Posted on: Saturday, May 26, 2007
All hail and savor the glorious Pineapple
Advertiser Staff
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Eddieana Kema, right, sampled pineapple along with family at last year's pineapple festival at Wahiawa District Park.
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WAHIAWA PINEAPPLE FESTIVAL
10 a.m.-4 p.m. today, plus a parade down California Avenue at 9 a.m. Wahiawa District Park, 1139 Kilani Ave. (near Wahiawa General Hospital) Free admission WahiawaPineappleFestival.com Parking: Shuttles run to and from Leilehua High School every 15 minutes.
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It's Pineapple Appreciation Day, otherwise known as the Wahiawa Pineapple Festival, which touts the king of fruit that once reigned supreme in these islands.
And so the thorny question is: What do you check out first among the attractions that include:
A parade down California Avenue, at 9 a.m.
Pineapple-themed food created by restaurants such as Alan Wong's, Ola at Turtle Bay and The Poke Stop (with their chefs Wong, Fred DeAngelo and Elmer Guzman in attendance, and also Roy Yamaguchi)
The premiere of contest-winning dishes by students from the Leeward Community College Culinary Institute of the Pacific — you can download the recipes for Shanna Bise's Layered Pineapple Tart in a Mac Nut Brittle Cup; and Michael Castelo's Sauteed Pineapple-Marinated Salmon with Pineapple Tsukemono at www.WahiawaPineappleFestival.com.
Entertainment by Hoku-award-winning group Holunape, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
A series of tales by storytellers Jeff Gere (10:30 a.m., with "True Supernatural Tales of Haunted Hawaii," and 12:30 p.m., "Silly 'n Spooky Stories of Kids in Hawaii"); Brenda Freitas-Obregon (11:30 a.m., "Kid-Kind Tales to Make You Smile"); and Lopaka Kapanui (1:30 p.m., "Supernatural Tales of Hawaii").
Free narrated trolley tours of the Wahiawa community
A display of keiki art
A pineapple recipe contest
A reunion area for former pine and cannery workers.
