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
Past Aloha Week kings and queens of the Big Island will be honored during the Merry Monarch Festival pageant—”Hawaii’s Crowns”—April 2 at the Hilo Armory.
The pageant begins at 7:30 p.m. and will be open to the public at no cost.
“Hawaii’s Crowns” was written and staged by George Naope and will present Hawaii’s royalty from Kamehameha I to Queen Liliuokalani. Narrating will be Mrs. Elizabeth Beamer Dahlberg. Continue reading
Boston, December 17.—A case, it is believed, of genuine leprosy has been developed in the Almshouse at Salem. Charles Derby is the victim, Continue reading
A haole died at a hospital for the poor in the town of Salem, in the state of Massachusetts, because of his body wasting away from leprosy; Charles Derby is his name. Continue reading
THE KANAKA TROUPE.
Speaking of Melodeons reminds me of the Kanaka Troupe, or Hawaiian Dancers. Have they visited your quiet town yet? [Yes, and got nothing—Eds.] Continue reading
Small Business.—We learn that Mr. Charles H. Derby went over to San Francisco in the Comet, taking with him five kanakas and one wahine, for the purpose of opening an exhibition in that city. Continue reading
Aboard the ship Speedwell headed to San Francisco sailed five Hawaiian men and one woman, with pahu, hokeo, puniu, Continue reading
The Hula performers who travelled to California some months ago just returned on the ship Yankee; Continue reading
(Kakauia e George Pooloa)
Ke huli aku a hookuku ae i ke au i hala a me keia au e maalo nei e like me kona hou pela no e hou ai na mea apau; ua lohi ke ano o ka noho’na, ua nalo na pupupu hale pili mauu Hawaii, ua nalo na palau moena, nalo ke kuku kapa ana a nalo na mea apau o ke au i ko kaua mau kupuna a nalo pu me na laau a me ka lapaau ana i na maʻi.
Theater.—We went to watch the singing of the Hawaiian youths on this past Saturday night at the Theater, and we have nothing to complain about them; however, it was the Hawaiian Hula that made us truly sick. Continue reading
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