Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 10, Number 2, 1 February 1993 — Lei queen contestants star in competition [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Lei queen contestants star in competition

The public is invited to attend the Lei Queen selection program at McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana park on Feb. 13 at 9 a.m. Candidates for the 1993 May Day Lei Queen and her court will eome together to be judged by Hawai'i's finest group of experts in lei-making, Hawaiian language and hula. Candidates will be selected to the court from the makua generation (age 5 1 and older) and be presented at the May 1 Lei Day ceremonies. Candidates will demonstrate their ability to do the hula, make flower lei, and converse or read in Hawaiian. Judges will also look for the individuals they feel most personify the dignity, charm and warm love the Hawaiian lei symbolizes. The annual May Day program and Lei Queen selection is

presented by the City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation, Hawaiiana section.

1990 Lei Queen Mae Loebenstein