  {"id":84194,"date":"2018-09-07T08:13:55","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T18:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=84194"},"modified":"2020-03-06T15:14:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T01:14:03","slug":"windward-hoolaulea-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/07\/windward-hoolaulea-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Award winning entertainment at Windward Ho\u02bbolaule\u02bba"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_84236\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84236\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/windward-hoolaulea-chinky-mahoe.jpg\" alt=\"Men performing hula with paddles at Windward Community College\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/windward-hoolaulea-chinky-mahoe.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/windward-hoolaulea-chinky-mahoe-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinky Mahoe hula halau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Catch Merrie Monarch award-winner Chinky Mahoe and multiple N\u0101 H\u014dk\u016b Hanohano winners Keauhou, Maunalua, <span aria-label=\"Hiikua\">Hi&#699;ikua<\/span> and <span aria-label=\"Pomaikai\">Pomaika&#699;i<\/span> Keawe Lyman at the 18th Annual Windward <span aria-label=\"Hoolaulea\">Ho&#699;olaule&#699;a<\/span> on the Great Lawn at <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/\">Windward Community College<\/a> on Saturday, September 29, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Also in the entertainment line-up are Beat-Lele, an <span aria-label=\"ukulele\">&#699;ukulele<\/span> tribute to the Beatles and the <span aria-label=\"Kahaluu\">Kahalu&#699;u<\/span> Elementary School <span aria-label=\"Ukulele\">&#699;Ukulele<\/span> Band and more local area talent.<\/p>\n<p>The free, family-friendly, festival coordinated by Windward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> and the Kaneohe Business Group, is expected to draw more than 10,000 people. It will feature unique arts and crafts, <span aria-label=\"ono\">&#699;ono<\/span> ethnic foods, hot rods by Clyde\u2019s Auto Showcase, keiki rides and activities, a gallery exhibit, an Imaginarium show, a college-sponsored silent auction, and educational, cultural demonstrations and community displays.  This year\u2019s theme is &ldquo;Hawaiian Traditions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Windward <span aria-label=\"Hoolaulea\">Ho&#699;olaule&#699;a<\/span> is THE homegrown celebration that brings people together on our beautiful campus&#8230;with a full day of amazing island entertainment,&rdquo; said event chair <strong>Bonnie Beatson<\/strong>. &ldquo;We\u2019re very grateful for the tremendous community support of this event highlighting the talent and businesses of the Windward side as well as the educational opportunities at Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>. This support is good for our community&#8212;Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> students will receive scholarships from event proceeds.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Supporting the event are flagship sponsors Kamehameha Schools, Hawaiian Electric Companies, <abbr>HD&#38;C<\/abbr> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> (formerly Ameron Hawaii) and GoKailua Magazine. More sponsors include Walgreens, Castle Adventist Health, Enterprise Rent-a-Car Hawaii, Hawaiian Memorial Park, First Hawaiian Bank, Bank of Hawaii, Central Pacific Bank and Territorial Savings Bank, with support from the Castle Alumni and Community Association.<\/p>\n<p>This is an alcohol and tobacco-free event. For more information including a <a href=\"http:\/\/windwardhoolaulea.com\/schedule.htm\">schedule of events<\/a>, to donate to the <a href=\"http:\/\/windwardhoolaulea.com\/silent-auction.htm\">silent auction<\/a> or to <a href=\"http:\/\/cloud2.snappages.com\/f6e1397d342976b7816ba7e0ba49db1934b4fecd\/Hoolaulea%20Volunteers%202016.pdf\">volunteer<\/a>, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/windwardhoolaulea.com\/\">the website<\/a> or contact Windward <span aria-label=\"Hoolaulea\">Ho&#699;olaule&#699;a<\/span> chair Bonnie Beatson at (808) 235-7374.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Bonnie Beatson<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 18th Annual Windward <span aria-label=\"Hoolaulea\">Ho&#699;olaule&#699;a<\/span> on the Great Lawn at Windward Community College is a free, family-friendly festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[572,66],"class_list":["post-84194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-scholarship","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84194"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112814,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84194\/revisions\/112814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}