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Celebrating 10 Years Of Being An
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Mahalo Hawaii For Making Big City Diner A Part Of An Island Family Tradition
For More Than 10 Years!
*This Page Has Been Prepared To Share The Story And Photos From Our 10th Anniversary Celebration
On Tuesday, December 9, 2008 Big City Diner celebrated its Tenth Anniversary at the Grand Ballroom of the Pacific Beach Hotel with nearly 500 guests in attendance. The celebration was all thanks to the sponsors: Y.Hata & Co. , HMAA, Miller Lite, Coors Light, Samuel Adams, D. Otani Produce, Insurance Solutions, ABC Corporation, Law Offices Of Kobayashi, Sugita and Goda, Manuheali'i, Sunrise on KGMB9 and KCCN FM100. |
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The guest list included regular guests of Big City Diner Restaurants, Big City Diner Management and Team Members, Vendors, Sponsors, Governor Linda Lingle, Sidney Quintal- City & County of Honolulu Director of Enterprise Services, Coach Mike Trapasso of University of Hawaii, Kanoa Leahy of KHON2 Sports, Rick Blangiardi of KGMB9, John Fink of KHNL & KFVE, representatives from the Kapiolani Childrens Miracle Network, Clients of Big City Diner and many more. |
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Registration began at 5pm on a beautiful clear afternoon in the Foyer of the Ballroom. Upon arriving, guests were welcomed by President and Founder Lane T. Muraoka and the musical stylings of Keoni Ku and Keoni Adams from 'Akahi Productions (who presents weekly entertainment on Friday's at Big City Diner Waipio) along with a Miniature Golf Course. Everyone who took a shot on the course and made a "Hole In One" was given a special entry blank for a special drawing held later that evening for Rounds of Golf at New Ewa Beach Golf Course. On the mainstage, Beat Boy's who perform monthly at Big City Diner Kailua played "Oldies" favorites. |
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At approximately 5:40pm the Pu'u of the Conch Shell blew and Kumu Hula Blaine Kia along with his Halau Ka Waikahe Lani Malie entered the room in procession to the main stage. Masters of Ceremony Shannon Scott of KCCN FM100 (Mid Day's From 10am) and Steve Uyehara from Sunrise on KGMB9 (Weekday Mornings From 4:30am to 8am) took to the podium to welcome everyone to the event and introduce Pastor Andy Kikuta of Hawaii Kai Christian Church to provide the Invocation. Pastor Andy was also the Pastor who has blessed the opening of every Big City Diner location. The prayer concluded and the Halau entertained the guests during a delicious Prime Rib Buffet dinner.
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| Dinner entertainment continued at 6:30pm with David Asing and Kamuela Kahoano of 'Akahi Productions playing a variety of island favorites. Both David and Kamuela perform at Big City Diner Waipio regularly for "Pau Hana Fridays". Their musical selection was a great welcome by guests in attendance and the prelude to the evening's formal program that began at 7pm. |
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| The formal program began with Shannon Scott and Steve Uyehara introducing the Honorable Governor of Hawaii Linda Lingle who took the podium and said a few words before presenting Big City Diner's President Lane Muraoka with a Commendation recognizing the company's contributions to the community. The Governor was followed by Mr. Sidney Quintal the Director of Enterprise Services for the City and County of Honolulu who represented Mayor Muffi Hanneman who was not able to be in attendance. Mr. Quintal delivered a special message from the Mayor. |
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| After the formal presentations by the Governor and Director, everyone in attendance was amazed by the special video presentation that was produced by television sponsor KGMB9. Rather than having a traditional video slideshow, the video was a mock newscast of Sunrise on KGMB9 and featured Anchor Grace Lee. She took the audience back in time telling the story of Big City Diner's beginning and brought them all the way to the present following the evening's theme of "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow". To cover the "Tomorrow" of the story she "sent it back LIVE" to Steve Uyehara her Co-Anchor Steve Uyehara who was also one of the Masters of Ceremony for the evening. Steve had Lane on the stage and interviewed him about other things of the company's history including how he came to decide on the company name "Big City Diner", as well as, questioned him on what he felt the future would bring for restaurant chain. This interview also covered Lane's message rather than having him deliver a "formal" speech. |
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| The program continued with the introduction of Big City Diner's Corporate Management Team and General Managers followed by the recognition of the company's five and ten year employees. Robert Nitta and Byron Shimabukuro, General Managers of Big City Diner Ward and Kaimuki respectively delivered a few words "taking a look back" from an employees perspective as both started as "bus boys" at Big City Diner's inception. Their message was followed by the presentation of the 2008 Big City Diner All Star Awards which recognizes Team Member excellence throughout the year. Congratulations to all the Award Winners including our 2008 Employees' of the Year: Liane Kobayashi (Kaimuki), Kimmie Kailihiwa (Kailua), Linda Dowd-Novo (Ward), Donnald Hennig (Waipio) and Rona Tam (Pearlridge). |
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| As the night drew to a close the program concluded with a "Suprise Entertainment" who turned out to be Beach5 formerly known as Ho'onua. The audience was pleasantly suprised and took to the dance floor as they danced the rest of the night away until its end. |
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