4 | FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2017 BIG ISLAND ENTERTAINMENT SCENE | WEST HAWAII TODAY Shows & events Music, food and Art-After-Dark this evening in Holualoa The shops and art galleries of historic Holualoa Village will celebrate local art and music this evening from 5:30-8:30 pm. More than a dozen studios and stores will stay open late to welcome friends and visitors with new artwork, food and music. For music, Dr. Tim’s Medicine Band will be performing on the Ipu Arts Plus lanai and Dave Lawrence will be at Koa Realty. Maestro Andrew Sweeney will be delivering songs and keyboard tunes in front of the Holualoa Gallery and “A Work of Art” gallery will host musical guest Abraham “Bubba” Meyers, a local artist who was a contestant on both Hawaiian Idol and finalist on America’s Got Talent. Mauka Highnotes will be playing on the lanai of the Holualoa Ukulele Gallery all evening. Artists Mike and Terry Field will show some of their new works and debut original photography by David Darbyshire, new jewelry designs and woodworks by Wooden Classics Hawaii. Pat Pearlman Designs in the Kona Hotel will be showcasing aquamarine, March’s birthstone, in necklaces, pendants, earrings and rings and the newly expanded Holualoa Ukulele Gallery will spotlight instruments that look as good as they sound on their newly painted walls. The Glyph Art Gallery is presenting new oil paintings by Julie Mai, as well as new work by David Kawika Gallegos, Carol Tredway, Lisa Bunge and Peter Heineman. Parking is available at the village parking lot. Info: www.holualoahawaii.com. HPA hosts 24th annual Ukulele Festival “Peace-Love-Ukulele: Make a Better Place for You and for Me” is the theme of Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s 24th annual Ukulele Festival. The performance, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the school’s Gates Performing Arts Center. More than 150 students from HPA, Kealakehe Intermediate School, Parker Middle School, and Waikoloa School will perform under the direction of Dagan Bernstein and Georgia Polakova (HPA); Gloria Juan (Kealakehe), Sara Lilley (Parker), and Lani Opunui (Waikoloa). Highlights include all students performing “Imagine,” “Wavin’ Flag,” “Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World” with a hula, and a Michael Jackson medley. Info: 885-2500 or www.hpa.edu. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Continued on page 5 ➠ Maestro Andrew Sweeney will be playing in front of the Holualoa Gallery this evening. COURTESY PHOTO/ SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY Students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy, Kealakehe Intermediate School and Waikoloa School perform during last year’s HPA Ukulele Festival. COURTESY PHOTO/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY
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