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April 18, 2005
kokua festival
good solid weekend. surf swell backed off a bit but we still hit "tongs & rice bowls" in the morning saturday. was a little mushy w/ some better potential to peak later in the day once the tides changed from high to low. yet the waves are still mad fun in the morning sun. after about 2 hours the bishman & i were bonking out & craving a big fat breakfast w/ some hot coffee. spent the rest of the afternoon tooling around w/ da bikes & other household chores. tucked in my pocket though was a pair of tixs to hit the "kokua festival" that night. the show was to benefit that brings together environmental organizations, eco-friendly businesses, musicians, artists, teachers, & community leaders to promote environmental awareness in hawaii. an eclectic mix of live music w/ a few local artists (Kaukahi, Johnny Cruz) as well as G.Love, Jackson Brown, Ozamatli & Jack Johnson. a tasty treat of great tunes, grinds from local organic growers, bevs & earth-friendly products.
so ye & i packed the scoot up & headed down. figuring we would score easy parking & dodge the traffic w/ a little stealth riding of the scoot amongst the ever so massive presence of trucks & suvs that the locals looooove so much.
twas a great show under the stars amidst the warm tropical air & back drop of diamond head crater.
we thought the highlight of the night was Ozamatli. those guys are damn talented & get the party shaken. when we thought the set was over, the next thing we knew there was a congo line was going through the crowd of thousands.
no mic's & just the band taking all the instruments they could individually carry into the sea of people. they stopped here & there briefly, before parking the entire band about one blanket from our little spot. front row pit dancing & shaking was had for the next 10 minutes. they finished with the "hokie poke" w/ about a few thousand people playing along. (1 2 3)
it was hard for any other band to compete with the after effects of jumping into the crowd for a jam session like that. the other bands we great though. of course jack was jack....mellow, chill, happy & all the aloha you could expect from the local boy style he carries.
nothing like laying under the stars/ moon & just relaxing to great live music.
Posted by Single Fin at April 18, 2005 12:46 AM
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My fiance and I would like to plan a trip to Hawaii in 2006. We would like to see Jack Johnson while we are there. Is the Kokua Featival an annual event featuring Jack Johnson? Please give me any information you can. Thank you so much!!!
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