Here’s another snippet of the conversation with my mother when she was at our house in Kaaawa on Thanksgiving.
In this 8-minute segment, describes how Sam Kahanamoku, brother of the legendary Duke Kahanamoku, would accompany several girls when they wanted to go to a popular downtown Honolulu bar while she was attending the University of Hawaii in the early 1930s. She also describes what the Honolulu suburb of Kahala was like at that time, including the hydroponic farm where Sam grew vegetables for millionaire heiress Doris Duke. If you live anywhere near Farmers Road in Kahala, you’ll want to watch this little video.
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this would be perfect for nationaldayoflistening.org. lovely post, thank you.
Your mother mentions a dance studio on Farmers Road. Believe it was called Kaahumanu dance studio; recall my older sister taking hula lessons there as a youngster.
The dance studio was called Kulumanu…
so much bull bout my father..even a women who claims to be my sister an oriental at that…get a life people and leaves us alone…Samuel Alapai Kahanamoku Jr….