Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 3, Number 4, 1 April 1986 — Aunty Maiki Aiu Celebration May 26 [ARTICLE]

Aunty Maiki Aiu Celebration May 26

The second annual Founder's Day Celebration honoring the late Aunty Maiki Aiu Lake, founder of the halau whieh bears her name, is scheduled for Memorial Day , May 26, from' 1 1 a. m. to 4 p. m. at Kahikolu, the memorial garden dedicated to the noted kumu hula on the campus of St. Francis Catholic School for qirls in Manoa.

Activities begin with a 1.6-mile run (hula malie) from the halau headquarters in Puck's Alley at King Street and University Avenue to Kahikolu. Walkers and runners will follow a scenic route along University, Alaula Way and Pamoa Raod. There is a $15 entry fee for the hula malie whieh includes a commemorative T-shirt and entrance to the celebration. Fees must accompany the entry forms whieh are available by calling the halau at 955-0050. The forms, tickets and full information are also available from halau students and their parents. Tickets for the celebration only are $10.

The benefit is to raise funds to realize Aunty Maiki's dream of a school building where all people ean eome to leam Hawaii's culture and history through song and dance. This will be a day-long tribute to the memory of the acknowledged mother of the Hawaiian renaissance. A spectacular ending to the day's celebration will be the release of hundreds of colored balloons with messages to the beloved Aunty Maiki.

There will be lots of entertainment. Among the several Hawaiian performers are the Brothers Cazimero, Halona, Kae'o, Leinaala Heine Kalama, Kipapa Rush Band, the Gentlemen of Na Kamalei, Kuulei Punua and Halau Hula O Maiki. The halau, whieh is now headed by kumu hula Coline Aiu, requests no coolers or aleoholie beverages. There will be a variety of food on sale, leis, T-shirts and Hawaiian pillows.