Live from the Lawn - World Beat - First Friday Hawaii

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Live from the Lawn - World Beat
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Type: Exhibit / Entertainment
Date: Friday - 11/7/2008
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 – World Beat
First Friday, November 7, 2008
Performances from 6 to 9 p.m.
Art Galleries Open from 5 to 9 p.m.
Hawai'i State Art Museum
Free Admission
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Join us for World Beat, a special Live from the Lawn event. You will feel the rhythm with energetic performances spotlighting many diverse rhythms and musical styles from around the world, including Japanese taiko, Brazilian samba, and Caribbean calypso. Enjoy amazing musicians and dancers as they dazzle you during this unforgettable night.

Performing on the front lawn will be the Teakaora Cook Island Performing Arts Troupe, the Taiko Center of the Pacific Youth Group, Tropikalia from the Brazilian Cultural Center of Hawai'i, and the Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble. Performing on the second floor Lanai Lounge will be Greg and Junko MacDonald, Youth Speaks Hawai'i, and the Satomi Yarimizo Jazz Quartet.

The show starts with a bang as 25 dancers and drummers of the Teakaora Cook Island Performing Arts Troupe show off their spectacular Pacific beat. Following the great success of the Tokelau dancers in September, HiSAM is delighted to provide a venue for these pacific troupes. Next we feature taiko students from the Taiko Center of the Pacific Youth Group. This group made their debut at the opening of the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i in 1994. Tropikalia from the Brazilian Cultural Center of Hawai'i will heat up the lawn further with their special style of Brazilian beat.

The main event features the Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble. Synthesizing traditional Japanese drumming techniques, world musical rhythms, and western jazz percussion styles, taiko master Kenny Endo is a leading force in contemporary taiko performance. This renowned group of musicians has entertained audiences all over the world since 1990.

Be sure to check out the second floor of the museum featuring beautiful art on display in the galleries. On the lanai, Greg and Junko MacDonald will play the steel drums, followed by young rap poets from Youth Speaks Hawai'i, who provide their own personal beat stylings. Then the Satomi Yarimizo Jazz Quartet, whose regular slot at the Dragon Upstairs in Chinatown, has been garnering rave reviews, will perform. The quartet features Satomi Yarimizo on piano, Reggie Padilla on tenor sax, Jon Hawes on bass, and Shinya Yarimizo on drums.

Performances on the Front Lawn Stage
6:00-6:30 p.m. Teakaora Cook Island Performing Arts Troupe
6:30-7:00 p.m. Taiko Center of the Pacific Youth Group
7:00-7:45 p.m. Tropikalia, Brazilian Cultural Center of Hawai'i
7:45-9:00 p.m. Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble

Performances on the Second Floor Lanai Lounge
6:00-7:15 p.m. Greg and Junko MacDonald (steel drums)
7:15-7:45 p.m. Youth Speaks Hawai'i (young rap poets)
7:45-9:00 p.m. Satomi Yarimizo Jazz Quartet

Delicious food is on sale on the lawn from Le Crepe Café and Soul de Cuba Café. Bentos and drinks are also available inside the building from Downtown @ the HiSAM, and the restaurant will serve Spanish pupus.

The museum shop, Shop@HiSAM, will feature arts demonstrations from three ceramicists who are masters at the potter’s wheel – Joel Park, Cory Lum, and Daven Hee. They are known for their outstanding pottery individually and collaboratively as part of Lavaflow Ceramics. Also joining us will be watercolor artist Emily Kinlaw. Her passion for drawing started when she was three. Now as an eight-year-old, Emily has a unique sense of style that includes colorful details, cool characters, and amusing titles.

This free event is presented by the Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the Friends of the Hawai'i State Art Museum. The program is produced by Tim Bostock Productions. Program is subject to change without notice.

The Hawai'i State Art Museum is in the No. 1 Capitol District Building at 250 South Hotel Street, on the corner of Hotel and Richards Streets, in downtown Honolulu across from the Capitol. The museum is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For more information on the museum, call 586-0900 or visit www.hawaii.gov/sfca.

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