Shootz! Shaka Santa And Tutu Mele Show Up Early For The City Lights Parade

Exquisite scenes from Cirque Du Soleil, an airport sunset and the North Shore surf.

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Exquisite scenes from Cirque Du Soleil, an airport sunset and the North Shore surf.

Honolulu’s Santa and Mrs Claus decorations arrived at Honolulu Hale on the trailer of a long flatbed truck that itself was quite a site as it came to a halt on Punchbowl Street. They sat ready to be offloaded by a crane to their positions outside Honolulu Hale. The Festive pair will be one of the main display elements for the Honolulu City Lights Parade on December 7th (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Honolulu’s Shaka Santa and Tutu Mele decorations arrived at Honolulu Hale on the trailer of a long flatbed truck as it came to a halt on Punchbowl Street on Tuesday. They are among the attractions for the Honolulu City Lights Parade on Saturday. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
After Honolulu’s own Shaka Santa was secured in his annual seat outside Honolulu Hale, City crews worked to place his belt buckle in the correct location. Coupled with Mrs Claus the Festive pair will be one of the main display elements for the Honolulu City Lights Parade on December 7th (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
After Shaka Santa was secured in his traditional seat, a city crew worked to place his belt buckle. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Honolulu’s Tutu Mele was lifted from the flatbed truck that had transported her from the storage facility to Honolulu Hale where she was placed alongside Shaka Santa to be one of the main display elements for the Honolulu City Lights Parade on December 7th (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Tutu Mele was hoisted into place next to Santa Shaka. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
A post-sunset afterglow at Honolulu’s Daniel K Inouye International airport Tuesday. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Shortly after sunset, a waxing crescent moon shimmered in the night sky above the airport. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Cirque Du Soleil has arrived in Waikiki Honolulu, with an Hawaii inspired show entitled 'Auwana. The title stems from the loose translation to wander, to veer off the beaten path or to embark on a journey and comes complete with a rendition of Waikiki and juggling and ukulele playing Beach Boys. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Cirque Du Soleil has arrived at the Outrigger Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel, complete with juggling and ukulele-playing Thursday. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Cirque Du Soleil gave various news outlets a sneak peek at an acrobatic performance. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Kamehameha Schools Preschools honor Kamehameha V’s birth and death of Dec. 11 at Mauna ʻAla Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Honolulu. Currently under DLNR jurisdiction, the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii is the final resting place for the Kamehameha and Kalākaua. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Kamehameha Schools’ preschool program honored King Kamehameha V in advance of the Dec. 11 date of his birth (1830) and death (1872) at the Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum in Honolulu. The mausoleum is also the final resting place for Hawaiʻi’s last king, Kalākaua. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
A standup paddleboarder moves behind a wave after a surfer blasts down the face of a steep wave off Mokuleia Beach with the North Shore as a backdrop Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Mokuleia. Surfline says it’s 8-10 feet or double overhead. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
A standup paddleboarder moved behind a wave as a surfer blasted down the face of it off Mokulē‘ia Beach near Ka’ena Point with the North Shore as a backdrop Wednesday. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
A surfer cuts back on a large wave off Mokuleia Beach Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Mokuleia. Surfline says it’s 8-10 feet or double overhead. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
A surfer cuts back on a large wave off Mokulē‘ia Beach. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
A surfer heads out from Mokuleia Beach near Ka’ena Point directly across Farrington Highway from Lesley Macpherson and James “Kimo” Lyman’s residence Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Mokuleia. A report released recently by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration states newborn Hawaiian Monk Seal pup P07 was killed on this beach by dogs on May 24, 2024. The dogs belong to DLNR employee Macpherson and her boyfriend Lyman. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
A surfer heads out from Mokulē‘ia Beach near where a newborn Hawaiian monk seal was killed by dogs in May. The dogs belonged to a state parks employee who lives nearby. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Waikiki visitors cross Kalākaua Avenue at Royal Hawaiian Avenue Thursday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Honolulu. All vehicular traffic stops and pedestrians also may cross diagonally. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Waikiki visitors crossed Kalākaua Avenue at Royal Hawaiian Avenue on Thursday. The intersection is marked for diagonal as well as straight-across walkways. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Workers harvest pineapples at Dole Plantation Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Wahiawa. The fruit is removed from the top and placed on a conveyer belt where they are collected to move with the workers. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Workers harvest pineapples at Dole Plantation on Wednesday in Wahiawa. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
The Honolulu Police Department conducted training for officers on all-terrain vehicles near Kakaako Makai Gateway Park on Thursday morning. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
An Alaska Airlines flight arriving from San Jose passed over the John A. Burns School of Medicine near downtown Honolulu on Thursday. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Honolulu’s Santa and Mrs Claus decorations arrived at Honolulu Hale on the trailer of a long flatbed truck that itself was quite a site as it came to a halt on Punchbowl Street. They sat ready to be offloaded by a crane to their positions outside Honolulu Hale. The Festive pair will be one of the main display elements for the Honolulu City Lights Parade on December 7th (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Mayor Rick Blangiardi threw a shaka to onlookers from the bucket of a Fire Department ladder truck after he helped secure the decoration atop the Christmas tree outside Honolulu Hale on Friday. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
A small contingent of individuals gathered outside the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea to protest Martial Law being exercised in Korea.(David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
A small group of protesters braved the rain outside the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea on Friday to protest the South Korea president’s declaration of martial law earlier in the week. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
A Christmas tree and decorations rise behind Stephanie Coffey of Georgetown, Texas, as she looks at her photo of pink flamingoes and a sneaky ʻAukuʻu or black-crowned night heron, at the The Westin Maui Resort & Spa, Kāʻanapali’s Lobby Pond during koi-feeding time Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Lahaina. The resort’s housekeeping staff decorated the vacation spot to host “Spirit of the Season” Saturday, Dec. 7, beginning at 4:30 p.m. The free community event will have holiday entertainment and treats. Keiki and adults can begin the festivities with gingerbread-cookie decorating before the “Spirit of the Season” begins with live performances by local artists and tropical, holiday drinks and pupus.
Christmas decorations rise behind Stephanie Coffey of Georgetown, Texas, as she looks at her photo of pink flamingos and a sneaky ʻaukuʻu, or black-crowned night heron, at the The Westin Maui Resort & Spa in Kāʻanapali north of Lahaina on Friday,. The resort’s housekeeping staff decorated the vacation spot to host “Spirit of the Season” a free community event beginning Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

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