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Dancing naked on lava?
I don’t think so

A TOUGH DECISION: Margaret Jones was uncertain about taking the lead role in "Pele O Ka Foodmart" because the character is an abused woman who believes she is Pele, but her mother and her cousin, Kawaikapuokalani Hewett, both told her to go for it. Jones will be starring as "Raylene/Pele" in an all-local cast that includes Dann Seki, Ray Bumatai and Tony Silva, but she nixed a scene in which the goddess dances naked on lava ...

SOS FEVER: Iwalani Tseu, who caught the Society of Seven/Lani Misalucha show at the Hawaii Theatre over the weekend, has a good claim to being their first friend in Hawaii. She was the greeter who met them when they got off the plane 38 years ago. (She was Iwalani Walsh then, they were the Fabulous Echoes) ... Jan Luna, Richard Natto, Freddy Von Paraz and Jon Salvaterra of the SOS-LV checked out their mentors at the Sunday afternoon show. Akemi and Rene Paulo, Rene Jr., Kathy Paulo Hirai, and baby sister Gail Paulo, also caught the matinee ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: To Lehua Kalima Heine, who is celebrating today ... and also to Bill Kaiwa (Friday) ...

CONGRATULATIONS: To Tatiana Wilson on winning the Hawaii State Shakespeare Competition. She'll represent Hawaii at the national competition in New York City in April. Hawaii will see her doing something completely different when she opens a three-nighter as Bloody Mary in the Iolani Dramatic Players production of "South Pacific" at the Hawaii Theatre next Thursday ... congrats also to Kimo Kahoano on shooting a hole-in-one on the 8th hole at Waialae last week ... and to the Society of Seven for selling out all four shows at the Hawaii Theatre ...

LOOK BUT DON'T TOUCH: Ely Wyatt Na Ka Ulu 'Aina Rapoza got more than he expected while watching "Femme Capulet" at The ARTS at Marks Garage on Sunday. Cast member Stu Hirayama, who plays the comic nurse in Troy Apostol's "deconstruction" of "Romeo and Juliet," saw Rapoza in the front row and subjected him to a comic lap dance ...

BUY NOW, HAWAII! S. Leo Chiang and Mercedes Coats have released "To You Sweetheart, Aloha" on DVD at www.SweetheartAloha.com . Their fascinating look at Bill Tapia, 97, and his controversial relationship with a twentysomething woman, screens at 7:30 today at the Honolulu Academy of Arts ...