Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 5, Number 9, 1 Kepakemapa 1988 — Paʻu Leaders Set In Aloha Week Parade [ARTICLE]

Paʻu Leaders Set In Aloha Week Parade

"Pulama: We All Cherish", the theme of this year's Aloha Week floral parade on Saturday, Sept. 24, acknowledges our island heritage. The parade begins at the ewa entrance of Ala Moana Park at 9:30 a.m. and will proceed down Ala Moana Blvd. to Kalakaua Avenue, past the Ft. DeRussy reviewing stand, through Waikiki on Kalakaua to end at the Queen Kapiolani Park bandstand. The parade will last about three hours, according to George Archer, parade committee representative.

Leading the way for the participating 171 pa'u riders in delegations from eaeh island, will be Aloha Week Pa'u Marshall Henry Castillo and his wife, Pa'u Queen Ellen Ku'uleialohapoinaole Puka'ikapuaokalani Smith Castillo. This equestrian duo has previously made their mark as pa'u marshall and pa'u queen in the 1986 Kamehameha Day Pa'rade, and have ridden in Aloha Week and Kamehameha Day paradessince 1957.

Castillo is retired from the state Department of Agriculture, and now enjoys working with and coaching Waimanalo youngsters. He and his wife have three sons and five grandchildren. Mrs. Castillo is also a veteran parade rider and directs her own halau, Puka'ikapuaokalani. She is the daughter of the late Boniface Smith, Sr., a cowboy of Kaupo Ranch, Maui. Her mother Aliee K. Kahanu Smith now resides in Kaneohe. The Castillos say, "It's an honor for us to be part of this year's Aloha Week Parade. We carry the Aloha Week theme, "Pulama: We Cherish" in our hearts."