Ong-king Arts Center - Theatre, Dance, Music, Poetry Performances

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oNG kINg Arts Center is springing into its second year, to invigorate and inspire with seven different types of art colliding, and collaborating, into one spectacular collage. LOCal artists Chandra K. MIars and Lisa Franklin light up the gallery, Kealoha headlines poets, pioneer folk singer Millicent Cummings arrives from Kauai, The SpaCiFiCs bring hip-HOP, MOCo the clown rides the 9ft unicycle, the Gong-fu theatre returns, then Quadraphonix and DJ JoulZ collaborate to get crescendo the night of the best local talent from multiple genres.

MUSIC CONCERT: THE SPACIFICS, are a hip-hop jazz group fronted by seph 1, a smooth freestyle lyricist whose words about the band flow like:

"universal greetings and salutations on-lookers, liners, lovers, and livers of life-(we is) a lake of tides and 'tings to 'tink of, instinct of the sync-rivers of rites of passage " seph 1

Seph is backed by a tight band, including Kevin Hughes, k.town (David Keli'i Wong), sean.jovi (Sean Ho), dj risup (Bronson Kaleialoha), slo (Eugene Carrol), Eric Awa. This is raw, edge, hamonik, melodic, next level, rooted hip-hop. Millicent Cummings: Fierce, passionate, folk music. In 2005 ÎThe Island Roseâ arrived at record stores, a Star Bulletin Review wrote

"This album represents two decades of serious song writing- Cummings has flow and distinction, her title track imagines what Princess Ka'iulani would say if she saw the congested paved-over urban jungle that stands on what was once her family's estate in Waikiki. " (Berger, July, Island Mele).

Millicent Cummings just moved to Honolulu and already has won a Singer Songwriter award from Red Elephant. In her former home of Kauai, she Won the Na Poâe Award, (Peopleâs Choice) at the Kauai Mokihana Festival. She founded the Hanapepe Folk Festival in Kauai (now in its fifth year). In Kauai she spent years of running her own gallery, and has played music stages throughout the
islands of Hawaii and even in the subways of New York
City.

Quadraphonix: The ever popular jazz/groove band, including Jonathan Heraux, Shree Sagopan, and Eli Clemens, continues to innovate compositions and incorporate new talent. This month they fuse their unique sound with the freestyle sensation seph 1, and the dancers of Ginnko Marischino.

SLAM POETRY: Kealoha is the founder of HawaiiSlam, Youth Speaks Hawai`i, and First Thursdays, the largest registered/certified slam poetry competition in the world (with an average attendance of 650+). He has served as Hawaiiâs SlamMaster since 2003, and has been on the Artists in the Schools roster since 2005. His poetry has been published by literature journals such as Bamboo Ridge, Wordstew, and the Honolulu Weekly. His spoken word poetry has also been recorded on albums such as Hapaâs "Maui " (winner of 4 Na Hoku Hanohano awards including "Album of the Year, " and winner of the Hawaii Music Award for "Album of the Year "), the Mana Maoli compilation (featuring Jack Johnson and John Cruz), and a full-length spoken word CD entitled Kealoha. He has won numerous slams throughout his career and has been featured at legendary venues including the Nuyorican poets cafe (New York City), the Cantab Lounge (Boston), New Jerseyâs Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), and a sold out Waikiki Shell. He also recently performed alongside Henry Kapono for the NFL Pro Bowl halftime show.

Last month Jazmin Heroldt, became one of the newest members of the Hawaii Youth SPEAKS Slam Team. She will represent Hawaii in National Competition in New York City. Jazmin is also an actress and performed in Romeo and Juliet at Mid Pac, and The Vagina Monologues at oNG kINg.

Liam Skilling is a UHM Law Student, Father of 2, and KTUH DJ (Street Mythology). His poetry is rich in color and tone, describing the urban landscapes of NYC, and the political climate of post 9-11 America.

DANCE PERFORMANCE: Ginnko Marischino is ready to reboot, many dancers were busy with they many dancers are back after a successful run of ÎElectric Blue.â The dancers combine with Quadraphonix to create a new composition.

Hawaii Jitterbugs performs an original swing dance routine. This popular group teaches swings all over town. Their class at Ong King is the most widely attended and most swingin!

CLOWN, JUGGLING, ACROBATICS: The Flying Hawaiian known only as ÎMocoâ, will perform the Loco Moco a 9 foot unicycle pin juggling act. Moco arrives in preparation for his summer tour of Northern Europe where he hopes to entertain audiences by, Îrisking his life for their amusementâ.

GONG-FU PERFORMANCE: Qi-gong, and kung-fu skills combine with old Chinese proverbs. In this spectacle of swords, choreographed combat and heavy make-up. Michael Hamilton leads his team of peaceful warriors.

DJ JOULZ innovates with tempo, and collaboration. Playing with tempo, always funky and sticky, JOULZ has the tools to keep the night alive. He will spin together with live drummers, and musicians from Quadraphonix.

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