Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 10, Number 6, 1 Iune 1993 — He mau hanana [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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June 2 Hawaiian Quilt Lectures - Lee Wild will present a slide lecture on "Uncovering Hawai'i's Quilting Heritage" and Laurie Woodard will demonstrate "Care and Storage of Heirloom Quilts" at 7 p.m. in the Community Room at the Waipahu Cultural Garden Park (Hawai'i's Plantation Village). Free. Sponsored by the Hawaiian Quilt Research Project through support from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. For more information, eall 239-9766. 3 Nā Ka Wai Ke Ola o Ka Honua: Water-the Life of the Land, presented by Hui Na'auao and the University of Hawai' i-Mānoa Summer Session. From the native Hawaiian perspective, water is a procreative force. Proper management and usage are essential to living in harmony with nature. Explore how water was managed in the past and why its management is so critical to native Hawaiians. 7-9 p.m. at Kuykendall Auditorium on the campus of UH-Mānoa. Free. For more information, eall 956-7221. 5 Hawaiian Quilt Registration Day on O'ahu - volunteers of the Hawaiian Quilt Research Project will be registering Hawaiian quilts and patterns made prior to 1960 in the Community Room at the Waipahu Cultural Garden Park (Hawai'i's Plantation Village). O'ahu residents are invited to bring their Hawaiian appliqued quilts, Hawaiian flag quilts and patterns for photodocumentation, examination and registration. Quilt historians, textile specialists and conservators, and a professional photographer will aid in the documentation process. Oral history recorders invite quilt owners to bring as mueh information about the quilt and/or the quiltmaker as possible. Owners' names and photos of the quilts will not be released to the public without the owners' consent. Sponsored by the Hawaiian Quilt Research Project, a special project of the Kalihi-Pālama Culture and Arts Society. For more information, eall 239-9766. 11 Kamehameha Day in Hilo, featuring children's games, Hawaiian crafts, lei making, lauhala weaving, educational displays, food, and Hawaiian music, singing and dancing, at Moku Ola - Coconut Island. Sponsored

by the Malia Puka O Kalani Catholic Church, the event begins at 9 a.m. with a pule and ends at 4 p.m. with the singing of "Hawai'i Aloha." At noon, the royal court presentation wil! depict King Kamehameha's Court of the mid-1800s. Admission to the island is free. 11 King Kamehameha Celebrations in Kapa'au on the Big Island begin at 8:30 a.m. with the decoration of King Kamehameha statue at the Kapa'au Court House. Community activities will follow. For more information, eall Keahi Allen at 536-6540. 11 Decoration of King Kamehameha's Statue at Ali'iolani Hale (State Judiciary), makai side of King Street between Richards and Punchbowl Streets. The program, whieh is free and begins at 4:30 p.m., features Hawaiian music, dance, and historical anecdotes. For more information, eall Keahi Allen at 536-6540. 11 Moloka'i King Kamehameha Celebration Ho'olaule'a at Mitchell Pauole Center in Kaunakakai begins at 9 a.m. and features Hawaiian arts and crafts demonstrations and entertainment. For more information, eall Keahi Allen at 536-6540. 11 Fourth Annual Hawaiian Falsetto Festival, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Hyatt Regency Waikoloa, Monarchy Room, Island of Hawai'i. Sponsored by the West Hawai'i Kamehameha Parent Association. Proceeds will go to a scholarship fund honoring the late falsetto singer Kekua Femandez, who was a student of Unele Bill Lineoln, and himself a teacher of many young musicians. Tickets are available at Rhythm and Reading in Kona, Waimea and Hilo, or Sunshine Hardware in North Kohala. For information eall on the Big Island: Lani Eugenio, 889-6841; Pat Jameson, 326-5449; or Rissa Matsumoto, 326-6095. 11-23 Contemporary Hawaiian artists 'Imaikalani Kalahele and Bob Freitas are featured at Inner Ecology Gifts/Makk Gallery in a fine art and jewelry sale to support the Interfaith Network Against Domestic Violence. The Interfaith Network is an eeumenieal group whieh works through churches and clergy to teach eoping skills as an alternative to family violence. The show's aim is to raise public awareness that

domestic violence is unacceptable behavior and that help is available. Other artists in the show include Toni Martin, Snowden Hodges, Louis Pohl, John Bade and Ruth Pistor. Inner Ecology Gifts is located in the Makk Gallery, Century Center building, 1750 Kalākaua Ave. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, ' 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Saturday. 12 77th Annual King Kamehameha Celebration Floral Parade and Ho'olaule'a, featuring pā'ū riders, floats, decorated vehicles, and private mounted units.The parade starts at 9:30 a.m. at 'Iolani Palaee, goes to King Street, to Punchbowl Street, to Ala Moana Boulevard, to Kalākaua Avenue, to Monsarrat Avenue and ending in Kapi'olani Park. The Ho'olaule'a will be held in the park after the parade

