Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 16, Number 7, 1 Iulai 1999 — McKinzie, Bacon honored [ARTICLE]

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McKinzie, Bacon honored

Patience Nāmakauahoaokawena Wiggin Bacon and Edith Kawelohea Kapule McKinzie will be honored by the Moanalua Gardens Foundation at the Prince Lot Hula Festival at noon on July 17. Bacon, hānai daughter of the late Mary Kawena Pūku'i, is a cultural resource in the Bishop Museum Archives, and is an expert on traditional hula and oli. McKinzie, a retired educator, specializes in Hawaiian genealogy as well as history, oli and hula. The honorees have served on numerous panels as advisors, consultants and judges, and they continue to enrich the Hawaiian community with their knowledge. The event, free to the public, will be at Moanalua Gardens in Hon-

olulu. For information on the programs of the Moanalua Gardens Foundation, eall 839-5334.