Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 25, Number 6, 1 May 2008 — MAY DAY IS LEI DAY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MAY DAY IS LEI DAY

The 81 st annuūl Lei Day Celebration May 1 at Kapi'olani Park wouldn't be complete without ū lei contest - or its court. 2008 Lei Day ūueen Paulette Nohealani Kahalepuna, seated, is shown at the court's March crowning, with, from left, Princesses Dolores Pumelani Angel Camacho, Debra Ku'ulei Peters, Beverly Ann Moanilehuaa'elamauka Javier Tachibana, and First Princess Haunani Judd Kauahi. Organizers of this year's festivities also aimed to create the world's longest lei - setting an as-yet unestablished record in the Guinness World Records. "We should receive the official word from Guinness within ū few weeks of sending the required materials in," said Mona Wood of IKAIKA Communications," and Mayor Hannemann will make the announcement onee the record is official." - Photo: Courtesy of City and County Department of Parks and Recreation