Ke Alahou, Volume I, Number 6, 1 May 1980 — Ka Mo'olelo no Merrie Monarch Festival [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Ka Mo'olelo no Merrie Monarch Festival

Ua ho'omaka 'ia ka maua'o no ka ho'onoho 'ana i kekahi ho 4 okuku hula e George Naope ame*Geue F, Wilhelm ma August o ka M.H. 1963, Ma Sept. o ka M.H. ua ho'ike akula i na po'e 110 ka Hawaii Island Commerce, ka Japauese Chamber of Commeree aud Industry, ka Hawai'i Visitors Bureau, ka Downtown Improvemeut Association ame kekahi mau po'p e a'e. Ua 'apono l ia make koho 'ana i ho'onoho no ka maluna o April o makahiki a'o nei. A kako'o kala ku HVB ame ke aupuni County of Hawaii. Ua ho'oholo.ka Chamber of Commeree e ho v oponoppno i ka makaukau q ka ho'okuku hula. A ua ho'ola'a 4 ia ka ho'okuku hula no * ke ali'i Mo'i 'o David Kala|s.aua. 110 kana hoihoi i ka ho'oulu lahui me ka malanp ika hula. Aka no na*e, ma ka M.H. #969« ua ho'oholo kdi Chamber of Comiuerce i hp'omoe paha ma ka hana ho'oponopono no ka loa a 'plepie luna alaka'i no ka makaukau 4 ana. A ua 'apo 'p D|jrothy Thompson, he

wahiue hana no ka Parks aud Recreation o ke aupuni o Hawai'i ika 'a 4 a oka hana iuna me ka 'apono oka Mayor a hui pu 'ia me kekahi kanaka kupono o George Naope ame Albert Nahale-a, i hala aku ai. Ma ka M.H, 1971« ua ho'omapopo me ka hanohano ka ho'okuku hula me he anaiua nui o 'Amelika no ka ho'okipa a 'ike ma ka uiahina 'o Aprii. A ua ho'omaka mua loa ma kela makahiki a hiki i keia, he umi makahiki i hala ai. A ho'ulu ma ka mahuahua i na po'e halau huia i ho'okomo ai ma ka ho'okuku hula nolaiia, i keia manawa e mahele i ka anaina i 'ekolu la ho'okuku; *o ka Po'aha., he ho okuku 110 ka inoa o Miss Aloha Hula a ma ka Po'alima, he mau hula kahiko no ua kane wale uo ame he maheie uona wahine waie no, Ma ka Po'aono, ua hana halike mamua aka he hula 'auwaua no ho'i. A ma ka Po'aono» uiahope o ka ho'opau o ka hula 'auwaua* ua koho 'ia ka mea lauakiia ha'awi i ka makaua i mahalo 'ia uo.

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