Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 29, Number 4, 1 April 2012 — LEI DAY COURT ANNOUNCED [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LEI DAY COURT ANNOUNCED

Professional hula and Polynesian dancer Pōmaika'inokeakua Lenore Klein was installed as Honolulu's 2012 Lei Day queen March 3 at McCoy Pavilion. Klein, a Waimānalo native who is fluent in Hawaiian, began dancing hula at 5 years old with Kumu Hula Ellen Castillo. More recently she has danced under Kumu Hula Keano Kaupu and Lono Padilla. Klein is a former Miss Hawaiian lslands who represented Hawai'i at the Miss South Pacific Pageant in Papua New Guinea, in 2010. She has an associate's degree in liberal arts from Kapi'olani Community College. Comprising the Lei Day court are first princess Kalai Sina Chow from Papakōlea, O'ahu; second princess Christian Lei U'i Kaholokula from Kaua'i; and princesses Catelin Kawahinekoa Aiwohi from Maui, Lorene Yoshimi Gima from O'ahu and Courtney Ellen Lynn Ku'uleilani Lynch, also from O'ahu. Like Klein, two of the princesses also have ties to pageants: Kaholokula and Aiwohi will be representing their islands in the Miss Hawai'i pageant in June. Honolulu's 85th annual Lei Day Celebration is scheduled for Tuesday, May 1, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Kapi'olani Park bandstand. For lei-contest rules and a schedule of free lei-making workshops around O'ahu, visit honoluluparb.com. Couitesy: Dave Miyamoto/Dave Miyamoto and Co.

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