Posted on: Friday, December 17, 2004

ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
Mozart Madness strikes for Hawai'i students

Advertiser Staff and News Services

Music students statewide are encouraged to enter the Annual Mozart Festival competition Jan. 15 at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa Music Department. The festival celebrates the study and performance of Mozart's music and coincides with the composer's birthday, Jan. 26, 1756.

The O'ahu Arts Center sponsors the festival, featuring performances by K-12 students on a variety of instruments.

Finalists will compete Feb. 5 at the Doris Duke Theater. Reach Michelle Aczon at 623-8334; Ron Hirai at 286-9219 or hirair@hawaii.rr.com; or see www.oahuartscenter.org.

TV show looking for Hawai'i participants

Producers of Home and Garden Television's No. 1 prime-time show, "Designers' Challenge," are looking for Hawai'i homeowners for upcoming episodes. Homeowners who want to transform a room in their home for a minimum of $25,000 — at their expense — should apply by Jan. 7. Three local designers make a formal presentation on how they would redo the space. The homeowner chooses the design.

Write to laura_patterson@pietown.tv or call (877) 743-8696, ext. 247. For more details, see www.pietown.tv/shows/dcfaqs1.html.

FINAL WORD

Christian Bale | who lost 63 pounds for his role in "The Machinist":

"I didn't look at the script and think, 'Oh my ... I get a chance to lose weight for this movie. Yes!' That would have been moronic. It was a matter of me liking the script so much that I wanted to achieve what I felt was necessary."