Planning for Carnival this February 5 and 6? February 3, 2010
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The above map can get you started on getting around the grounds of Punahou Carnival 2010 where more than 60 booths and 18 E. K. Fernandez rides mean that there’s something for everyone.
Teri burgers, Portuguese Bean Soup, and malasadas–the old standbys for which Punahou Carnival is famous–will be there for the eating as will be newer favorites such as smoothies, gyros, and taco salad. For those who want a more traditional sit-down repast, Hawaiian Plate with live music is a great way to relax after shopping at White Elephant, browsing the Art Gallery, playing one of the skill games or conquering a ride on Pharaoh’s Fury.
Click here to view a Carnival price list.
For Punahou ‘74 classmates, we’ll be gathering for our annual Carnival shift at the Ewa Malasada booth from 7:45 to 11:00 p.m. on Friday night. Come by and say “hi”!
Punahou Carnival Variety Show ‘74 January 31, 2010
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Do you remember what it was like when the class of ‘74 held the limelight on the Carnival’s Dillingham stage? Take a trip down memory lane via this Ka Punahou review of the 1974 Punahou Carnival Variety Show.
Well, Whip Me … If the Tee-Shirt Fits, Wear It
1974 Punahou Carnival Variety Show Program
Talent, and lots of it, best describes this year’s Variety Show presented by the Punahou Class of 1974. Despite the traditional short run, The Tip of My Tongue or I’m Only in it for the T-Shirt played to packed houses of Carnival-goers last Friday and Saturday.
The Show opened with “The Alfred Hitchcock Theme Song” attempting to set the mood of the program. Janitor Bob Sandla appeared on stage and promised that weird things were to be witness[ed]. “Magic to Do” and “Hands and Feet” transformed old Dillingham Hall into a dark and spooky place, much to the delight of the audience.
The principle [sic] characters are introduced to the audience in a “Stop-Start” scene. The family, consisting of (more…)
Looking for some more Punahou ‘74ers to Join these Carnival volunteers January 28, 2010
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The Ewa Malasada Booth is under construction right now but it'll be up and running in time for our mini reunion (a.k.a. Carnival shift) on February 5.
We still need 19 more volunteers to help make the malasadas. Can we count on you?
Your help is needed on Friday, 2/5/2010
7:45 – 11:00 p.m.
Thanks to all who have agreed to help so far: Babs Miyano-Young, Kelley Nakano, Lisa Yamaguchi Bowden, Jay Higgins, Harvey Lung, Susan Seto Dolon, Cliff and Nancy Halevi, Nancy Dew and Ashley Metcalf, Ken Sumida, Craig Washofsky, Craig Leong, Alton Komori, Ralph Aona, Stein Rafton (Haven Young’s husband), Bert Takushi, Lisa Matsumoto, Gaye Miyasaki, Debbie Nogami Oyama, Randi Creamer, Tucker Dacey, Carrie Chang Talwar, Tom Farrell, Jeff Zane, Ann Takushi Zane, Coralie Chun Matayoshi, Greg Boxold, Ian Sandison, Pick and Catherine Bye.
Please please please let us know ASAP if you’ll be able to help out. Best way to do that is to comment on this post, email us, give Kelley Nakano a ring (cell 392-1701 work 525-5063 home 396-1700), send a message to @punahou74 on Twitter, or let Lynne Gartley Meyer know on facebook. It’s as easy as that.
Look forward to seeing you at Carnival!
A Random Walk on the Punahou Carnival Grounds January 26, 2010
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Remember what fun it would be to take a walk around the Carnival grounds in the days before the actual event? It was a time to discover what new rides had been set up, reaffirm where the food booths were located, and determine the best plan of attack for the big day.
In this post, we take a walk around the 2010 Carnival grounds. They’re a little different from how they were in 1973 but still resonate with the excitement that rests forever in the heart of every Punahou third grader from years gone by. Come see … (more…)
Coralie Chun Matayoshi: Help for Haiti January 24, 2010
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We’ve all seen the reports about the heartbreaking situation in Haiti. The breadth of the disaster is enormous and needful of the international aid and attention it is receiving.
Coralie Chun Matayoshi at work for the American Red Cross.
Americans nationwide have responded to the Haiti crisis with an outpouring of donations. Many been made to the American Red Cross, one of the first charities to respond to disaster situations locally and around the world. In Hawaii, it is our classmate, Coralie Chun Matayoshi, who leads the Red Cross as it helps people through disasters of whatever nature befall our island state. Last year alone, her organization assisted more than 700 people in 100 Hawaii-based disasters.
The topicality of Coralie’s work was featured in a January (more…)
Punahou K-1 Campus Update January 21, 2010
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View of the project from the Alumni House.
