LIHU‘E — The first showing of “Kaua‘i Plantation Life” features interviews with former sugar plantation workers that take people back to the days when sugar covered the island.
LIHU‘E — The first showing of “Kaua‘i Plantation Life” features interviews with former sugar plantation workers that take people back to the days when sugar covered the island.
The public is invited to take advantage of the free first showing on Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. on the lawn of the Grove Farm Museum. Gates open at 5 p.m. with the film rolling at dusk.
Guests are asked to bring their own chairs to enjoy the evening under the stars. Chili, rice, hot dogs and other treats will be available for purchase.
• Info: grovefarm.org/kauai-event/
The parents were sugar workers. The kids were public school kids. Plantation style housing. Affordable units. average sports guys or girls. Kaua’i in 1978 had only about 28,000 residents living on it. No major shopping mall yet. Night life was at the old shopping center in Lihue. Economy very much slower. Beaches? there. TVs? no cable tv available. Concerts? none yet. Carnivals? every now and then. Travel? Anywhere in the world. But saved money.
Plantation owns Saturday nights. It’s their show.