Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 5, Number 7, 1 July 1988 — 13th Keiki Hula Slated Aug. 18-20 [ARTICLE]

13th Keiki Hula Slated Aug. 18-20

The 13th Annual Queen Lili'uokalani Keiki Hula Competition is scheduled for Aug. 18-20 at Kamehameha Schools' Kekuhaupi'o Fieldhouse. Solo competition is on tap the first night and kahiko the following night. Both competitions begin at 6 p. m. The auana competition starts at 12 noon on Saturday, Aug. 20. Tickets are $4 for eaeh day's performance. Tickets and all other information may be obtained by calling the sponsoring not-for-profit Kalihi-Pa-lama Culture and Arts Society at 521-6905. The competition is also sponsored in part by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts through appropriations from the Hawai'i State Legislature. Halau Hula Olana, under Howard and Olana A'i, took five of the six titles in the 1987 competition, including the Master and Miss Keiki Hula. The competition offers Hawai'i's children an opportunity to competitively demonstrate their achievements in the traditional art form of the hula. The three-day event honors Queen Lydia Kamakaeha Lili'uokalani who was born Sept. 2, 1838 and died Nov. 11, 1917.