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Aloha!
June went out with a bang at the MACC: a "triple-play" week where we saw more than 12,000 people come through our gates into the A&B Amhitheater as well as the Yokouchi Pavilion and Courtyard. Three completely different audiences, in three completely different set-ups for three completely different events:
The MACC’s annual Ki Ho’alu (Slack Key) Festival on Sunday, Oprah Winfrey's "healthy living" chat on Monday, and the popular Gallery event ArT=Mixx on Friday. Morning, noon and night events ... and they were all free, free, free!
For the quick turnaround on-the-ground, I send out special kudos to the amazing facilities staff and technical crews, and volunteers @the MACC, who worked over-night and day-after-day to make it all happen. Hosting events in the flexible spaces of the MACC is not just like opening the doors at an arena and letting people in: our facility has been built so flexibly that we can do many things in many ways - but it does take a lot of good, behind-the-scenes work to allow such a wide diversity of large scale events to occur in basically the same space within a short span of time.
The "all hands on deck" attitude of the staff and volunteer ushers, along with their ability for rapid and professional deployment of resources - allows the MACC, as a presenting institution, to meet the needs of our audience, community and venue renters. As I've said before about the other 1550 events in the past year: it takes a lot of dedicated work and staff to make it look easy! There are times when I pause, muse, and hope that Pundy would be proud of the diversity, volume, and can-do approach of the 2017 version of his MACC.
MAHALO to the great staff, volunteers, board of directors and donors that make it all possible for the community. And mahalo to everyone who helps...@ the MACC.
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Art Vento, President & CEO
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Ki Ho'alu Guitar Festival - June 25
Balmy breezes and slack key chords wafted over a relaxed audience at the FREE annual festival, presented by Maui Arts & Cultural Center. The musicians included Makana, Kevin & Ikaika Brown, George Kahumoku & Friends, Blayne Asing, Aja Gample, Ho'okena, Stephen Inglis, George Kuo, Brother Noland, Paul Togioka, Ian O’Sullivan, Kamuela Kahoano, Danny Carvalho, Donald Kaulia, Dwight Kanae, Wayne Johnson ... a power-packed line-up!
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Oprah Winfrey - June 26
More than 5,000 people showed up on Monday, June 26 to see Oprah Winfrey as she spoke to the audience about healthy living and positive lifestyle choices, in an event sponsored by HMSA and ShareCare: "Live Your Best Life"...a FREE event!
SEE REPORT OF THE MORNING- WITH VIDEO
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ArT=Mixx: GODDESS | June 30
Where artists and audience connect through the arts: a fusion of music, performance, and visual art based on themes in the current exhibit. The evening featured: Visual Alchemy by Doug DeBoer (video projections/mapping); Goddesses and Gods performers: Juicy, Jessica, Rachel, Ellie, Amy, Andrea, Mahana, Lynette, Challeigh, Kale, Kua, Kawika, Jesse; music by DJ Boomshot; DJSweets; stage set, costume design and installations by Athena Medina; interactive video installation “Beauty” by Fuzz Box Productions/ crew Trevor Arnholt, Marcus Kuenzel, Keegan House. ArT=Mixx is an evening of dancing, mixin' and minglin' with friends, and fun in the Gallery ... and another FREE event!
SEE PHOTOS FROM THE EVENING
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