True Fellowship no.52 and Cupertino no.70 have been cooking up a plan for music, dance, and juicy hamburgers for the last few months: and it all finally came together at the February Kanikapila hosted by Cupertino Lodge no.70!
Noble Grands Jim Kabbage and Andrew Crockett reached agreement that instead of running events in competition with each other this year, they would host four dual events where the Cupertino Odd Fellows 4th Wednesday Kanikapila Hawaiian Music and Dance Nights and True Fellowship Odd Fellows long-running final Wednesday Burger Frys would merge into a shared event on dates where these events would have been in conflict. The schedule for these dual events celebrating friendship between Odd Fellows lodges were agreed to as follows:
- March 26th @ True Fellowship Lodge no.52
- June 26th @ Cupertino Lodge no.70
- August 27th @ Cupertino Lodge no.70
- September 24th @ True Fellowship Lodge no.52
The price will be $15 per person, covering both hamburgers and music. And if the wonderful aloha-filled evening at Kanikapila in Cupertino is any indication – with its “bring your own uke, guitar, or similar string instrument and jam with us” participatory vibe, and lyrics on a projected screen to sing-along to – the warmth and hospitality these dual events will bring about will surely strengthen the bridge between our two lodges like a happy Hawaiian rainbow.
–By Andrew Crockett