Editor’s Pick: ‘Filipino Fiesta’
May 6, 2010 by Star-Advertiser Staff
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Fiesta will celebrate Filipino culture
Star-Bulletin Staff
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Oahu’s Filipino community will celebrate as one tomorrow when the 18th annual Filipino Fiesta takes place in Waikiki.
The day starts at 9 a.m. with a parade along Kalakaua Avenue (starting at Fort DeRussy) that will showcase various aspects of Filipino history and culture. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Kapiolani Park, the fiesta itself will include a variety of live entertainment and vendor booths, along with food booths serving up authentic Filipino fare.
>>Where: Kalakaua Avenue and Kapiolani Park, Waikiki
>> When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 8
>> Cost: Free
>> Call: 680-0451 or 381-7200
Do It: Lei Day 2010
April 29, 2010 by Star-Advertiser Staff
Filed under Do It, For the Family
Find crafts and music at Lei Day celebration
Star-Bulletin Staff
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Lei Day falls on a Saturday this year, and the 83rd annual celebration will be showcasing a hoolaulea of Hawaiian arts and crafts, a steel guitar contest, the lei contest exhibit, and mainstage hula and music all day.
Highlights include performances by the Royal Hawaiian Band, Kapena and Maunaloa, and hula by Na Wahine O Ka Hula Mai Ka Pu‘uwai and Halau Hula ‘O Hokulani.
>> Where: Kapiolani Park Bandstand, 2772 Monsarrat Ave.
>> When: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. May 1
>> Cost: Free
>> Info: 768-3041 or www.honoluluparks.com
Do It: Prince Kuhio
March 26, 2010 by Star-Advertiser Staff
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Ceremonies honor Prince Kuhio
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Celebrate the life and legacy of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole with a variety of events this weekend, thanks to the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs.
Kalanianaole will be remembered during a lei-draping ceremony today at Kuhio Beach and a later celebration of life at the Royal Mausoleum at Mau na ala. The festivities will continue at Kapiolani Park tomorrow, with a hoo lau lea from 1 to 4 p.m. followed by a commemorative parade at 4 p.m. and a moonlight concert with Ku‘u ipo Kumu kahi and other musical acts and hula halau from 6 to 9 p.m.
“This year’s events are not only a celebration of the life of Prince Kuhio, but also a way for us to remember the life of (Wayne) Kahoo nei Panoke, who was the heart and soul of these events for the last three years,” said AHCC president Leimomi Khan. Panoke died Nov. 13 after a brief illness.
>> Where: Kuhio Beach (today) and Kapiolani Park (tomorrow)
>> When: 8 a.m. March 26 and 1 to 9 p.m. March 27
>> Cost: Free
>> Call: 394-0050
Do It: ‘Backyard Jam’
February 26, 2010 by Star-Advertiser Staff
Filed under Do It, For the Family, Music
Jam to deliver anti-drug message
Star-Bulletin Staff
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Drug-Free Hawaii Awareness Month comes to a close with the 10th Annual Heritage Backyard Jam.
Entertainment will be provided by Vaihi, Kawao, the De Lima Ohana, Jah maka and the Ewa lani Hula Maids & Na Kane Hula. There also will be food and educational resource booths, jumpers and children’s activities.
All of this is presented by the Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii and co-sponsored by the Star-Bulletin.
>> Where: Kapiolani Park
>> When: Noon to 5 p.m. Feb. 28
>> Cost: Free
>> Info: 545-3228, ext. 21; or www.drug free hawaii.org
Celebrate Lei Day at Kapiolani Park
April 30, 2009 by Star-Advertiser Staff
Filed under Featured, For the Family, Latest News
Craig Kojima / 2008
Now in its 82nd year, the City and County of Honolulu hosts a Lei Day celebration at Kapiolani Park from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday.
Starting with a 9 a.m. performance by the Royal Hawaiian Band, the all-day event will feature a variety of live entertainment, lei-making demonstrations, a lei contest and more. Admission is free, thanks to the support of Hawaiian Electric Company, Times Supermarket, Oceanic Time Warner Cable, Cox Radio Hawaii and the Hawaii Tourism Authority.
Here’s a complete listing of Friday’s events:
- 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Royal Hawaiian Band
- 10:15 a.m. to noon Investiture ceremony for 2009 Lei Queen and Royal Court; official opening of lei contest exhibit
- Noon Kapena
- 1 p.m. Na Wahine O Ka Hula Mai Ka Pu’uwai
- 2 p.m. Mana’o Company
- 3 p.m. Na Kupuna ‘O Ko’olau
- 4 p.m. Halau Hula ‘O Hokulani
Additional Notes:
>> The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association will play from 1 to 4 p.m. in the open area between the Kapiolani Park Bandstand and the Waikiki Shell
>> The lei contest exhibit will be open to the public from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the area between the Bandstand and the Shell; entries must be received between 7:30 and 9 a.m.
>> Keiki are invited to visit “Tutu’s Hale” from 1 to 5 p.m. to learn stories, sing songs, make lei and weave lauhala
>> Hawaiian craft exhibits and booths will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
