Do It: ‘Harry Potter,’ Sosupersam, ‘Tango Extravaganza!,’ Terry Fator

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>> HSO provides live soundtrack to ‘Harry Potter’ movie

Time to join Harry, Hermoine and Ron at the Hogwarts Academy for “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” screened to live music performed by the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra.

“Prisoner of Azkaban,” the third in the popular film franchise, was scored by the great John Williams, who received both Oscar and Grammy nominations for the score. It features enchanting tunes like “Aunt Marge’s Waltz,” with its graceful oboe solo, the baroque madrigal-styled “Double Trouble,” and the energetic “Snowball Fight.”

The film features Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and pals Hermoine (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) tangling with werewolves and soul-less creatures called dementers as Harry deals with a family mystery. Academy Award winners Julie Christie and Gary Oldman co-star.

Conducting the orchestra will be Justin Freer, a Los Angeles-based film composer and conductor who co-created CineConcerts, which produces the live-music versions of the Harry Potter films as well as other classic films.

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>> Hollywood DJ Sosupersam performs

The multitalented Sosupersam took a leap of faith a couple of years ago, moving from a successful DJ career that had her spinning for some of the biggest names in Hollywood to writing and singing her own tunes.

It paid off, as her debut EP “Garden” wasgreeted enthusiastically by fans charmed by her melancholy love songs, like “One” and “A Little Wrong.”

She’s forging ahead with that singer/songwriter career now, releasing a second project, “Priority,” in March. The three-song EP, which features moody R&B tunes like “Drip” and the title song, has caught on with not only fans but with colleagues.

All of thesongs have been remixed by various producers around the world, with the Berlin team of Ticklish & Nico Adomako remixing her song “Good For It,” and Tokyo producers Double Clapperz doing their take on the EP’s title tune.

These days, one might saythat while imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery, remixing is.

Sosupersam, born Samantha Duenas, is a Filipina-American from Los Angeles who started her career in entertainment as a dancer, working with entertainers like Miley Cyrus and Vanessa Hudgens. She brought her DJ skills to LA hot spots, providing musicfor celebrity photo shoots for the likes of George Clooney and Reese Witherspoon. She has become somewhat of a fashionista as well, with appearances in Elle, Vanity Fair and other trendsetting publications.

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>> Tango exhibition features chamber music and dancing specialists

Step up, step in and kick up your heels this weekend when world-class tango returns to Hawaii, courtesy of violinist Iggy Jang.

Jang, concertmaster of the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra, grew up in Paris at a time when the city was enjoying a surge of interest in tango. He’d always wanted to put on a tango exhibition here and in 2011 he presented “Tango Extravaganza!” to a sold-out Doris Duke Theatre. Star dancers Guillermo Merlo and Fernanda Ghi return for a reprise of the extravaganza this year.

The dynamic dance duo’s many accomplishments include winning the 1999 World Argentine Tango Championship, an appearance on the PBS special “Tango Magic,” and a performance at the Imperial Theater in Tokyo in 2005, which marked the first timethat non-Asians had performed at the storied venue.

As with the 2011 event, Merlo and Ghi will dance to music performed by Jang, bandoneonist Javier Sánchez and pianist Alfredo Minetti, both tango specialists extraordinaire. Bassist Hayden Joyce and local guitarist Ian O’Sullivan join the production thisyear.

While the big show will be on Saturday, you can get into the tango mood today with a behind-the-scenes workshop at the Prince Waikiki Hotel, presented by Hawaii Music Teachers Association. Merlo and Ghi, who have produced of a series of instructionalvideos on tango, will be on hand to give tips on scissor kicks and deep dips.

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>> Terry Fator brings his talent and humor to Hawaii Theatre

Hold your tongue and let Terry Fator take control.

Fator brings his extraordinary skill at singing ventriloquism back to the Hawaii Theatre this week. He does Paul McCartney, Elton John and Michael Jackson, though sometimes he does Jackson as an imitator rather than as a ventriloquist – how else could the act include a moonwalk?

Other singing characters Fator created include Julius, a soul singer in the Apollo Theater mold, country singer Walter T. Airedale, and Emma Taylor, who herself imitates singers like Etta James.

Fator’s appearance on “America’s Got Talent” in 2007 got off to a rocky start. Judges Sharon Osbourne and David Hasselhof admitted to being predisposed against ventriloquists, with Hasselhof greeting him with “Oh, no, not a ventriloquist!”

Fator won them over and charmed audiences week after week, eventually winning the show. That propelled him to one of the most popular stage shows in Vegas.