Today, I will highlight two of the special Thanksgiving events that will be celebrated in Honolulu this week.
Thanksgiving is a time to spend with family and reflect on the many things that each of us can be thankful for. In the Aloha spirit, we will spend the day with our families followed by Thanksgiving festivities on Friday.
The Waikiki Holiday Parade is a very special event here in Honolulu . The Parade places a special focus on the survivors of Pearl Harbor . The parade hosts local marching bands as well as bands from the mainland. Other participants will include military units, service bands local entertainers, dignitaries and officials.
The bands traveling from the mainland to Oahu to perform in the Waikiki Holiday Parade are: Wyoming All-State High School Marching Band, Lakota East High School from Cincinnati , OH and the Evans High School from Evans , GA.
The Waikiki Holiday Parade will begin its march along the Kalakaua Avenue . The torch-lit route is 1.5 miles along our beautiful shoreline starting a Fort DeRussy and ending at Kapiolani Park . Thousands of local residents and visitors to Oahu watch the parade each year.
A Holiday Concert Series will be performed this Friday at the Kahala Mall. The Honolulu Boy Choir will perform at 11 am. The Ka Hale I o Kahala Halau Hula, with Kumu Hula Leimomi Maldonado will perform at 1 pm. There will also be performances on Saturday and Sunday. The concerts are open to the public and are free. Sanders Piano, Mountain Apple Records, and Barnes & Noble Booksellers are the sponsors of this special event.
The Salvation Army Angel Tree will be on display at the mall. Kahala Mall encourages everyone to stop by the Angel Tree and share you blessings with the needy children and senior citizens of Hawaii .
This year, despite the negative press, there is so much that each of us can be thankful for in our lives. Today, I am thankful to live in paradise and all the beauty I am surrounded by on a daily basis.
Aloha, Robin
Note: Boy Choir is the correct name, "Boy" rather than "Boys" was chosen to emphasis the that the choir strives to sing in a unified voice rather than a choir of many voices.
No matter if you are an islander or a main-lander and no matter your stand on mother earth and her oceans, you need to hug a beach!
Did you know that the islands of Hawaii are the vortex for the ocean's trash? The currents and tides bring the trash of the world to the beautiful islands of Hawaii and dispose of it on the windward side of our islands.
In recent years, it has become a very serious problem. Local volunteers and organizations such as Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai`i and Greenpeace are making a concerted effort to bring awareness to the situation. Not only do they make others aware, but they are continually working to clean our beaches.
The maintaining of the beaches has become an overwhelming problem. The cycle is never ending. The
cleanup is done but the next tide deposits more trash. Even with the volunteers, city and county workers doing all they can, they are not able to keep up with the endless tide of debris that washes up on our island shores. The biggest culprit is plastic pieces; but things like cargo nets and ropes are also a daily occurrence. A soda can may travel thousands of miles to end up on Hawaii 's shores.
Whenever you visit a beach area, please pick any trash that you see. Here on Oahu and other parts of the world people are taking trash bags with them when they walk along the beach, picking up the trash washed in by the tides. It is not long before these bags become to heavy to carry.
The trash is not only unsightly but it is extremely dangerous to the creatures of the sea. Fish think that the tiny glittering plastic is food and sea creatures are entrapped and killed by the nets which float in the waters.
I do not want my island paradise to become a paradise lost. The Aloha spirit of the people of Hawaii has made them very conscious of their environment and the necessity to care for it. However, the people of Hawaii cannot control the trash of the world and the carelessness of millions of people.
Please "hug a beach". If you live near the shoreline, make taking a walk along the beach a regular habit and don't forget the trash bag. If you are one that only visits the beach occasionally, you can still help. Whenever you visit the beach (island or mainland), do not leave trash behind and "hug a beach" by doing a little extra.
Aloha, Robin
If you care to learn more, I suggest googling keywords like, trash Hawaiian Islands . You will be surprised to find that Google reports there are over 92,000 matches found on the Internet. I have included a few of links below:
The surf is up and the mother of all waves, the Pipeline, should make for great surfing tomorrow.
20 foot (possibly greater) waves are expected on the North Shore which will make for some exciting surfing for experienced locals and visitors from all over the world. The waves tomorrow will make the events scheduled for The Reef Hawaiian competition which begins today a real challenge for competitors and a thrill for spectators.
November through March is the big surfing season on Oahu , Hawai'i's North Shore . The North Shore is internationally famous in the surfing community because of its huge waves, during these months, known as the Pipeline.
The best surfers from around the world are here on the North Shore for the surfing competitions that are being held this week through December.
