Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 1, Number 6, 1 August 1984 — ʻAha Puhala State Conference Set for Aug. 23-25 [ARTICLE]

ʻAha Puhala State Conference Set for Aug. 23-25

"Lauhala: the culture revisited," is the theme of Lauhala Conference Ekolu to be held by 'Aha Puhala ine. Aug. 23-25 at the Maui Beach Hotel in Kahului. The conference, whieh will attract artisans, kupunas and students interested in the perpetuation of lauhala, is a joint venture of the Office of Hawaiians Affairs and the Department of Hawaiian Home l.ands. The HHL grant will cover basic expenses of the conference and those of participating guest artisans. OHA is providing resource people in the persons of Kupuna Coordinator Betty Jenkins who is the conference chairman and Human Services Specialist Sam Holt as vice chairman. Participants will learn from lauhala artisans, travel to Earl Medeiros' hala groves in Hana, listen to and speak Hawaiian, dance and sing hala songs and weave, create and display. Following the Hana field trip Aug. 23, the conference will resume Aug. 24 and 25 at the Maui Beach with exhibits, teaching, lectures, demonstrations and a business agenda featuring the formal establishment of island chapters throughout the state. A luau and entertainment on the final day of the conference will top off the social aspect of the three-day affair.