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18 Sunday, March 27, 2016 Hawaii Tribune-Herald HANA HOU in downtown Hilo provides a wide range of accessories including Tahitian Black Pearls, Ni`ihau Shell Jewelry and Handwoven Lauhala Bags. Come sneak a peek at the exciting new spring collection of Samoan designer Mena! Hana Hou will provide you a head to toe experience taking you throughout the Pacific and into the fashionable yet Traditional Culture of the Islands. 164 Kamehameha Avenue. 808-935-4555 March 30, 31 & April 1st Stop by and meet our special guest artist, Syleste Williams premiering her one-of-a-kind wearable art collection; “Whispers of the Sea” 23rd Annual March 31, April 1 and April 2 Thurs Fri Sat 9am to 5pm Sangha Hall Kilauea Avenue, Hilo (next to Starbucks) Admission $2 (Kids 7yr and younger Free) Hawaii Arts & Crafts 981-0518 Maunakea Astronomy Ohana celebrates the 53rd Merrie Monarch Festival Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope East Asian Observatory Gemini Observatory ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i Maunakea Visitor Information Station NASA Infrared Telescope Facility Pacifi c International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) Smithsonian Submillimeter Array Subaru Telescope Thirty Meter Telescope UKIRT University of Hawai‘i at Hilo University of Hawai‘i Institute for Astronomy Very Long Baseline Array W.M. Keck Observatory Visit our Website: mkaoc.org • Like us on Facebook Celebrating the Merrie Monarch King Kal–akaua–An Astronomy Enthusiast 2016 MERRIE MONARCH FESTIVAL wins on the Merrie Monarch stage, starting with the second edition of the hula competition in 1972, but there also have been years his halau has come away empty-handed during Saturday night’s awards ceremony after wowing the crowd. “I’d rather please the crowd,” Lum Ho said. “You know why? They pay to come in. I just do what I feel excited about doing, and I just want my girls to get ready for that.” “Our main goal is to entertain the people,” De Sa added. The halau’s line of wahine ‘olapa (dancers) is young, said Kasie Kaleohano, an instructor in the halau. “For a lot of them, it’s their very first time dancing in Merrie Monarch,” she said. “We only have a handful of old-timers — we call them ‘old-timers’ but they might be 25. That just means they’ve been in multiple Merrie Monarchs before. I think the younger girls are very, very dedicated. They really want this, and the caliber of dancing, I’d say, is good. But then again, so is everyone else’s caliber of dancing in Merrie Monarch. “Our choreography tends to be a little more difficult, maybe a little bit more physically demanding. It’s tough. But they’ve been sticking it out, and I think they’ll do a great job.” In Friday night’s hula kahiko (ancient hula) competition, the wahine will dance to “Honu Kea, Ka Honu Nui ‘o Moloka‘i.” “It’s a chant about the white turtle of Moloka‘i,” Lum Ho said. “That story was given to me by Aunty Harriet Ne. She was well-known on Moloka‘i. “The turtle lived on an island called Moku Hooniki in the waters off Cape Halawa. During the mating season, the turtle used to go all the way to Pelekunu Valley, where the people worshipped and hand-fed the turtle. Every time Honu Kea came to Pelekunu to lay her eggs, she brought a school of moi. “My hula group did it in 1982, but I used the JOHNNY From page 17 See JOHNNY Page 19


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