Chef Ronnie cooks up Big Island Beef Loco Moco, Foie Gras Fried Rice, Sunny Side up Quail Egg on KITV morning show.
Saturday, April 13, 2013 * 5:30 p.m. The Royal Hawaiian Ocean Lawn and Monarch Ballroom Semi-Formal Attire * Black Tie Invited
Sip refreshing libations ... Sample culinary delights ... Shop amazing silent and live auctions ... Strut the night away on the dance floor ... Support a worthy cause.
Tantalize Your Palate with the Many Flavors of Hawaii ...
A celebration of all things chocolate and highlights locally produced chocolate products
Hawaii is the only state to grow Cacao
Other tasty offerings will include Eat Honolulu’s Chocolate Bacon, Chocolate Shop Wine, Pinnacle Chocolate Vodka and Kona Brewing Company’s specially brewed chocolate beer.
Between bites, one can browse vendor booths and shop for everything from chocolate pearls to chocolate orchids and visit the Chocolate Inspired Spa
A Chocolate Garden featuring cacao trees (from which chocolate is grown), chocolate orchids and chocolate mint plants, plus the Coco Café & Tea House.
Guest speakers and educational displays will share information about locally grown cacao and how it is transformed into chocolate.
There will be live musical entertainment by the Hot Club of Hulaville and hula performances.
Event is February 25th, Saturday, from Noon to 5 p.m.
Location: Dole Cannery Shops
Price: Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door
The International Waikiki Hula Conference offers the rare opportunity to come to Hawaii to learn, share and experience hula in the land of its birth, with a variety of respected hula masters, many of whom do not travel outside Hawaii to teach. For our local hula people, it is the chance to enrich their hula experience from many sources in one place, and to meet fellow dancers and kumu hula from around the world.
Workshops cover all types of hula, from ancient to modern, and also encompass hula-related arts such as lei and implement making, hula songs and ukulele playing, chanting, Hawaiian language pronunciation and fine aspects of hula dancing itself, such as posture, basic footwork and use of hands. A wide variety of hula traditions are represented and taught. In designated "Ho`ike" workshops, conferees learn a hula they can dance that night in a hula show presented by their workshop kumu and halau, at public stages throughout Waikiki.
Seminars feature special presentations by hula masters and cultural experts, thought-provokong panel discussions, and may encompass hula history, costume, protocol, music, etc. There is something to excite all participants, from beginners to advanced hula dancers.
A non-profit project of the Waikiki Improvement Association
