Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 5, Number 3, 1 March 1988 — Prince Lot Festival Set July 16 [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Prince Lot Festival Set July 16

"Mele He 'Inoa — Mele Hanohano: The Creation Chant" is the theme chosen for the 1988 Pnnee Lot Hula Festival scheduled by the sponsoring Moanalua Gardens Foundation on July 16 at the Gardens' hula mound. The popular annual event features chant and dance performances by leading hula halau. It is an admission-free family affair but donations are weleome. MGF is holding its annual meeting Mar. 19 in Chinese Hall with Nona Beamer's Storybook Theatre group featured on the program. The cast includes six performers who entertain children throughout the islands with Hawaiian songs and stories. Nona Beamer is a storyteller, dancer, singer, composer and an authority on hula. She is a former teacher at Kamehameha Schools now retired and devotes her time to raising money for the six Beamer scholarships for the Schools' graduates majoring in Hawaiiana education. In MGF's spring and summer activities, there are: Weekend Valley Walks, Mar. 12, 17; Garden Tour, Mar. 15; Valley Guide Training Sessions, Thursdays, Mar. 3 to Apr. 28; Ke Kukui O Moanalua, Mar. 12, Apr. 16, May 7, June 4.

A festival in his honor.