Ke Alahou, Volume I, Number 6, 1 May 1980 — Ka La Ho'olaule'a no ka Lei [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Ka La Ho'olaule'a no ka Lei

Ua ho'olaule'a hou ma ka la 'ekahi o May noka lei. Nui na anaina ho'olaule'a ma ke ao nei no ka manawa kupulau [Spring) a ma'ane'i e ho'olaule'a me lea lei nani. A ua 'ho'ike i ke akamai a loea i ka hana kui, humu, wili a hakulei me ka ho'okuku lei ma Kapi'olani Paka. He kanalimakumalua makahiki no ka ho'okuku lei na ka 'Oihana Parks and Recreation o ke qupuni Honoljjlu City and County i.kako'o ai. A he mea ma'a mau e ho'ike i na.lei laha 'ole me ka nani i hana lei 'ia e ha po'e holona ame loea. He 'umikumakolu mahele kulana no ka ho'okomo ! i ka lei no ka makana lanakila. 'Eiwa mahele no na waiho'olu'u 'oko'a,~ 'o ia nei: 'ula, 'akala, 'alani, melemele, 'oma'o, polu, waiōleka, kē'oke'o, āme palaunu. A aia no he mahele no na pua waiho'olu'u 'oko'a e huipu 'ia, ka lei papale, ke lei i hana 'ia me na la'au Hawai'i; a me ka makana nui a kā Mayor (Mayor's Grand Prfze]T~A 'o ua Mayor's Grand Prize nei. ua koho 'ia mawaena o 'ekolu mau lei po'okela o na lei lanakilā fna na mahele'oko'a. 'o na mea koho nō ho'i o keia makahiki 4 o Nancy Ahana, Winona Beamer, Amelia Bailey, Thelma Bugbee, Maleolm ehun, Jean Judd, Hannah Kamoe, Kowena Keaka Aina Keawe, Mary Homer Hayes, Don Mitchell, Sarah Quick, Joji Wago and Mealii Kalama. 'O na po'e i hana lei lanakila: Ray Wong firs[, Treva Spencer second t Florence McPeefk third; violet lei: Julia Chandler first, keynold Choy and Jenny Choy: blue lei: Renee Koyama first, Ramona Gaber and Masae Higāshi; orange lei: Lana Lewis First, Sandy Nakashima and Elaine H. Young; Typically Hawaiian lei: Marie McDonald, Miehael Gaber and Ronee Koyama: brownlei: CarolTabata firsf, Charlene Choy and RayWong; yellow lei: Brian Ch-oy first, Ray Wong and Alsion Akiyoshi; pink lei: Velma Omura first. Jennie Moyer. and hat lei: Julia Chandler firsl Ray Wong and Angela Decrescenci; mixed lei: Paula Morita first, Marie McDonald. and Lana Lewis: while lei: Ray Wong first. Velma Omura and Alison Akiyoshi. A 'o ka lei lanakila ma ka mahele "Mavor's Grand Prize." ua wili 'ia me ka hinahina. green rose, dusty miller. eucalyptus. lehua, martha washington, santolina, pala'a. pukiawe and mouse foot. A 4 o ka lei me na la'au Hawai'i ua wili 'ia me ka 'ohi'a lehua, pukiawe, halapepe, "ohelo ame,palapalai. Mahope iho o ke koho 'ia ame ka ho'ike o na lei, he papahana kanipila no na po'e apau i anaina a no ka ho'ohanohano 'ia 'o ka Lei Day Queen. 'O ka mea alaka'i o ka papahana 'o ia 'o Kimo Kahoano mai ke kahua ho'olele leo 'o KCCN. A mejela mau kanipila, ua ho'okupu na po'e o na 'ahahui nawai'i no ka Lei Day Queen. Ma ke ahiahi, ua ho'omau ka ho'olaule'a ma ka Shell me ka 'ahamele na ka Brothers Cazimero, na haumana o na halau'o Na Kamalei ame Na Likolehua, ame ka lakou mau hoakipa. He 'ahamele makahiki no 'ekolu makahiki a he mea M*inl i ka 'upu o na lehulehu ma ka la 'ekahi o May. Nui na mele ame na hula kahiko a hou i wili 'ia ma ka papahana me na mea kolohe. He mau mea nane'a i ka 'ikemaka a e ka'ili kau iho ma ka pepeiao me ka nahenahe. A 'o na mea kupaianaha o ka 'ahamele 'o ia na hula kahiko i ho 4 omaka mua ai. He mau mele ho'okupu me na la'au kapu no ka hula a *oia na la'au halike i wili 'ia i na lei o ka ho'okuku lei aku nei, akamai no ho'i! A'o kekahi mahele i mahalo Ma, he mau mele na Helen Desha Beamer i haku ai a ua ho'ike' mai lā me ka hula ame ka himeni. He mea u'i no ho 4 i i ka hula palua a Mahi ame Gayle Beamer he 'ohana a pua no Helen Boamer. Mahiehie me k'a le'ale'ā 1 ka 'ike *ana o keia hula 'palua no ka mea 'a'ole he lnila pa'alula no ia, E ho'ike ana i ke aloha np ka pu'uwai v i hu a*e 'ano. A ho mea maika'i no ho'i i ke kanipila a na makua o ka Brothers Cazimero. 4 o Bill ame Betty me kela niele Kaulanū 'o Kaimana Tftla a ma kela manawa uā pi'i a'e la ka mahuiā l p?>rpoe maluna o ka mauna kaulaim o ilonoliilu neL Ua pau ka ho'olauh%ma ka la a'e nei me ke kau a ho'olei ma na pa ilina o na ali'i i Nu'uanu. Me ka 'oihana ho'omana'o i kau na lei ma na pa ilina alf! o na 'ohana ali'i 'o Kamehameha. Lunalilo ame Kalakaua,