Paniolos, Politicians, People On Parade…
We had the 45th Annual Paniolo Parade today!
Ready for the parade!
It was the tenth consecutive parade that I have been able to enjoy watching.
This years theme featured Heroes and Outlaws.
You get the picture?
Every year it seems that all of Makawao town gets up earlier and earlier
to reserve their favorite parade watching spot.
Special guests!
I get up super early just to get a parking spot and open the gallery by 8am.
This year a few special people joined us and mentioned that this was a great spot to watch…..
great because when you needed to get out of the passing rain,
you could easily take shelter in the gallery and not miss the show!
Here's Luna!
We even had a beautiful Doberman Pinscher named Luna
join us and she was the most beautiful and well behaved dog I have seen in a long long time.
So with Crispy Creme in hand, the parade started off with all the cool old fashioned cars.
Cool Car!
You could hear all the guys saying just what make, model, and year
each one was and see them drooling!
I like the Tikis on the back of the truck! (double click any photo to enlarge!)
Then it seemed that every other float was a “commercial break”
for the many groups of Politicians who marched through Makawao!
I lost track, but I think there were 6 or 7 Lieutenant Governor candidates alone!
Bud Man!
Soon enough the Big Bud Light trucks came through and this year, BUD MAN was a hit!
Avatar Horse and Rider
My favorite horse was this Avatar horse and rider!
Look at those horns!
Then there was the big old brahma bull with the longest horns ever!
SPAM the clown was here as usual with the unicycle club,
and the bag pipe players brought a familiar sound to the air.
Tractor float
Miss Maui waved gracefully while two Maui cheerleading squads
kept us at edge with their super tricks and back flips on the pavement!
No pa’u riders this year again, and not enough horses compared to politicians in my opinion!
Rose looking beautiful as ever!
And just like that….no grand finale here…
the parade came to an end and slowly the masses of people dispersed
on with their day or made their way
up to the Rodeo grounds for the 55th Annual Makawao Rodeo.
What a fun day and way to celebrate the Fourth of July!
The Hawaiian Word Of The Day Is: paniolo
(pronounced pah-knee-oh-low)
OR
Cowboy
Paniolo
