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Jumping Flea Jubilee
Sunday (Nov. 5), 2 p.m. at A&B
November 02, 2006
[`UKE FEST] I love free stuff! Problem is, as the old saying goes,
nothing comes for free. And that's an old saying, from the times when
you might actually have been able to get something for free. Nowadays,
with bottled water costing two bucks and a cup of coffee five, those
words ring even truer. So it pleases me to inform you that the
(rescheduled from October) first annual Starbucks Maui 'Ukulele
Festival will be absolutely free. Complimentary
entertainment will be provided by Herb Ohta, Jake Shimabukuro, Richard
Ho'opi'i, Manoa DNA, Kelly Boy DeLima and daughter Kalena, Hula Honeys,
Da 'Ukulele Boys, the Kalama Intermediate School 'Ukulele Band, and
more. Several `ukuleles will be given out—on the house!—in door prizes
and drawings throughout the day. Concessions will be available. Though
not free, they should be delicious. Among those represented: Starbucks,
Market Street Cafe, Vasi's Catering, Maui Kazowie Kettle Korn, and
Uncle Cuzzo's Cookies. Oh, and by the way, the event is being partially
sponsored by everyone's favorite locally owned, independent (and that's
right, free) paper, MauiTime Weekly. Let freedom ring, off an`ukulele string! The A&B Amphitheater is located at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului. [COREY NIELSEN]