Sylvia Partridge :: Awards
First Prize, Open Category, 2003 Kaua'i Composers Contest - I Love You Dear
Sept. 22, 2003, Kaua'i Community College
Hawaiian Music Mokihana Awards Nathan Kalama and Sylvia Partridge Nathan Kalama is presenting me with the first prize in the Open Category for the song I Love You Dear. The prize was a check and a wooden bowl which I got to keep for a year - until the next contest when it was passed on to the next winner - who turned out to be me.
Manulele Dudoit and Mike Smith on Stage Performance - the song was sung by Manulele Dudoit with guitar by Mike Smith.
Mike Smith backstage Hawaiian guitar Backstage photo of Mike just before the performance.
Manulele backstage with beautiful green lei Backstage photo of Manulele just before the performance. 
Sylvia Partridge with her arms around Mike Smith and Manulele Dudoit Wishing them luck.
Manulele Dudoit Rehearsal - Manulele warms up.
Mike Smith playing his guitar in the warm up room Rehearsal - Mike warms up - after taking this picture I opened the back of the camera to see if there was any film in it - it turned out there was and these interesting colors were the result.
  
First Prize, Open Category, 2004 Kaua'i Composers Contest - Beautiful Child
Sept. 20, 2004, Radisson Hotel (now Aloha Beach Resort)
Nathann Kalama gives Kauai Mokihana Festival composers award to Sylvia Partridge Nathan Kalama (and unknown person) are presenting me with first prize in the Open Category for the song Beautiful Soul. I got to keep the wooden bowl for another year.
On stage at teh Kauai Mokihana Festival 2004 Kekai Chock is on guitar, Sylvia Partridge on ukulele, Koko Kaneali'i on bass, Manulele Dudoit is singing and Steve Dubey is on harmonica. This was my first performance of this sort and I absolutely loved it.
Manulele Dudoit and Kekai Chock First Rehearsal

Manulele and Kekai and I met in Lydgate Park and went over the song.
Rehearsal gathering at Smith's Marina on the Wailula River in Kauai Second Rehearsal

Everybody gathered at Smith's Marina for this rehearsal. It was a public place and we had an audience of people who were arriving and departing on boat trips up and down the Wailua River - one of them took this picture with my camera. People loved the song and we got some applause.
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