events and different things that's going on in the area first of all i want to mention that there is a new way to a show called sounds of the pacific island radio show it's a mix plate of talk story music and artist interview and we've got a brand new show and last show season we had we had one of our guest artists that we had there was charlie would go off kohala and this lookout for some other  new radio show artists that's going to be on it joining us you can find us on the sounds of the pacific island radio show dot com and check it out it's a twenty four seven show and it's  fun show we've got all kinds of different hawaiian south pacific island music everything from gospel music to the ancient songs and chants as well as a current popular  musicians of today as well as other shows and musicians of the past so that's a real fun show and we would like to invite you to come on there it's on live three sixty five dot com and it is a twenty four seven internet radio show so sign up and be one of our favorite listeners we'd love to hear from you folks now the end of may here it is we have the may day yesterday that's well populated all over the place we've had the late making in there's all kinds of different events that's going on around the made events now the end of may there is going to be the folklife festival that has held every single year the memorial weekend and this year we are going to be having its a memorial weekend down in the seattle center area there is always a sunday afternoon from eleven o'clock to three o'clock a whole lot  type of entertainment that is shared by several of of the pacific northwest is one of the favorite part of the folklife festival folks come from all over the place to come and see that it starts at eleven o'clock and it's cortez that's a fun one it's going to be dealt over at the bagley right theater now what has also been gaining a lot of popularity has been a group called super it's a seattle players association and this year they're going to be playing in in at the seattle center watch out go look at the folklife northwest folklife festival dot org for more information about when they'll be playing but this year super will be getting together and they're going to be putting together a variety of theme songs from elvis presley so that should be a fun one and if we have you might want to bring that as well you know that they oftentimes love to have people join in and that's a fun one to go and check out as well the entire weekend from friday the twenty fifth all the way through the twenty ninth they do have round the clock entertainment all over  every single stage all over the seattle center so you'll be having a lot of fun checking out all kinds of different entertainment from there all sorts of cultures so check them out come and check that out  now the other thing that's going on is that we have several other concerts that's been going we are one of our concerts that was just recently here was just last weekend was kill the beamer and riot helmet and that was very well attended and it was a fun fun event now we have a group that's coming back up they were here last last january the end of january first part of february and it was a group called kohala and they are an acoustic blend of island folk and jazz and what's really been fun about this group is they are the award winning music of kohala hawaii's acoustic guitar trio i'd like to call him the very talented trio as they reflect the beauty of the kohala region on the big island now this group has been playing everywhere from the first tour that they came they were playing from washington and oregon as far down to eugene and they traveled quite a bit in the pacific northwest area and they're coming back by popular demand many of their fans have asked when they're going to be back again and they are coming back up the first weekend of june in fact their for their arrival is on the thirty first of may and they will be at the lower columbia college they'll be participating with workshops as well  as hula and that particular day at the lower columbia college is holding their their very own multicultural event it's a big event and they'll be having all kinds of  in crafts i'll be making some lays they'll also be having different lectures talking about the first pioneers of the hawaiian folks coming here the history behind me a little talk story about a little be a hula workshop there and and charles brotman and his guys rupert and charlie ricardo will be sharing a workshop with the music department and with everybody else about carving a music career and because you know a lot of folks are have got a ton of talent and this these guys if they have had a history i mean they've life long career of making music as their career and they'll be sharing that at that lower columbia college may thirty first from two o'clock to nine o'clock and at the end of the event there will be a hula show alou our show and at the very end of that event  playing a very special concert for the college and it's open to the public this is a free event and that will be a real fun event to go in and check it out worth the trip to go down to longview washington at lower columbia college following that they will be going the next day june first they'll be at matthew's estate and winery did a wonderful little winery in our own very own backyard over and wooden ville and it's a great location it's on one six one one six one fortieth place ne in wooden ville they were going to be playing there will be playing from six thirty to nine thirty and at that event kohala has graciously offered to be able to have some of the proceeds of that it's going to go to a group called queen it's a new day and before kohala there will be  show there's not going to be any food but there will be other food vendors that will be there one of them is called the box and if you've not tried this yet it's it's kind of like one of those lunch box a especially the northern part of our of our puget sound and they're going to be there as well and now the queen i will go back to that the charitable charitable organization that they're sponsoring that enough of kohala on at the lower columbia college on the thirty first or at matthews on matthew's estate in on the first of june on the second of june they will be playing at the finney ri community hall it's right down there right up of above the green lake and it's where the folklore society has their concerts once a month they have it there we're going to be meeting there with kohala they'll be joining us and doing  wonderful concert there there's a hula show there as well and finally on the third of june we're going to be having a house concert in bellevue and check us out on aloha island treasures dot net there will be more information on that or you can also check on the sounds of the pacific island radio show for more information about all those how to get in checking them out now kohala we just they are such a wonderful group this group has such a big heart and you can hear that when you hear their music they're going to be sharing a as they share their music there they're wanting to reach the hearts of  people and leave the folks a wonderful impression of the kohala region of the big island and one of the ways that they do that is they do support charitable organizations and one of them is called queen it's a new day i just want to share a little bit about that organization it's an organization that does help to give hope to women who are battered abused or forgotten