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Updated at 8:36 a.m., Tuesday, June 10, 2008

'Laughs for Lions' set for Aug. 9 at Mamiya

By Wayne Harada

"Laughs for Lions," a comedy bill with stand-up performances, food and a celebrity raffle and auction, will be held Aug. 9 at Mamiya Theatre at Saint Louis School.

The third annual event, sponsored by the Kamehameha Lions Club Foundation, hopes to raise $50,000 for Lions Club service projects for the blind and disabled and youth scholarships.

Tickets are $40 general and $75 VIP seating and includes the pre-show festivities.

Performers include Steve Byrne, a Korean-Irish comedian; Jim Gossett, known as the man with a thousand impressions; The Great Balconi, a comedy mentalist; the Amazing Alan Arita; and Abe and Franklin.

Showtime is 7:45 p.m., preceded by a 5:30 p.m. food, beverage and raffle on the theater's front plaza.

The raffle and auction will feature more than $10,000 worth of wardrobe, props and collectibles from such films as "Star Trek," "Harry Potter," "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Chicago," and celebrity items from Michael Jordan, Adam Sandler, Hillary Swank, Richard Gere, Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Sharon Stone and others.

Reservations: 528-1073, www.laughsforlions.com.

Reach Wayne Harada at wharada@honoluluadvertiser.com.