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First family sends island greeting to 150 marching band students during inaugural parade
By Star-Bulletin staff
POSTED: 12:48 p.m. HST, Jan 20, 2009
President Obama flashed shakas to the Punahou School marching band as they played "Aloha Oe" in the inauguration parade this afternoon.
The band, accompanied by the school's Junior ROTC squad and cheerleaders, were the first civilians to march in the parade that honors their school's most famous graduate.
Obama smiled broadly as the band approached the reviewing stand and started playing "Aloha Oe." Obama, his wife Michelle, and their daughters Malia and Sasha, all flashed shakas to the passing contingent of more than 150 Punahou students.
Obama, who was born in Honolulu in 1961, attended Punahou from fifth grade to his graduation in 1979. He has kept in contact with several friends from the school and visited the Manoa campus twice during visits to Oahu last year.
President Obama flashed shakas to the Punahou School marching band as they played "Aloha Oe" in the inauguration parade this afternoon.
The band, accompanied by the school's Junior ROTC squad and cheerleaders, were the first civilians to march in the parade that honors their school's most famous graduate.
Obama smiled broadly as the band approached the reviewing stand and started playing "Aloha Oe." Obama, his wife Michelle, and their daughters Malia and Sasha, all flashed shakas to the passing contingent of more than 150 Punahou students.
Obama, who was born in Honolulu in 1961, attended Punahou from fifth grade to his graduation in 1979. He has kept in contact with several friends from the school and visited the Manoa campus twice during visits to Oahu last year.
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