Celebrations at St. Anthony

We honored one of St. Anthony's parishioner, Laverne Teves, who celebrated her 75th birthday today at the Maui Lani restaurant; picture here with Laverne is one of her friends.

This morning at St. Anthony Grade school the school ohana had an open house with students, faculty and parents. It was special day since we dedicated the new basketball court. Daniel Borges, a member of the boys scouts troop #249 helped to build this court for the grade school. Daniel's dad, Ken was also instrumental in making the project a reality. Pictured here is Daniel, Fr. Roland, with two students along with their favorite teacher, Karen Takashita. Also a collage of pictures of parents, with their children enjoying the potluck after the blessing. Fr. Roland blessed the basketball court and gave blessings for the food and gathering in thanksgiving for God's bounty and gifts to our Ohana here at St. Anthony community.

39th Ukulele Festival

Kekis playing "Wipe Out" at the Ukulele festival at Kapiolani Park in Waikiki

Zoe Clark proudly showing off her ukukele at the Festival in Honolulu

The 39th annual ukulele festival held at Kapiolani Park in Waikiki on July 19th was a memorable gathering this year. My cousin Kathleen Clark's daughter Zoe played with several youths. Zoe is learning to play the uke and she has really improved. What an opportunity for her to come in contact with the Hawaiian culture, especially the music of Hawaii. It was a delightful experience for me listening to the "young keikis" playing the ukuleles with proud parents and relatives enjoying the music and their kids. Terry, Eileen and I joined Aunty Meding and family at this festive gathering. Here are a collage of pictures taken at the festival. Here on Maui we will be having our 3rd Ukulele festival at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center in October. It is sponsored by Roy and Kathy Sukuma who have begun the ukulele festival in Honolulu. They are doing a great community service enhancing the music and culture of Hawaii.