Opera Ball Highlights – GenHOT!

An exciting new energy filled the air of this year’s Opera Ball!  It was GenHOT!  Mahalo to the very hard-working committee and the generous donors who came together and made the GenHOT experience a reality!

Many thanks to Megan Takagi and her team for helping to create “Generation HOT” (or “GenHOT” – like GenX only HOTer!)  This wonderful group of young arts supporters & opera enthusiasts were tasked with their own fundraising so as to allow the next generation to attend Opera Ball.  And what a ball they had!

Enjoy this pic below reenacting their own version of HOT’s upcoming season finale, Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd.  If you are interested in learning more about GenHOT, please call HOT at (808) 596-7372 or email development@hawaiiopera.org.

Pictured

First Row –  Kaulana Chang, Ryan Sweeney, Jeffrey Knox, Jennifer Knox, Rebecca Ramos, Lacey Justinger, Andrew Strand
Second Row – Rachel Gibson, Jeff Pauker (HOT Board Member), Kristin Pauker, McKibbin Mist, Sasha Capone, Taea Takagi-Jones, Aaron Lo, Tee Phan, Christina Maffei, Michelle Garcia, Anna Smolentzov, Shaaroni Wong
Back Row – Ryan Markham, Lindsay Mist, Megan Takagi (GenHOT Co-Chair), Kirk Mueller, Grant Jones (GenHOT Co-Chair), Kenneth Byrne, Vince Monaco, Reed Bowman
Not pictured –  Natalie Banach (Co-Chair), Juliet Johnson-Moore Matsumura, Karen Vance, Nadege Hickman, Megan Mount

The GenHOT Committee

Natalie Banach (Co-Chair), Grant Jones, (Co-Chair), Tee Phan, Lauren Williams, Luke Williams, Juliet Johnson-Moore Matsumura, Ryan Markham, Megan Mount, Reed Bowman, Megan Takagi (Co-Chair), Taea Takagi-Jones 

GenHOT Supporters 

Gene Castagnetti, Jack & Janet Gillmar, John & Helen Gillmor, Joshua & Joanna Habermann, Mark & Diane Hastert, Lynne Johnson & Randy Moore, Nancy Jones, Kiyomi Lueck, Betty McCoy, Marita Nelson, George & Joan Owens, Scott Settle, Settle Law, John H. & Sigrid Southworth, David and Lee Takagi, Gail Takagi, Verne & Debra Takagi