Pretty Scary Kids
Whether your version of celebration involves dancing in the moonlight with the truly wicked or lurking in the shadows with the merely winsome, Halloween is a time honored festival with roots in ancient harvest festivals, a time when the cycle of life is acknowledged, feared and simultaneously revered. But enough with the philosophy – on Maui the party is on! Join in any or all of the following, many for a good cause far beyond your personal amusement.
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October 29th, 2010
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5th ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVAL AND CRAFT FAIR
Montessori Hale O Keiki is delighted to announce its fifth annual HARVEST FESTIVAL AND CRAFT FAIR, to be held on the grounds of its North Kihei campus at Trinity-by-the-Sea Church, 100 Kulanihakoi Street, on Saturday, October 30th, from 10am to 2pm.
This fun-filled family event features: games, pony rides, bouncy castles, a pie-eating contest, face painting, arts & crafts, a pumpkin patch, food & drinks and lots more. Proceeds from the Harvest Festival will directly benefit the children of Montessori Hale O Keiki by providing funds for financial aid and educational programs.
Montessori Hale O Keiki is South Maui’s only independent, fully-accredited nonprofit school, currently serving nearly 100 children in preschool to eighth grade.
For more information, visit www.montessorihaleokeiki.org or call the school on 874-7441.
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MAUI ONSTAGE’S 5TH ANNUAL HAUNTED HOUSE
From 6 -9 pm the brave among us are invited to take a tour of the scariest haunted house on Maui. The chills are so frightening, in fact, that it’s not recommended for keiki or the more impressionable scardy-cats. Ghosts, witches, goblins and the return of the “Thriller Dancers” will generate more excitement than the Rocky Horror Glee Show! Only $4 for adults and $2 for those under sixteen who can handle the intensity of it all! Repeated again on October 30 and 31st.
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October 30, 2010
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LAHAINA GATEWAY PINEAPPLE AND PUMPKINS CELEBRATION
All the wonderful stores and restaurants of the Lahaina Gateway Center are putting their hands in the middle and shouting out for Fall in Lahaina by hosting all sorts of fun things starting at 10 am – 2 pm, followed by a keiki Trick-or-Treating and Costume Contest from 4 – 7 pm.
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WAILUKU HONGWANJI MISSION’S AUTUMN FOOD & CRAFT FAIR
Time: 7:30 am to 12:00 pm Crafts, fun events, food and other fall fun for a great cause. Contact Stella Kuwae at 808-244-9036 for more information
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J. WALTER CAMERON CENTER SPOOKTACULAR EVENT
J. Walter Cameron Center Annual Fundraiser, dinner, silent auction, entertainment. The whole she-bang for a whooping great evening at the Wailea Marriott Resort & Spa, 3700 Wailea Alanui Drive, Kihei. $100 per person, 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Contact Cesar Gaxiola at 808 244-5546 to purchase tickets.
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BU! THE MAGICALLY ENCHANTED FOREST
Gather in the apparition of Bu!, for the go-to Halloween event for Maui’s GLBT community. An ambient environment and primary dance floor will be created by DJ Joe King, and the night’s other-worldly theme will be mastered by local favorite DJ Michale Fong. Plus, hip hop beats will boom from the Schaefer International Gallery (?!) with a simultaneous dance floor manned by DJ Teknyq and DJ AstroRaph. $35 General Admission / $95 VIP Package. Phone, 808-242-7469 for more information.
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DIAMOND’S ICE BAR HALLOWEEN PARTY
May as well get started early strutting out that costume you worked so hard on – just remember, you only have one day to clean up your act before the real deal rolls around on the 31st. Live from Seattle, the band Fiasco rocks fueled by drink specials and, not one but TWO, $100 prizes for best costumes, meaning you have twice the chance to win!
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THREE’S BAR AND GRILL ZOMBIE’S PINUP PARTY, 7 pm – Dawn
Island Girl Pin Ups is bringing the glitz and glam of the Pin Up era back to life for Maui’s hottest Halloween party!
Experience A live Zombie Pin Up fashion show (Costuming by Enchantress Boutique) while sipping Smoking Blood Orange Martini’s. Watch as Zombie Belly Dancers (performance by Twisted Hips) dance to the music all night long by Del Sol. Plus! A spooky performance by Maui’s own Elvira!
Best costume of the evening will win a free Pin Up makeover and photo shoot by Island Girl Pin-Ups.
