Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 27, Number 1, 1 Ianuali 2010 — Holokū Ball set for March 6 [ARTICLE]

Holokū Ball set for March 6

The Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu's annual Native Hawaiian scholarship benefit, the Holokū Ball, is set for Saturday, March 6 at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel's Monarch Room. The longstanding Hawaiian formal gala, first organized in the 1940s by Bina Mossman, will include a sumptuous dinner, silent auction and entertainment by 2010 Grammy nominee Ho'okena. According to club president Manu Boyd, this year's honorees are Dee Jay Mailer, chief executive of Kamehameha Schools; Māhealeani Wendt, recently retired executive director of the Native Hawaiian Legal Corp. and an HCCH member; and the late R. Dwayne Nākila Steele, businessman and Hawaiianlanguage advocate. Tickets are $150 per seat, tables of 10. Corporate tables are $2,500, $5,000 and $10,000. A portion of all sales is tax deductible. For event information, eall Tina Haight at 261-4464 or Maxine "Macky" Shea at 254-2269. For information on club activities and membership, visit hcchonolulu.org. The Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu was established by Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole in 1918.