International Waikiki Hula Conference
Friday-Saturday-Sunday ♦ May 17-19, 2013
Hawaii Convention Center in Waikiki
Conferee Check-in at Conference: Friday May 17, 2013 - 7:00-8:30 a.m.
Hawaii Convention Center 3rd Floor
1801 Kalakaua Avenue | Honolulu, HI 96815
3 days, 40 kumu hula, choose from 80 workshops & seminars.
Modern and ancient hula, chant, history, costume, lei-making,
Hawaiian language, songs, music, implement-making.
10 Ho`ike Hula Shows, Vendor Mall, Closing Concert "Kanikapila"
PRINTABLE PDF CLASS CHART
PRE-ORDER FORM FOR CONFERENCE T-SHIRT (CLICK HERE FOR PDF)
$385 Regular Conference Fee ♦ $250 Kama'aina Hawai'i Resident
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
ON-SITE REGISTRATION/ CLASS CHANGES WILL BE AVAILABLE
Conference Purpose
The International Waikiki Hula Conference offers the rare opportunity for visitors to come to Hawaii to learn, share and experience hula in the land of its birth, with a variety of respected hula masters and teachers, many of whom do not travel outside Hawaii to teach. For our local hula people, it is the chance to enrich their hula experience from many sources in one place, to meet fellow dancers and kumu hula from around the world.
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Conference Package Includes
- Three full days of workshops and seminars to choose from, offered by over 40 noted kumu hula and Hawaiian cultural experts. Classes cover all aspects of hula — modern and ancient dance, costume, lei-making, Hawaiian language, chant, history, songs, music and implement-making.
- The opportunity to perform a hula on various stages in Waikiki. Fri & Sat approx 6:30-7:30 p.m. (may vary.)
- Opening Ceremonies. First session first day
- Music and audience participation hula shows during lunch period.
- $15 worth of lunch meal coupons.
- Closing "Kanikapila" Concert & Hula Sunday Evening (6:30-9:00 pm Kuhio Beach Hula Mound)
- Hawaiian Vendor Mall – featuring Hawaiian-made products and crafts, including hula implements, costumes, clothing, accessories and gifts.
- Free shuttle service between the convention center and various hotels throughout Waikiki.
SHUTTLE BUS MAP (CLICK HERE FOR PDF)
- Certificate of Completion for you to frame.
- Reusable Conference Bag.
Conference Theme
This year the International Waikiki Hula Conference theme celebrates Hilo's famed Merrie Monarch Festival on its 50th Anniversary. All workshops feature subject matter, mele, chant and hula with topics related to Hawai`i Island, Hilo, Uncle George Naope and Aunty Dottie Thompson (founders of Merrie Monarch) and the Merrie Monarch himself, King David Kalakaua. Some hula being taught have even been presented on the Merrie Monarch stage in competition. We hope you enjoy this special way to say, "Congratulations to Merrie Monarch for 50 wonderful years of hula!"
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Hula Preservation Society - Seminar Package
Hula Preservation Society’s cultural seminars are a featured series at the Waikïkï Hula Conference held annually in May, as part of the seminar choices for conferees. For the first time, at the 2013 International Waikiki Hula Conference, you may attend HPS’s unique programs separate from the larger conference gathering, at a special rate.
For more information CLICK HERE.
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~ Hula in the Land of its Birth ~
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The International Waikiki Hula Conference is a non-profit project of the Waikiki Improvement Association
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