Spark! 10 | FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2017 BIG ISLAND ENTERTAINMENT SCENE | WEST HAWAII TODAY Kona Choral Society recently held its Spark! Music Camp at Kealakehe Intermediate School. COURTESY PHOTO/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY Camp ignites love for music in youth Kona Choral Society recently held its Spark! Music Camp at Kealakehe Intermediate School. With a large group of volunteers and area professional musicians, the three-day, free music intensive was hosted during spring break, March 22-24, at the Kailua-Kona area school. The camp had 64 keiki participants in grades kindergarten through eight from 12 schools. All tuition was paid for by private donations. “Thanks to the hard work of talented guest instructors and dedicated volunteers, our second camp was again a huge success for parents, community members, and the kids! The program featured a variety of musical experiences including: ’ukulele and keyboard classes, choral instruction, a demonstration by the Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra, showand tell concerts by singers from around our community, and an end-of-camp ho’ike (“sharing”) concert for parents,” Youth Chorus Committee Chairman Susan Gleed Leonard said. Choral instructors included Honolulu choral director Diane Koshi (grades 3-5); choral director and professional voice teacher Rebecca Chock from Oahu (grades 5-8); and local, private voice teacher Wendy Buzby, who led grades K-2 and yoga warm-ups. KCS accompanist and Kealakehe Intermediate School teacher Gloria Juan taught ukulele and keyboard while Mary Garris, teacher and owner of Kona’s Junior Music Academy, also taught keyboard. “Show-&-Tell” guest musicians from the community included seven members of Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra, women’s barbershop quartet Kona Sea Notes, jazz vocalist Binti Bailey, and Kona Choral Society singers Stephen Cline, Wanee McCabe, Alan Hale and Bernaldo Evangelista. Teacher and opera singer Wendy Buzby also demonstrated. Camp accompanists were Vaina Barton and Bernaldo Evangelista. Planning is underway for the reopening of Kona Choral Society’s weekly children’s and youth chorus program for the upcoming school year and for future Spark! Camps. Info: www. konachoralsociety. org, kcsyouthchorus@ gmail.com. ■ SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ➠ Continued from page 5 Continued on page 11 ➠ performing eight concerts in four days. Info: 775-0000 Mauka Talent Show May 6 The Society for Kona’s Education and Art presents the ninth annual Mauka Talent Show on May 6. The 6:45 to 9 p.m. event will feature talent and fun, prizes, food and more. General admission is $8. To perform, the price increases to $10. Sign up to perform by calling 896-2944. The Society for Kona’s Education & Art is located at 84-5191 Mamalahoa Hwy in Honaunau. Film screenings ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ to be screened Naalehu Public Library screens an afternoon family movie at 3 p.m. on Tuesday. The library shows a different familyfriendly movie each week at no cost. Tuesday, the library will screen “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” released in 2016. Free popcorn will be served, while supplies last. Info: 939-2442. Announcements Auditions slated for ‘Once on This Island Jr.’ Aloha Performing Arts Company will present its summer family musical, “Once on This Island Jr.” June 23 through July 2. Open auditions for volunteer performers will be held at 6 p.m. on May 7 and 8. Everyone in the show must be age 18 or under, and parent or guardian signatures are required on all paperwork. Actors are only required to attend one audition session. There are 20-30 roles for boys and girls age 18 and under. No experience is required and newcomers are encouraged to audition. An invitational callback audition may be held on May 9, if necessary. Guest director is Tiffany Kutsunai, vocal director is Wendy Buzby, sound designer is Miguel Montez, and set designer is Gerald Lucena. Producers are John Holliday and Jerry Tracy. Other production team members are being recruited. At auditions, actors will be asked to read a short line from the show, provided by the director. Each candidate will also be asked to sing about a minute of “We Dance,” “One Small Girl,” or another song from the show with the APAC accompanist. For those who don’t know the show and don’t have access to sheet music, “Happy Birthday” will be acceptable. In addition to speaking and singing, a short movement routine will be taught to each small group. Closed toe shoes are required, and no slippers will be allowed. Rehearsals will begin May 11, and will generally be held Sunday afternoons and Monday through Thursday evenings. Although all cast members are not required to attend every rehearsal, those auditioning must commit to the entire performance schedule, and be available for the entire rehearsal schedule with a minimum number of conflicts. In addition to performers, support staff is also sought, such as backstage help, set builders, hair and makeup artists, painters, concessions workers, and ushers. Those interested in any of these volunteer positions are encouraged to attend auditions to fill out a registration form or email info@apachawaii.org. “Once on This Island Jr.” will be presented at Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu June 23 through July 2, with Friday and Saturday performances at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. The show is a play within a play. It opens in the present on a Caribbean island, where a group of villagers have taken refuge from a terrible storm created by the four gods who watch over the island. In order to comfort a scared little girl, the villagers tell the legend of the orphan Ti Moune. The villagers play the various characters in the tale, weaving music, dance, and storytelling into a magical fable of star-crossed lovers, temperamental island gods, and the power of love. Info: 322-9924. Toyota Dream Car Art Contest winners announced Winners of the sixth annual Toyota Hawaii Dream Car Art Contest were recently announced. Through colorful designs and thoughtful ideas, students conjured up their versions of the cars of the future. This year’s first place winners were all from Oahu: Aja Middleton (7), Raphael Stark (10) and Sophie Stark (12). The winners were selected by a panel of judges that included renowned artists Kamea Hader and Mark Chai, Assistant Dean Song K. Choi, Ph.D from the UH College of engineering and TV celebrity judges, Justin Cruz, Brenton Awa, and Lacy Deniz. New this year was a partnership with the College of Engineering at the University of Hawaii that resulted in
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