Official Reunion Website
Another reunion has come and gone. Another great time to share not just memories, but the sharing of our lifetimes with our special friends. Now we've returned to our homes and lives, but warm feelings remain of the camaraderie, the laughter, the music, the Aloha that was present. Though we may be thousands of miles apart we are all Ohana - we are bonded by our common experiences.
Annual Hawaiian Picnic on Summit Rock in Central Park, New York City on Sunday, June 1, 2025
A group of us will be staying at the Leo House, 332 W 23rd St., NYC, 10011. Call 212.929.1010, ext. 219 for reservations, Friday, May 30th through Sunday, June 1st.
Afterwards, anyone who wants to come to Boston and tour all 6 New England states with a small group and Wes, will be more than welcomed.
Class Reunion in Vegas 2025!
October 10th through the 15th, 2025
Schedule:
Friday, Oct. 10: Informal get together to talk story. Place TBD
Saturday, Oct. 11: Dinner California hotel Noodle House 7:00 pm. Meet there. Pay on your own.
Sunday, Oct. 12: Dinner. Main Street Buffet 7:00 pm. Meet there. Pay your own (You can use your California Hotel package deal coupon - see below).
Monday, Oct. 13: Luncheon buffet, California Hotel Banquet Room, 12 noon - 1:30 pm, $32 per person. Please send a check payable to: Kauai High School Class of 1972, to Carolyn Silva Dotorio, 3767 Kikee Rd., Kalaheo, HI 96741 by September 11th.
Reservations for the California Hotel: 888.715.0711. Book the Hawaiian Package with Karen Shizuru. Our Group Code is KHJ725C. This will include a coupon booklet (per person) with discounted prices on meals in selected restaurants of the Boyd Gaming Group. Rooms available from Friday, October 10 through Tuesday Ocxtober 14.
4 nights: $450 Double or $335 Single
3 nights: $415 Dounle or $307 Single
2 nights: $390 Double or $290 Single
Upon booking, you will be charged a $100 deposit on your credit card. A limited number of rooms will be blocked for us. The deadline is September 11th, but these rooms at discount rates will get sold out. So book early! Any questions email Wes at: hiwes@comcast.net
See you there!
Good fun, food and entertainment! It also included Kauai High School class of 1977. Mahalo to all who put the events together! It was wonderful reconnecting with classmates and their spouses and partners! Photos: the following link will take you to my Dropbox account. If you'd like to see larger thumbnails click on the three lines in the upper-right and select grid or large grid Click here!
The first video is ready to view! Click
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Another from Rick Rasay and company: My Girl/Just My Imagination/Suavecito
Voss Fernandes does his No. 1 Hit, "Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian"!
The weekend was a blast! Here are the following in attendance: Jack Balauro,
Carolyn Ota ('75 now lives in NYC), Jane Segawa Iwane and Roy, Jerrilyn
Onishi Fukushima and husband Dennis from Lihue, Voss Fernandes, Mark Hirabayshi
and Lynne, Tara Taylor and Nancy Lapp, Terry Wilmoth Crnich and Joe (14 of us
all together). It was a very nice group.
We started off with dinner at the Dallas BBQ on West 23rd Street across from the Leo House where most of us were staying. You should have seen the ribs Jack and Carolyn ate! WOW! The next day we had breakfast at the Leo followed by a double-decker bus tour of the city: Times Square, Macy's, Empire State Building, Ground Zero, New World Trade Tower, Battery Park to see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island in the harbor, South Port Piers, East Village, Chinatown, Little Italy, the United Nations Building, uptown, Broadway, Rockefeller Center followed by a late lunch.
Voss, Mark, Jack and Carolyn Ota then played music for us in the Leo House courtyard. There were several calls made to the front desk inquiring about the lovely music that was being played. Even the nuns from the residence hall next door were coming down to enjoy the music into the night. In memory of all of classmates who have died, we sang "I'll Remember You" written by the late Kui Lee and made famous by the late Don Ho who by the way sang "Tiny Bubbles." We then had a late dinner at Chelsea Chinese (Schezuan) Kitchen on West 25th Street. The food was scrumptiously delicious, but most of all the company was the best.
Afterwards we went to the Chelsea Bakery to pick up treats and hung out in the Conference Room at the Leo House way past midnight [where Wes entertained us with his escapades as a young adult]. We all got up for breakfast at the Chelsea Country Kitchen on 9th Ave and West 23rd. Some of us were leaving and said our goodbyes. Those who stayed went to the parade or went shopping.
Garden
Island Blend is a group of local boys from Kaua'i and Oah'u who transplanted
to California. They bring Hawaiian-style local kine music and crossover
to oldies, classic, Top 40 and contemporary songs.
