Waha Nui
Former CPAC standout and So You Think You Can Dance finalist Cole Horibe has landed the lead role of Bruce Lee in the off-Broadway play Kung Fu next fall in NYC … If it’s not too late, check out the Southwind Quintet‘s Celtic music concert at 6:30 p.m. March 12 at Kahuku Library in honor of good ol’ St. Patrick (293-8935) …
Tutasi Wilson celebrated her 99th birthday last weekend at Aloha Rehab and Nursing Center. Tutasi is the oldest living performer from the Lexington Hotel’s Hawaiian Room, an NYC show that ran from 1937 to 1966 … Kathie Wells of Community Helping Schools says Kaaawa Elementary’s A-Plus program is ready to play, but needs hula hoops, basketballs, volleyballs, dodgeballs, jump ropes and foam bats for baseball. Call 263-6703 or go to communityhelpingschools.org …
Ward and Beth Yoshimura say they’re having a blast after opening a new Kailua real estate firm together, Beachside Island Homes. Their new adventure combines expertise in banking (Beth, 772-0332) and home sales (Ward, 292-5888) … Kailua’s John-Barrett K. Ferreira has graduated from Air Force basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas, and Mark Collins (Kalaheo 2012) graduated from Army basics at Fort Benning, Ga. …
Friends and family are selling tickets and accepting donations now for a benefit concert March 24 at Hawaiian Brian’s for Kaneohe native Stacey Dickson Kim, a special ed teacher, wife and mother of three who needs a kidney transplant soon for her congenital IgA nephropathy condition. Call Laurie at 239-4223
