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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]