Write a theme song for kids’ health

The Hawaii 5210 Let’s Go! campaign, which focuses on keeping Hawaii’s kids healthy, is offering a $2,000 prize to songwriters who pen a theme song for the program.

Entries should be an original song whose primary message includes healthful eating and active living. The contest is open only to Hawaii residents.

"The winning theme song will help children, teens and their families get energized and motivated to live an active lifestyle fueled by daily doses of nutritious foods and drinks," said Dr. May Okihiro, director of the Hawaii Initiative for Childhood Obesity Research and Education and Hawaii 5210 at the University of Hawaii’s John A. Burns School of Medicine.

A panel of celebrity judges, including Amy Hanaiali‘i, will review entries and select the winner.

The deadline to enter is Oct. 31.

Entries must be submitted in MP3 format with either Finale or Sibelius notation to the Hawaii 5210 Let’s Go! website: www.hawaii5210.com/31/music-song-contest.

The song must be three to four minutes in length, with original music and lyrics that appeal to young children and teens. According to the rules, the song must be about Hawaii’s youth and families, and should include English and Hawaiian lyrics.

See the complete rules and message guidelines at www.hawaii5210.com.

Festivities fill UH Homecoming Week

Warriors past and present — and maybe some Rainbows, too — are expected to converge on the University of Hawaii-Manoa campus and assorted sports venues to celebrate Homecoming Week 2011, Monday to Oct. 23.

A Homecoming Fair from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at Clarence T.C. Ching Field will feature the UH-Manoa pep band and cheerleaders, along with coach Greg McMackin and the Warrior football team. The festivities include a costume challenge, interactive games with students, a dunking booth, rock-climbing wall and obstacle course, prizes and student booths. A wide array of food items such as kim chee burger sliders, kalua pork nachos with lomi chipotle tomato salsa and a Warrior brownie sundae will be available for purchase. Special $1 menu items include hot dogs, corn dogs, popsicles and canned drinks.

The event precedes the 7 p.m. Wahine volleyball game against Utah State at the Stan Sheriff Center on Oct. 21 and the homecoming game against the New Mexico State Aggies at 6 p.m. Oct. 22 at Aloha Stadium.

Admission to the fair is free and open to the public. Visitor parking in the Stan Sheriff Parking Structure (Zone 20) is $4 before 4 p.m. Parking after 4 p.m. will be available anywhere on the upper campus, the Music Department lot or the Stan Sheriff structure for $5.

Members of the UH Alumni Association will receive a special "Alumni Night" discount of 30 percent off ticket prices (maximum of eight tickets) to the homecoming football and volleyball games. A valid UHAA membership card is required when purchasing tickets at the Stan Sheriff Center or the Aloha Stadium (football only) box offices. For details, visit UHalumni.org/athletics.

For a full schedule of UH-Manoa homecoming activities, visit: manoa.hawaii.edu/homecoming.