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Big Thank You to Brown Bags to Stardom and Johnny Kai for having me at the Waikiki Block Party! It's how we do in Hawaii nei!

Video: BloomingGale's

Next up, I've been invited to perform a live beatboxing exhibition at the Hawaii Explorations Expo, 9am to 3pm at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo, Hawaii on Sunday, October 27th hosted by the Hawaii Science and Technology Museum! Topics at this expo will include agriculture, robotics, astronomy, mathematics, science, engineering, art education, health care, automotive technology, energy production, marine biology, and more! Come and join us! I'm stoked!

Thank You Allan Silva for having me rock the mic for the 26th Hawaiʻi Children And Youth Day on the Hawaiʻi State Capitol Rotunda main stage! Missed me? You and your family are invited to catch me live this Saturday, October 12th at the Hawaiʻi Children And Youth Day and Brown Bags to Stardom main stage of the Waikiki Block Party, 4:30pm to 9:30pm!

26th Hawaiʻi Children And Youth Day with Miss Asia Hawaiʻi Camille Yano,
Miss Hawaiʻi Nikki Kehaulani Holbrook, Hawaiʻi's Human Beatbox Jason Tom, and
Mrs. Hawaiʻi Jennifer Bugarin at Hawaiʻi State Capitol Rotunda!

Jason Tom "Appetizer" for 26th Annual Hawaiʻi Children And Youth Day at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol Rotunda main stage!

Video Chef: Nathan Izumi

Jason Tom "Appetizer" for 26th Annual Hawaiʻi Children And Youth Day at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol Rotunda main stage! (BloomingGale's)

Video Chef: BloomingGale's

Jason Tom "Full Course Meal" for 26th Annual Hawaiʻi Children And Youth Day at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol Rotunda main stage!

Video Chef: Nathan Izumi

Jason Tom "Full Course Meal" for 26th Annual Hawaiʻi Children And Youth Day at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol Rotunda main stage! (BloomingGale's)

Video Chef: BloomingGale's

Jason Tom and Ms. Yoshino at Hawaiʻi Children And Youth Day with the five of us at Hawaiʻi State Capitol Rotunda!

Jason Tom and Tomsolo's Breaks R4 Kidz at Hawaiʻi Children And Youth Day with the five of us at Hawaiʻi State Capitol Rotunda!

26th Hawaiʻi Children And Youth Day with the five of us at Hawaiʻi State Capitol Rotunda!

I, Jason Tom, love you! What? Yes! In the world of showbiz, I've met a few superstars and divas that will show a lack of appreciation to you and your support. No matter how small or big of a beatbox star I am or am not, I want you to know I will always appreciate you! I will also continue to spend quality time to not forget to write you when I can with an update no matter how small or big of a beatbox star I was, am, and will become. Talent can take anybody far in life. It is character that can keep anybody there and take them even further in life. Come and join Prisma Dance and I (Jason Tom), Ala Moana Centerstage Showcase, Friday, May 3rd @ 7:00PM — 7:45PM.

Jason Tom judge showcase at Brown Bags to Stardom Grand Final, Hawaii Convention Center Liliu Theater!

I want to thank Hawaiʻi's human beatbox pioneers Radical Rob, Gizmo, Re-Run, and Joevon "J.B" Brown for paving the way for a Hawaiʻi beatboxer like me. And I will continue to pave the way for a local beatboxer, a beatboxer you know and people like you. I am not a stranger to the world of competition and it was an honor when Johnny Kai invited me to judge this year's Brown Bags to Stardom Grand Final. Congratulations to all Brown Bags to Stardom Grand Finalists, contestants, families, and friends! What remarkable talent! WOW!!!

As a beatboxer, I accomplished some of these accolades...

