OFF THE RECORD: Daniel Ho Creations, the label that won a Grammy Award for "Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key, Vol. 1," soon will release George Kahumoku Jr.'s "Na 'Ano: The Seeds," which will showcase Kahumoku's winning slack-key style. Kahumoku, a teacher at Lahainaluna High School, was among the attendees at the Grammy hoopla Feb. 8 in Los Angeles. ...

Kahumoku (busy man!) also is part of " 'Aha Mele," a new "dark night" show at the 'Ulalena Theatre in Lahaina. Every Monday, the spotlight's on local talent. ...

Meanwhile, Ledward Ka'apana, who won and lost at the Grammys (he was part of the winning compilation, but his solo ki ho'alu endeavor was snubbed), performs in "An Evening at the Tropics" at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in the Tropics Showroom of the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Other troupers are Holunape, Aaron Sala and Ginai. Admission is free, and drinks and pupu will be available. Call 949-4321. ...

WHEE, THE PEOPLE: Cinderella Liao (real name, Cindy Liao), an opera singer and model from Taipei, has been here on R and R after performing with the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra in Taipei. Her parents are Ruby Hou (a renowned oil painter, who has been commissioned to do artwork for the luxe Hokua condo, on Ala Moana) and Dr. Kerming Chang of Honolulu. Cinderella and her parents took in a performance by singer Shari Lynn and keyboarder Don Conover at Li May Tang's Shanghai Bistro last Friday, along with Lenny Klompus (who co-starred with Lynn in Army Community Theatre's "Guys and Dolls") and Klompus' boss, Gov. Linda Lingle. Gene Allen (of Beach Glass Bingo) and Bunny Look (formerly with The Halekulani's p.r. staff) also were there. ...

Chef D.K. Kodama (Sansei, d.k. Steak House) is back from his Super Bowl sojourn in Detroit and a side trip to New York to scout the hot dining spots. "Real sleek" is how he describes new hot spot, Morimoto, where Iron Chef himself, Masaharu Morimoto, was behind the omikase bar. Kodama left with autographed menus. He also checked out Mario Batali's new Del Pesto and said it is "incredible, huge, and we only got in 'cause we went real early." But for the record, the best meal during his travels was in Detroit, at Tribute, of which he raved, "very high-end, beautiful food, beautiful restaurant, beautiful ingredients." ...

SIGHT 'EMS: Actor Michael Emerson, who was on last night's "Lost," bought dark champagne truffles (his mom's favorite) at the Teuscher Chocolates of Switzerland shop at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki. ...

Speaking of "Lost": Seems ABC hopes to kick off Season 3 with a Sunset on the Beach screening this fall — minus last season's rain. Reps have contacted O'ahu film commissioner Walea Constantineau about that possibility. ...

Pro Bowlers spotted at "Cirque Hawaii": Joe Salave'a (Washington Redskins), Ruben Brown (Chicago Bears), Lawrence Taylor (New York Giants), Wayne Hunter (Seattle Seahawks), Maa Tanuvasa (Atlanta Falcons). ...

Peyton Manning (Indianapolis Colts) dined at Roy's Ko Olina several times recently. He also got a golf lesson at the driving range and wound up next to Michelle Wie, who was practicing. ...

ESPN's Paul Maguire dined at Roy's Ko Olina, too, several nights in a row, with the Joe Theismans as his guests one night. ...

NFL Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson enjoyed sushi at Sansei at the Marriott Waikiki, and Michelle Rodriguez of "Lost" checked out d.k. Steak House next door. Also at d.k.'s: ESPN's Sean Salisbury, John Elway (retired Broncos QB) and Bradlee Van Pelt (back-up Broncos QB). ...

Compadres at Ward Centre had quite a Pro Bowl mixer last week, hosted by restaurant owner Rick Enos and new g.m. Jim Wagner. Enos' college roommate, Bob Lamone, now a pro agent, attended the shindig with Carolina Panthers head coach and client John Fox. "Major-league tequila drinkers," Enos said of the party celebrants. ...

And that's Show Biz. ...

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