KILAUEA — Tom Pickett of Kilauea Bakery capitalized on several events in Kilauea town to become more efficient. Pickett created homemade sausage Thursday night during the Kong Lung Center Business After Hours coordinated by the Kaua‘i Chamber of Commerce, having
KILAUEA — Tom Pickett of Kilauea Bakery capitalized on several events in Kilauea town to become more efficient.
Pickett created homemade sausage Thursday night during the Kong Lung Center Business After Hours coordinated by the Kaua‘i Chamber of Commerce, having more left over to share with the Kilauea Neighborhood Association and the Kilauea Elementary School PTSA, which hosted its “Spaghetti Feed” fundraising event Friday at the Kilauea Elementary School cafeteria.
Pickett said Kilauea town practiced “a unique tradition of civil disobedience toward the Kaua‘i sign ordinance” as event planners of several events in Kilauea scrawled their messages on used bed sheets and hung them between the ironwood trees at the entrance to town.
“Last week was a busy one with several sheets and banners advertising a variety of community events including a softball sign-up, a fall harvest festival, a handful of garage sales, and of course, the Spaghetti Feed and Fun night,” Pickett said. “In a town where you normally can hear a pin drop shortly after sunset, Kilauea was unusually loud and enjoyable.”
Kilauea residents and neighbors enjoyed five musical and dance performances, punctuated by the wit of Kilauea’s Gary Smith, the town’s premier storyteller and historian, as the evening’s emcee, working in announcements of door prizes provided by community businesses.
Pickett said an Apple iPad went home with the grand prize winner with all funds raised through ticket sales earmarked to fund community projects and events including the Kilauea Easter Egg hunt, the Christmas show, beach cleanups and other neighborhood projects.
The Kilauea Seniors ‘Ukulele Band opened up the evening followed by the Waipa Serenaders before the Yokotake halau spiced up the evening with a hula medley to set the stage for the spaghetti dinner.
More foot-tapping music followed the dinner as the Kilauea Social Club offered up a platter of “cheerful classics,” getting the crowd ready for the young rock band, Tone 11, which featured vocals, drums and electric guitars.
Pickett said the event was made possible through the hard work of the Kilauea senior group who sold tickets, the Kilauea School PTSA board members and the family, friends and supporters of the Kilauea Neighborhood Association.
• Dennis Fujimoto, photographer and staff writer, can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 253) or dfujimoto@ thegardenisland.com.
