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Updated at 4:29 p.m., Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Photo gallery: Pre-game, fans

Advertiser Staff

Here are some pictures from New Orleans of the pre-game festivities and of Hawai'i fans.

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UH fan Kennji Santiago of Pearl City throws beads down to passersby from the second floor balcony of Johnny White's Pub & Grill on Bourbon St., New Orleans. The Warriors will play Georgia today in the Sugar Bowl at the Louisiana Superdome.

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UH fan Roxi Smith of Dallas, TX, throws beads down to passersby from the second floor balcony of Johnny Whites Pub & Grill on Bourbon St., New Orleans. The Warriors will play Georgia today in the Sugar Bowl at the Louisiana Superdome.

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UH fan Johnny Santiago, originally from Pearl City now living in Louisiana, blows a conch shell from the second floor balcony of Johnny White's Pub & Grill on Bourbon St., New Orleans. The Warriors will play Georgia today in the Sugar Bowl at the Louisiana Superdome.

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The University of Hawaii Warriors perform the

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Hawaii fan Brett Hitzeman of Waianae holds up a banner outside the Marriott Hotel in New Orleans.

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Mia Virchinsky, right, of Salt Lake and longtime friend Roger Fessenmeyer, left, of Ohio and a former Oahu resident, show their support for UH in the lobby of the New Orleans Marriott Hotel.

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Warrior fan David Huff, a 1984 alumnus of the University of Hawaii now living in Riverside, Calif., was decorated with UH logos on the second floor balcony of Johnny White's Pub & Grill on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

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UH fans Mario Caresosa, left, and Patty Caresosa, right, walk down Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Mario is originally from Aiea and now lives with his wife Patty in San Clemente, Calif.

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