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On the Scene
John Berger
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CONGRATULATIONS, LAWRENCE!: Lawrence Pau, kneeling left, celebrated on stage after winning the 10th Annual Frank B. Shaner Hawaiian Falsetto Contest at the Sheraton Waikiki on Saturday. Bill Wynne, standing second left, came in second, and Noah Campbell, standing right, was third. Gary Medeiros, standing left, the 2002 FBS Contest winner, and Kamasami Kong, kneeling right, joined Shaner in congratulating Pau, Wynne and Campbell on their performances. Pau's rendition of "Ke Ahi Wela" also won him the newly instituted award for best Hawaiian language performance. Wynne, who flew in from New Jersey to compete, proved himself an entertaining storyteller with his introduction to "Ida's Hula." Shaner needed no help as the contest's emcee, and displayed his vocal talent when he joined seven of the previous winners in a falsetto medley of their winning songs plus his own ever-popular version of "Blue Darling."
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IT AIN'T OVER 'TIL GENOA SINGS!: Female falsetto legend Genoa Keawe thrilled the crowd when she acceded to Frank B. Shaner's annual request that she sing "'Alika," her musical signature, as a special treat during the show. Keawe sang it as a duet with Kamaka Fernandez, the 2003 winner of the new Richard Ho'opi'i Leo Ke'ike'i Contest.
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AFTER THE CONTEST: Moses "Moke Boy" Kamealoha (1995), left, and Imipono Cabrinha (2003), were the first of the previous years' winners to bust out their instruments and sing at the "after-contest" party in Shaner's hotel suite. Contest judges Bill Ka'iwa and 'Ihilani Miller sang later as did Gary Medeiros (2002), Brolic Kukona-Pacheco (2001) and Sam Keli'iho'omalu (1998).
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ALOHA, OLA!: Krater 96 air personality Ola Souza, left, and Cox Radio news director Jane Pascual caught up with John Baricuatro Jr., after his band, Tapa Groove, opened the Ike Pono CD-release party at Gordon Biersch on Sunday. Pascual treated Souza to drinks and dinner as a way of welcoming her as the new host of Krater's weeknight "Love Lines" show.
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CHECKING OUT "CLUB DE VILLE": Angie Hill, left, and Hank MacCaslin, shared a table with Zana Tsutakawa when the Stone Groove Family and Doorman Productions presented the grand opening of "Club de Ville" in the Living Room at Fisherman's Wharf on Sunday. Tsutakawa's colorful top was an asymmetrical scarf she'd made out of a blouse.
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