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Maui Youth Philharmonic Benefit
Sunday (June 20), 5:30pm, Maui Tropical Plantation, Waikapu, $75 single or $700 preferred-seating table of eight
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June 17, 2010 | 09:22 AM If the Maui Tropical Plantation is a plantation, then I'm kicking myself for not becoming a farmer. Alright, being a farmer is just too much damn work. But enjoying the hard work of others is, of course, a favorite pastime of mine. And I could spend hours enjoying a leisurely stroll through fields of foliage like kamiya papayas to heliconia, scurrying away from irritable swans and tossing flakes at sparkly fish and riding the tram, all the while pretending to be wandering through the Amazon. The banquet room of such a paradise is easily the perfect venue for the Maui Youth Philharmonic Orchestra's dinner and benefit concert. Especially with the evening getting off to a Hawaiian-style start with music by Uluwehi Guerrero, Album of the Year-winner at the 2010 Na Hoku Hanohano awards, and hula dancers from his Halau Hula Kauluokala. Next, seventeen-year-old cello prodigy Riana Anthony will perform a solo by Paganini, followed by two selections by Honolulu's Lifen Anthony Cello Quintent. Then, logically, The Latin Project from Shanghai, Asia's premier salsa and Latin jazz band, will play music for open salsa dancing. If it becomes awkward when a polo-shirt-clad man with a single bead of sweat between his eyes asks you to shake your bon bon with him, just slip away to the silent auction.Or settle back into your seat to enjoy more of the delicious dinner. All proceeds will support the Maui Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, which gives youth a chance to experience and learn orchestral string instruments, which are not taught in any private or public school in Maui County (doubt we'll soon be affording any cello when we've been forced to furlough). www.mauiyouthphilharmonic.org
Tags: Maui Tropical Plantation, Maui Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
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