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HARA HONORS LIFETIME ACHIEVERS | 1. The Beamer ohana was well represented at the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts' 2013 Lifetime Achievement Awards luncheon April 27 at the Ala Moana Hotel. Marmionette Kaaihue, left, Gaye Beamer, Mahi Beamer and Sunbeam Beamer attended the event to celebrate with honoree Lei Becker Furtado, a cousin from the Desha branch of the family. Mahi, who was honored in 1991, gave the audience a rare treat when he played piano after Furtado received her trophy.
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THE WILLOWS HOSTS MANUHEALI'I SHOW | 5. Hawaiian fashion designer Danene Lunn, center, welcomed Ed Keough, left, Charlyn Honda Masini, Estelle Green and Michael Green to her Manuheali'i luncheon fashion show April 24 at The Willows. The program featured designs from Lunn's 'Awapuhi, Ku'ulei and Lokahi collections.
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3. 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Bob Nelson, center, was congratulated by Gary Aiko, left, and Eric Keawe before the program started. Nelson, an accomplished pianist and talented composer, told the crowd, "It takes a village to raise a child, (and) a village it takes for me to stand here today," then played his two best-known compositions: "Hanalei Moon" and "Maui Waltz." Aiko sang "Hanalei Moon" in English and Hawaiian, and Keawe was the featured vocalist on "Maui Waltz."
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4. Hula dancer Leilani Kupahu-Marino, left, talked with Kealoha Kalama (a 2005 honoree) and Dennis Kamakahi (2009) during cocktail hour. Kupahu-Marino danced to Aiko's romantic rendition of "Hanalei Moon."
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2. Jimmy Borges, fourth from left, who got the award in 2008, greeted 2013 honoree Larry Rivera and his family -- daughter Lurline Rivera Fernandez, left, his wife, Gloria Rivera, and daughter Ilima Rivera. Rivera choked up a bit while receiving the award. He said his biggest award "is from God. He gave me my wife, he gave me my six children, my 17 grandchildren and my 18 great-grandchildren" -- and then earned a round of applause when he rattled off the kids' names as if he was doing a chant. Lurline accompanied her father on keyboards and Ilima danced hula when he serenaded the audience with "Kamalani."
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