Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 3, Number 7, 1 July 1986 — Hula Halau O Maiki Tops Prizewinners [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hula Halau O Maiki Tops Prizewinners

95 Units Participate inKamehameha Parade

Marching units, bands, flowers, floats, flags and pa'u riders thrilled the usual thousands of spectators who lined a 4.2-mile stretch from King and Richards Streets in downtown Honolulu to Kapiolani Park as they watched with approving applause the 70th King Kamehameha Celebration Floral Parade Saturday, June 7. There were also decorated vehicles and visiting high school bands as well as those from the Armed Forces in Hawaii. The Kamehameha Schoois band marched in a plaee of honor resplendent in their snappy blue and white uniforms and four mainland marching school bands from the Midwest (Indiana and Iowa) and Kentucky helped celebrate the memory of King Kamehameha I. A total of 95 units marched, drove or rode under a broiling sun from the King Kamehameha statue down Punchbowl, onto Ala Moana and Kalakaua to Kapiolani Park. Adrian Kealoha Keohokalole, a heavy equipment operator from Kailua, rode the king's float wearing a red and yellow eap and helmet and preceded by two eoneh shell blowers. Winona Rubin, executive director of Alu Like ine., was this year's grand marshal who was heavily-laden with dozens of pikake, maile and ilima leis. Henry Castillo and his wife, Ellen, of Waimanalo led riders as pa'u marshal and pa'u queen, respectively. Twoof their sons were banner boys and a third was an outrider. Every Hawaiian island, including Niihau and Kahoolawe, had its own princess and pages. Sponsored by the King Kamehameha Day Celebration Commission, the actual King Kamehameha state and county holiday was observed June 11 and the festivities were climaxed June 14 with the 13th Annual King Kamehameha traditional hula and chant competition on the Hawaii campus of Brigham Young University in Laie. This event was sponsored by the State Council on Hawaiian Heritage, a private non-profit educational organization. (See story elsewhere in this issue.) Among prizewinners in the Kamehameha Day parade were: Governor's Award for Outstanding Parade Unit — Hula Halau O Maiki (Oahu float). Lieutenant Governor's Award — Maryknoll Grade School. Commission's Award — Joan Lindsay Hula Studio (Molokai float). Grand Marshal's Award— Puka'ikapuaokalani Hula Halau. Chairperson's Award — Oahu District Council of Hawaiian Civic Clubs. Private Mounted Unit — 1. Paniola O Pupukea. 2. Kaneohe Lio Aikane. 3. Therapeutic Horsemanship for the Handicapped. Pa'u Unit — 1. Island of Oahu. 2. Island of Lanai. 3. Island of Maui. Pa'u Princess — 1. Mary Ann Ho, Princess of Oahu.

2. Linda Aiona, Princess of Lanai. 3. Leinohea Francisco, Princess of Kahoolawe, and Cyndy Pa, Princess of Kauai. Decorated Vehicles, Commercial Division — 1. Barbizon School of Modeling. 2. McDonald's. Decorated Vehicles, Non-Commercial Division — 1. Ahahu Kaahumanu. 2. Keiki Hula

Competition. Marching Unit — 1. Carmel High School Rifles of Carmel, Ind. 2. Carmel Dancers and Carmel Flag Unit. 3. Ben Davis High School Flag Unit, Indianapolis, Ind. Marching Bands — 1. Carmel Tigh School. 2. Ben Davis High School. 3. Lineoln High School, Des Moines, Iowa.

Kiwini Keohukauiokalani Reelitz, left, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs Administrator Kamaki A. Kanahele III, were co-narrators for the June 6 Kamehameha statue lei draping ceremony sponsored by the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission. The script was written by OHA Cultural Affairs Officer Maleolm Naea Chun. It was OHA's first official participation in the ceremonies.