TGIFR!DAY | MAY 16, 2014 | 9
History celebrated at KHS 100th anniversary
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Amy Iglesia, Wilma Bumanglag, Marj Valenzuela
Nicole Morris, Joel Patricio
Michelle Harrington, Sandee Mattson
Nikki Ishibashi
istory, culture, and lifestyle took center stage, Saturday when the Kauai Historical Society celebrated its 100th anniversary at the Historic County Building. Jay Furfaro, the Kauai County Council Chair, hosted free tours of the historic building, which formerly housed the Office of the Mayor in the location currently occupied by the Kauai Historical Society. Different ethnic groups manned tents symbolizing the different plantation camps offering a variety of food, cultural artifacts, and discussions on how their culture contributes to the multi-cultural lifestyle we enjoy today. Ka Lei Mokihana O Leinaala, returning recently from an award-winning performance at the 51st Merrie Monarch Hula Festival, continued the story-telling, the halau’s Merrie Monarch dancers, performing the kahiko number they performed in Hilo, speaking of the ancient Hawaiian village which was dedicated last year in Poipu. Nikki Ishibashi, the halau’s Miss Aloha Hula candidate who finished with a fifth place in the competition, offered her hula rendering about Queen Liliuokalani and the development of medicine in the Islands.
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS IN THE HEART OF HANALEI BAY
Chauncy Mancia, Sandi Kato-Klutke, Pearl Shimizu
Keone Tango, Emily Melchor, Larissa Kobayashi, Xarika Casticimo, Jeslie Pavao
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