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Herb Kane

The “2009 Bay Concert: A Celebration of Life at Kahaluu Bay” features Na Hoku award winners Na Leo Pilimehana and Hookena along with emcee Frank de Lima and the Daifukuji Taiko Drummers on Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort Convention Center.

Doors open at 4:30 p.m.; concert is 5-8 p.m.

The annual concert is an evening of music and fun, celebrating the efforts of residents and businesses to preserve Hawaii’s natural environment. The 2009 Bay Concert honors artist and community leader Herb Kawainui Kane, someone at the very heart of the Hawaiian Renaissance and himself a celebration of all that is good in life.

The concert is organized by The Kohala Center, an independent, nonprofit center for research and education about and for our natural environment, which manages the Kahaluu Bay Project.

Purchase tickets at Music Exchange in Kona, Big Island Surf Co. in Hilo and Waimea, at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay concierge desk, online at www.kohalacenter.org/bayconcert09 or call 808-887-6411.

General Admission: $25 advance purchase, $30 at the door, $12 children 12 and under.

VIP with reserved seating: $40 advance purchase, $45 at the door, $20 children 12 and under

— Find out more:

www.KohalaCenter.org

www.sheratonkeauhou.com/bayconcert.htm