Wahine sweep top three Merrie Monarch spots
“It’s very humbling.” That’s how Tracie Lopes, who shares kumu hula duties of Ka La ‘Onohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e with her husband, Keawe Lopes, described her feelings early Sunday morning — shortly after learning their O‘ahu halau had just won back-to-back Merrie Monarch Festival group hula competitions.
Happy Camper for Monday, April 8, 2024
Congratulations to Kumu Hula Leina‘ala Pavao Jardin and Halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leina‘ala for finishing the 2024 Hula competition in solid second place, and mahalo to the Island School boys volleyball for nailing the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation first round title on Friday night so we could watch the second night, or Group Hula ‘Auana, not distracted on Saturday night.
Hanamatsuri celebrates Buddha’s birth
HANAPEPE — Rev. Scott Dharma Mangus, the current reverend at Kaua‘i Soto Zenshuji Temple, said you are special because there is only one you.
Merrie Monarch Festival concludes with group hula ‘auana competition
The 61st annual Merrie Monarch Festival hula competition wrapped up Saturday evening at Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium in Hilo with group hula ‘auana (modern hula) performances.
ISLAND HISTORY: Dorothy Leilani Ellis was Miss Hawai‘i of 1953
Born on Kaua‘i, Dorothy Leilani Ellis (1937-2007) was the youngest of six children of former Kaua‘i County Chairman William Ellis and Maria Pihaleo Ellis.
JONES: Q & A: April’s foolish fit and fat foolery
Aloha, fitness fanatics, exercise enthusiasts, and weight-wary warriors! April Fools has come and gone, but not the opportunity for me to debunk some of the most common myths about fitness and fat loss.
Happy Camper for Saturday, April 6, 2024
Kudos to Heleolanimainamaka‘oha‘ena Haileejo Yokotake of Halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leina‘ala, and Kumu Hula Leina‘ala Pavao Jardin on finishing as the third princess in the Miss Aloha Hula pageantry that took place on Thursday at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Stadium in Hilo
O‘ahu halau scores fourth consecutive Miss Aloha Hula title
HILO, Hawai‘i — Ka‘onohikaumakaakeawe Kananiokeakua Holokai Lopes of Ka La ‘Onohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e is Miss Aloha Hula 2024.
West Kaua‘i Lions Club host Easter fun in Kekaha
KEKAHA — According to Lion Eric Nordmeier of the West Kaua‘i Lions Club, the annual Easter Egg Project brought out nearly a hundred participants ages 1 through 12 years old on Sunday to the Kekaha Faye Park and Neighborhood Center Complex, or more commonly known as the Kekaha ball park.
Happy Camper for Friday, April 5, 2024
Didn’t you always want to get a Mustang when you were in high school, Cyndi Ayonon wanted to know as she showed off her new set of wheels (it’s electric!) at the Royal Sonesta Kaua‘i Resort parking lot where she parked (how did she score an end stall?) to represent the Kaua‘i Independent Food Bank (KIFB) that was the recipient of a food donation from Royal Sonesta.
Ho‘ike launches four nights of hula
The 61st annual Merrie Monarch Festival shifted into high gear on Wednesday night with the Ho‘ike, an exhibition of hula and folk dance from around the Pacific Rim at Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium in Hilo.
Kaua‘i ‘Ukulele Fest on April 14
LIHU‘E — Anything ‘ukulele, including the unique sound produced by four strings over a sound box, will fill the time between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on April 14 at Kukui Grove Center at the free Kaua‘i ‘Ukulele Fest.
Groups distribute free feminine hygiene products
PUHI — There were a lot of people milling about the special tent set up Saturday morning during the Grove Farm Market at the Puhi park open field.
Kaua‘i United Way gets federal emergency funds
LIHU‘E — The Kaua‘i United Way (KUW) announced on Tuesday that it has once again secured federal funds for emergency food and shelter for Kaua‘i.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Killarney Swim Club Coach Mike Meldrum said there are snow warnings for Thursday in Calgary, Canada. Meldrum, a swimmer in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, has been bringing his KSC swimmers to Kaua‘i since 2008 to participate with Swim Kaua‘i Aquatics athletes at the SKA meets.
Halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leina‘ala heads for the Merrie Monarch Festival
LIHU‘E — Kumu Hula Leina‘ala Pavao Jardin and Halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leina‘ala left Kaua‘i on Monday, bound for the 61st annual Merrie Monarch Festival on the Big Island.
Happy Camper for Monday, April 1, 2024
The roads were still wet on Saturday, so that meant we had a rain delay while the new tennis courts at Kaua‘i High School had to dry off before Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation tennis could resume
CRITTER: Dangerous man o’ wars washing up on our beaches
While surfing at Makaha on O‘ahu’s South Shore one day, I went through a wave and felt like I had been bit by a huge shark. My entire body was in intense pain but when I surfaced I could not see any wounds and I was really confused as to what was happening.
ISLAND HISTORY: The harlots of Wailua Homesteads, Kaua‘i
In his book, “Kaua‘i As It Was In the 1940s and 1950s,” Mike Ashman (1921-2018), a radio broadcaster at KTOH radio, Lihu‘e, during 1940 and 1941, and later during 1948 through 1952, wrote a chapter about the harlots he’d heard tell of residing at Wailua Homesteads, Kaua‘i in 1940.
Happy Camper for Saturday, March 30, 2024
Kudos to the King’s Chapel for hosting “Hawai‘i’s Biggest Easter Egg Hunt” on Saturday at the North Vidinha soccer fields! Volunteers said there were 10,000 plastic candy-filled eggs prepared for the more than 1,000 youngsters who preregistered for the event where former Miss Kaua‘i Filipina (that scholarship pageant is right around the corner) Tiffany Sagucio was doing photo duty, saying the youth age group leaders were pretty cool.