Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 18, Number 7, 1 July 2001 — Planning ahead [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Planning ahead

Every four years, the Festival of Pacific Arts is held in such venues as Sāmoa, Tahiti, Australia, and most recently, in Noumea, New Caledonia. Nearly 30 Pacific eultures are represented, including delegations of talented Hawaiian visual and performing artists. Hawai'i is seeking the opportunity to host this huge event in 2008, the largest indigenous cultural and arts festival in the Pacific. Community members interested in learning about and helping plan the event are invited to a preliminary meeting, July 18, 6-8 p.m, at the UH Mānoa Center for Hawaiian Studies. Be a See NEWSBRIEFS on page 5

NEWSBRIEFS from page 4 part of Hawai'i's effort to host the 2008 festival, extending the very best we have to offer to fellow Pacific islanders.

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