Supporting the cause to find a cure for cancer, hundreds of Kaua’i residents showed up for the fifth annual Hoedown for Hope, Rope a Cure Paniolo-Style Feb. 23 at Marriott Resort in Lihu’e. Evening highlights included a silent auction, games of skill on Western Main Street, Wahooo’s GetUp Getty Up contest, best-dressed cowboys and cowgirls awards and dancing to the island’s No. 1 kachi-kachi band, Wally Rita and Los Kauaianos. To learn more, go to hoedownforhope.org.
Photos by Amanda C. Gregg
Jamie Baldwin, Chantal Zarbaugh and Michelle Javinar
Beth Carter and Mickey Macmillian
County Councilwoman JoAnn Yukimura, and Ruth and Ray Dunbar