FIRST PHOTO: Zumba instructor Alton DeGama of Keoni’s Hot Lava DanceFit pulls out all the stops while helping lead a spirited session at the West Maui Senior
Lahaina community helps celebrate Carolyn Kam’s 80th birthday
By BY LOUISE ROCKETT - | Dec 11, 2020
From left, Alton, Laurie Lei and Whitney DeGama, and Carolyn Kam, greet drive-by guests on Carolyn’s birthday.
LAHAINA At this time in the world, when COVID-19 weighs heavy over us all daily, who doesn’t need a warm fuzzy? This story guarantees a quiet smile, a recall of memories of Lahaina in the day it was a sleepy plantation town by the seaside. Specifically, it is about Hop Wo Store, since 1917, at 728 Front St. one of the last mom and pops and Carolyn Kam.