Carol Yurth’s column is published every Sunday and spotlights activities on the Hilo-Hamakua coast. She welcomes items for her column. Reach her by mail (46-1240 Kalehua Road, Honokaa HI 96727) at least 10 days before the requested publication date, call her at 775-7101, or e-mail waiukahe@interpac.net.
Youth Orchestra from Norway to perform
By CAROL YURTH
With great joy, the congregation of Hilo Coast United Church of Christ in Honomu announces the installation of the Rev. Linda Petrucelli as the church’s settled pastor and teacher at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, at the church. The event is open to all. Light refreshments will be served following the service.
“This church has been serving the people of the Hilo/Hamakua Coast in Honomu since 1894,” says church council moderator Eleanor Pernell. “We are very excited to continue our ministry under Pastor Linda’s leadership and encourage everyone in the area to visit us.”
The Rev. Petrucelli, along with husband Gary Hoff, has called Hawaii Island home for 12 years. For nine years, they served as missionaries in Taiwan. The Rev. Petrucelli also served as executve for Global Sharing with the United Church Board for World Ministries from 1993 to 2000. Since settling in Hawaii, the Rev. Petrucelli has worked with several congregations as pastor as well as with the United Church of Christ Disaster Ministries office following the 2000 flooding and 2006 earthquake on the island.
She holds a Master of Arts in Religion from Yale University Divinity School and a Doctor of Ministry from Chicago Theological Seminary.
For more information, contact the Rev. Linda Petrucelli at 963-6330 or view details and driving directions at the Hilo Coast UCC website: http://hilocoastucc.org/.
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Musica Sinfonietta of Norway, on a Hawaii Island tour, is performing at the Honokaa People’s Theatre at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27. Also during the day, Gary Washburn, Honokaa High and Intermediate bandmaster, will bring 90-100 students to interact with the youth orchestra so there is an opportunity to learn about the group and their home country of Norway.
Musica Sinfonietta, the Asker Children and Youth Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Stoyanov, will present this fundraising concert for the Honokaa High School music program for $5 for students and seniors, $7 general at the door.
The Big Island concert tour will feature the orchestral masterpiece “Norwegian Dance No. 2” by Edward Grieg.
In collaboration with UH-Hilo’s Kapili Choir, Musica Sinfonietta will also perform sacred Western European masterworks: Charpentier’s “Te Deum,” an 11-movement French Baroque cantata for chorus and orchestra; Schubert’s “Mass in G”; and Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” from the oratorio “Messiah.”
Musica Sinfonietta musicians, ages 12-18, play string, wind and percussion instruments. The group was founded in 1964 and most of the musicians have trained at the Asker kulturskole (School of Music and Performing Arts). Their visit to Hawaii will include contact with Waiakea, Kamehameha, and Kealakehe high schools, and a special afternoon educational event is planned with Gary Washburn’s music students from Honoka’a High.
Conductor Stoyanov has a master’s degree from the Norwegian Academy of Music in addition to education from the conservatory in Sofia, Bulgaria, and the Barrat Due Institute of Music in Oslo, Norway. He has participated in the Jehudi Menuhin Academy in France and has won violin competitions. Musica Sinfonietta has given concerts in and outside Norway, including in Copenhagen and Stockholm, for the celebration of the sixth birthday of H.R.H. Princess Ingrid Alexandra.
For more information about this wonderful opportunity, contact Jackie Pualani Johnson Chair, UHH Performing Arts Department, at jpjohnso@hawaii.edu or her office 974-7304.
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Rep. Mark Nakashima will hold a series of mid-session community meetings. He will provide updates and status on current legislation and invites you to share your thoughts or concerns with him at one of the following locations: Hamakua Community at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, at the North Hawaii Education & Research Center (NHERC) in Honokaa; Kohala Community at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, at the North Kohala Library; Rural South Hilo Community at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at Kalanianaole School; and North Hilo Community Council at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, at a location to be announced. He will also be meeting with senior groups at their respective Senior Centers: Thursday, Feb. 23, Papaikou Seniors at 9 a.m. and Pepeekeo Seniors at 10 a.m.; Friday, Feb. 24, Paauilo Seniors at 9 a.m., Laupahoehoe Seniors at 10 a.m.; Monday, Feb. 27, Kohala Seniors at 9 a.m.; Tuesday, Feb. 28, Hakalau Seniors at 9:30 a.m. and for the Honokaa Seniors he will reschedule.
If you have any questions, please contact Rep. Nakashima’s office by dialing direct, 974-4000, ext. 6-6680.
Carol Yurth’s column is published every Sunday and spotlights activities on the Hilo-Hamakua coast. She welcomes items for her column. Reach her by mail (46-1240 Kalehua Road, Honokaa HI 96727) at least 10 days before the requested publication date, call her at 775-7101, or e-mail waiukahe@interpac.net.