The Pearl City Shopping Center Merchants Assoxciation held their annual Pearl Christmas Parade on Sunday, December 2. The parade began at 4:00pm from Hookiekie Street fronting Momilani Elementary School and made its way along Hoolehua Street to the Pearl City Shopping Center where an awards ceremony was held in the shoppong center parking lot near Bank of Hawaii.
Prizes were awarded in the following categories: Best Vehicle, Marching, and Spirit. First place in each category received a $100.00 Pearl City Shopping Center Gift Certificate. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers received trophies.
WINNERS
BEST VEHICLE
1ST – SOARES TRUCKING
2ND – HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC
3RD – FRESH IMPACT (WAIPAHU HIGH SCHOOL)
MARCHING
1ST – PALISADES ELEMENTARY UKULELE CLUB
2ND – MANANA ELEMENTARY
3RD – MOMILANI ELEMENTARY FIT FACTORY
MOST SPIRIT
1ST – OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL SCHOOL
2ND – GIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII
3RD – CENTRAL PACIFIC BANK
Mahalo to Sheri and Dave Rolf representing both Rolf Adverting and the Pearl City Shopping Center Merchants Association for their hard work organizing the parade public relations, marketing and advertising, and as emcee as parade participants entered the Pearl City Shopping Center at the end of the parade route.
Mahalo to awards ceremony emcee Irwin Santos for another outstanding job on the microphone introducing and announcing the winners.
Mahalo also goes out to Patti Rabacal and the Pearl City High School Project Grad/PTSA crew who organized the parade participants and also led them along the parade route.
The Pearl city Shopping Center Merchants Association would like to thank all participants, organizers, supporters, and our Pearl City community, as well as visitors to our community for being a part of another fun, and successful Pearl City Christmas Parade.
Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Soares Trucking
1st Place
Best Vehicle
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Soares Trucking won first place in the Best Vehicle category. It was
the first year the company participated in the parade. Congratulations!
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Palisades Elementary Ukulele Club
1st Place
Marching
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Our Lady of Good Cousel School
1st Place
Spirit
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Hawaiian Electric
2nd Place
Best Vehicle
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Pictured L-R: Heather Villamil (HECO); Sheri Rolf, Pearl City
Shopping Center Merchants Association; Bert Morikuni (HECO)
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Mahalo to HECO Supervisor, Customer Operations, Bert Morikuni and the
HECO parade crew for the ono Christmas cookies! Mr. Morikuni is pictured with
Pearl City Shopping Center Merchants Association Board Member, Sheri Rolf.
Mahalo Pearl City Marching Band
for leading the parade
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
MAHALO!
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Pictured L-R: Barry Villamil, Sheri Rolf, Santa, Patti Rabacal, and Irwin Santos.