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All are welcome
to renew ‘I do’WANT to get your wedding vows renewed? Rev. Jon Bullock of First Christian Church leads a Wedding Vow Renewal at 7:30 p.m. every Saturday at the Moana Hotel. The "Promise Me Again" program began in November and 100 couples -- tourists and locals -- have participated. There's no need to register and there's no charge. Each participant receives a lei and a certificate. Though Rev. Bullock is a Protestant, he reports couples who were Buddhist, Jewish and Catholic have shown up ...
TALK about the blind leading the blind or nearly blind, country singer Don Humphrey, leader of The Geezers, suffered a detached retina and was operated on at Queen's. He's already blind in the other eye and only recovering some sight in the other has kept him from being legally bind. Blind singer B.B. Shawn has housed him and even filled in for Humphrey at Hank's Cafe Honolulu on Sundays.
WE mentioned two judges who took in separate showings of "Massie/Kahahawai" at Kumu Kahua Theatre and now a third has shown up to see the play that revisits the historic trial. Stopping in recently was Judge Sandra Sims ...
Hi and good-bye
COMPADRES owner Rick Enos cut short his Hawaii visit last week even though the Ward Centre restaurant was celebrating its 20th anniversary and was readying to receive Hale Aina Awards on Sunday from Honolulu magazine. He had good reason to scurry back to his Northern California home; son Scott, who was 6 when Compadres first opened, made Rick and Nancy grandparents with the birth of little Emma, and the couple wanted to get back to see her right away ...ACTOR Richard MacPherson, who has an obsession with the sinking of the Titanic in "Scotland Road" at Manoa Valley Theatre almost had a tragedy of his own. The show opened last Wednesday, just a day before the heavy rain, winds and waves hit. That day a neighbor called to tell him she thought his barge just floated past her. MacPherson and his wife quickly combed the neighborhood, expecting the worst. But then they found and rescued her. Fortunately, says MacPherson, there are no icebergs out there ...
Casting call
ARE there no actors out there? Or would-be musicians? Hawaii Kai Towne Center is looking for community, church or school groups to perform on their outdoor stage. Contact Wisa Arquette for more info or an application ... A male actor is needed for director John Wat's production of Victoria Nalani Kneubel's "Fanny and Belle." The play is about Robert Louis Stevenson. Call Wat at 781-4892 or Kumu Kahua at 536-4222 ... They have a similar problem at St. Francis in Manoa. Annie Renick (MacLachlan) is the drama director here and needs four of five high school guys to appear in her production of "The Dream on Royal Street. It's kind of "Midsummer Nights Dream, rock/Broadway style. Call her at 536-2557. Not one guy showed up for auditions. Where have all the young actors gone? ...
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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