Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 6, Number 5, 1 May 1989 — Kamehameha Day Events Planned [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Kamehameha Day Events Planned

"Paiea Kamehameha: A Legacy Remembered" is the theme of events planned for June to eommemorate this most famous chief of Hawai'i. .The King Kamehameha Celebration Commission, a state office, has announced the following schedule of events on O'ahu: On Friday, June 9 at 4:30 p.m. the celebration will begin at the Kamehameha the Great statue fronting the State Supreme Court building on King St. in downtown Honolulu. A colorful ceremony will include songs, dances and draping the statue of Kamehameha the Great with flower leis, some more than 13 feet long. According to Keahi Allen, the one-woman staff of the commission, the major part of the re-landscaping now underway around the statue should be completed by then. On Saturday, June 10, Kamehameha's memory will be honored in the 73rd annual King Kamehameha Floral Parade whieh wil! begin at 9:30 a.m. at the intersection of King and Richards streets. The parade will proceed in front of the statue and 'Iolani Palaee to Punchbowl St., turn down Punchbowl to Ala Moana boulevard, turn onto Ala Moana boulevard and eonhnue on past the Ala Moana Park, past Fort DeRussy, and on Kalakaua Ave. through Waikiki to end at Queen Kapi'olani park. Grand marshall will be entertainer Don Ho, pa'u queen will be Eluwene Enoka Abreu, and pa'u marshall will be Herman Ke'ala. The parade is a favorite of islanders and visitors with its colorful waves of pa'u riders, floral floats, marching bands and dignitaries. Following the parade there will be a Ho'olaulea at Kapi'olani park featuring "na hana no'eau o Hawai'i," Hawaiian arts and crafts displays and demonstrations of quilting, lei-making, tapamaking, coconut leaf weaving and hula implement

making. Also on view will be Hawaiian racing canoes and displays of different kinds of limu, said Allen. From noon to 3 p.m. there will be continuous Hawaiian entertainment, and parade float awards will also be made at the park bandstand. F riday, June 23 will be the first night of the 16th annual King Kamehameha Hula Competition at the Neal Blaisdell Center Arena. The competition is sponsored by the State Council on Hawaiian Heritage. Keahi Allen is executive director. Traditional dances will be featured, beginning at 6 p.m. Hula schools from Hawai'i, Texas and Japan will compete. Individual chanters will also compete. Awards will be presented at evening's close. Saturday, June 24 the competition will feature auana (contemporary) hula styling. The popular Brothers Cazimero will be honored for their eon-

tribution to Hawaiian music. Dance competitors must select their number from one of the Brothers' albums. An award ceremony will close the event. Tickets for the King Kamehameha Hula Competition will go on sale at the Neal Blaisdell Center box office June 5, priced from $5 to $15 per night.

Kamehameha the Great