Our setup location on Bethel Street just mauka of Hotel Street.
Setting up. Photo by Andrea.
Our bonsai display. My tree is the small ficus on the right with the mountain viewing stone.
John and Joanie with some bonsai and other plants for sale.
Ready to begin work on the demonstration trees. Photo by Andrea.
This is John's beautiful shohin display. Photo by Andrea.
John brought a magnificent banyan tree in root-on-rock style. Photo by Andrea.
This is my slant style (shakkan) ficus (banyan) with a mountain viewing stone (suiseki) in the distance. Photo by Andrea.
Pruning a demnstration tree. Photo by Andrea.
John worked on the tree that Hugo brought. Photo by Andrea.
Metaphotography: I photographed the keiki hula in the park across the street. Photo by Andrea.
The photo taken above: Music and keiki hula across the street in Sun Yat Sen Park.
Paintings for sale.
More keiki hula. They and the band were really good.
Adult hula. Photo by Andrea.
Club member Donald, volunteering for the kidney foundation, came by for a look. Photo by Andrea.
Working on bonsai generates visitor interest. Photo by Andrea.
The Rainbow Bonsai Club setup with two canopies and the bonsai display in between them.
The art fair wrapped around to Fort Street Mall at Pauahi Street where some lion dancers prepare to perform.
A new city Art Museum opened today. These are some interesting ceramic pieces.
I brought several bonsai to work on for demonstration.
The lion dancers came down our way. Feeding the red lion. Photo by Andrea, who also made two videos of the lion dance.
Lion Dance One (MP4 file, 50 megabytes)
Lion Dance Two (MP4 file, 12 megabytes)
The lions by the shave ice truck. The little boy with the cymbals is one of the musicians accompanying the lion dancers.
The punk rock band Stink Eye performed in the park. The guitarist had a Gibson Les Paul and the bassist played a Fender bass.
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