June 27, 2005
MEDIA CONTACT: Caroline Witherspoon
or Jocelyn Collado
Becker Communications
(808) 533-4165
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BANK OF HAWAII PRESENTS THE SECOND MOONLIGHT MELE CONCERT FEATURING HO‘OKENA AND DA BRADDAHS ON JULY 21
HONOLULU— Mark your calendars for an evening of beautiful Hawaiian music and endless laughter on Thursday, July 21, 2005, as Bank of Hawai‘i presents the second Moonlight Mele on the Lawn Concert at Bishop Museum. The evening will feature Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award-winning Ho‘okena and Hawai‘i’s favorite local boys of comedy, Da Braddahs. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the concert begins at 7 p.m. Admission is $15 for the general public; $10 for Bank of Hawai‘i customers and employees and Bishop Museum members; and $5 for children 4-12 years of age. Call 847-3511 for tickets and information.
Ho‘okena came on the local music scene in 1986 and continues to be one of Hawai‘i’s longest-lasting Hawaiian music groups. With their most recent CD, “Cool Elevation,” Ho‘okena maintains its high standards of vocal harmony, clean instrumentation, solid arrangements and fresh, new compositions. The CD also earned them a Grammy Nomination this past year. Ho‘okena has garnered many Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards including: Most Promising Artists; Group of the Year; Hawaiian Album of the Year; Haku Mele Hawaiian Composition; Best Hawaiian Performance; Christmas Album of the Year and more. Ho‘okena members are Manu Boyd, Horace K. Dudoit III, Chris Kamaka and Glen H.K. Smith.
James Roche and Tony Silva – “Da Braddahs” – have become two of O‘ahu’s favorite comedic performers. The two met during high school and later partnered up to form “Da Braddahs.” Their TV show, ‘Da Braddahs and Friends,’ is a hit on OC16 Hawai‘i Television and has propelled them to the forefront of the local comedy scene.
Roche and Silva play many different characters during their live show, many of which are satires of Hawai‘i’s most famous entertainers such as a crazed microphone carrying Don Ho, a Samoan father and son tree trimming team and two blundering Honolulu Police detectives.
Concert-goers are encouraged to arrive early for optimal seating and to visit the Museum’s exhibit galleries that will be open until 7 p.m. May’s Hawaii, Hawaiian Style Chili Co. and Gordon Biersch will offer delicious food and beverage. Moonlight Mele also is sponsored by Hawaiian 105 KINE, Horizon Lines, Papa John’s Hawaii, Gordon Biersch, Hawaiian Telcom, Kau Inoa, Ashley Furniture HomeStore, Art & Signs, and the Bishop Museum Association Council.
A treasured resource of Hawaiian history and heritage Bishop Museum was founded in 1889 by Charles Reed Bishop as a tribute to his wife Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the last descendant of the royal Kamehameha dynasty. Located at 1525 Bernice Street, the Museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $14.95 for adults; $11.95 for youth 4-12 years, special rates for kama‘āina, seniors and military; children under 4 years and Bishop Museum Members are free. For information, call 847-3511 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org