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February 26, 2008
The annual Ho‘olaule‘a and Flower Festival will be held Saturday, March 8, from 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the Haiku Community Center on Hana Highway in Ha‘iku.
This popular event is a yearly attraction where the community as well as visitors can enjoy live entertainment and great food.
The entertainment this year will include: Hui Lanikila Halau, Mapenzi Marimba, Garrett Probst & Peter D’Aquino, The Ukulele Boys from the Grammy Award winning CDs Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key (which has won a Hawaiian Music Grammy award three years in a row), The Gina Martinelli Band, The Jerry Caires Band, Marty Dread & Mantokuji Taiko Drummers.
The food booths will showcase Mama’s Fish House, Fiesta Time, Mana Foods, Café Des Amis, Pauwela Café and Consuelo’s Catering. Delicious foods that include fresh fruit smoothies, coffee and espresso drinks, hamburgers, french fries, chili cheese fries, hot dogs, chili and rice, kalua pork plates, chicken caesar salad, Mana Foods wraps, enchilada plates, chimichanga plates, chow fun and soups.
There will be activities for people of all ages. A silent auction with wonderful items to choose from is one of the eagerly anticipated featured events of the Ho‘olaule‘a, as well as a Haiku School Produce Market selling plants and cut flowers.
The proceeds from the silent auction, as well as the farmer’s market and Mrs. Nakahashi’s delicious Bake Sale benefit Haiku Elementary School. The kids will love our games, book swap, miniature golf and jumping castles. Ha‘iku Boys & Girls Club will be providing beverages. Free activities include a floral design contest, lei contest and
various art activities.
Everyone will enjoy the expanded Haiku Living Legacy Historical Display, which includes photographs and memorabilia from early days in Ha‘iku, as well as a new book, the memoirs of Louis Baldovi, called “Holoholo to Wen I Wuz: Koloke Days – Haiku, Maui – 1930’s – 1950’s.”
If you have any historic pictures, documents or other memorabilia from Haiku, please bring them to be copied and to share with the community
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You can learn about life back in the day with the Kupuna (elders) Talk Story, part of the Ha‘iku living legacy project; this program will be available from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
The vendor booths feature “Made on Maui” arts and crafts with jewelry, clothing, original artwork, and “special find” items by local artists. There are also numerous farmers market booths, where you can find unique plants, flowers and local produce at reasonable prices. These usually go quickly, so shop early for the best items. Community information booths from local non-profits will also be on hand with information.
Donations for the Ha‘iku School Produce Market, Bake Sale and Silent Auction are encouraged and are tax deductible. Call 808-575-3004 to arrange pick up or delivery.
This is the main fundraising event for the Ha‘iku Elementary School, Ha‘iku Boys and Girls Club and Ha‘iku Community Association. Money raised goes towards programs for local youth education, enrichment and activities.
The annual Ha‘iku Ho‘olaulea and Flower Festival is the result of countless hours of coordination and work by
volunteers – teachers, business owners, families and friends. Our sponsors and contributors include: Goodfellow Brothers, Alexander & Baldwin, Dowling Foundation, Dorvan Leis, Monika Riker of Wells Fargo, Kula Produce, All Star Produce, Love’s Bakery, Haiku Grocery, Hanzawa’s, Fukushima’s, Pukalani Superette, Hana Hou Café, Veg Out, Paia Fish Market, Mana Foods, Flat Bread Pizza, Makawao Steak House, Tiffany’s Salsa, Café Des Amis, Pauwela Café, Consuelo’s Catering, Mama’s Fish House, Milagro’s Food Co., and, of course, Haleakala Times Newspaper.
Admission and parking for this event are free. Parking this year will be located at the top of Pilialoha Street, next to the Community Center, on land donated by A & B for the use of Ho‘olaulea attendees. To find more information on the event or any of the booths go to http://haiku.hidoe.us
Photos by Nancy O‘oki
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