The University of Hawaii at Hilo Performing Arts Center presents the Girls’ Day Diva Festival 10.1 at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8 on the Campus Center Plaza. The event moves to the Performing Arts Center for a concert featuring award-winning Kaumakiwa, Shawn Pimental, and Kekuhi Keali‘ikanaka‘ole at 5 p.m.
The University of Hawaii at Hilo Performing Arts Center presents the Girls’ Day Diva Festival 10.1 at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8 on the Campus Center Plaza. The event moves to the Performing Arts Center for a concert featuring award-winning Kaumakiwa, Shawn Pimental, and Kekuhi Keali‘ikanaka‘ole at 5 p.m.
“Festivities begin with food samplings generously donated by local restaurants Abundant Life Natural Foods, AJ &Sons Catering, Akmal’s Indian Kitchen, Big Island Delights, Ken’s House of Pancakes, Liko Lehua Café, Millie’s Deli &Snack Shop, Pineapples Island Fresh Cuisine, Ponds Hilo, Sodexo, Sweet Cane Café &Sweet Thunder Sushi,” said Arlene Terry, event chair. “This year people will have the opportunity to purchase ‘surprise boxes’ containing a variety of fabulous items, all donated by women owned and operated businesses. The grand surprise is an overnight in the Palms Cliff House Suite, complete with private jacuzzi and a gourmet breakfast, donated by Pacific Media Group.”
For the first time this year, an extended experience ticket will be available. The ticket includes a presentation by the artists, a complimentary surprise box, one drink ticket, and food samplings served in Campus Center Room 301.
“This experience is intended to bring the audience closer to artists and their work,” explained PAC Manager Lee Dombroski.
Keali‘ikanaka‘ole said hula ‘aiha‘a, the Kanaka‘ole family’s style of hula, represents their “participation in world consciousness.”
“Before hula becomes a thought that manifests into a pulse, hula is an energy in embryo, becoming dynamic through our connection with our wailua iki, or inner world, and our wailua nui, our outer world,” she said. “If we experience hula from this lens, hula is beyond a choreography of text; it is ritualizing life.”
The Girls’ Day Diva Festival 10.1 is supported by sponsorships from local businesses. This years’ “Super Stars” include Business Services Hawaii, GW Construction, Hawaii Forklift Service, Inc., Hirayama Brothers Electric, and Ken’s House of Pancakes, with “Twinkling Stars” Creative Arts Hawai‘i. Proceeds benefit the UH-Hilo Performing Arts Center scholarship fund and the Performing Arts Center’s programs.
Tickets, all reserved seating, are $40; Extended experience tickets are $65 and not available online. UH-Hilo box office hours are 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday-Friday.
For more information and to purchase tickets call 932-7490, or order online at artscenter.uhh.hawaii.edu.