Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 3, Number 8, 1 August 1986 — Language lnstitute at Kalani Honua [ARTICLE]

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Language lnstitute at Kalani Honua

Kalani Honua on the Big Island will be holding its fifth annual language institute Aug. 10-17 at its Puna retreat. Hawaiian language, French, Spanish and Japanese are taught during the one-week institute. Robert Lokomaika'iokalani Snakenberg, educational specialist in Hawaiian Studies with the Department of Education, is the Hawaiian language director. Those wishing to sign up for the Hawaiian language phase of the program may get full information from Snakenberg on Oahu at 395-8252. Big Island participants may eall 965-7828. Many who attend the institute are teachers of the different languages in their respective schools. The general public, however, is weleome to sign up for any of the languages. Also at 7 p.m. on Aug. 9, the concluding performance of the international dance and music competition, featuring a hula contest in honor of George Naope, will be held at Kalani Honua.