KS Band Maui Tour - Day 2

Darrell and I started off Day 2 - Friday - with breakfast at Sam Sato's in Wailuku. They are famous for their "Dry Saimin" - saimin noodles with the soup served on the side. We also had teriyaki beef sticks. I liked it but give me Hamura's on Kauai anyday! Darrell was not impressed at all. It was pretty popular though; luckily we got there in time to get a table without waiting. After that there were lots of people waiting to eat. We also bought some tiny turnovers (coconut, apple, blueberry, peach) and lima bean manju, which are their specialties.

We stopped at Costco to pick up some extra food that they needed to feed the kids at the school, then headed up to the campus to help with lunch.


Here are the boys only singing the Doxology before lunch. The girls came up from practice earlier because the boys were held back. There were a couple of incidents...the directors were trying to get the guilty boys to 'fess up.


Incident #1: The evening before, some boys were sitting on the roof of one of the buildings and one boy slipped, breaking the roof tile.


Incident #2: Earlier that morning, four boys were climbing the wall/fence to get into the locked pool area, and when a custodian saw them and told them to get out, at least one of the boys allegedly swore at the custodian.


Eventually the guilty parties came forward and apologized to the principal.


It was different hearing the Doxology with only the boys singing...only hearing the bass parts, rather than the full harmony. But they sounded wonderful.

Here are Shane, Kaala and Ryan being goofy. Notice the zebra lanyards...the kids were required to wear their school IDs since this was a school activity (they are required to wear their IDs on lanyards everyday at school this year). KBBC got the zebra print lanyards for the trip since their field show is "Africa."

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nd here are the tubas (minus two): Shane, Ryan, Sproles, Mano and Ian in front.

They practiced in the morning, then either got to swim or rest, until it was time to head out to Lahaina and the 'Ulalena show at Maui Theatre http://www.mauitheatre.com/html/story.html. Had heard so many great things about it so we were looking forward to it. It was absorbing...though probably would have enjoyed it more if I had read the program to understand the storyline better, or if they could have provided more narration. Loved the music, though, and have never seen a show like this before. There was drama and comedy, music and dancing, hula and modern. The props reminded me of "The Lion King."

We were lucky to be able to stay after the show to see a special demo with some of the cast and crew. They explained what it was like to be in the cast and how they prepared for the various parts. This photo shows a tree, portrayed by an actor on stilts. The musicians gave a demonstration of the various instruments they played, including the ohe hane ihu, or nose flute. The acrobat who portrayed Hina, Goddess of the Moon, demonstrated her part, balancing on a ring high above the stage. They explained how the Mo'o, or Lizard Goddess danced in the waterfall, the acrobat holding onto long lengths of silky fabric representing the falling water. The cast answered questions, like if any of them went to Kamehameha (one), and whether they survived on working the show alone or if they had day jobs (most had other jobs too).

After the show, we were asked if we could go back to the campus to help give the kids a bedtime snack and tuck them in (no, not really tuck them in, but just make sure they were all there, and that they got to bed). It was after midnight when we got back to Kahului and we just went right to bed. Another long day...