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Posted on: Friday, November 7, 2003

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Hanahau'oli fair is a holiday treat

Happy happy, joy joy! The Children's Fair has come! Hanahau'oli School's popular fair has been moved from its usual mid-April date to this Saturday to kick off the holiday season. Themed "O Joy!," the fair will include pony rides, the "12 games of Christmas," races down a "Santa Claus Lane," balloon creations, food booths, a North Pole Country Store, bake sale, ice cream shop, a "Miracle on 34th Street" craft fair and more. Parking can be found at Roosevelt High School, with free shuttle service to take patrons to Hanahau'oli School. It all happens 10 a.m.-3 p.m., and admission is free. 949-6461.

All aboard for the harbor festival

Celebrate Hawai'i's connection with the sea during the 4th annual Honolulu Harbor Festival, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. The waterfront between the Hawai'i Maritime Center and Aloha Tower Marketplace will be the place to watch tugboat hula (right), take in harbor tours and cheer on the Sand Island Challenge Outrigger Canoe race. The entertainment lineup will include Kapena, Ka'ala Boys, Maunalua, Kanilau, Weldon Kekauoha and Tapa Groove, the Navy's Pacific Fleet Band and keiki hula. Other activities will include demonstrations by the University of Hawai'i sailing team and the Coast Guard search and rescue team; a Boston Tea Party re-enactment on the Falls of Clyde will add to the history lesson. The Hawai'i Maritime Center features a photo gallery of historic waterfront images from the Bishop Museum's collections and will host children's activities. Food booths will be found at Aloha Tower Marketplace. Admission is free. 523-6151.

Step lively now

Hawai'i's high school marching bands will make beautiful music together at the 24th annual Meadow Gold Rainbow Invitational Marching Band Festival at Aloha Stadium. Participating high schools include 'Aiea, Castle, Farrington, Iolani, Kahuku, Kailua, Kalani, Kamehameha, Kapolei, Mililani, Moanalua, Nanakuli, Pearl City, Punahou, Roosevelt and Waialua. The University of Hawai'i Rainbow Marching Band also performs. The first "Ten hut!" sounds at 5:30 p.m. Monday. Tickets are $7 adults and $4 students. Children 6 and younger enter for free. 956-7657.

Wednesday's fresh catch

"Cheer Up!" — ska punk band Reel Big Fish is heading back into town. Its energetic songs with the quirky titles — "She Has a Girlfriend Now," "Why Do All Girls Think They're Fat?" and "Thank You For Not Moshing" — are a big hit with Hawai'i folks.

So get ready to "Sell Out" with Reel Big Fish Wednesday night. The Matches opens. Doors open at 6 p.m., show begins at 7, at the Pipeline Cafe. All ages are welcome, but those younger than 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets are $17.50. (877) 750-4400.

Tribute to veterans

Salute America's veterans during the Hawai'i Veterans Day Concert at 7 p.m. Sunday in St. Andrew's Cathedral. The theme is "Thunder on Plymouth Rock." The concert features Angela Baraquio (left), Miss America 2001, along with the chorale and symphony orchestra of the Veterans Administration-National Medical Musical Group. The program includes the "Veterans Hymn," Sousa's "Stars and Stripes," Tchaikovsky's "1812" Overture, "Battle Hymn" and "Thunder and Lightning Polka." Admission is free. 524-8632.

To see the forest and the trees

Celebrate the Year of the Hawaiian Forest during No Ka Nahele, a concert presented by '?lio'ulaokalani Coalition at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the historic Hawai'i Theatre. The program includes mele oli (chants) and hula by four award-winning halau: Halau Na Mamo 'O Pu'uanahulu, kumu hula Sonny Ching; Halau I Ka Wekiu, na kumu hula Veto Baker and Michael Casupang; Malamalama Hawai'i, artistic director Pi'ilani Smith; and Pua Ali'i 'Ilima, kumu hula Vicky Holt Takamine. Kawaiolaonapukanileo, under the direction of Nola Nahulu, provides the Hawaiian choral music. Educational displays will be featured before the concert and during intermission.

Tickets are $15, $20, $30 and $50. The $50 tickets include pre-concert pupu and wine reception. 845-4652, 528-0506.

Head downtown for art's sake

The first Friday of the month is here, and that means it's time for the monthly First Friday downtown Honolulu gallery walk. Share in an evening celebrating artists, art and art-making at 18 spots. Look for the red balloons or stop at a participating gallery for a map.

Galleries taking part in tonight's event, from 5 to 9 p.m., include The ARTS at Marks Garage, Atelier 4 Fine Art Gallery, Café Che Pasta, The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Eleven Thirty Two Bishop Street, Got Art?, Hank's Café Honolulu, Ming's Antiques, Na Mea Hawai'i, Pacific Traditions Gallery, The Pegge Hopper Gallery, Ramsay Museum, Sharky's Tattoo, Smith Street Galleries, Studio 1 and Studio of Roy Venters. The Soullenz Gallery at King and River streets also participates this month, along with The Loft, which was formerly known as Ground Level.

The evening includes a mystery scavenger hunt from 6 to 9, in which participants find clues at the galleries to locate a fictional missing land developer. Pick up mystery lists at Pacific Traditions Gallery or other participating venues on the art walk map.

Admission is free. 521-2903.

Symphony goes 'Exotic'

"Exotic Nights" is the theme of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra's Halekulani MasterWorks concerts this weekend.

Concertmaster and acclaimed violinist Ignace "Iggy" Jang, above, stars in a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade." The program also includes Takemitsu's "Archipelago S" and Debussy's "La Mer." Christopher Wilkins is the guest conductor.

Concert times are 8 p.m. today and 4 p.m. Sunday at the Blaisdell Concert Hall. Tickets are $16, $28, $33, $44 and $59. 792-2000, (877) 750-4400.

Concerts of classics

The 36th annual convention of the Hawaii Music Teachers Association presents two piano recitals this weekend in the University of Hawai'i-Manoa's Orvis Auditorium.

At 7:30 tonight, Ronald Morgan performs pieces by Haydn, Prokofiev, Chopin, Janacek and Morel. Morgan is assistant professor and chairman of the piano department at UHM. Tickets are $12 adults, $8 students and seniors.

At 4 p.m. Saturday, Stephen Beus performs works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Schriabin and Liszt. Beus, a student at Whitman College in Washington state, is the 2003 national winner of the MTNA Collegiate Artist Piano Competition. Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for students and seniors.

593-2575, 956-8742.

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