A Hawaiian Graduation

We went to our first Hawaiian Graduation last week.  There was pomp and ceremony for sure, the difference being, there was also hula and slack key guitar.  After the ceremony, the celebration began with the grads, relatives and friends crowding the floor giving and receiving leis.  Colorful balloons floated above and families waved life-sized pictures of their graduates.  The leis were piled on and some had leis up to the tops of their heads.  My son is unlikely to forget his high school graduation.  As for me, what I remember most about mine is standing in the hot California sun waiting for the ceremony to begin.