"ONIPAA!" (TO BE FLEXIBLE BUT STAND FIRM): Royal Hawaiian Band Bandmaster Aaron Mahi, third from left, talked with his wife, Cathy Foy Mahi, Swiss consul Niklaus Schweizer, left, and Ed Michaelman, President of the Friends of the Royal Hawaiian Band, at the Friends' annual meeting and lu'au in Waimanalo on Saturday. Mahi reminded the group that city civil service regulations had prohibited him from "mentoring" or otherwise showing preference toward members of any ethnic group in grooming future band members, and explained that any would-be bandmaster who cannot explain the significance of "two pohaku" (stones) to the band's history should "wait outside the gate until you acquire that knowledge." Mahi switched to tge Hawaiian language to express his feelings about the end of his 24-year tenure and quoted from Lili'uokalani's writings after the Overthrow: "Mai nana inoino na hewa ke kanaka. Aka a ahui kala ama'ema'e no." (Don't look at the sins of men. However, forgive and be cleansed). Mahi's final concert as bandmaster is at 2 p.m. Sunday at Kapiolani Park.
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REPRESENTING TRUE "ISLAND MUSIC": Hawaiian slack key guitar master Ozzie Kotani, right, greeted 'ukulele virtuoso Gordon Mark while Mark was meeting fans and signing autographs at the HPR Atherton Performing Studio on Saturday. An overflow crowd turned out for Mark's first solo concert and so several people enjoyed the show in the HPR control room. Mark's set ranged from "Ave Maria" to "Akaka Falls" and "Over The Rainbow."
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CUT AND PASTE: Debbie Mitchell talked art with Maleko of Star 101.9 , left, and Kim Taylor Reece at the "Hawaii Exposed IV" art show at Gordon Biersch on Tuesday. Mitchell's collages got a lot of attention from the art fans who were able to find the exhibition area. A piece titled "Sushi II" was particularly popular.
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WELCOME TO THE SHOW: Kim Taylor Reece welcomed Kamakoa Page, left, and Mardi Gras celebrant Stephanie Burrows to "Hawaii Exposed IV." Reece's photo of Page discreetly posed behind a palm tree was one of the G-rated highlights of the exhibit.
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CLASSICAL REALISM: John Pitre's surrealistic painting of Kamakoa Page added a touch of "tasteful fantasy" to the diversity of art on display. Pitre said he and Page started with a photo shoot and he then blended realism with surrealism in painstakingly painting the final image.
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