On the Scene
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MAKANA TEAMS UP WITH HPU FOR 'KI HO'ALU MEETS CLASSICAL' | 1. Innovative slack-key guitarist Makana, second from left, talked backstage with guitar tech Budgie Martin, left, recording engineer Pierre Grill and violinist Eric Iwanaga before going out to meet the audience after his "Ki Ho'alu Meets Classical" concert with the Hawaii Pacific University Orchestra on April 20 at Hawaii Theatre. Makana played an assortment of songs from his past albums and previewed some from his next one. Iwanaga was a featured guest on "Bali Kamaha'o."
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'STRATAGEM' MARKS PISCULLI'S DEBUT AT TAG | 5. Guest director Tony Pisculli, center, celebrated with cast members Peter Clark, left, and Joe Abraham at the April 19 post-show reception in Iwilei for The Actors' Group production of "The Belle's Strategem," a tale of romance and duplicity in 18th-century England. The show is the first Pisculli has directed at TAG, and he received a plaque commemorating his debut there. The play runs through May 12; for information visit www.taghawaii.net.
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3. Trish Shaner Knudsen and her brother, radio personality and falsetto singer Frank B. Shaner, met slack-key music promoter Milton Lau and his wife, Anne Lau, as they all searched for their seats at showtime.
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SHERIFF NORM HOSTS 'SERIOUS' CELEBRATION | 4. Music expert and record store owner "Sheriff Norm" Winter and his daughter, Chyann Winter, had a busy day April 20 hosting "Record Store Day," an annual celebration of music and record stores, at Jelly's Honolulu in Kakaako. The elder Winter said that although the promotional event has been around for five years, "this year it's serious!"
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2. Hawaii Theatre Center President Sarah Richards, left, greeted HPU Orchestra conductor Teresa McCreary, guest pianist Thomas Yee and orchestra member Brandon Shimabukuro during intermission. Yee joined the orchestra for a beautiful rendition of "Rhapsody in Blue" in the first half of the show and returned for a duet with Makana after intermission. McCreary added a moment of levity to the evening when she told the audience she opened the concert barefoot because she could not conduct "Mars," from Gustav Holst's orchestral suite, "The Planets," wearing heels.
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