Adam brought his "Daddy Doll" to the parade.
Here's the entire family - including the "Daddy Doll."
This is the FIRST beauty queen in the parade; the first of many. I don't know where the parade organizers found that many convertibles. Lottie really liked the "princesses."
Next came the first Japanese shrine. This again was the first of several portable shrines being carried by a large group of people.
We enjoyed the Chinese dragon dances. As expected, the parade had several long dragons and a plethora of small lions.
Hold onto your hats folks (or your shirts), here's the Big Aloha shirt sponsored by Hilo Hatties.
Next came the first of many marching bands. Most of the bands were local. However, this band came from Montana. Where had you rather be in March: Montana or Hawaii? I'm sure these gals and guys were enjoying the sun. The trip back would be hard.
Here's a band from Korea. I loved their hats. Don't know what they're supposed to represent, but they sure are colorful.
The King and Queen of the Samoans followed by the Samoan warriors. The warriors tattoos were impressive.
Next came a group of men and women from Mindanao in the Philippines. The women were dressed OK; the men needed more clothes - especially in the butt covering department.
It wouldn't be Hawaii if we didn't have some hula dancers. However, I didn't know hula was a geriatric event. Most of hula dancers were rather old - like me.
Can you guess where this group is from? If you guessed Vietnam, you guessed correctly.
When we heard the sound of the didgeridoo, we knew something from Australia was coming. That sound is very distinctive. Here are two aboriginal men.
Make way for the Japanese Samurai warriors.
There were multiple dance groups in the parade that danced along while some also played instruments. Here's one of the dance groups:
Yes - they were all high energy.A group of Japanese (I assume they were) walked along and converted a flat bamboo placement looking item into a long rod that could be shaped into various items; a fish in this case.
Here's a guy who waved a REALLY BIG flag--representing JTB.
I bet he was tired by the end of the parade.Make way for the Sumo dude. This was a great float sponsored by the Hilton.
Here's a lantern float. As you can tell, it's getting dark.
Finally, we have the fire breathing dragon. Well actually a dragon covered with men holding flares, but fire breathing sounds a lot neater.
After the parade, Cpt. Joyce Liu, an Army friend from Japanese days who is now stationed in Hawaii, joined us for dinner at a local Japanese restaurant. The food was good and we were all hungry - a great combination.For Rosie and me, this was our last event on Oahu. We're off to the "Big Island" on Monday.
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