The Kona Ballroom Dance Club presents “Oldies Nite” from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sunday at the Elks Lodge in Kailua-Kona. Dancers will relive the 1950s and ’60s with music by DJ Sterling and pupu, including mini-burgers and retro candies. Ballroom
Ballroom dancers
revisiting 1950s, ’60s
The Kona Ballroom Dance Club presents “Oldies Nite” from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sunday at the Elks Lodge in Kailua-Kona. Dancers will relive the 1950s and ’60s with music by DJ Sterling and pupu, including mini-burgers and retro candies.
A donation is requested at the door. The event includes door prizes and awards for best retro outfits.
For more information, call Franz or Joanna at 326-9190 or Trisha Hansen at 325-2245.
Nagata named
Mauna Kea Management director
Stephanie Nagata has been named director of the Office of Mauna Kea Management.
Nagata has been with the organization since it was founded in 2000 and has served as its director on an interim basis for nearly four years. While serving as interim director, Nagata led the organization through the completion of the Mauna Kea Comprehensive Management Plan, which included both cultural and natural resources management subplans critical to the protection of the mountain.
A part of the University of Hawaii at Hilo, the Office of Mauna Kea Management is charged with the overall management responsibilities for the Mauna Kea Science Reserve. The office works closely with the community-based Mauna Kea Management Board and is advised on cultural matters by the Kahu Ku Mauna council.
Center offers gleaning, volunteering options
Gleaning is an important way to lessen the region’s dependence on imported foods by making better use of what is already in production. One Island Sustainable Living Center invites volunteers to help identify trees or crops in South Kona that are not being tended and arrange with property owners to have a team of volunteers glean a harvest so it won’t go to waste. Harvested food is sold to help fund youth field trips to local farms or given to the food bank.
Visit one-island.org/hawaii for more information. Call 328-2452 or email hawaii@one-island.org/hawaii to volunteer for a gleaning team or to share trees or crops.
Volunteers are also needed to help with local school and community gardens. The Big Island is fortunate to have community garden projects in every district, but these gardens need their neighbors’ support to keep them growing year-round.
One Island Sustainable Living Center in Honaunau will hold “how-to-serve” workshops in July.
Every Wednesday is a volunteer day at One Island’s organic farm and gardens. The work begins at 8:30 a.m. followed by group lunch at 12:30 p.m.
Visit one-island.org for more information. Email hawaii@one-island.org or call 328-2452 to volunteer.
Hulihee event remembers Liholiho
The Daughters of Hawaii presents “Afternoon at Hulihee” at 4 p.m. Sunday at Hulihee Palace to remember the late King Kamehameha IV, Alexander Liholiho. Featuring performances by the Merrie Monarch Singers and hula by kumu hula Etua Lopes and his Halau Na Pua Ui O Hawaii, the program is part of a series of free monthly musical events that honor Hawaii’s past monarchs and historical figures. Donations are accepted. Those planning to attend should bring their own seating.
Hulihee Palace is open for self-guided tours. Museum and gift shop hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission is $6 for adults, $4 for seniors and $1 for keiki.
For details, contact the palace at 329-1877 or 329-9555 or visit daughtersofhawaii.org.
Yeaton to perform
at Kailua-Kona library
Chris Yeaton will perform a slack key program from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Kailua-Kona Public Library.
Yeaton draws from a lineage of Hawaiian slack key tradition and has toured nationally with Keola Beamer and John Keawe. His unique style incorporates a blend of the traditional and contemporary fingerstyle.
This free program is sponsored by Friends of the Libraries, Kona.
Kona gearing up
for Relay For Life
The American Cancer Society’s Kona Relay For Life event is scheduled from 6 p.m. July 14 through 6 a.m. July 15 at the Old Kona Airport Park’s lighted field.
The funds raised through Relay For Life events enable the organization to continue its fight against cancer. In 2011, the American Cancer Society-Hawaii Island provided 3,001 services to 647 patients.
The event begins with a free cancer survivors and caregivers dinner followed by the survivor lap, which officially starts the relay.
The luminaria ceremony at 9 p.m. honors survivors and those lost to the disease. Participants, led by tiki torch bearers, circle the track that is surrounded with glowing luminaria bearing the names of loved ones who have battled cancer. Luminaria may be purchased for $5 from any team member or by visiting relayforlife.org/konahi.
Entertainment and concession sales continue through the night.
Visit the above website or call Maile at 895-3168 to learn how to form a team and become involved in Relay For Life.
