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OBAKE TALES AND THE ART OF
STORYTELLING AT THE OKINAWA CENTER ON NOVEMBER 19-20
SEPTEMBER 10, 2004 - Remember how enjoyable it was
to sit at a family gathering and listen to stories from
the "olden days". Grandma and grandpa would share their
immigrant experiences of growing up on a plantation
complete with lunas, toiling under the hot sun, and even
ghost stories. Well, grandma and grandpa may no longer be
around, and plantation life in
old Hawaii is but a distant memory. But we can still
experience and relive these stories and more at the First
Annual Red Dirt Storytelling Festival on November 19th
and 20th at the Hawaii Okinawa Center in Waipio
Gentry.
This
first annual event is being sponsored by the Hawaii United
Okinawa Association as a means of showcasing the rich
cultural heritage of Hawaii’s plantation life through
storytelling, an art form that has kept life experiences
and fascinating stories alive in many cultural communities
for centuries.
The first public performance, "Tales Under a
Tent," featuring local backyard tales, will be held Friday
from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sharing stories will be Janice
Terukina, Eric Mita and Walter Carvalho on slack key
guitar. Admission to this event will be free.
At 8
p.m., internationally acclaimed Celtic harpist, Patrick
Ball will join Hawaii storytellers Karen Yamamoto Hackler,
Woody Fern, Dann Seki, Nyla Ching Fujii and James
McCarthy, sharing "Obake Tales". Obake is a Japanese word
for supernatural creatures and this event will feature
ghost stories from Hawaii, the Pacific and around the
world. Warning, May not be appropriate for small children
or adults who are easily scared!
On
Saturday, enjoy "Tales for the Entire Family" from Nyla
Ching Fujii, James McCarthy, Karen Yamamoto Hackler and
Jeff Babb from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Then, at 7 p.m.,
Patrick Ball will open "Tales from Island Cultures," a
collection of funny, serious and heartwarming stories that
reflect the spirit of island people and places. He will be
joined by the other featured storytellers throughout the
evening and then will return for a solo finale. Also
sharing stories of growing up in a sugar plantation
community will be long-time Waipahu resident Goro Arakawa.
Tickets
are for $5 per performance for adults and $3 per
performance for children 12 and under. A weekend pass can
be purchased for $13 for adults and $6 for children.
Tickets can be purchased at the Hawaii Okinawa Center by
calling 676-5400.
For
more information on the Red Dirt Storytelling Festival,
call 676-5400 or visit the HUOA web site at
http://www.huoa.org/reddirt.
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