Te Vaka to Perform at Five Concerts in Hawaii in October
10/06/08
Te Vaka at the Great Wall during their Olympics tour
The Pasifika music sensation Te Vaka will be in Hawaii for five supercharged concerts to be held in late October.
2008 has been an incredible year so far for Te Vaka with two top awards already under their belt and now, “Tamahana”, written by Opetaia Foa’i and Malcolm Smith, has won the “ International” category in the 28th Australian Songwriting Association Awards. The Australian Songwriting Contest is highly respected and extremely prestigious and is the longest running songwriting competition in Australia. The National Awards Night held in Sydney on the 28th of August was a memorable event. The winners of the 12 songwriting categories performed their winning songs to a sold out venue of top music industry personnel and Australian celebrities. Te Vaka’s performance of “Tamahana” on the night also won the group the PPCA “Best live Performance of the night” Award presented by Mondo Rock Bass player Paul Christie.
Te Vaka was invited to perform at the coronation of King George V in Tonga in August of this year, as well as at several venues at the Olympic Games in Bejing.
The Hawaii concert schedule is:
22nd October – Moloka’i, Hawaii – free concert and workshop
24th October – 7:30pm Castle Theater, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Kahului, Maui Box Office (808) 242-SHOW (7469)
25th October – Pipeline Café, 805 Pohukaina Street, Honolulu http://www.pipelinecafe.net tickets http://www.HonoluluBoxOffice.com or (808) 550-8457
28th October – 8:00pm BYUH Cannon Activities Center, Laie, O’ahu
1st November – 8:00pm Kahilu Theater, Hawaii Island http://www.kahilutheatre.org Box Office (808) 885-6868 Tel (808) 885-6017