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GO FOR BROKE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION TO HOST 4TH ANNUAL "EVENING OF ALOHA" GALA DINNER
November 12 Dinner Event Features Hawaii’s Best Chefs and Best Aloha Sounds!
TORRANCE, Calif. (October 3, 2005) - Culminating a yearlong schedule of activities, the Go For Broke Educational Foundation will host its 4th annual Evening of Aloha gala dinner on Saturday, November 12, 2005 at the Anaheim Hilton. This much-anticipated event, sponsored by Michelob, will feature a sumptuous sit-down dinner with cuisine prepared by world-renowned Hawaii chefs Roy Yamaguchi (Roy’s Restaurants worldwide) and Russell Siu (3660 on the Rise/Honolulu) and fun-filled entertainment by award-winning group Ho’okena. Also featured will be Master of Ceremonies Rob Fukuzaki, sports anchor for KABC-TV news; a great silent auction; opportunity draw, and more! Prices are $135 per person, and all veterans and spouses receive a special price of $125 per person. Tables of 10 are $1350.
Back for his third year as one of two celebrity chefs is internationally trained chef Roy Yamaguchi, of Roy's Restaurants worldwide (including restaurants in Newport Beach, Woodland Hills, and soon to open downtown Los Angeles). Among the numerous awards and accolades, Roy's Restaurants is included in the "Top 50 American Restaurants" and is entered into the "Fine Dining Hall of Fame." Joining Chef Roy will be award-winning Executive Chef Russell Siu, co-owner of Honolulu's 3660 on the Rise and Kakaako Kitchen. 3660 on the Rise was the recipient of “The Honolulu Advertiser's” annual 'Ilima Awards (the People's Choice vote) in 2003-2004. Both Chef Roy and Chef Russell will prepare delectable dishes of Hawaiian regional cuisine for this year's Evening of Aloha.
This elegant evening of fine dining will be paired with spectacular musical entertainment provided by Ho'okena, one of Hawaii's highly respected and longest-lasting musical groups. Ho'okena was recently nominated for a Grammy Award in the newly established Hawaiian music category and has received numerous Na Hoku Hanohano Awards -- Hawaii's version of the Grammy Awards -- including most promising artists, group of the year, Hawaiian album of the year, haku mele Hawaiian composition, best Hawaiian performance, Christmas album of the year and more.
For information and tickets contact Steff Tamehiro at (310) 222-5706 or email her at steffanie@goforbroke.org.
Proceeds of the 4th annual Evening of Aloha will go towards the Educational Foundations programs focused on the preservation and education of the Nisei WWII veteran story.
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.
