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Aloha Festivals Float

September 20, 2012

So will the float be finished on schedule, ahead of schedule or just before the parade starts???!!!! Here are pictures from Thursday afternoon at the Kaka'ako warehouse where KS volunteers were steadily building the minature rolling island that will feature cascading waterfalls, fields of kalo and graceful hula dancers.

Work on the float will continue on Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Photos by Michael Young

Picture a canoe riding a wave at the front of the float.




Volunteers trim stems.




It's hot in the warehouse.




From the side a bird takes flight.




Different departments mix and mingle.




The footing can get tricky.




A dormant volcano is dressed in flora.




CEO Dee Jay Mailer and friends pitch in.




Soon to be a cascading waterfall.




Ti leaves get a coating of paste.




The leaves then get applied to the float.




The underside needs an extra coating of paste.