KAPA‘A — Rene Tokuda said the “Who’s Your Hula Daddy?” shirt she discovered Saturday at the rummage sale fit Maka Herrod to a “T.” Tokuda was one of the Mokihana Festival committee members and Herrod’s halau is a perennial participant
KAPA‘A — Rene Tokuda said the “Who’s Your Hula Daddy?” shirt she discovered Saturday at the rummage sale fit Maka Herrod to a “T.”
Tokuda was one of the Mokihana Festival committee members and Herrod’s halau is a perennial participant in the annual festival that celebrates its 25th anniversary when it unfolds Sept. 20-26 at various locations around the island.
Mokihana Festival members hosted a bake and rummage sale Saturday at the First Hawaiian Church in Kapa‘a with proceeds to benefit the annual cultural celebration.
“You can always use money,” said Herrod who continued to fold and investigate items in the clothing section.
This year’s festival kicks off Sept. 20 with the Hawaiian Instrumental Competition followed on Sept. 21 with the Kaua‘i Composers Contest and Concert at the Kaua‘i Community College Performing Arts Center.
Over the years, numerous great pieces have emerged that reflect the composer’s interpretation of the time and place where the musical composition was penned.
A review of the pieces reveals a cultural insight over the span in which the competition has been offered.
Eo E Lili‘u Children/Youth Music Competition on Sept. 22 offers the unique voice of youth in haunting presentations of various Hawaiian pieces and mele at the KCC PAC.
This is a daytime offering as the presenters are school students and perform as part of a field trip.
A Hawaiian Music Mini Film Festival is scheduled for Sept. 23 at the Hilton Kaua‘i Beach Resort followed by three days of hula competition from Sept. 24-26.
Updates on the competition can be found by visiting www.maliefoundation.org.
In the past, Japan’s kumu hula Leinani Hayakawa has brought several of the key hula performers from Spa Resort Hawaiians located in Iwaki City, Japan, to view the competition and learn the hula.
Hayakawa served as the inspiration for a movie that depicts the transition of a mining town to a resort destination through hula.
That movie has earned several prestigious awards in Japan.
Malie Foundation, the scholarship arm of the Mokihana Festival, wraps up the 25th anniversary with a fundraising lu‘au, Nov. 15, at Smith’s Tropical Paradise.
For more information on the Mokihana Festival,
call Nathan Kalama at 822-2166 or visit www.maliefoundation.org/schedule2009.
