Ong-King Arts Center - Entertainment

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Ong-King Arts Center - Entertainment
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Type: Entertainment
Date: Friday - 9/5/2008
Time: 9pm-2AM
Location:
Ong King Arts Center
184 N. King St. (near River Street)
Honolulu, HI 96817
Contact:
808-306-7823
or 808-428-3233
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Cost: $10.00

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Art Gallery
Event 5-9pm

...STRONGHOLD...ALEKONA SURENTO....LOREN SHAW....TAIMANE GARDENER...QUADRAPHONIX...TAI-PHONIX....LOCO-MOCO...STEVO-THE CLOWN....

The suMMer is opening a breathe of bright roots riPE art to fiLL ouR saiLs with 'yes we ART.' The abstract and cartoon styles meet on the waLLs. Loren SHaw's work illustrates an open mind and refined technique with enormous abstract works. He is complemented by Kona Surento's works animating an unknown lil' alien character. New on the music stage is reggae rOOTs band 'STONGHOLD.' We will skank with their irie vibes. Taimane Gardner is back from her tour of Japan to front a new musical collaboration: TaiPHonIX. Plus Quadraphonix, circus friends Loco-MOco, n' SteVO-the-CLown. We have a poet and another music thing we can not tell you about right..oh and See is back from Costa Rica, and DJ JOULZ is stiLL in Chinatown...so bless the bliss and wake the nest of love and light..

MUSIC:
STRONGHOLD CAMP...............
“CHANT DOWN BABYLON & BURN OUT THE WICKED. 1LIGHT/1LOVE/1JAH....”.RASTAR

STRONGHOLD CAMP is the uprising of the HI RASTA YOUTH!!! Multiple
singers toasting the mic over the beat of heavy roots/hip hop/&dancehall
riddims provided by the one DJ WESTAFA.(WEST TA EAST SOUND).

STRONGHOLD:
1. A FORTIFIED PLACE OR FORTRESS:
2. A PLACE OF SURVIVAL OR REFUGE:
3. A PLACE THAT SERVES AS A CENTER OF A GROUP,
AS OF MILITANTS OR OF PERSONS HOLDING A CONTROVERSIAL VIEWPOINT:
4. AN AREA DOMINATED OR OCCUPIED BY A SPECIAL GROUP OR
DISTINGUISHED BY A SPECIAL QUALITY:

Big up da trinity RASTAR / WESTAFA / RONNIE LOVELY. Also big up all STRONGHOLD FAMILY, MON LIKE KENNABIS, BASSIE MON, PINGY I, RAS BREEZE, BOTTER MON, and more to come.

Unity is the idea! Unity through FAITH, LOVE, & MUSIC. This creates a foundation that can only grow stronger in time... Whenever the camp is around it high energy / positive vibes / & an experience that leaves you wanting more!!!
This is no joke ting... STRONGHOLD CAMP PON DA PLACE!!! myspace.com/strongholdcamp

Taimane Gardner has returned from her music tour of Japan to continue her evolution at onG kinG. This uke master, musical child prodigy, developed her extraordinary skills by performing on the streets of Waikiki to help raise money for the poor. She began this at the young age of 11 ....and she continues to do so to this day, now 19 years old._Taimane polished her skills while performing with the legendary Don Ho starting at 14 years of age. Mr. Ho was the ultimate professional entertainer for over 45 years! He kindly and with "aloha" took Taimane under his wing and gently helped her until she glowed with self confidence and learned what real entertaining is all about, "aloha." Many people have described Taimane as the "Female Carlos Santana". One member of an audience said simply, "She is nimble, fast, and precise, she's unbelievable, her singing balances her ukulele beautifully."__A local writer described her style of playing as "a controlled frenzy" on her fast songs, "gentle artistry" on her slow songs. Taimane calls it "playing with aloha".__Whatever it is .......her technique is awesome and she has created her own special, unique style. With an uncanny ability to blend classic contemporary songs with classical music.__Perhaps her best quality is her on-stage presence. She commands the attention of the crowd as she gracefully and with tremendous energy moves to every corner of the stage.
www.taimane.com

TAI-PHONIX: Taimane Gardener, JOnathan HerauX, SHree Saragopan, Eli Clemens and bass player Javier. Have been at work to create a new set of musical offerings. They share the stage merging fantastical solo trips and unique symphonic melodies.

QUADRAPHONIX: Love this dance, wide open and willful. The quads keep brining their prismatic funk groove to blend with out sweat. Featuring Stand up Bass Player: Susan Cropp.

SLAM POETRY: TBA

Circus: Loco- Moco and Stevo the Clown, these two pro street and private gig artists partner up to bring glow in the dark juggling to new heights.

THE DJ: DJ JouLZ has been mixing for seven years now. His groove is from all over the world often mixing funk, break-beat, world, and hip-hop in the same set. He is sooo great.
“The rhythms....._they are like telescoping, slinky time dilations, sexy and sensual, sliding against my consciousness. Seducing me, tempting me deeper. Writhing wormholes phasing into and out of different time space realities.”
http://phamilygathering.com/Joulz/joulz.htm

THE MC: MC SeE just got in from hiS mothers home land of Costa Rica. He paints pictures, spits sermons, makes mirth, gets giddy, in a lucid lyrical loose lipped language linking rap n' poetry, classic & karmic soliloquies.

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