Congratulations, Barbara Green, on earning best dressed honors during the Holoku Ball portion of the 60th Royal Coronation Ball that opened the festivities for the 60th annual Merrie Monarch Festival on Hawai‘i Island. That’s where Kumu Hula Leina‘ala Pavao Jardin and the ladies of Halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leina‘ala take the stage, starting Thursday night, and can be seen on the live broadcast on KFVE.
Congratulations, Barbara Green, on earning best dressed honors during the Holoku Ball portion of the 60th Royal Coronation Ball that opened the festivities for the 60th annual Merrie Monarch Festival on Hawai‘i Island. That’s where Kumu Hula Leina‘ala Pavao Jardin and the ladies of Halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leina‘ala take the stage, starting Thursday night, and can be seen on the live broadcast on KFVE.
Jenyffer Vieira (Dr. Catherline Long said she’s from Brazil), one of the volunteers for the helicopter egg drop, has been very busy after taking care of all those (16,000!) eggs that dropped from the Airborne Aviation chopper (would the bigger helicopter make less turbulence?) during the Hope Collective event on Saturday, April 8, 2023, at the Vidinha Stadium soccer fields in Lihu‘e. Jenyffer was at the Kaua‘i Job Fair, presented by the county’s Office of Economic Development in collaboration with the state’s Workforce Development Division, on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, looking for jobs for her Hale ‘Opi‘o clients.
That was after she took in the Kaua‘i Buddhist Council Hanamatsuri festivities at Kaua‘i Soto Zen Temple Zenshuji in Hanapepe, which will be hosting a Japanese and Okinawan song and dance fundraiser to repair the temple’s roof, on Saturday, April 22, 2023, starting at 4:30 p.m. Tickets for this event are available by emailing kauaisotozen@gmail.com or calling 808-335-3521.
That’s the same weekend — Friday and Saturday — as the St. Theresa School Carnival that comes back in-person after three years dark because of COVID-19.
Leslie Frasier and the Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School students invite people to the CKMS Art Show that opens Friday, April 14, 2023, with a reception for the artists from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Kaua‘i Society of Artists gallery at Kukui Grove Center in Lihu‘e. The exhibit (they also have an art store featuring student-produced artwork) is open daily from noon to 6 p.m. through Saturday, April 22, 2023.
