NOT EVERY Army doctor has three bands playing at his promotion-to-colonel party, but Tripler’s Eric Crawley did, thanks to his wife, "Skinny" Lynnie Crawley. Skinny plays bass and has two bands. One played at the bash last Saturday night at the Crawleys’ sprawling Kailua home.
About 120 guests were first treated to the sound of music by bassist Bob Hernandez‘s Project Monday. Others in the versatile group are guitarist-singer David Yamasaki, hot sax player Ambrose Splescia, pianist Joshua Kaye, drummer Michael Sommer and percussionist Bobo Butires. The Crawleys’ precocious 4-year-old daughter, Skyler, picked up one of Bobo’s shakers and shook it to the beat of a Latin number. Another hit was Dr. Irina Crook, who put on a "Dancing with the Stars"-style performance. Bob "Frosty" Frost of Kailua Music School sang. Skinny and her Twenty Years Too Late band followed with her husband and Lance Cordoni on guitars, vocalist Philip Strauss and Matt Cole filling in for Andy Watson on drums.
The trio composed of bassist Ian Chames, singer-guitarist Doug Stillwell and drummer Matt wound things up. Col. Crawley returned from Afghanistan earlier this year. His parents, Joe and Carolyn Crawley, flew in from Homosassa, Fla., for the party. Bassist Ian made a splash after the party by doing a 1-1⁄2 somersault dive into the swimming pool from the roof. Madison, 15, another Crawley daughter, also likes it up on the roof. She was perched up there greeting guests as they arrived …
A TIP OF THE CAP goes to Hawaii Golf Hall of Famer Paul Spengler. Paul, executive vice president of the Pebble Beach Co., has been honored with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s highest volunteer award. Paul received the Herbert Hoover Humanitarian award at San Francisco’s Olympic Club May 21. Past winners are Presidents Lyndon Johnson, 1965; Richard Nixon, 1970; Gerald Ford, 1979; George H.W. Bush, 1985, and Jimmy Carter, 2000. Also winning were Gen. Colin Powell in 1998 and actor Denzel Washington in 2004.
Michael Spengler and Kristen Spengler Kenney surprised their dad by flying from Honolulu to San Francisco for the ceremony. Michael is a cameraman for the Golf Channel. He’s also into producing music projects for his Moon Room Records. Kristen is married to restaurateur-chef Ed Kenney. Their daughter, Celia Kenney, was in "The Descendants." Paul was instrumental in establishing the BGCA’s Celebration Golf Tournament in 2000. Participants play the U.S. Open course three weeks before the Open. The tourney has raised more than $7 million for BGCA …
HOORAY for Oahu Country Club banquet chef Ryan Manaut, 25. Ryan has been named Best Young Chef Rôtisseur of 2012 by the U.S. chapter of the world’s oldest food and wine organization, Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs. That’s a mouthful. Ryan competed May 19 in New Orleans against nine chefs, all under age 27, to represent the United States in the Chaîne’s international rôtisseur competition Sept. 14 in Berlin.
Ryan’s winning menu included an appetizer of seafood chawan mushi with a seared scallop and chayote canapé; a main course of five-spice roasted duck, hearts of artichoke, glazed carrots and potato puree with red-wine gastrique; and a dessert of quenelle of pineapple with sabayon and berry compote. Way to go, Ryan! …
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Ben Wood, who sold newspapers on Honolulu streets in World War II, writes of people, places and things. Email him at bwood@staradvertiser.com.