It’s been a good seven months since our 35th reunion. Since many of you have returned to the mainland, the neighbor islands or aren’t on campus on a regular basis, I thought I’d let you see the big changes that have happened up at Wilcox Hall since reunion.
Although not a place where anyone in the Punahou class of 1974 attended school (we went to Frear Hall on Punahou Street for kindergarten), Wilcox Hall holds a cherished place in the hearts of many. A gift of Kauai’s Wilcox family, it served as the boys dormitory (1936-1961), the girls dormitory (1962-1963) and as the kindergarten building (starting with the class of 1977 in the fall of 1963). (more…)
Debbie Pang Chun January 19, 2010
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Since our last reunion, Debbie’s moved back to Hawaii in 2006 from Idaho. The reason? A familiar one. To take care of her parents. I guess we’re all entering that particular age now. Kids are out of the house. Now it’s time for the parents.
Debbie Pang Chun at the 2009 Punahou Alumni Luau.
After Punahou, Debbie attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She met and married her husband, Wesley, and then followed him to the mainland. He was earning his PhD at U.C. Riverside when their son Matt was born and was doing post doctoral work at the University of Missouri (Columbia) when their daughter Megan was born.
The family then moved to Moscow where Wesley began teaching and conducting research at the University of Idaho. Then the call came. It was time to head back to the Islands.
Debbie has appreciated being back. Matt has gone on to graduate from her alma mater and Megan is currently a junior at the UH. But there’s another joy that Debbie enjoys in Hawaii: dancing the hula, an activity that she says “incorporates all that we see, hear, taste, touch, and feel.”
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Punahou Alumni On-Campus Event: Finding Your “Ha” January 15, 2010
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1/21/10 Update: This event is full. Waitlist only being accepted.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Alumni House Lanai
2100 Kakela Place
Re-center, focus, and find your breath in 2010. Join Paula Crabb, Punahou PE faculty, for a mid-day break and find your “Ha” with fellow alumni and friends. Learn and experience how breath and yoga is incorporated into our PE curriculum.
* Free admission
* Light, refreshing lunch will be served
* Space is limited
* Please carpool
RSVP to Punahou Alumni Relations by January 20, 2010
www.punahou.edu/rsvp or call 808.945.1351
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Winter 2009 Punahou Bulletin: Classmates to Look For January 12, 2010
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A quick note about classmates who are mentioned in the latest Punahou Bulletin.
Charlie Wichman is the father of Punahou '74 classmate Wendy Wichman.
The latest issued of the Punahou Bulletin is online and you may want to pay some attention to the “Profile in Giving” article. Subject in this issue is Charlie Wichman, father of our class member Wendy Wichman. Interestingly, Charlie Wichman was a missionary descendant who did not go to Punahou! He and his brothers attended Iolani. Fortunately for us, he chose to send his four children to Punahou thus giving us the opportunity to know Wendy and, for some of us, her four great (wrestling) children.
Also of note is a review of Richard Botkin’s book, Ride the Thunder – A Vietnam War Story of Honor and Triumph. The book currently has 4+ stars on Amazon.com and looks like a great read. Richard was a former United States Marine Corps infantry officer and I am sure that he has an interesting story to tell. (Wish I had known about this before Christmas. Would have made a good present for my Marine Corps father.) More on this book later in a future post. Congratulations to Richard on this achievement!!
As always, if I missed anyone in this issue of the Punahou Bulletin let me know and I will send out an update. It takes many hands to do the blog’s work.
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What’s your Pauahi IQ? January 12, 2010
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Anyone driving up Punahou Street these days is well aware that there is new construction going on as they pass by the emerging Omidyar K-1 neighborhood near Wilcox Hall. Seems that, like the Lily Pond itself, there is a constant process of replenishment and growth needed to sustain the school.
But growth is sometimes done from within as old, familiar, even historic buildings are retained from the outside, yet gutted from the inside. Such was the case with Pauahi Hall, one of oldest school structures that was renovated beginning in 1990. Here is that building’s story, as related in the Spring 1991 edition of the Punahou Bulletin.
Pauahi Hall under construction in 1895.
Pauahi Hall was built at the end of Punahou’s first half-century. By that time, the upper school student body numbered over 100 and no longer fit into Old School Hall. Banker and trustee Charles R. Bishop contributed the $50,000 needed for the construction of a new campus building, which he named for his late wife, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop. Built in the last decade of the nineteenth century, Pauahi Hall was constructed of lava rock quarried from Judd Hillside, just across the road from the school.
The restoration of historic Pauahi Hall was completed in 1991, the year of Punahou’s sesquicentennial. In recognition of this event, the Punahou Bulletin published a “What’s Your Pauahi IQ” quiz. How would you do on it? Give yourself ten points for each right answer. There are 150 points for a perfect score and for the honor of calling yourself a true Buff ‘n Bluer! (more…)
