Just a little post to give a shout-out to the people who organized Kumiai Day at the Kaunoa Senior Center on Friday!
Took a short stroll down memory lane with my Dad and we enjoyed it so much!
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| This is part of the display that greeted us as we entered the grassy area of the Center. |
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| You had to take a bango number in order to win a door prize. There were some great prizes! |
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| There was an entire room of photos and artifacts to enjoy. |
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| Lots of people huddled around the camp diagram books. Here's the Hamakuapoko camp diagram. Our house was #1588, across from St. Ann's Catholic Church. Any H'Poko people out there who can ID their homes? |
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| We had a washboard like this one. During my time we upgraded to a wringer washer, kind of like this one. |
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| Here's a portion of the display of home-made toys. |
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| There was a table to try the games. Remember those paper hats? |
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| Strawberry ice cake, just like the good old days! There was also boiled peanuts, lilikoi juice, and pieces of sugar cane to try. And after that came lunch: huli huli beef, hot dog, salted cabbage, macaroni salad, and rice. |
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| Dad met up with another H'Poko old-timer. |
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| Emcees Mary and Manuel Tunta made us LAUGH! |
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| Kanikapila with Aunty Penny & Kevin was so relaxing and fun! My favorite was when we sang along to "There's a Hole in the Middle of the Sea"! If there was someone else to go up with me, I would have jumped up and danced to "Aloha No Ia Maui" :) Maybe next time. Hopefully there will be a next time! |
I think they should make this an annual event!
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@Celebrate_Maui
Love it, so nostalgic.. Even though I wasn't around then. There's a Haiku historical society around, though I don't know much about them.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fantastic turnout! I wonder if these photos are getting digitized for archives?
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