Recca family presents free holiday hula show in Waikiki

By Ben Wood

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 16, 2011

~~<p>CARE TO SEE a good Hawaiian Christmas show that won’t cost you a dime? If so, take in the annual program by kumu hula Shirley Recca on Sunday, 6 to 7 p.m., at Kuhio Beach’s hula mound near the Duke Kahanamoku statue. Shirley’s husband, Joe Recca, their daughters Elan and Delys, and Shirley’s Halau Hula ‘o Namakahulali will participate. Shirley, Joe and Delys took part in designer Nake‘u Awai’s holiday fashion show Dec. 3 at Ko‘olau golf course clubhouse. Marlene Sai, Vicky Hollinger and Toni Lee, former Kamehameha schoolmates, celebrated Marlene’s and Vicky’s birthdays at the fashion show. Toni is the mother of former Miss Universe Brook Lee. Brook will sub for vacationing hula queen Kanoe Miller at Halekulani’s House Without a Key Monday through New Year’s Eve …</p>
<p>THE HYATT Waikiki, across the street from Kahanamoku’s statue, got a strong plug Monday on NBC’s “Today.” Al Roker’s segment about “affordable warm-weather getaways” with Travel + Leisure’s Nilou Motamed led off with the Hyatt and its $219 rooms. The show’s Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb followed with Lindsay Lohan’s purse containing $10,000 being stolen from a vehicle while she attended a Laie party. Like most folks, Kathie Lee and Hoda wondered why she was carrying around 10 grand. What’s more, why leave it in a vehicle? …</p>
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CARE TO SEE a good Hawaiian Christmas show that won’t cost you a dime? If so, take in the annual program by kumu hula Shirley Recca on Sunday, 6 to 7 p.m., at Kuhio Beach’s hula mound near the Duke Kahanamoku statue. Shirley’s husband, Joe Recca, their daughters Elan and Delys, and Shirley’s Halau Hula ‘o Namakahulali will participate. Shirley, Joe and Delys took part in designer Nake‘u Awai’s holiday fashion show Dec. 3 at Ko‘olau golf course clubhouse. Marlene Sai, Vicky Hollinger and Toni Lee, former Kamehameha schoolmates, celebrated Marlene’s and Vicky’s birthdays at the fashion show. Toni is the mother of former Miss Universe Brook Lee. Brook will sub for vacationing hula queen Kanoe Miller at Halekulani’s House Without a Key Monday through New Year’s Eve …

THE HYATT Waikiki, across the street from Kahanamoku’s statue, got a strong plug Monday on NBC’s “Today.” Al Roker’s segment about “affordable warm-weather getaways” with Travel + Leisure’s Nilou Motamed led off with the Hyatt and its $219 rooms. The show’s Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb followed with Lindsay Lohan’s purse containing $10,000 being stolen from a vehicle while she attended a Laie party. Like most folks, Kathie Lee and Hoda wondered why she was carrying around 10 grand. What’s more, why leave it in a vehicle? … Login for more...