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(Hawaii Tribune-Herald, 5/23/1971, p. 36)
Hawaii Tribune-Herald, 5th Year, Number 21, Orchid Isle, p. 10. May 23, 1971.
Readers Forum
Editor, The Tribune-Herald:
This is the first time I have written a letter to the editor of any newspaper.
Just couldn’t resist Mr. Lanakila Brandt’s invitation in his letter to you about a Hula Contest, seeking a rebuttal or an augmentive comment.
Have neither to offer, but do have a comment:
How could he or anyone question the integrity of the judges made up of Masters of the Hula, such as Mrs. Lokalia Montgomery and Miss Iolani Luahine. Continue reading
By LANAKILA’ BRANDT
I am writing as chief instructor of the Lanakila’ Brandt Dancers, a participating halau hula in the recent Miss Hula Hawaii Contest and its companion Group Competition, conducted as an adjunct to the 1971 Merry Monarch Festival.
I wish, first of all, to congratulate hula festival coordinator George Naope and his Committee for giving life to a most fervent wish often expressed over the years by the writer and many other hula people: Mahalo a-nui loa e ka Haku ame ke Komike! Continue reading
For MM Festival
The Merry Monarch Festival Committee will conduct a special contest this year for Miss Hula Hawaii, coordinator George Naope has announced.
Contestants, he said, should be between the ages of 18 and 25 and unmarried. Continue reading
Three thousand persons watched for four and one-half hours Saturday night as some 360 of the best hula dancers in the Islands performed for the Merry Monarch.
The event, reminiscent of King Kalakaua’s 1883 hula-filled coronation, climaxed the five-day Merry Monarch Festival.
Aloha Wong of Kaneohe, Oahu won the title “Miss Hula Hawaii” at the glistening pageant. Continue reading
The Fifth Annual Hula Festival, sponsored by the Hawaii County Parks and Recreation Department, is scheduled Friday at 7:30 p.m., at Hilo Civic Auditorium.
The Hula Pageant, under the direction of Mrs. Piilani Nahiwa, will be held in conjunction with the Merry Monarch Festival and Pageant. Continue reading
Hiiaka calls out to Wailuanuiahoano:
Kunihi ka mauna i ka lai e,
O Waialeale la i Wailua,
Huki i luna ka popoo ua o Kawaikini,
Alai ia ae la e Nounou, Continue reading
Were you around for the first Merrie Monarch in 1964?
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.
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The price of refined sugar [kopaa keokeo i hoomaemaeia] increased once again to 18 cents per pound, Continue reading
As against 1458 cases of influenza for March, there have been only 31 cases reported for the city this month, an average of a little over two cases a day. For this week, there were three cases on Saturday, none on Sunday, two on Monday, Continue reading
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