Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 7, Number 4, 1 April 1990 — Lei Day events announced [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Lei Day events announced

The 1990 Lei Queen and her court will be presented to the public at the opening of Lei Day Celebration, the morning of May 1, at the Queen Kapi'olani Park bandstand. Queen Mae Ulalia Loebenstein and her court will reign over the day's festivities. Liffie Leolani Pratt, first runner up, with Lokalia Halemanu, Puluelo Naipo Park and Annie Iliahi Kanahele Faulconer round out this elegant Hawaii lei court. Queen Mae's granddaughter was Lei Queen last year. The celebration will open with a prelude by the Royal Hawaiian Band at 10:30 a.m. The presentation of awards to the youth lei contest winners will end the celebration at 5:30 p.m. The day's activities includes an exhibition of lei, the longest running lei-making contest, a Ho'olaulea of Hawaiian arts and crafts, continuous stage entertainment from 12:30 to 6 p.m. Lei contest entries this year will be judged in six color categories, and for the most typically Hawaiian, best hat lei and the coveted Mayor's grand prize. The winners of the lei contest will be invited to participate in the winners' circle, an opportunity to meet the public. The youth lei contest will begin at 3 p.m. and conclude with the awards presentation at the bandstand. Youth, ages 17 and under. are encouraged to compete for the ribbon and money prizes. The public is invited to this 62-year-old event that was started by author and poet, Don Blanding.

Mae Ulalia Loebenstein, 1990 Lei Queen

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