What a gleaming success. Angela & Danny were the consummate producers - everything ran smoothly and the people just kept coming! One food vendor ran out of food three hours into the festival while the other had to stop to stock up.
We went with plate lunches from Pacific Island Grill (based in Federal Way,WA). `Ono! I had the bbq chicken and kalua pork. Washed it down with a tasty tropical iced tea.
After our lunch, we enjoyed some of the hula and mele. People were pouring in all day long. The Center House was indeed brimming with aloha!
Later we took a lei-making class, taught by our friend Kiapu from the Hawai`i General Store. We learned how to make leis from ti leaves. One trick we learned: use your toes! The juice from the leaves makes it kind of a messy craft, but the result is beautiful. The class was so full, we had to sit on the floor.
Before our volunteer shift began at the Information Desk, we had to get a shave ice. I went with lilikoi while Dan tried a li hing mui/lilikoi mix. It was a perfectly sunny day, and sitting on a bench eating our shave ice made it feel almost like being in Hawai`i.
We met some interesting folks working the info desk, including our new hoa aloha (friend) Gary from Waianae.
We look forward to next year's festival, and hope the Seattle Center FESTAL committee gives us the whole weekend and inclusion into the regular programming. Live Aloha Mau loa!
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