4 | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 BIG ISLAND ENTERTAINMENT SCENE | WEST HAWAII TODAY Kona Dance and Performing Arts An Evening of Tap Dance and Entertainment Volcano Art Center announces award winners Volcano Art Center is proud to representation of this unique Three awards were also granted present “Return of Alala: Restoring species, in many different media, in the hobbyist division. First The Voice Of Hawaii’s Native by over 40 different artists.” place to Maria Macias, second Forests,” a statewide multimedia Paul Banko, Ph.D., Clifford place to Lisa Komarczyk and art competition featuring Hawaii’s Hague and Michelle Schwengel- third place to Alice Hostica. endemic Alala. The exhibit will be Regala had the difficult task The exhibit can be viewed on display at Volcano Art Center of choosing 43 artworks from at Volcano Art Center Gallery in Hawaii Volcanoes the over 80 entries submitted Gallery daily from 9 a.m. National Park through Oct. 9. to include in the exhibit. to 5 p.m. until Oct. 9. ■ Proceeds from the exhibition The Best of Show award was support the Hawaii Endangered granted to Reyn Ojiri for his Bird Conservation Program and oil painting titled alala No. 2. celebrate the reintroduction of Two first place awards were also the alala into Hawaii’s forests this presented in the professional November. The exhibit is open category. First place in the 2-D to the public and free of charge category went to John D. Dawson although park entrance fees apply. for his watercolor titled Into The “Volcano Art Center wishes to Forest Again, and the first place express a sincere thank you to the award in 3-D was awarded to participating artists who submitted Elizabeth Miller for her Alala work,” Gallery Manager Emily Caws and Coaxes Her World C. Weiss said in a press release. Awake, a hand-tooled aluminum “The juried show is a terrific and india ink wall sculpture. Into The Forest Again, a watercolor painting by John D. Dawson, is shown. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Alala Caws and Coaxes Her World Awake, aluminum and india inks sculpture by Elizabeth Miller, is part of the Volcanoes exhibit. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Kona Dance and Performing Arts presents its first fulllength production and fundraiser in Kealakekua this weekend with An Evening of Tap Dance and Entertainment. Over 45 performers in colorful costumes will entertain with tap dance, jazz dance, and musical theatre numbers complete with comedy, singing, acting, and tap improvisation. The show is choreographed by Amanda Trusty. The entire event is a fundraiser for the nonprofit arts organization to continue to offer rich performing arts education to the Kona community. Sponsored by over 30 Big Island businesses, including the Aloha Performing Arts Company, the show will be an excellent opportunity for families to be introduced to the performing arts community while also enjoying an event with the entire family. The Saturday show is at 7 p.m. and the Sunday show is at 2 p.m. Pre-sale tickets are $12 for adults, $7 for keiki, and $10 for groups of 10 or more. Tickets are available at the studio, 81-973 Halekii Street, Kealakekua (across from the Korner Pocket) or online at www.konadanceandperformingarts. org. Seating is limited. ■ SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY Tap dancers, from left to right, top row first, Katie Wickersham, Ali Yamamoto, Grace Branham, Laulea Noche, Johna Sejati and Kamariya Mattos perform for Kona Dance and Performing Arts. COURTESY PHOTO
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