JOHN BERGER / JBERGER@STARADVERTISER.COM
Carol Yap, seated left, celebrated her 95th birthday with a dinner party for several dozen friends and family members, including grandson Chris Wong, standing left; Danny Kaleikini; her daughter, Linda Wong; and Chris’ wife, Connie Wong — Thursday at Waialae Country Club. Yap usually celebrates with a luau at the family’s fishpond in Kahaluu, but Kaleikini’s “unplugged” singing with a trio of Hawaiian musicians gave this year’s birthday observance in town a similar “kanikapila make music” feeling.
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