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HOT tickets now on sale

By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Editor

Single ticket sales have begun for the Hawai'i Opera Theatre's 2001 season, starting in February at the Blaisdell Concert Hall.

The season will include three "wanton women" productions:

• Verdi's "La Traviata," Feb. 1, 3 and 5.
• Strauss' "Salome," Feb. 15, 17 and 19.
• Bizet's "Carmen," March 1, 3, 5 and 7.

Curtain times: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and 4 p.m. Sundays, and 7:30 p.m. for the Thursday performance.

Tickets: $27 to $95, on sale at the HOT box office. Charge by phone: 596-7858.

Music awards show postponed

The Hawai'i Music Awards, originally set for Nov. 18 at the Waikiki Shell, has been rescheduled for Dec. 21 at a site to be determined.

Johnny Kai, award program organizer, said that negotiations are under way with officials at a Waikiki hotel where a dinner show and post-awards jam are among the planned options.

The award program, in its fifth year, is considered a people's choice competition, since public balloting is a factor in the results.

Entry deadline for awards competition was last August. Information: 951-6699.