Small Town Local Feeling

Kaneohe has that small town local feeling - and I love it. It was brought home to me once again as I attended Castle High School's graduation last night.

• Everyone seemed to be there
• Seemed like Everyone knew everyone else
• Cars were parking everywhere - on the medial strip, in no parking areas, double parking - and no parking tickets were issued
• Oh the police were there - enjoying the festivities
• Everyone cheered for everyone's else's graduate (as the names were called)
• Samoan, Japanese, Korean, Haole, Hawaiian, Filipino names called out with perfection
• Only about 1000 people had actual tickets for the event but many more arrived early and stood around waiting to rush the field to congratulate their graduate
• You could never bring enough lei to this graduation - after you give to everyone you know you want to give to the kids who don't have as many
• At 9:00 the graduates are driven through Kaneohe town on buses bound for Project Grad Night activity. The streets are lined with folks wishing them well.

I love Kaneohe.