The Good Life Expo

This years theme for the Hawaii Seniors Fair is catchy and very appropriate so. Friday was the opening day at the NBC Exhibition Hall and there were a multitude of seniors in attendance. So much so that if any of our aspiring politician could harness all of them to his camp, he or she could win the Governor's seat in a landslide. Lani and I started off to the NBC early enough but when we got to the entrance of the NBC parking lot the big sign was already up...LOT FULL. I guess I must've miscalculated that Seniors in Hawaii are early risers...very early risers fo' sure. Cruising around the blocks was not a successful option. Every inch of space on the street was kapu. So best thing to do was to go fill up da gas tank at Costco and then head back to the NBC. Still no luck and still LOT FULL. Must be something about parking near the graveyard on King Street across Straub 'cause there were parking spaces galore. It was a 10 minute walk to the NBC Exhibition Hall. Okay, no make fun. Us senior guys are slow walkers!


Performing on the Main Stage was 8 and I's Line Dancers all dresed in red T-shirts and jeans. Wow! those seniors (all ladies) put on a one hour show of continuous country line dancing that took a lot of stamina.


Then came on The Steptaculars, a performing dance team made up of Seniors from ages mid 70's to late 80's. Being an all-girl dance group, we'll never know how young (or old) they are fo'sure. But they performed with dexterity and put on a good show. Long time friend of Lani and me was on stage performing. Dat's Salome...long time member of the Steptaculars, Line Dance Teacher, Red Hat member, and an all-around dance performer.


Another friend and one of two guys to dance with the Steptaculars, Ron...a true hoofer and Tap Dance Teacher. He danced with full of energy and a senior at that.


As with all the performances that I've seen the Steptaculars were in, Bill was always there with his Flamenco and Cape Dance. Not as fast as he use to be during the early years but this costume-maker extraordinaire has always wowed the crowd with the Cape Dance.


It seemed like Lani and I were in the Exhibition Hall a long time checking out each booth for something of interest. We purchased a few things but time was clicking away on our parking meter. We got to our parked car with 9 minutes to spare. Lucky for us because the Meter Maid was already putting those nasty tickets on cars with an expired meter. But before we left the NBC grounds, there is the brown statue of the gal sitting on a bench at the corner of King St. and Ward Ave. that Lani has always admired. So it was a must that she took a snapshot of the girl-statue and me....as my main squeeze directed...."put your arms around her". And dat's a take fo'now.