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Maui wahine wins Miss Aloha Hula competition
Merrie Monarch Comments Updated: Apr 05, 2013 8:53amBy JOHN BURNETT and TOM CALLIS
Tribune-Herald staff writers
A belated birthday present turned out to be the best one of all.
Manalani Mili Hokoana English turned 24 on Tuesday....
50th anniversary Ho‘ike a hit
Merrie Monarch Comments Updated: Apr 04, 2013 1:38amBy JOHN BURNETT
Tribune-Herald staff writer
A packed house at Edith Kanaka‘ole Multipurpose Stadium was treated to the living history of the Merrie Monarch Festival at Wednesday night’...
Arts, crafts, aloha
Merrie Monarch Comments Updated: Apr 04, 2013 12:05amBy COLIN M. STEWART
Tribune-Herald staff writer
Hawaii’s unique brand of capitalism tinged with aloha is alive and well, and it has taken up residence in the Afook-Chinen Civic...
Kingly beards abound in contest
Merrie Monarch Comments Updated: Apr 02, 2013 12:05amBy COLIN M. STEWART
Tribune-Herald staff writer
The competition was wild and wooly Monday night under the roof of the Mo‘oheau Bandstand in Hilo.
Call it a face-off — or, more...
Hula’s golden anniversary
Merrie Monarch Comments Updated: Mar 31, 2013 12:05amBy PETER SUR
Special to the Tribune-Herald
Cannons boomed over the summit of Punchbowl crater on the island of Oahu one night in November 1886. Huge bonfires lit up the sky, and...
Festival to stage renactment of Kalakau coronation
Merrie Monarch Comments Updated: Mar 31, 2013 12:05amBy PETER SUR
Special to the Tribune-Herald
The Merrie Monarch Festival is returning to its roots in the Hilo Armory where, in 1964, mo‘i kane Spencer Kalani Schutte crowned himself and...
Festival’s first mo‘i wahine returns for encore
Merrie Monarch Comments Updated: Mar 31, 2013 12:05amBy COLIN M. STEWART
Tribune-Herald staff writer
Fifty years ago, she was selected to preside as mo‘i wahine, or queen, over the very first Merrie Monarch Festival. Since then, her hand...
Facial hair fit for a king
Merrie Monarch Comments Updated: Apr 01, 2013 2:45pmBy PETER SUR
Tribune-Herald staff writer
Any contestant hoping to win a share of the Merrie Monarch Festival’s King Kalakaua beard look-a-like competition will have to get past Adam...