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Luau After Party in the Dorms

June 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

As it got later in the night of the luau and nobody wanted to leave again. Everyone was having such a good time.

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Back row: Garmon, Alika, Dallas, Kilo, Alan, xxx, Koa (and son), Lisa, Brandy
Middle row: BJ, Nalani, Donovan, Jacque, Roxanne, Monte, Rachelle, Jay, xxx, xxx, Hoku
Front row: Sheri, Kamu

The band Kapena was playing again. They’d played the night before at the Gordon Biersch party.

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Kapena, Kamehameha Schools, Oahu

The girls danced a lot and the guys stood around with their hands in their pockets trying to look cool. Just like high school.

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Back row: Alika, Jay. Front row: Haunani, Sheri, Jacque.

These guys all lived together for years when they boarded at the school.

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Dallas, Jay, Kamu, Donovan, BJ, Alika, Kilo

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Monte, Dallas, Jay, Kamu, Donovan, Alika, BJ, Kilo

After the luau a bunch of people went up to the dorms where there was a big party going on. We passed by this bench where all of the boarders used to always hang out, so everyone got there photo taken there for old times sake.

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Back row: BJ, Dallas, Nalani, Kilo, Jay, Kamu, Monte.
Front row: Alika, Hoku, Roxanne, Donovan, Jacque, Sheri, Brandy

Nobody can remember what spurred this, but everyone was going crazy in this next photo.

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Back row: BJ, Dallas, Nalani, Kilo, Jay, Kamu, Monte.
Front row: Alika, Hoku, Roxanne, Donovan, Jacque, Sheri, Brandy

Dallas loves this fruit punch. Probably 0% fruit. He stole a whole bunch of it to bring back to the dorms.

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Dallas

Walking through campus for the first time in 15 years was quite a trip for a lot of people. When we got to the dorm there was food and drink as far as the eye could see. Many stories to be told and memories to be shared. There were at least 1 or 2 rounds of everyone singing the Kamehameha Schools fight song. Everyone stayed and hung out well into the morning hours.

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It was kind of sad to finally leave. And to think the next day how far it was in between the last time Dallas saw his friends til now and how long it may be til we see them again. But if we all make an effort we will stay in touch, even if it’s just online. A hui hou!

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After Party at The Living Room

June 26th, 2009 · No Comments

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Kamu, Sheri, Dallas :: The Living Room, Honolulu

The Gordon Biersch party was not enough for some of the Kamehameha Schools Class of ’94, so when the first party ended, we continued on to The Living Room at The Wharf, a 4 am bar down the road. Dallas, Kilo, Nalani, Brandy, Jay, Donovan, Chris, Sheri, Alika, Kamu, Maile, Jacque, Khira, and I claimed an area of the bar that was like a raised room on its own with a pool table.

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Sheri, Brandy, Jay, Chris :: The Living Room, Honolulu

We sat around and drank more and played pool.

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Jacque, Maile :: The Living Room, Honolulu

Then Dallas got the camera out and started taking photos of people. This made them happy, as you can tell from this photo.

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Kilo, Nalani, Donovan, Sheri :: The Living Room, Honolulu

Kirah just wanted to go home.

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Kirah :: The Living Room, Honolulu

At some point around 3 am (?) we were all really tired. Some people did the sensible thing and went home. Dallas, Kilo, Brandy, Jay, Donovan, Kamu, Chris and I instead went to have breakfast at Wailana Coffee House. When Donovan started falling asleep in his wor wonton mein, we realized that the night had to end at some point. And besides, we were going to see most people the next day. So, Dallas and I said our goodbyes. We got back to the hotel at something like 4 am.

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Holunape at Aku Bone

June 20th, 2009 · No Comments

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Holunape at Aku Bone, Honolulu

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Holunape at Aku Bone, Honolulu

That night we went out to a locals bar called Aku Bone where one of Dallas’s classmates, Kekoa was playing with his band Holunape. The band plays traditional Hawaiian music and consists of a ukulele, a guitar and a stand-up bass. Kekoa plays the bass. Actually… er.. here he’s the guy in the middle playing guitar. He was mostly playing bass, though.

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Monte, Dallas, BJ :: Aku Bone, Honolulu

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Monte, BJ, Kilo, Keone, Dallas :: Aku Bone, Honolulu

We timed our trip this year so that Dallas would be able to attend his Kamehameha Schools alumni week. The event at Aku Bone was not an official Kamehameha reunion event, but many of Dallas’s friends from Class of ’94 were there, as well as many Kamehameha alum from other years. The table next to us was full of Class of 1940-something alumni, which was kind of like drinking with your grandparents, but also very cute because the old-timers got up a lot to hula. Kilo and Monte, from Dallas’s class, did a hula. At one point, the older ladies next to us were kissing Monte and putting money in his pants! It got a little crazy.

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Kilo, Brandy, Lani, Hoku, Monte, Dallas, Nalani, BJ :: Aku Bone, Honolulu

This was the first time many of Dallas’s classmates had seen each other in 15 years. Dallas has a special bond with the students from the outer islands because they all had to board in the dorms on campus and spent every waking and sleeping minute together for many years. Dallas says he’s lived with some of his classmates longer than he lived with his own brother and sister. It was neat to see them all together again.

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Kamehameha Schools Class of ’94 :: Aku Bone, Honolulu

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Kamehameha Schools Class of ’94 :: Aku Bone, Honolulu

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Kamehameha Schools Class of ’94 :: Aku Bone, Honolulu

Oh, and I didn’t realize it at the time, but Kekoa’s band Holunape is quite accomplished. The following week when we were in Maui the 32nd annual Na Hoku Hanohano awards were held. These awards are given out by the Hawaii Academy of the Recording Arts and are the equivalent of the Grammys, but for Hawaiian music only. Holunape was nominated in four categories. They won the award for group of the year, and their album “Ahea? ‘Ano!” won for Hawaiian album of the year. You can listen to clips from the album at mele.com. (Mele = Song). Later when we were in Kauai at Borders we tried to buy the winning album but they were all sold out. We did see their previous album on the shelf, though.

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Holunape CD at Borders :: Lihue, Kauai

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