Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 9, Number 5, 1 May 1992 — Island Dance Festival to feature three halau [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Island Dance Festival to feature three halau

Halau Hula Olana, Halau Hula O Mililani, Halla Pai Huhm Korean Dance Studio, and Ballet Hawai'i will be featured at this year's annual Island Dance Festival sponsored by Dances We Dance. All performances will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Princess Ke'elikolani auditorium at Kamehameha Schools. On Friday, May 15, the Ballet Hawai'i and the Korean dance performances will take plaee. At 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, Halau Hula Olana will perform both hula kahiko and auana with the 100-plus members of the halau. Master Keiki Hula Rhett Uiha (Whip) Ai will dance "Sweet Leilehua." He will perform with his hula brothers, the champions in the 17th Annual Keiki Hula Competition sponsored by the Kalihi-Palama Culture and Arts Society. The Halau Hula 01ana's group, Nohonani, will dance "None Hula" among other popular favorites.

On Sunday, May 17, Halau Hula O Mililani of Wai'anae, under the direction of Kumu Hula John Kaimikaua, will perform mele hula of love and war as part of the festival. The halau will feature hula kahiko from the island of Moloka'i. Noted for its war dances, the halau will perform, for the first time "Ku Ka 'Ohi'a O Maunaloa," dedicated to the hula goddess Laka. Admission, per concert, is $10 for adults, $8

for students and senior citizens, $4 for Kamehameha faculty, students and children age 12 or younger. Tickets are on sale at the House of Music, Ala Moana Shopping Center, and an hour-and-a-half before the show at the door. The auditorium is on the upper level of the Kamehameha Schools. Those attending should enter the school from Makuakane Street behind the Kamehameha Shopping Center up to the campus. A cluster of balloons will be used as a landmark. Theater parking will be on the right side. For information, eall 537-2152.

The 91-92 Master Keiki dancer Rhett Ai Photo by Dennis Oda