Archives for Gary North

DVR alert: Ōlelo to air Natatorium Memorial Day observance

10-Sep-12 | Comments Off on DVR alert: Ōlelo to air Natatorium Memorial Day observance

This year’s Memorial Day service at the Natatorium – the 24th annual – was one of the best ever. The songs, the dance, the military pageantry and the stirring keynote speech by Gen. Gary L. North, all in honor of Hawai’i’s and the nation’s war dead. And now, a chance to see and hear it all again (or for the first time, if you weren’t able to be there). Ōlelo Community Media will air a video of the solemn but celebratory observance four times this month, starting this Thursday. Watch the one hour, 12 minute program on Ōlelo’s NATV channel
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Categories: Events, Memorial Day, News coverage, and Uncategorized.
Tags: Gary North, Memorial Day, and Waikiki Natatorium.

Photos from the Natatorium Memorial Day service (and mahalo nui!)

28-May-12 | Comments Off on Photos from the Natatorium Memorial Day service (and mahalo nui!)

Mahalo to everyone who came out for the 24th annual Memorial Day Service at the Natatorium! We want to thank our engaging speakers, Gen. Gary North, VA health care executive Tom Driskill and centenarian Young Fun Choy (represented by his daughter, Jan). Thanks also to Aaron Ho, the Air Force Honor Guard, Chaplain Anthony Wiggins for his moving invocation and benediction, Olana Ai and her keiki hula dancers, and musicians (including Cyril Pahinui) who made the ceremony so special. And we especially want to thank all the veterans who came out to remember their fallen comrades with us. It was
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Categories: Events, Friends of the Natatorium, Hula, Memorial Day, News coverage, and Uncategorized.
Tags: Friends of the Natatorium, Gary North, Hula Halau Olana, Memorial Day, and Waikiki Natatorium.

We remember: Memorial service at the Nat | Sunday, May 27

20-May-12 | Comments Off on We remember: Memorial service at the Nat | Sunday, May 27

They stood up for us. Let’s come out for them. Come remember and honor our nation’s war dead, and especially those from Hawai’i, at the 24th annual Memorial Day Service at the Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium. Sponsored by the Friends of the Natatorium, the observance will be held Sunday, May 27, at 10 a.m. (Note: That’s Sunday of Memorial Day weekend.) We’ll gather in Kapiolani Park, just outside the gate of the Natatorium. As always, it will be both a solemn and a joyful occasion. We will honor the ultimate sacrifice made by too many of our nation’s military men
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Categories: Events, Friends of the Natatorium, Memorial Day, and Uncategorized.
Tags: Cyril Pahinui, Friends of the Natatorium, Gary North, Hula Halau Olana, Memorial Day, Waikiki Natatorium, and Young Fun Choy.