Winners of the City Holiday Wreath Contest

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Chronicling a speck of sand’s growth into a humungous momi, “Pearl Magic” made by the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii-Windward Clubhouse with oyster shells on a balsa wood wreath, won1st place in the youth category.

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In “ROOAARR!!!,” by Lincoln Preschool students, a felt-and-burlap lion’s head is surrounded by recycled silver CD disks “that represent where our students live: the concrete jungle.”

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Helen T. Walker’s wreath, made from “a year’s collection of lilikoi tendrils with a sprinkle of pearls and rhinestones to add a little bling,” won 1st place in the pearl theme category.

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“We had a lot of fun working together,” wrote the 4th graders of St. John Vianney Parish School, to make “Blue Christmas” with recycled bluejeans.

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Seventy-eight wreaths were entered in the City and County of Honolulu’s 30th annual contest by crafty Oahuans of all ages, from preschoolers to at least one nonagenarian, in materials ranging from piano hammers to welded metal to terrarium globes.

Craftsmanship, creativity and use of materials were the criteria for selecting winners. This year’s judges, Fernando Pacheco, Pamela Taylor Tongg and Galyn Wong, are members of the Commission on Culture and the Arts. The winners in the categories of best in show, adult, youth and this year’s pearl theme are listed below. All of the wreaths will be on view in Honolulu Hale’s Lane Gallery through the end of the month.

MAYOR’S HOLLY AWARD (BEST IN SHOW)

>> Taryn Arakaki, “A ‘Pearly Picks’ Christmas Under the Sea”

ADULT

>> First: Marian Bernal, “There Are Always Roses Among the Thorns”

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>> Second: Kathy Tosh, “she called & asked – wotcha doin – painting pods i said”

>> Third: Beverly Bertino, “Hawaiian Wreath”

>> Judges’ Choice: Janice Kimie Toma Shiira, “Uchinaaguchi Wreath – Okinawan”

>> Judges’ Choice: Vicky Dworkin, “Rags to Wreaths”

YOUTH

>> First: Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii-Windward Clubhouse, “Pearl Magic”

>> Second: Lincoln Elementary Preschool, “ROOAARRR!!!”

>> Third: Pueo Twhoos of The Early Education Center Seagull Schools, “Pearls of Wisdom: Everything We Need to Know We Learned in Preschool”

>> Judges’ Choice: Brocki Yamada, “SHAKAlikimaka”

>> Judges’ Choice: St. John Vianney Parish School Fourth Grade, “Blue Christmas”

THEME

>> First: Helen T. Walker, “Pearls & Lilikoi Tendrils”

>> Second: Wendy Kamai, “Hohonua Kai (Ocean Depths)”

>> Third: Sarah Tajima-Ueki and Blanche Chong, “The Pearl: Refined in Beauty”

>> Judges’ Choice: Marshall K. Fergerstrom, “No Ku‘u Mama, ‘O Momi”

>> Judges’ Choice: Caroline Y. Kitagawa, “Yule’s Tide at Mermaid’s Mirror”