Editor, The Star-Bulletin.
Sir: Will you kindly insert in your paper an item which may be of interest to your readers, especially perhaps to those who are residents of Hilo and the island of Hawaii. Continue reading
Hula in Hanapepe.—We heard from S. Papiohuli of Hanapepe, Kauai, that the area is turning to Hawaiian hula, Continue reading
TO THEATERS CIRCUSES AND PUBLIC SHOWS.
Sec. 96. The Minister of the Interior may license any theater, circus, Hawaiian hula public show, or other exhibition, not of an immoral character to which admission is obtainable by the payment of money, for such time, not exceeding one year, and upon such terms and conditions as he shall think reasonable; provided, however, that not less than ten dollars shall be required for each performance licensed. Continue reading
No na palapala ae i ka poe hana keaka, keaka hololio, me na hana lealea imua o ka lehulehu.
Pauku 96. E hiki no i ke Kuhina Kalaiaina ke haawi aku i ka palapala ae no kekahi keaka, keakahololio, hula Hawaii, a no kekahi hoike lealea e ae imua o ka lehulehu, ke ole ia he hana ku i ka hilahila a pono ole paha, a ina hoi he hana e loaa mai ai ka uku o ka poe komo e nana a e makaikai, no ka manawa i oi ole aku i ka makahiki hookahi, a no ka uku, a mamuli hoi o na olelo hooponopono i kupono i ko ke Kuhina manao, aole nae e emi ka uku no kela hoike ana keia hoike ana malalo o na dala he umi.
This thought on what is now Ohia Lehua Day.
He aloha e ka ua Kanilehua
I loku hala ole i ka waokele
Hookele akamai no hoi oe
Helu ekahi o ka mikioi
Na’u i pailaka pololei
Ike ia ka nalu hai o Kawili
Neenee mai oe e ke aloha
Ua anu ka lehua i ka nahele
I ka pehi mau ia e ka ua noe
Noeau ka hana a ka uwila
Ka anapa ma na rumi liilii
He liilii ka hana a ke akamai
A he niih [nihi] ka hele’na o ka nahele
Ua ako hewa oe i ka lehua
I lawa no a hoolale iho
Holu ana e ka malua kiiwai
Haina ka puana i lohe ia
No Hilo ko’u lei e lei ai
[E nihi ka hele’na o ka nahele.]
(Ka Lei Momi, 7/24/1893, p. 4)
Ka Lei Momi, Buke I, Helu 27, Aoao 4. Iulai 24, 1893.
Flower Show Today, Old Hawaii Feature Tonight, Are Main Program Events
Spectacular Water Carnival Saturday To Bring Spring Fete To End
FINALS EVENTS
Today—”Flowers of Hawaii” exhibit, Royal Hawaiian hotel ballroom, 1 to 10:30 p.m.
Tonight—Pageant of Old Hawaii, Waialae Golf club grounds, 8:30 p.m. (Bus runs from end of Kaimuki carline from 7:30 to midnight.)
Saturday: Surfboard polo and water sports, Waikiki beach, 2:30 p.m. Continue reading
A Hawaiian village rises at Waialae golf club grounds, and “Royal Hula Group” is ready for Pageant of Old Hawaii. This group is part of the nearly 200 participants in the pageant to be given next Friday night at 8:30 as part of the Aloha Spring Festival. Mrs. Mary K. Heanu has been training the 16 hula dancers and eight gourd beaters for weeks. The Hawaiian village has been built particularly for this pageant, under the supervision of Earl Schenck, director of the production. The pageant is under the auspices of the Daughters and Sons of Hawaiian Warriors.—Photo by Parrish.
(Star-Bulletin, 4/9/1930, p. 4)
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Volume XXXVII, Number 11909, Page 4. April 9, 1930.
By WALT SOUTHWARD
Advertiser Staff Writer
HILO—A gala Merry Monarch Ball last night at three Hilo locations wrapped up one of the gayest four-day festivals ever held here.
The Merry Monarch Festival, which began Wednesday, officially ended with the ball, held at the Hilo and Naniloa Hotels and the Club Hukilau. Continue reading
Advertiser Photo by Walt Southward
Brewer’s float rides down street as Merry Monarch Festival opens.
HILO—The Merry Monarch Festival, depicting the days of King Kalakaua, opened here yesterday with an hour-long parade which passed in review before some 5,000 Big Islanders. Continue reading
Keala Lovell of the Hawaii Visitors’ Bureau is shown displaying the proclamation for the first “Merry Monarch Festival,” which opens in Hilo, Hawaii, today. The program continues until Saturday. Continue reading
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