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Dionne Warwick.
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Dionne Warwick, an influential pop stylist and five-time Grammy winner, will headline a concert Saturday after the Hawaii Invitational of Polo at the Waimanalo Polo Field.
Billed as “A Night Under the Stars with Dionne Warwick & Friends,” the concert will follow an all-star polo match at the club. Special guest artists include Warwick’s son, Damon Elliott, an R&B singer who performs as Nomad, and Grammy-winning R&B artist Mya. The event is sponsored by The Kahala Hotel & Resort.
“I haven’t been to Hawaii in quite awhile, but the songs are fresh at all times,” Warwick said in an interview.
“The songs” are Warwick’s phenomenal string of hits and evergreen pop standards written for her by Burt Bacharach and Hal David in the 1960s, beginning with “Don’t Make Me Over” and continuing into the early 1970s with “Walk On By” and “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?” among many. Warwick hit the charts in the ’80s with “That’s What Friends Are For” by Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager.
“As far as I’m concerned they’ve never been ‘unfresh,’” Warwick said. “They’re songs that people have had in their hearts and minds from the time that they’ve been recorded, and they’re songs that grow with people through time.”
Gates open at 11 a.m. The primary polo contests take place from 3 to 6 p.m. Food trucks and a beer garden will be in operation. Tickets are $50; VIP tickets $250. Guests must arrive at the Waimanalo Polo Field concert venue by 4 p.m., which is when seating begins for the 6 p.m. show. For tickets, go to hawaiipololife.com.