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Contact: Diane Tanaka
310-222-5709
GO FOR BROKE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION HOSTS
3RD ANNUAL "EVENING OF ALOHA" GALA DINNER
November 6 “Da Kine” Evening
Features Hawaii’s Best Chefs and Best Aloha Sounds!
(TORRANCE, Calif. – August 25, 2004) –
The Go For Broke Educational Foundation, in celebration of its
15th anniversary, will be hosting its 3rd annual Evening of Aloha
gala dinner. The event, to be held on Saturday, November 6 at
the Westin Bonaventure Hotel In Los Angeles, will feature a sit-down
dinner with cuisine prepared by world-renowned Hawaii chefs Alan
Wong (Alan Wong Restaurant, The Pineapple Room, The Hualalai Grille
by Alan Wong) and Roy Yamaguchi (Roy’s Restaurants). Food
prepared by these award-winning chefs is reason enough to attend.
Tickets are $130 per person or $100 for WWII veterans and spouse.
Tickets must be purchased in advance by calling 310-328-0907.
The evening’s entertainment is certain to be a treat as
The Makaha Sons will provide an always crowd-pleasing blend of
six-string guitar, twelve-string guitar and upright bass flavored
with smooth harmonies and sharp wit. As a special treat the group
will be perform a special set with ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro
as well as, Keali’i O Nalani, an award-winning Los Angeles-based
Polynesian dance group. The night’s festivities will be
hosted by Miss Universe 1997, Brook Mahealani Lee to once again
lend her talents as Mistress of Ceremonies.
For information contact the Go For Broke Educational Foundation
at 310-328-0907 or eveningofaloha@goforbroke.org.
The Westin Bonaventure is located at 404 S. Flower Street, Los
Angeles.
The Go For Broke Educational Foundation institutes educational
programs focused on the heroism and history of the Japanese American
soldiers of World War II, as well as the forced evacuation and
incarceration of Japanese Americans and civil liberties issues
raised by those events. Currently the Educational Foundation’s
programs include An American Story Teacher Training Program, Hanashi
Oral History Program, www.GoForBroke.org
educational Web site, and Resource Center.
In 1989 Japanese American World War II veterans established the
100th/442nd/MIS WWII Memorial Foundation to build the Go For Broke
Monument, which today is an eternal tribute to the heroics of
the segregated Japanese American units: 100th Infantry Battalion,
442nd Regimental Combat Team, MIS (Military Intelligence Service)
and the many other men and women who served overseas during World
War II. The Monument is located in the Little Tokyo district of
downtown Los Angeles at Temple and Alameda Streets.
