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If there is one thing Michael Gan- gloff refuses to do, it’s to wake up on the wrong side of the bed. No matter how bad things may be go- ing or how little sleep he’s getting, he always makes it a point to greet the day’s first light with a blast of his in- fectious aloha attitude.
and his team of volunteers literally be- gin lighting up the lives of those look- ing for a bit of hope and happiness in an often gloomy COVID world.
shut-eye lately because he’s working 18-hour days, plotting for a show that in part calls for at least 7 miles of Christmas lights and 15 miles of box tubing that will be shaped into arches and trees full of dazzling LEDs.
Truth is, he can’t help but be posi- tive and want to share his zest for life and all that he possesses with others. It’s just how he’s wired.
As the creator of the second annual Show Aloha Winter Wonderland — a 44-night-long Christmas-themed ex- travaganza that kicks off Nov. 19 and ends Jan. 1 at Aloha Stadium — Gan- gloff is intent on once again treating tens of thousands of island residents and visitors to some much-needed holiday cheer.
Just as importantly, Mr. Positivity hopes “to rewire people’s minds” as well in the coming days and nights.
As he explains when describing his approach to each morning, “Every day I wake up, I tell myself, ‘Mike — damn! It’s gonna be a good day!’”
“What we’re doing with Show Alo- ha is creating an event where families can have a night out together in a com- fortable, safe environment,” explains the man who’s been getting very little
As he opines, “There’s a collective negative aura around us, and that aura is just building and building,” says Gangloff, who knows a thing or two about building structures as the own- er and CEO of general contractor and event sponsor MIRA Image Construc- tion LLC. “Right now, I don’t think we
That refreshing perspective figures to be on full display when Gangloff
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