[As printed in the Honolulu Advertiser on Friday, March 23, 2007, E5]
"Twelve semi-finalists from eight schools statewide will compete in the Brown Bags to Stardom concert at 7pm tomorrow at the Blaisdell Arena.
Comedian Andy Bumatai will host the event, which caps a two-month video competition via OC16, where viewers voted online or text-messaged with an interactive Oceanic Cable-Mobi phone system that drew 4 million hits from more than 50 nations. Contestants used MySpace, YouTube and other Web sites to promote their entries.
Semifinalists and the schools they represent are:
- Farrington: 8th Story, Lyrical Krew, Miguel Cadoy III and Tiffany Ganotisi
- Kamehameha Kapalama: Colin Kamemoto
- Kalaheo: Lea 'O Oahu
- Kamehameha Maui: Cool Progression
- Maui High: Aysha Janesky & Cherisse Tanno
- Pearl City: Max Louie
- Roosevelt: 2 Way
- Waianae: Sheila Arasato and Kourtney Ka'aihue
Congratulations to Pearl City High School senior Max Louie for his success thus far in the competition! I wish him luck at the last leg of the Brown Bags to Stardom competition!