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Kapono and Friends play for Maui

FIRST PHOTO: Mick Fleetwood, Henry Kapono and Jake Shimabukuro pay tribute to the late Jimmy Buffet while playing "A Pirate Looks at Forty" during Saturday's We Are Friends benefit concert at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center's packed A&B Amphitheater. The concert hosted by Kapono featured an all-star lineup of performers who turned out to support Maui wildfire relief efforts. Officials said the event that kicked off the MACC's Wildfire Benefit Concert Series raised more than $200,000 in donations.

SECOND PHOTO: Event host Henry Kapono smiles as the audience serenades him by singing "Happy Birthday" Saturday during a pause between songs. He was born Sept. 21, 1948.

THIRD PHOTO: Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro performs the song "Friend of the Devil" Saturday night at the MACC.