Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 3, Number 6, 1 June 1986 — Grand Marshal, King, Paʻu Riders Named [ARTICLE]

Grand Marshal, King, Paʻu Riders Named

70th Kinq Kamehameha Floral Parade June 7

The 70th annual King Kamehameha celebration floral parade, embracing the theme this year of "Na Moku O Hawaii" or the islands of Hawaii, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, June 7, from the intersection of King and Richards Streets. It was on Dec. 22, 1871, that King Kamehameha V declared by royal proclamation that there be created a holiday to honor the memory and life of his grandfather, the great warrior-statesman Kamehameha the Great. And so it is that 114 years later the people of Hawaii from all walks of life and ethnic background honor their greatest hero with statue-decorating ceremonies, festivals and a hula competition. Oahu festivjties begin with the decorating of the statue of Kamehameha I on Friday, June 6, at 5 p.m. Leis fashioned from island flowers and foliage and measuring 12 feet in length will be draped over the statue from head to foot. A concert by the Carmel, Indiana, High School band, hula, chants and speeches will highlight the evening. The public is invited to this always colorful and entertaining ceremony under the stars. The four-mile parade route will go down Punchbowl to Ala Moana Blvd., to Kalakaua Ave., onto Monsarrat Ave., and ending at Queen Kapiolani Park, There will be at least seven floats, several marching units, including three other bands from the Midwest, and a special marching unit featuring the U.S.A. Golden Girls national drill team from Cincinnati, O. In addition to Carmel, other visiting bands are Ohio County School Marching Band, Hartford, Ky.; Lineoln High School Railspitter Band, Des Moines, Iowa; and Ben Davis High School Marching Giants Band, Indianapolis, Ind. Winona Kealamapuana Ellis Rubin, chief executive officer of Aiu Like ine., is the parade grand marshal. The husbaQd and wife tandem of Henry and Ellea Ku'uleialohapoinaole Puka'ikapuaokalani Smythe Castillo will be the pa'u marshall and pa'u queen. King Kamehameha is being portrayed by Adrian Kealoha Keohokalole of Kailua who is three-quarters Hawaiian, a graduate of Castle High School and a heavy equipment oper-

ator for James W. Glover Ltd. Selected as pa'u island princesses are Grace Mapuana Kupuka'a, Hawaii; Mary Ann Ho, Oahu; Kanani Auwae, Maui; Cyndi Mahealani Pa, Kauai; Linda Leiala Aiona, Lanai; Leinohea Francisco, Kaho'olawe; Sharleen Kealohilani Heanu, Ni'ihau. Also on Saturday, June 7, beginning at 10:30 a.m., a Ho'olaule'a "Na Hana Noe 'Au O Hawaii" will feature displays and demonstrations of various Hawaiian arts and crafts at Queen Kapiolani Park. Some of the displays will include limu samples and how to piek and use them; quilting; lauhala weaving; coconut palm weaving; tapa making; feather work; implement making; net making and mueh more. Many of these were Drevalent Drior to contact with western man.

Awards for the parade will also be made during the Ho'olaule'a whieh is scheduled to end at 4 p.m. As part of the official celebration events, the State Council on Hawaiian Heritage, a private non-profit educational organization, is sponsoring the 13th Annual King Kamehameha traditional hula and chant competition at 5 p.m., Saturday, June 14, on the Hawaii campus of Brigham Young University in Laie. A detailed account of the competition appeared in the May issue of Ka Wai Ola O OHA. Tickets ean be purchased at the eouneil office, 355 N. King St. (across from Aala Park), telephone 536-6540. The official holiday honoring this ali'i will be observed Wednesdav. June 11.