Bay Area folks who have been dying to go to Hawaii but don't have the money or the time might want to check out the Lei of Aloha Festival in Vallejo on Sunday. Located on the scenic Mare Island ...
For many of us, hula conjures up visions of slender Hawaiian women in leafy skirts, coconut bras and plastic leis. Think Blue Hawaii, a 1961 Elvis movie, or the Brady Bunch's ill-fated trip to the ...
FAST-paced, high-stress Washington is about as far from a languid tropical paradise as you can get, especially when the sky can still be winter gray. But that doesn't mean you have to postpone the ...
For more than 10 years, Leina‘ala Pavao Jardin has been buying hula implements and artificial lei for her hālau’s foreign performances from Aloha Hula Supply. “I find their merchandise to be of the ...
When you think of a hula dancer, what do you picture? A female dancer, most likely young. Long, flowing hair, a warm, inviting smile and softly swaying hips. But when I started dancing hula, nearly 15 ...
Hula teacher Christinia Pualani Lee broke her hip a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday. But that didn’t keep her from doing the hula at her birthday party. She did the Hawaiian dance from her ...
Host McKenna Maduli enjoys a breathtaking performance of “Alika” by her friend and special guest one-tita-hula-band Pōmaika’i. Former Miss Aloha Hula Mahealani Mika Hirao-Solem joins McKenna virtually ...
Thirteen women between the ages of 18 and 25 took the stage Thursday night at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium in Hilo to vie for Miss Aloha Hula, the most prestigious title a solo hula ...