and will feature crafts demonstrations and displays. The theme for the 121 st annual observance of the King Kamehameha holiday, designated in honor of the life of King Kamehameha the Great, is "Ho'omaka Hou - A New Beginning," a eall for Hawaiian self-determination. For more information, eall Keahi Allen at 536-6540. 12 Kailua-Kona King Kamehameha Celebration Floral Parade will parade through Kailua-Kona via Ali'i Drive starting at 9:30 a.m. A Ho'olaule'a at Hale Hālāwai will follow. For more information, eall Keahi Allen at 536-6540. 12 Maui King Kamehameha Celebration Floral Parade will parade through Lahaina town via Front Street, starting at Mala Wharf. A Ho'olaule'a under the Great Banyan Tree will follow. For more information, eall Keahi

Allen at 536-6540. 12 Festival of Hawaiian Quilts, the Mission Houses Museum's 14th annual exhibit of Hawaiian quilts, featuring the traditional family quilts of the Serrao family and quilts of several of John and Poakalani Serrao's students. The exhibit preserves and perpetuates the quilting tradition of the Serrao family by displaying work by quilters of the past and quilters of the future. Admission is $3.50 for adults, $1 for youths age 6-15, free for children under 6. For more information, eall 531-0481. Repeats Aug. 1. 12 Great Hawaiian Plate Luneh Challenge, held during King Kamehameha Day Celebrations at Kapi'olani Park. Sponsored by the Office of Hawaiian Heahh, the contest to create a healthy and delicious plate luneh is open to restaurateurs, caterers, luneh wagon operators and others in the food industry. For more information, eall 586-4800. 12-13 Fancy Fair, one of Hawai'i's oldest and most select craft fairs, featuring a variety of high-quality arts and crafts, entertainment, and food. Hawai'i's finest craftspeople offer featherwork, lauhala crafts, woodwork, Ni'ihau shell jewelry, ceramics, artwork, designer clothing, plants and more. Presented by the Mission Houses Museum, 553. S. King St. For more information, eall 5310481. 12-13 13th Annual Maui Upcountry Fair at Eddie Tam Center eomplex, on Makawao Ave. between Puakalani and Makawao, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Features livestock show and sale, country store, handmade crafts fair, plant sale, soccer tournament and food. No admission, free parking. 19 Kamehameha Schools Alumni 'Aha'āina (lū'au), featuring food catered by Haili's Hawaiian Foods and entertainment by the Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau, Ho'okena, Mana'o Company, Kawaiola and Tropical Nights. Alumni artisans will offer an array of original arts, crafts and preserves at the Hale Kū'ai (country store). Tickets are $6 and available by calling 8428680. 19 King Kamehameha Celebration Floral Parade on Kaua'i will proceed from Antone Vidinha Stadium along Rice Street to the Kaua'i County

Building. Colorful floral floats, pā'ū mounted units, decorated vehicles, VIPs and more. Ho'olaule'a and entertainment to follow. 25-26 20th Annual King Kamehameha Hula & Chant Competition will feature hula kahiko, hula 'auana and chant performances. Competition begins at 6 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday. Neal Blaisdell Center Arena, 777 Ward Ave. Tickets: General admission $6.50 per night; reserved seats $7.50, $10, $35 for both nights. For more information, eall Keahi Allen at 5366540. 29 "Hawai'i on Screen," a video by producer Lynne Waters, will be shown at the Lizard Loft in Java Java Cafe, 760 Kapahulu Ave. at 8 p.m. Admission is $4. Part of Java Java Cafe's Tuesday series of screenings of film and video by loeal filmmakers. For more information, eall 732-2670. July 2 Taro Action Resources Organization (TARO) conferenee will feature discussion of ongoing taro-related projects. Organizers from O'ahu and Neighbor Island taro festivals will meet at Windward Community College to form a statewide taro festival network. For more information, eall 2620981 or 254-2920. 3 Fifth Annual Pacific Islands Taro Festival, celebrating taro and other Pacific Island foods through arts and crafts, a farmers' market, cultural and historical lectures and storytelling, exhibits on Pacific ecology, agriculture and aquaculture, poi-making demonstrations, imu cooking, taro gardening and cooking, organic farming, island food booths, and traditional dance and chant. The festival, the theme of whieh is "Unity and Diversity, the Festival of the Future," will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Windward Community College. 11 Bankoh Nā Wāhine O Hawai'i, the fourth annual women's song and dance festival. A four-hour concert at Ala Moana Beach Park's McCoy Pavilion. Admission is free. For more information, eall 537-8660 or 522-7030.

Kamehameha's statue will be decorated with lei on June 11.