The 16th annual Keaau Christmas Lighted Parade was Saturday evening, Dec. 14. This years parade theme was “A Plantation Christmas.”
Among the entries were marching bands, three sizes of floats, classic cars, horses, Mayor Harry Kim and Santa Claus.
The Grand Marshall was 96-year-old Pedro Haspe, a retired supervisor of the Ola‘a Sugar Plantation. Co-Grand Marshall was the 2019 13U Pony World Series champions.
Results by class
Car
First place: Hawaii Classic Cruizers
Float — Small
First place: Microcom
Second place: GEICO
Float — Medium
First place: Puna Filipino community/Sakada Day celebration
Second place: Paradise Park Baptist Church
Third place: Keaau High School athletics
Float — Large
First place: Hawaii County Council District 5
Second place: Ryan K. Towing Services
Third place: Lili‘uokalani Trust
Horse Mounted
First place: Hawaii Horse Owners Inc.
Marching Band
First place: Waiakea Intermediate School Ukulele Band
Second place: Keaau Combined Marching Band
Marching Unit
First place: Keaau Middle School
Second place: Keaau Elementary School PTSA
Third place: HMSA
Parade organizers thank everyone who participated and look forward to next year. The 2020 parade is slated for Dec. 12.
Happy holidays from the Keaau Community Christmas Parade committee.