{"id":102382,"date":"2019-09-02T08:58:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T18:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=102382"},"modified":"2020-01-13T14:04:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T00:04:53","slug":"bentos-for-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/02\/bentos-for-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Super fan celebrates birthday with gift to <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> marching band"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_28286\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iKIXUPW0pwk?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Super fan celebrates birthday with gift to Â鶹´«Ã½marching band\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Bryson Dang is a University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa super fan. He lives and breathes <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Athletics<\/a>. This year for his birthday, he talked with his wife and decided instead of a gift, he wanted to do something special. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/bentos-in-truck-new.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/bentos-in-truck-new-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"truck bed full of bentos\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-102418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/bentos-in-truck-new-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/bentos-in-truck-new-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/bentos-in-truck-new-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/bentos-in-truck-new.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, August 30, Dang and his wife, Tanna, and their friends, delivered more than 250 bentos and watermelon lemonade to the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/music\/about-us\/ensembles\/bands\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Marching Band<\/a> after practice. The idea was born out of a chance meeting with <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Assistant Band Director <strong>Gwen Nakamura<\/strong>. Donning a rainbow balloon hat, she is a fixture at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Athletic events, often seen cheering as she leads the group of enthusiastic student musicians. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At first when I told them they were like &lsquo;Really? Someone is feeding all of us?&rsquo; They couldn\u2019t believe it. And then when Jamba Juice juice jumped onboard they were super excited,&rdquo; Nakamura said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102387\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/group-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/group-photo-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"band group photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-102387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/group-photo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/group-photo-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/group-photo-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/group-photo.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bryson Dang sits with Â鶹´«Ã½Head Football Coach Nick Rolovich and the Â鶹´«Ã½Marching band for a photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Dangs own the popular boutique <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edeninlove.com\/\">Eden in Love<\/a>. When Bryson decided he wanted to give back to the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa program, they included an opportunity for their shoppers to participate. They sent out emails and social media solicitations that would provide a discount to their fans who donated $10 to the project. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Me being a former marching band member, I thought it would be super fun to be able to show appreciation for everything that the band does,&rdquo; Bryson Dang said. &ldquo;Because you know no matter win or lose, they bring it all the time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Dangs said that after the word got out that they were trying to do something special for the band Jamba Juice wanted to provide drinks. When Tanioka\u2019s Seafoods and Catering learned what the large purchase of bentos was for, they provided a discount.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I thought it was surprising at first that someone wanted to donate to us. It\u2019s kind of nice to know that we are really appreciated,&rdquo; <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Band Drum Major <strong>Freddy Schulz<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n<p>At the end, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Head Football Coach <strong>Nick Rolovich<\/strong> chatted with Bryson, helped pass out bentos and presented Bryson with a football signed as a mahalo gift for their generous donation. It will surely have a place of honor among the other memorabilia he has treasured over the years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/giving-bentos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/giving-bentos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-102386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/giving-bentos.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/giving-bentos-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/giving-bentos-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Owners of Eden in Love make a wish to donate 270 bentos to the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Marching Band.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[113,133,9,550,56],"class_list":["post-102382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-college-of-arts-and-humanities","tag-music","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102382"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102408,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102382\/revisions\/102408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}