Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 6, Number 7, 1 July 1989 — Prince Lot Hula Festival [ARTICLE]

Prince Lot Hula Festival

The twelfth Prince Lot Hula Festival will be held Saturday, July 15, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Moanalua Gardens sponsored by the Moanalua Gardens Foundation. It is free to the public but donations and membership are invited to support the foundation's environmental, cultural and scienee education programs taught in our schools. Thirteen halau hula will be performing this year, including first-time Halau Hula O Keola from Salt Lake Cfty with kumu hula Keola Ohumukini, Halau Huīa 'O Kukuna 'okala with kumu hula John Kaimikaua from O'ahu; Hula Halau 'O Moloka'i with kumu hula Rachel Kamakana from Moloka'i; Kahiko Halapa'i Hula Alapa'i .with kumu hula Roselle Keli'ihonipua Bailey from Kaua'i. From Maui comes Emma Sharpe's Kapiolani Hula Studio with kumu hula Emma Sharpe. Na Hula 'O La'i Kealoha with kumu hula Elaine Kaopuiki is from Lana'i; Pua Ali'i Ilima with kumu hula Victoria Holt Takamine is from O'ahu; Halau Hula rO Mililani with kumu hula Mililani Allen also from O'ahu; Hu'i Park's Hula Studio, O'ahu; Halau 'O Waimea with kumu hula Piilani Lua Plemer of Waimea Falls Park; Sarah Kau Kalauawa's Halau 'O Kalaha'eha'e from O'ahu; and Palani Kahala's Ladies of Kahanakealoha, Gentlemen of Maluikeao also from O'ahu. For the first time, the winners of the Hawaii Secondary Schools Hula Kahikp Competition (whieh is sponsored by the Kalihi-Palama Culture & Arts Society) will dance. This year's over-all winner was St. Francis High School with kumu hula Miehael Canopin. The gardens are mauka of the Moanalua Freeway near Pu'uloa Road at the Tripler-Airport Interchange. Parking is available but spaces fiīl up early. TheBus numbers 12 or 13 stop near the gardens at Fort Shafter's Patton Gate. For more information eall the foundation at 8395334.