Kamehameha Parade 2006 Video

Yesterday's post on Gussie Ornellas was tough to write. The story of the Hirasaki, which I will post in a few days is even more tragic. When I was working on the manuscript of this World War II project, I couldn't work on the Civilian Death stories for more than an hour a day. I was at it for months, and it wore me down. Somedays it was almost impossible to deal with the task.

I don't want to do that to you, reader. So I'm interspersing other materials between these stories to give you (and me) a break.

Here's a Youtube video of the 2006 Kamehameha Day Parade. In the Summer in Hawaii 1941 video there was a clip of the parade. You may want to go back and watch it. If you compare the two parades, you'll see there's not that much difference. There are some things in Hawaii that don't change. I hope this parade goes on forever.

In the Summer in Hawaii in 1941 post I wrote this about the parade: Then you see the Kamehameha Day Parade, which is in honor of Kamehameha I (the Great) who united the Hawaiian Islands. (Kamehameha Day is June 11. It's a legal holiday in Hawaii. The statue of Kamehameha is draped with lei which are put on by volunteers in cherry pickers.)

In the parade you view the Royal Court, (you see "Kamehameha" in the red and yellow feather cape and helmet.) There are several men's and women's Hawaii Civic Organizations, bands, and riders. (The women in black Victorian dresses, hats and gloves, wearing brilliant yellow-orange ilima lei are the Daughters of Kaahumanu.

I could have written that about the 2006 parade, and this year's. Just sit back and enjoy it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8wlO5y-NUA

Kamehameha Day is June 11.