Held each year in Mid July at Alondra Park, Lawndale, CA (adjacent to El Camino College). This year the two day event was held on Saturday, July 15 and Sunday July 16. The photos below were taken on Saturday July 15. Apoprox. 190 photos culled from over 500 I took that day. The photos represent 5 of 7 dance groups that performed that day.

Hawaiian, Tahitian, Samoan, and New Zealand (Mauri) dance and muic featured among others.

Groups represented in photos below:

11:00am Kanani Kalama Hula Halau Kanani Kalama – (Gardena)
12:00pm Hula Halau o Lilinoe ame Na Pua Me Ke Aloha Cissy Lilinoe Kaio – (Carson)
1:00pm Hula Halau Lani Ola Puanani Jung (Mission Viejo)
2:00pm Hula Halau Kawika Laua O Leinani Kawika & Leinani Viloria (Diamond Bar)
3:00pm Hula Halau Ku Ike o Lani Judy Kalehua (La Palma)

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Left early as it was quite hot. No photos taken of these 2 groups:

4:00pm Hula Halau Kaleilehua o Pana`ewa Noelani McIntosh (Los Angeles)
5:00pm Ke`Anuenue Polynesian Studio

The even is sponsored by:
The Hawaiian Inter-Club Council of Southern California (hiccsc)
http://hiccsc.org/

More about these Pacific Islander Celebrations here:

http://alohaworld.com/index.htm

What does Ho’olau’Lea mean?

Simply “Celebration” in Hawaiian

All photos drastically downsized and optimized for online viewing only. All photos copyright 2006 Ken Leonard