Aloha kakou!
In today’s newsletter:

• Pakele Live! with Tony Solis – Lorna Lim CD Release Party
• Pakele Live! with Tony Solis (TV) – Jennifer Perri
• Green Aloha Concert – Waikiki
• Makana – Seattle
• Andy Bumatai and Na Leo Pumehana – near Sacramento
• Eric Lee CD Release Party – Honolulu
• Crafts Fair – Pupukea (O’ahu)
• Kupaoa – Santa Cruz, Sacramento
• Amy Hanaiali’i, Afatia Thompson & Jeff Peterson – Nashville
• Keola Beamer and Raiatea Helm – Cerritos, CA
• CDs I carry – new shipments have arrived!

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This week on Pakele Live! with Tony Solis we’re hosting a CD release party for Lorna Lim, who is celebrating her long-awaited second solo album Polinahe.

Born and raised on the Big Island and a member of the award-winning family musical group known throughout Hawai’i simply as 'the Lim Family,' Lorna began playing music at an early age with her siblings and parents. Her sister Nani is one of Hawai’i's most renowned hula teachers, and her Grammy-nominated brother, Sonny, is one of Hawai’i's top slack key guitar players. Lorna’s beautiful voice, her deep knowledge of hula, and her connection to the Big Island's music tradition place her among Hawai’i’s living treasures. She recorded Polinahe for hula dancers in a style that reflects her personal musical tradition. The translation of the title - poli, meaning from the heart, and nahe, meaning sweet and pure - sums up Lorna's musical style and the beautiful quality of her voice.

Also appearing will be former Pakele Live! guests Ke Kauoha the Jazz Project (with Ioane Burns, Kapono Na’ili’ili and Halehaku Seabury and comedian Rodney Villanueva, known as “Hawai’i’s Funniest MC.” Rodney has performed at thousands of weddings and other events, as well as in TV commercials and on television and radio programs. There will also be hula, and possibly some surprise guest appearances by... well you'll just have to come down or watch online to find out!

Join host Tony Solis for Pakele Live! this Thursday, October 22, from 6-8 p.m. HST in the Pakele Lounge at the Ala Moana Hotel (410 Atkinson Dr., Honolulu). Although admission is free, your purchase of two drinks or soft drinks will help ensure the continuation of the Pakele Live! concert series. All ages are welcome, and free parking is available next door at Ala Moana Shopping Center.

You may also watch live online at: http://www.pakelelive.com/Those in Japan can watch at: http://www.j-wave.co.jp/
You may email the show at pakele@lava.net – mention your name and where you’re located - city, state – or country, if outside the U.S.!

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Jennifer Perri is the featured artist this week on the TV version of Pakele Live! with Tony Solis. The show began airing last night on OC16 TV and will continue to air for one week at various times. You can watch all OC16 programming online.

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Henry Kapono and the City & County of Honolulu present the Green Aloha concert at 5:30 pm October 23rd in Waikiki. Performers include Henry, Amy Hanaiali’i, Robi Kahakalau, Jasmine Trias, and more !

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Seattle area peeps! Saturday Oct. 24 is the last day of the free concerts with performers from Hawai’i at the Musicquarium at Triple Door (216 Union Street). The special guest will be slack key phenom Makana, who was voted one of the top three guitar players in America by Guitar Player magazine. Show starts at 5 pm.
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Andy Bumatai and Na Leo will perform at Cache Creek Casino near Sacramento October 24 at 8 pm (21 and over only). Tickets are $49-$69.

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Eric Lee will be having another CD release party for his "Crossroads" CD on October 25 from 5:30 – 9pm at Gordon Biersch Brewery/Restaurant in Aloha Tower Marketplace (Honolulu). The special guests will be Keali’i Reichel, Natalie Ai Kamauu, Maunalua, Manoa Madness, Miss Aloha Hula 2009, and possibly Starr Kalahiki. (Buy a CD at the party to receive a ticket good for prize drawings throughout the night.)

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There will be a “Christmas in the Country” crafts fair Saturday October 24, 9am - 4pm at 59-786 Kanalani Place, Pupukea (O’ahu). Pick up some unique holiday gifts!
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Just a reminder that the Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning duo Kupaoa will be in concert Weds. Oct. 28 at Bocci’s Cellar in Santa Cruz (140 Encinal St). Showtime is 7:30pm. Tickets are $12 advance/$15 door and are available at Aloha Island Grille. They will also play a free in-store concert at Borders Sacramento (2339 Fair Oaks Blvd) on Friday Oct. 30 at 7 pm. Don’t miss your chance to see this talented pair!

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Amy Hanaiali’i, Afatia Thompson and Jeff Peterson will perform with the Nashville Symphony, under the direction of Matt Catingub, October 29-31 at the Laura Turner Concert Hall. Click here for tickets and information.
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Keola Beamer and Raiatea Helm (with hula by Moana Beamer) will be in concert October 31 at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (12700 Center Court Dr., Cerritos, CA). Tickets are $26-$50.
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For those who’ve contacted me about purchasing CDs through my e-store, I’ve received shipments of over two dozen titles over the past week, with more to come. I’m slowly getting them posted online, but if you have questions about a particular CD that you don’t yet see there, let me know! I may or may not have it, and I may or may not plan to carry it – but I’ll do my best to help you or direct you to another source. (And yes, I do have Keale’s new CD in stock – but there are only two left! However, I’ll be getting more from him next week… you can still place an order for that or almost any other CD I carry, and I will ship it as soon as the backorder arrives.)
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Pau for now – e malama pono a hui hou!