For Immediate Release MEDIA ADVISORY What: Polynesian Cultural Center Plays Host to 13th Annual Moanikeala Hula Festival When: Saturday, August 23 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Moanikeala Hula Festival Who: Participating hula halau this year include:
Cost: Kama‘äina admission is $8.00 for adults, $6.00 for children 5–11 years old, and kids 4-and-under are free. Kama'äina Annual Pass holders get in free. General Admission is $30.00. Special upgrades available for evening show and buffet dinner. Lä‘ie, HI: Music and dance will fill the Polynesian Cultural Center's Pacific Theater for the 13th Annual Moanikeala Hula Festival on Saturday, August 23. In previous years, the festival brought keiki (children) from all over the islands to compete against their peers. In honor of the 40th Anniversary, the hula festival will not be a competition and will focus on sharing and perpetuating the Hawaiian culture, inviting entire hälau, including keiki and adults, to participate. The performances will focus on hula 'auana or modern style, with each hälau having 15 minutes to perform a dance of their choosing. The festivities began 13 years ago to honor Lä‘ie Kumu Hula Sally Moanikeala Wood Nalua'i, who has done much to perpetuate the teaching of hula at the PCC. Wood Nalua'i was the PCC's first hula instructor when it opened in 1963 and continued until 1980, after which she was a consultant until she passed away in 2000. Her niece, Sunday Mariteragi, initiated the keiki hula competition after years of teaching hula in Lä'ie. ### For information on press releases or other public information, please contact: Amy Hennessey
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