and this organization feel that they like to help women find their worth by transforming communities one life at a time and it was founded by a woman named judy hof and what do they do is it is like to bring focus with the forgotten and often times changing lives only takes a moment and we create in this queen it's a new day create moments for the change they talk about who cares about these women it's communities who know that a powerful woman can do powerful things this organization likes to open their hearts to thousands of women the women receive brand new work clothes shoes haircuts styles chair massages manicures pedicures makeup application professional photo shots of themselves and they also have a five course professional catered dinner with a keynote speaker and professional entertainment in addition the queens stay overnight at the hotel they have breakfast and attend life skills training classes throughout the second day of the event and what's nice about this is that they also have an opportunity to graduate when they upon upon that that weekend and for that weekend these women have an opportunity to just completely forget where they were out and how their lives were before and it in it helps them to have hope to see what an alternative to the lifestyle that they've had and so this is a very good cause and in order to be able to do that it's typically they takes quite a few women and it typically costs a lot of money to have their women go through this but it's worth it and many of the women who have gone through this program have gone back to gainful employment they have gone on to going on to school they have become a better role model they've been able to to break the chains of the first and matthews is collaborating together to help out and support this worthwhile organization called queen it's a new day and you can always go to queen it's a new day dot org for more information and certainly they're always looking for gowns they're looking for work clothes and any of these kinds of things that that any of you may have access to or have resources to i know that they would really love hearing more about that and we want to say thank you to matthews and koala and aloha and into yours and sounds of the pacific island radio show for helping out with this another wonderful group that's coming up this month the month of may may nineteenth and this is a fun group of kids it's called island island and they are coming from the islands of british columbia and what's fantastic about this particular group is it's made up of a lot of young children i shouldn't say children they are junior high and high school from a mix of quite a few different high schools and these students get together and they under the direction of tina horwood and she she puts together this performing group and they are a tantalizing no boundaries program of music from hawaiian tunes like in hawaii aloha to rock n roll classics like proud mary and johnny b goode the island provides an offering of music of the arrows with hip happy swing time tunes like up a double honeymoon to wonderfully entertaining these youth represent twelve high and middle schools from the victoria area and british columbia canada they are given a multidimensional musical experience with island are encouraged to master the risk ills to excel and develop into confident performers this exceptional family of players represents the good in young people their community contributors dedicated and supportive of one another and they love to entertain at home and abroad especially love to work play and tour with their ever energetic and enthusiastic music director tina you can visit them at w w w dot islands dot org for more information but they're going to be here they're going to be helping with they're going to be collaborating with the new hope new hope youth ministry group from up in shoreline and the address is one  five zero for lands dr shoreline they're going to be putting together a little hula show and a concert over at the new hope church there it's going to be on saturday may nineteenth two to four and if you like to have more informations about obtaining your tickets or supporting this of worthwhile organization go to w w w dot aloha island twitchers dot net and check them out and reserve your tickets there the the better it's going to benefit the youth group african mission who's going to kenya in august the goal of this mission team is it's to build a library and stock it with books that they've collected and they're still collecting books if you'd like to come to that day on the nineteenth come and visit with some of the kids and bring your books if you'd like to in and contribute them to the already growing books library that they have and they are planning on going to kenya in in august and so your support on this would be really really awesome what you're going to have a fabulous entertainment group of these kids the kids are coming from ireland there's going to be thirty three of them coming and of course you know with that they are planning on having a hula lesson will be teaching them that we did they were one of our guests over at the columbia heritage festival in two thousand and six and seven they were just the light for a bunch of energetic young kids bring it with you i'm sure that they're going to want to jam with you but that come and visit them again i've been going to be here in the seattle area saturday ma nineteenth from two to four at the shoreline new hope church at one three five zero for lynn's drive come support the kids it would be really fun and would love to see the youth ministry group go and help build that library in kenya and they are going to be fellowshipping with them and and working with them to build their library and also feel their showmance with books so all your support on there it's it will be just really really a wonderful thing we're going to take you right now to to listen to the kohala when they were playing here just recently at that last concert enjoy coming back up here in august for a tsunami relief project they'll be in the end of june they'll be traveling down to the oregon area and visit some of the winery sets down in that area and then in november they're coming back up over to the land area and over in this they're going to be doing they'll be sharing there as well so that's going to be an awesome thing but at this time i'd really like to be able to share that that little film clip that you just saw was f entire ten day tour and had a blast with that but he was the the we want to say thank you to bill for making sure that that was available for us to use and it was edited by one of our dear friends up at studio north can he's awesome he has been doing a ton of different work video wise as well as music he produces our large of music c d s and these are some of the folks who are behind the scenes but make a lot of people look important and feel important and helps them with their success of their music career so i just want to have a shout out to ken at studio north and to bill with hawaii he just i believe he's putting his finishing touches of that cd that reducing for his moral point she has grandchildren so i'm really happy that we're surrounded by a lot of talent will be talking more about more people don't forget we've got a full calendar this month made me fit nineteenth the clearly island clearly the group is going to be here at new home support the new hope youth mission group going to kenya we really appreciate that may nineteenth