From left, Rudy Sina, Rhonda Collier, Max McGraw, Jeff Frelinger and Bill Skelton of the University of Hawai‘i Master Gardeners have time to talk plants Saturday during the Grove Farm Market in Puhi.
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Smoke and fire make the food taste better, says Ferdinand Dosono of Kaua‘i Kim Chee, right, who watches sixth-generation chef Liliana Contrades encourage the fire Saturday at the Grove Farm Market in Puhi.
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Maori dancers from Na Hula O Kaohikukapulani wait for their set with poi balls Saturday during the May Day Celebration at Kukui Grove Center in Lihu‘e with kumu hula Kapu Kinimaka Alquiza.
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Keiki set Kress Street ablaze with street art under the canopy of music provided by the Flores Sisters Saturday during the Downtown Lihu‘e Night Market.
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Ferdinand Dosono of Kaua‘i Kim Chee (he’s getting ready for head coach Charlie Wade and the national champion University of Hawai‘i men ‘s volleyball team’s visit Saturday to the Grove Farm Market!) said sixth generation chef Liliana Contrades (home school is still school) is a real local because she was grinding her chicken sandwich with rice.
Ferdinand Dosono of Kaua‘i Kim Chee (he’s getting ready for head coach Charlie Wade and the national champion University of Hawai‘i men ‘s volleyball team’s visit Saturday to the Grove Farm Market!) said sixth generation chef Liliana Contrades (home school is still school) is a real local because she was grinding her chicken sandwich with rice.
No, it’s not on the menu, it was a special creation by Uncle Isaiah!
And Rhonda Collier drove in from Princeville (what time did you have to leave?) to meet up with Rudy Sina and Bill Skelton and the UH Master Gardeners (the UH men’s volleyball players will be available so Kaua‘i fans can meet and greet the back-to-back national champions from 10 a.m. Are you reading this, coach Kell Nonaka?).
Kudos, aunty Kapu Kinimaka-Alquiza and Na Hula O Kaohikukapulani ‘ohana (everyone counts – kumu, Uncle Pete Alquiza, musicians, performers, parents, and even kupuna!) on perpetuating not only the finery and pagentry of May Day, but the feeling of May Day (yes, even the foster grandparents ‘volunteering’ at Kaua‘i Ocean Discovery at Kukui Grove Center in Lihu‘e felt it!).
More kudos to coaches Xan Silva and Teddy Perreira and the Kapa‘a (they’re Hawai‘i High School Athletic Association D2 softball champs following a 13-5 win in the championship game on Maui) and Waimea (they upset the top seed Hawai‘i Preparatory Academy!) softball teams on creating an all-Kaua‘i championship battle (how many live streamers?). Definitely makes the island proud to have such high-caliber people in the sport!
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Dennis Fujimoto, staff writer and photographer, can be reached at 245-0453 or dfujimoto@thegardenisland.com.
