THIS WEEK

Shari Lynn, 8 p.m. July 11, Barnes & Noble. Call 737-3323.

Nueva Vida, noon-1 p.m. July 11, Tamarind Park, corner of Bishop and King streets. Call 527-5666.

Gregory Isaacs, 8 p.m. July 15, Kauai War Memorial Convention Center. Cost: $25. Tickets available at Jack Wada Electronics, Lihue; Tempo Music, Kauai Village, Kapaa; and Kauai Video, Eleele. Also performing 8 p.m. July 17, Kona Surf Convention Center. Cost: $22. Information, 1-808-322-3411. Tickets available at MJS Music, Hilo; Rhythm and Reading, Waimea; and Tempo Music and Kona Surf Hotel, Kona.

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SPECIALS

Second annual "Na Himeni Ki'eki'e" contest, July 19, Hyatt Regency Kauai Resort and Spa, Kauai Ballroom. Contest focuses on leo ki'eki'e, the Hawaiian form of falsetto singing. Contestants and trailblazers in the renaissance of Hawaiian music are welcomed from all islands. Amateur and professional category contestants will perform two songs. Contestants will be judged on their ability to hit all the right notes from one of the following songs: Kalamaula, Alika, Kahealani or Akaka Falls. Scoring on a second song, selected by the contestants, will be reserved in the event a tie occurs. There also will be a new category for leo ki'eki'e original compositions, which will acknowledge the composer's creativity.

Amateur contestants should not have been affiliated in any professional recording or have earned a wage performing professionally. First place winner will advance to the 1997 Frank B. Shaner Hawaiian Falsetto Contest on Oahu in September.

Professional contestants will receive a recording contract.

Information: call Ernell Gonzales, 1-808-742-1234 (Kauai), extension 4406; or page Chala Vidinha, 1-808-654-3186.