with three girls and three boys in a 50-yard free style sprint. It was touch and go until about the midway point, when Jake ran out of gas and came in dead last. He was heartily congratulated for his brave effort, though he's unlikely to repeat it ...
Perk at the Park
DON'T expect to see a lot of absentees in the sophomore class of Maryknoll School on May 15. You see, they're taking a field trip to Sea Life Park. This is not just the ordinary "see the dolphins" outing, however. These kids will see a couple of biggies. Drew Barrymore --don't get ahead of me here -- and Adam Sandler will also be at the park that day, doing location shooting of a scene for the new film, "Fifty First Kisses." About 1,000 people, including students and faculty from Maryknoll, will play park patrons in the film, which wraps its Hawaii filming in a couple of weeks. Oh yes, the bad news: The kids don't get paid for the gig, but few are complaining -- just seeing the stars is enough ...LOCAL balladeer, Uluwehi Guerrero spends most of his time on Maui, but the Hoku winner for Best Male Vocalist a couple of years ago has played in such places as Carnegie Hall, in Canada and across the mainland, without having a solo gig in Honolulu. That'll be corrected May 16 when he plays the Hawaii Theatre. He'll be joined in the show by his Halau Kauluokala ...
Fishy business
TWO gyotaku artists (who specializing in the art of Japanese fish printing), are displaying their art at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii though May 17. Naoki Hayashi uses the traditional method of imprinting fish onto rice paper, but only uses fish that will be eaten, thus creating a record of a fish and a meal. Reid Yoshida, a firefighter by day, imprints fish onto clay. Last weekend both displays debuted at the Center's Boy's Day Festival ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.
The Week That Was runs Sundays and recalls
items from Dave's 30 years of columns.Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com