• HawaiiSlam's First Thursdays Top 12 Grand Slam Finalist (2019)
• University of Hawaiʻi Foundation - Freeman Foundation Scholarship Feature (2019)
• Specialty beatbox artist for the Creation production by Prisma Dance (2018)
• Featured in Uplift And Renew at Ala Moana Centerstage (2018)
• University of Hawaiʻi News Feature (2018)
• Headlined the 25th Hawai‘i Children And Youth Day at the Hawai‘i State Capitol Rotunda Main Stage (2018)
• Opened for 10th KS EdTech DisRupt Conference (2018)
• Opened for Uplift at Ala Moana Centerstage (2017)
• Specialty beatbox artist for the Creation production by Prisma Dance (2016)
• McDonald's of Hawaiʻi NextNext Top 3 Musician (2016)
• HawaiiSlam's First Thursdays Top 12 Grand Slam Finalist (2016)
• Nominated as a Top 150 Vocal Percussion Artist for the men's solo contest at the Beatbox Battle World Championship (2015)
• HawaiiSlam's First Thursdays Top 12 Grand Slam Finalist (2015)
• Headlined Art After Dark at Honolulu Museum of Art (2014)
• Beatbox Battle TV Feature (2014)
• KITV News Feature Oahu Beatboxer Jason Tom performs Interview with Jill Kuramoto (2013)
• KITV News Feature Local beatboxer shares his sounds Interview with Jill Kuramoto (2013)
• Headlined the 20th Hawai‘i Children And Youth Day at the Hawai‘i State Capitol Rotunda Main Stage (2013)
• Honolulu Night Market: Artrageous + Interview with Olena Heu (2013)
• RAW artists Feature (2012)
• HawaiiSlam's First Thursdays Top 9 Grand Slam Finalist (2012)
• Recipient of the TEDx Honolulu "It's About Time" Presenter Award (2011)
• Recipient of the Hawaiʻi Scene Choice "Best Performer" Award (2011)
• Opened for Apex (2011)
• Opened for Apex (2010)
• Opened for Mighty4 Honolulu (2010)
• Featured musician on Faioso's 2010 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award nominated album (2010)
• Interview with Angela Keen at TEDx Honolulu "Shift" Conference (2009)
• Featured entertainer at TEDx Honolulu "Shift" Conference (2009)
• Pipeline's Got Talent (dubbed Hawaiʻi's Got Talent) Top 4 Grand Finalist (2009)
• Pipeline's Got Talent (dubbed Hawaiʻi's Got Talent) 1st Place Winner (2009)
• Voted as the Best of Honolulu Weekly's Local Musician Deserving of a Wider Audience (2009)
• Word of Life Emerge Talent Show 1st Place Runner Up Grand Finalist (2009)
• Word of Life Emerge Talent Show 1st Place Winner (2008)
• Kapiʻolani Community College Talent Show Top 4 Finalist (Fall 2007)
• Kapiʻolani Community College Talent Show Top 4 Finalist (Spring 2007)
• Kapiʻolani Community College Talent Show Top 5 Finalist (Fall 2006)
• Kapiʻolani Community College Talent Show Top 3 Finalist (Spring 2006)

Photo Credit: Germaine Barsatan

Jason Tom Brown Bags to Stardom Judge Biography narrated by Johnny Kai!

Jason Tom beatbox rocked it for 30,000 to 50,000 and shared the stage with remarkable talent at the Spring Street Jam on the Brown Bags Waikiki Block Party Stage! In 2017 and 2018, Jason Tom's beatbox students won the Brown Bags to Stardom Grand Finals in the variety act category. This 2019, Brown Bags has invited Jason Tom to be one of the guest judges for Saturday, April 27th's Brown Bags to Stardom Statewide Final at the Hawaii Convention Center Liliu Theater! Please forward to anybody who may be interested...

Saturday, April 27 @ 9:00AM — 12:30PM
Brown Bags to Stardom Elementary School Division Statewide Final
at Hawaii Convention Center Liliu Theater

Saturday, April 27 @ 2:00PM — 5:00PM
Brown Bags to Stardom Middle School Division Statewide Final
at Hawaii Convention Center Liliu Theater

Saturday, April 27 @ 6:30PM — 9:30PM
Brown Bags to Stardom High School Division Statewide Final
at Hawaii Convention Center Liliu Theater

If you are open on April 20th, Saturday, Brown Bags has a Waikiki Block Party - you are welcome to join us!