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October 31, 2010
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LAHAINA KEIKI PARADE
The cutest parade on earth continues down Front Street thanks to West Maui Soroptimists, the Lahaina Sunrise Rotary and Lahaina Rotary Clubs who pitched in to stage the 32nd annual Keiki Halloween Costume Parade beginning at 4:30 pm. Keiki start at Papalaua Street and sashay down Front Street in their finery, ending up at the Banyan Tree Park where they will collect a trick-or-treat bag of candy. Closing the parade, the Lahianaluan High School Marching Band and Cheerleaders will perform – and for me, the sound of a marching band sends more chills down my spine than any old spook house would. Let’s hope this fine, wholesome tradition carries on long into the future.
HALLOWEEN CANNERY MALL FAMILY FUN DAY
Lahaina Cannery Mall’s annual family celebration of all things Halloween just got larger. The west Maui center will host an all-ages “Haunted House” each Friday, Saturday and Sunday through the end of the month.
On October 31, Lahaina Cannery Mall will host “Halloween Cannery Family Fun Day” starting at 3 p.m. with such family treats as an outdoor concert, feats of prestidigitation, and ample opportunity for trick-or-treating. Full Halloween schedule is as follows.
Outdoor 3-7pm
• Keiki jumping castles
• Halloween crafts, face painting
• Magic, balloon animals
• Shave ice, drinks, grinds
• Car/Bike/Truck show
• Live entertainment
o Kenny Roberts
o Cirque Polynesia
o Higher State of Mind
o Open Mynds
o Fiyah Blaze
o AnDen
Indoor 4-7pm
• Trick-or-treating from store to store
• Face painting
• Photos with Frankenstein (by Imaging Plus Hawaii)
• Amazing magic from Kupanaha (5pm)
• Keiki costume contest (5:30pm)
All-ages Haunted House
• October 22 & 29: 4-9pm
• October 23 & 30: 4-9pm
• October 24 & 31: 3-7pm
All entertainment and activities are free of charge. Proceeds from haunted house and food/drink booths benefit Toys for Tots and The Neighborhood Place.
For more information, call (808) 661-5304, visit www.lahainacannery.com, or follow @LahainaCannery on Twitter
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HALLOWEEN IN LAHAINA
Permits be damned, the Lahaina Town Action Committee is hosting two events on Front Street starting with an event strictly for the high school set – students in grades 8-12 are invited to a Halloween Bash from 6-10 pm featuring a costume contest, party favors, rooftop dancing at the former Oyster Bar location, food beverages and DJ Zinn spinning the tunes. Next up is Halloween Hell Night, as you can tell from the title, a bit harder core event in the basement of 744 Front Street. A full bar, DJ, drinks specials set the stage for showing off your costume and having a great time indoors, since Front Street is officially opened to vehicular traffic this Halloween. Admission is $10.
HARD ROCK LAHAINA
A great strategy for Halloween costume contest winners is to rack ‘em up, one each night in varying neighborhoods. Say you won at Diamond’s on Saturday – time to take your bewigged, bedecked self over to Hard Rock in Lahaina for the midnight contest of all contests – a whopping $150 first place prize, followed with a not so shabby $100 second, and where 3rd place winners can only be called concession prizes elsewhere, at Hard Rock even the lowest guy on the podium gets $50, which given the $4 Heineken draft specials is enough to win you lots of friends when you buy that round. Get Your Freak On, as the ad says, with DJ 007. I see dancing in your future…
KIWI ROADHOUSE HALLOWEEN BASH – ALL DAY
On the actual day when haunting spirits roam the earthly realm, take refuge at Kiwi Roadhouse’s fun-filled line up of activities sure to take your mind off the shadow in the corner.
Keiki Activities 11-3 pm include costume contest, ½ off kids meals, grab bags and other fun.
Adult are invited 6-9 pm for drink specials, costume contest with cash prizes and great food, like their Kiwi Burger complete with beetroot and fried egg (which looks scrumptious) and other burgers guaranteed to line your stomach for the night’s festivities.
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PINEAPPLE GRILL KAPALUA, 5:30 – WITCHING HOUR
The third annual Kapalua alternative to partying down on Front Street, now that Front Street Halloween is no more, offers ½ off selected bar menu at this award winning slinger of sumptuous cuisine, along with super solicitous bar specials. A Halloween Costume Contest awards the first place winner $100, which is likely enough to cover the cost of those “devil in the details” accessories you went all out for again this year. Scotty Rotten and Friends play dance worthy music 7:30-10:30 again this year.
HAVE FUN AND BE SAFE OUT THERE! WISHING YOU ALL TREATS AND NO TRICKS.
