Spreading gLee at ‘Iolani
Iris Kuo
March 29, 2011
Did you catch the last episode of gLee like a true gLeek? Or maybe you missed it and now you’re feeling gLeeprived. Really, the only way to cure it is to watch a gLeepeat or get a gLeecap from your equally gLack-headed friends. Fox’s show “gLee” has created a cult-like following which... Read more »
Soloists are noteworthy at concerto concert
Maya Stevens
February 15, 2011
Some believe that ‘Iolani is home to some of the top string musicians in the state. At the school’s annual Concerto Concert on Feb. 12, soloists from the senior class helped to prove that. Violinists Teresa Ou, Richard Chang, and Akari Hatanaka, cellists Riana Anthony, Jeffrey Kawahara, Matt... Read more »
Breathtaking aerial dancing mesmerizes
Maya Stevens
December 15, 2010
One of the challenges of the arts is to make it look easy. It takes enough trouble to dance beautifully and skillfully on the ground; imagine what it would be like to dance in the sky. Aerial dancing is attempted by many, but mastered by a select few due to its extreme difficulty. On Wednesday, December... Read more »
Harry Potter VII, Part I – the Beginning of the End
David Pang
December 15, 2010
Bieber Fever? So yesterday. Twilight? It only happens every time the sky becomes dark. Harry Potter? Now and forever. That’s the way most Harry Potter fans feel at this moment in Harry Potter history. On November 19, 2010, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I was released in over 4,000 theaters... Read more »
A call for equity between sports, arts
Jana Souza
December 15, 2010
Performing for hundreds of people can be nerve-wracking. That’s why the preparation for the big moment is crucial. Grueling practices five days a week, and sometimes on Saturdays, call for a lot of hard work and dedication by every member of the group. In fact, football players and student involved... Read more »
Fiddler on the Roof(s of Boston)
Akari Hatanaka
December 15, 2010
When the contra dancing band The Free Raisins plays at contra dances, it inspires people to bring– surprise, surprise– free raisins. “Our first gig, someone actually brought a huge box of raisins and passed them out. I was like, man, we should have had [made our name] something like Free... Read more »
A Gift of Music
Maya Stevens
December 6, 2010
On Friday, November 19th, ‘Iolani orchestras 4 and 5 graced the community with their gifts of music. Orchestra 4, conducted by the energetic Joan Wehrman, performed selections by Mozart, Dvorak, and Ippolitov-Ivanov, and Orchestra 5, led by the dynamic Kathy Hafner, played difficult selections... Read more »
Halloween Lunch Concert
Nicholas Steinemann
November 2, 2010
Screams of joy could be heard from the lower school as the combination of the lower and upper school Orchestras performed their Halloween concert. This was the first year for the concert and took the place of Halloween parade this year. The Orchestra featured full string, rhythm, and even included a... Read more »
Lip Sync: Lots of Bieber, Gaga aplenty
October 28, 2010
Upper School students danced, pranced, and wore outrageous pants at the lip sync contest, Thursday’s Spirit Week activity. Check out the video highlights, baby baby! Untitled from Imua Online on Vimeo.
Performance Highlights from the Highlands
Maya Stevens
October 19, 2010
Students pose for a group picture at Stonehenge The ‘Iolani Dramatic Players performed A Commedia of Errors for their fall production in November 2009. Nine months later, they took their work to Scotland for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. More than 2,000 groups perform in the festival each year.“They... Read more »
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