Honokaa Jazz Band at Ala Moana Centerstage

The Honokaa Jazz Band made its debut public performance at the recently renovated Ala Moana Centerstage venue yesterday (April 16) to a crowd that was treated to a variety of jazz, blues and R&B standards. The band with more than 30 members are currently touring Oahu and playing at a number of venues this weekend. The Ala Moana Shopping Center concert was the first of several.

The band has a long established reputation of creating memorable performances with a wide range of musical styles, mostly focused on the jazz genre. The band is led by Mr. Gary Washburn who has been a music instructor at Honokaa High and Intermediate School for many years. The Honokaa Jazz Band won a special Grammy Award in 2011 for “its unique and outstanding band program.”

Honokaa Jazz Band will be performing in Waikiki tomorrow starting at 5:00 pm at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center.



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Chaotic Five Rocks the House Again

Caught Chaotic Five again at Ala Moana Centerstage this past Saturday night, July 28. The band continues to improve and expand their selection of classic rock and metal music repertoire with covers of great hits that are decades older than them!

This time they covered Joan Jett's "I Love Rock n Roll", Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild", The Kinks/Van Halen's "You Really Got Me" and the expected Journey covers of "Anyway You Want It" and "Don't Stop Believin'". They finished last night's show with the heavy metal standard "Enter Sandman" which was originally done by Metallica in 1991. These and more were great songs to hear being played by a new generation of future rockers. Way to go Chaotic Five!

   







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