Fundraiser For Friends Of Iwaki
Kaua’i’s best offered up their talents at a variety show fundraiser for Japan May 21 at the Kaua’i War Memorial Convention Hall. The event featured students from Kula Aupuni Ni’ihau A Kahelelani Aloha, dancers from Aunty Bev Muraoka’s Healani Hula Halau and Doric Yaris’s Halau Hula O Hali’ileo, along with music by Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho Jr. and the band 2nd Nature. Ono food was donated by Jewel Asai (of Jewel’s Snowie Shave Ice). Funds raised benefit Friends of Iwaki, a city in Fukushima prefecture.
Photos by Amanda C. Gregg
- Abby Shintani and Kekoa, Jennee and Tiffanee Kanahele
- Poinaole Beniamina
- Keani and Melissa Rapozo
- Preston, Grace and James Kahale
- Lionel and Jewel Asai
- Roger DelaCruz, DJ Yaris, Joni Keamoai, Keola Kanahele-Keamoai and Austin Gampong
- Mapuana and Ku‘ulei Beniamina
- PJ Gampong, Dylan Sone and Ephraim Mose
- Kamalani Goo and Kayla Pantohan-Kali
- Doric Yaris and Nathan Kalama
- Kelsey and Kiani Ortiz
- Sarah Grossman, Carrie Newcomb and Joanne Watanabe
- Revs. Kazunori Takahashi, Kojun Hashimoto and Itaru Nozaki
- Lei‘ilima and Lenny Rapozo, Leina‘ala Rivera, Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho Jr. and Chanel Flores
- ‘Auli‘i Ka‘auwai-Herrod, Kealaokekai Rapozo and Iwalani Ka‘auwai-Herrod
- Jodi Hashimoto and Maka Herrod