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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, October 23, 2003

THE LEFT LANE
Grinds for drama

Advertiser Staff and News Services

NATURAL VIBRATIONS
Kaiser High School drama students need to raise $8,000 in a hurry if drama classes and productions aren't to be canceled for the remainder of the year.

In response, supporters have organized an Outback Sunset Dinner and Concert 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Kaiser High School Stadium.

Outback Steakhouse stepped up and is providing a full dinner with dessert. Ho'onua, Natural Vibrations, Kale Imua, Wayne Borje and Round and Round are pitching in for a Hawaiian Hurricane Productions concert.

Advance tickets are $20 general, $10 for children 10 and under; prices are $25 and $15 at the door. Bring lawn chairs with low seatbacks and a blanket; no coolers. Tickets are on sale at Bubbies Ice Cream in Koko Marina and at the school. 258-0527.


Great garb moments

To show off their latest acquisitions, the costume history and costume museum management classes at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa have set up a "New Acquisitions" exhibit in Miller Hall Gallery, Room 112.

Among the donations: a silk velvet holoku, two Japanese wedding kimonos, a signature Pucci dress and a turn-of-the-century (the 20th, that is) lingerie dress and black velvet beaded cape.

The gallery is open 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. On Friday, it'll be open from 2 to 4 p.m. for a homecoming event.


In the Islamic image

Noor/Art Inc.
At first glance, this new girl on the block doesn't give Barbie much of a run for her money. After all, Barbie is everything Razanne is not — curvaceous, flashy and loaded with sex appeal.

But that's exactly why many Muslim Americans prefer Razanne, with her long-sleeved dresses, head scarf and, by her creator Ammar Saadeh's own admission, a not-so-buxom bustline.

Razanne has the body of a preteen. The doll comes in three types: fair-skinned blonde, olive-skinned with black hair, or black skin and black hair.

"The main message we try to put forward through the doll is that what matters is what's inside you, not how you look," said Saadeh, who set up NoorArt Inc. with his wife and a few other investors. Visit their Web site, www.noorart.com for more information.