The surfing competitions are as exciting for those watching from the shore as for those participating. There is no video, movie, website or any media format that can bring the thrill and the terror that comes with surfing and watching surfers master the Pipeline. It is something that you can only experience and it can only be experienced on the North Shore of paradise, Oahu , Hawai'i .
Aloha,
Robin
The University of Hawai'i (UH) - Manoa campus has much to be thankful for. UH has received a $2.195 million dollar gift for its Rainbow Warriors football team.
James Bolte made the donation to UH because of his love for the islands and the Rainbow Warriors. Mr. Bolte is quoted as saying, "I have been a life-long fan of the Rainbow/Warrior football team. The Good Lord has been kind to me and I wanted to thank Him and the people of Hawai'i for their goodness. I hope to return to Hawai'i soon and cheer on our Warriors in person. My thanks to my attorney Thomas Mui for his assistance."
The generous gift was presented to the University during the Homecoming (Rainbow Warriors vs Louisiana Tech) game's halftime on October 11.
The welcomed funds will be used to renovate existing facilities or possibly for building a new football facility. The remainder of the funds will be earmarked for scholarships to members of the football team, who attend the University.
The University played its first football game in 1909. The team name, Rainbow Warriors, was derived from two sources. Warriors as a tribute to Hawai'i's proud heritage and Rainbow from the Manoa Valley (campus location) where glorious rainbows appear almost daily.
Mr. Bolte has long roots in Hawai'i . Around the turn of the century (1900), Mr. Bolte's grandfather came to the islands. James Bolte was born in California although his parents were Kama'ainas (born and raised in Hawaii ). He attended the University of California-Berkeley campus and received his Bachelor of Science degree there. Mr. Bolte was part of the Hawai'i community and a businessman on the island for over 28 years. He is now retired and has moved to the mainland, to the state of Nevada
For those of you not familiar with the University of Hawai'i System, there are several community college and university campuses on Oahu and other islands. The O'ahu campuses are: UH - Manoa located on the island of O'ahu in the Manoa Valley, UH - West O'ahu located in Pearl City just north of Pearl Harbor, Honolulu Community College located in the City of Honolulu, Kapi'olani Community College located in the Diamond Head area of Honolulu, Leeward Community College located in Pearl City, and Windward Community College located in Kaneohe on the windward side of the island.
The University of Hawai'i offers many outstanding programs. If you know someone considering a college education and would like to attend school in paradise or as the University's tag line "like no other place on earth", then they should definitely visit the University of Hawai'i's main website. Their website is awesome and offers detailed information about the University with links to each sponsored campus.
Aloha, Robin
Halloween Fun on Oahu is very much like Halloween in all the other states. In the islands, we become very much like mainlanders when celebrating Halloween.
Mainlanders brought the Halloween tradition to the islands of Hawaii but who brought it to the mainland?
Halloween is one of the world's oldest celebrations, dating back about 2,000 years and originated in Ireland . When Rome ruled the world, the tradition spread.
There will be Halloween events in and around Honolulu as well as the rest of the island. There are many haunts to be visited on our island. You may see a ghost at the Hawaii's Haunted Plantation, a spirit reflected in the water when you ride a canoe at the Polynesian Cultural Center's Haunted Lagoon, and you could be in for a big shock at the Shockhouse, Haunted Mansion.
If you enjoy guidance when visiting the "spirit world", a guided tour may be more to your liking. A select few will be able to enjoy the Orbs of Oahu Graveyard Shift Tour. This is reported to be "very scary", indeed. Unfortunately, the Spookapalooza Train Ride has been already been booked out, but you may still be able to get a reservation for the Haunted Hawaii Ghost Ship Cruise which also offers a stay in a haunted wing at the Makaha Golf Resort.
For the more faint of heart and fun-loving people, there will be two street fairs that you can attend. The Hallobaloo Halloween Street Festival will be held in the Honolulu Arts District and the Streets of Waikiki will be filled with costumed revelers. The streets of Honolulu will also be seeing an Undead Invasion Honolulu Halloween Chase.
A Fall Halloween Harvest Festival will be sponsored by The Pacific Revival Center and the Bishop Museum's Halloween Treat Street is a fun filled event that can be enjoyed by all.
Several of our malls and shopping centers will be hosting safe Treat-o-Treat events. Shopping centers include: Ala Moana Center, Koko Marina Mall, Mililani Town Center Halloween Activities, Pearlridge Mall, and the Windward Mall.
Whatever you choose to do as your special Halloween fun on Oahu - enjoy and be safe!
Aloha, Robin
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