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First Friday Hawaii
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Live from the Lawn - Maximum Airtime
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Type: Exhibit / Entertainment
Date: Friday - 8/1/2008
Time: 5 - 9pm
Location:
250 South Hotel Street, 2nd Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 586-0307 or
586-0900
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Cost: Free

LIVE FROM THE LAWN - "MAXIMUM AIRTIME"
AT HAWAI'I STATE ART MUSEUM ON FIRST FRIDAY ON AUGUST 1ST

Join us for Maximum Airtime featuring Samadhi Hawai'i performing aerial dances at this special Live from the Lawn event at the Hawai'i State Art Museum for First Friday on August 1st. The museum galleries are open from 5 to 9 p.m. Entertainment is from 6 to 9 p.m. The public is invited to this free event.

The extraordinary aerial acrobatic performance group Samadhi Hawai'i will be hanging, twisting and dancing from the beautiful monkeypod trees, with stilt walkers and fire dancers on the lawn below. Kids’ dance company Magic in Motion will start the program at 6 p.m., followed by a special appearance by slack key superstar Makana, who will also play live with the aerialists. Delicious food will be on sale from the Downtown @ the HiSAM restaurant, Le Crepe Café, and Soul de Cuba Café. Downtown @ the HiSAM will also be serving Great Aloha Brewery beers and sodas on the lawn.

Upstairs on the second floor, Live from the Lanai features Groove Improv Artists with trumpeter DeShannon Higa, drummer and groove specialist Rod Esteban, Tempo Valley’s surreal singer Paisley, and saxophone and MicroKorg maestro Reggie Padilla from New York City, playing urban jazz from 6.30 p.m. through to 9 p.m. The Downtown @ the HiSAM bar on the lanai will feature wine and signature cocktails.

The aerial ballet by the four women of Samadhi Hawai'i will take your breath away. This unique artwork requires the grace and precision of ballet, the flexibility of yoga, and the whole-body strength, balance and technique of an acrobat. The four core Samadhi Hawai'i dancers – Andrea Torres, Chandra Miars, Jamie Nakama, and Nicole Young – will showcase their skills at the Hawai'i State Art Museum. They will first perform four aerial solos on ring and “tissue” (silk rope), then they will do a combined piece with all four aerialists performing simultaneously with live guitar accompaniment from Makana. The dancers rely solely on their own skill, strength, and presence of mind for safety. Depending on the length of the rope and the style of the fall, the dancers freefall anywhere from 10 to 20 feet. The performances are both beautiful and exhilarating.

Torres grew up dancing ballet, modern, jazz, and African dances in Brazil. In Hawai'i, she performed samba in Waikiki and worked with major dance groups like Iona Contemporary Dance Theatre, Ballet Hawai'i, and Tau Dance Theater. Her aerial career began in 1998 when she was hired by Ulalena on Maui. After several months of training, including three months in Montreal, Torres took her dance background into the air. The Friends of HiSAM are delighted to showcase the result.

Makana, who will provide musical accompaniment for the group aerial performance, is one of the hottest new musical artists emerging from Hawai'i. A protégé of the slack key masters, he is considered to be one of the youngest living masters of Hawaiian slack key guitar and a pioneer in his own style of contemporary world rock. Makana has opened for greats like Sting and Santana, released four highly acclaimed and diverse albums, and is well received by audiences worldwide, often with standing ovations.

Makana’s music transcends category and trend by integrating elements of folk, rock, ethnic, classical, bluegrass, jazz, traditional, ambient and Hawaiian slack key in gentle to commanding arrangements. The result is innovation and the charting of new sonic frontiers with deep ties to tradition. Ki Ho’alu, or “slack key”, is the indigenous Hawaiian art form that is the foundation upon which Makana creates ground-breaking original music and reanimates classics. He attributes his command of the guitar to over a decade of soaking up the licks and influence of Hawai’i’s treasured Masters of an art form older than the blues.

Performances on the Front Lawn

6:15-6:45 p.m. Magic in Motion
7-7:30 p.m. Loco Moco stilt walkers and jugglers
7:30-9 p.m. Makana and Samadhi Hawai'i
5:30-9 p.m. Sponge Bob Bounce House (kids only)

Performances on Second Floor Lanai Lounge

6:30-9 p.m. Groove Improv Artists with DeShannon Higa

Food and drinks will be available for purchase from Downtown @ the HiSAM. On the front lawn, they will be serving pan bagna sandwiches (cheese and meat or vegetarian croissants). Downtown @ the HiSAM restaurant will also be open for dinner on a first come, first served basis, serving Spanish tapas (pupus) and Sangria. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages will be sold on the front lawn and second floor lanai. Also on the Lawn, Le Crepe Café will offer delicious sweet and savory crepes from their cart, and Soul de Cuba Café will tempt all with Cuban roast pork sandwiches - tender, succulent roast pork slow cooked in garlic and lemon juices on a bun with BBQ sauce.

Don’t forget to see the art on display at the Hawai'i State Art Museum from 5 to 9 p.m. In the Ewa Gallery, He Alo A He Alo: Face to Face, Visions & Portraits of Hawai'i features visionary artwork and a stunning collection of portraits from the Art in Public Places Collection. In the Downtown @ the HiSAM Gallery, Palolo Kids and Friends features black and white photographs of local youngsters made in the mid-1970s by Eric Yanagi and Francis Haar.

The Shop @ HiSAM, the museum store on the first floor, will be featuring several local artists. Honolulu artists Dexter Doi and Carol D'Angelo will be painting and Maui artist Claudia Coonen will demonstrate her woodblock printing. Also from Maui will be Joan Mercer who makes beautiful and unique everlasting leis and other jewelry, and Wendy Hagedorn who designs contemporary sterling silver jewelry. A print of the new Father Damien of Moloka'i painting by Peggy Chun is now available at the museum shop. Artists will be here to talk story from 6 to 9 p.m.

This free event is presented by the Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, the Friends of the Hawai'i State Art Museum, and the LEF Foundation. All programs are subject to change without notice. This event is produced by Tim Bostock Productions and the Hawai'i State Art Museum. The museum is in the No. 1 Capitol District Building at 250 South Hotel Street across from the State Capitol. The museum is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.

ABOUT THE HAWAII STATE MUSEUM

The Hawai'i State Art Museum is located in No. 1 Capitol Distric Building at 250 South Hotel Street. The building is situated in the historic Hawaii Capital Cultural District, across from 'Iolani Palace and the State Capitol. The museum is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For more information on the Hawai'i State Art Museum call (808) 586-0900 or visit http://www.hawaii.gov/sfca.

For more information, contact:
Ken Hamilton, Public Information Officer
Phone: (808) 586-0307,Website: www.hawaii.gov/sfca

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