Celebrate Good Times, Hawaii! It's Aloha Festival Time
As the dog days of summer begin to wind down and the little ones head back to school, lunchboxes and backpacks in tow, it can only mean one thing … the start of Aloha Festival season here in Hawaii!
Kicking off today with the 2010 Royal Court Investiture at 2:00 p.m. at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, the Aloha Festivals also features several big events that take place over the course of the next two months, including the Waikiki Ho’olaule’a (Hawaii’s largest block party) and the Aloha Festivals Floral Parade.
For those visitors to the Islands unfamiliar with this grand tradition, the Aloha Festivals are an annual celebration of Hawaii’s culture, customs, traditions and aloha spirit. This year’s Festival theme is “Mele ‘Ailana: Celebrate Island Music” and focuses on presenting Hawaii’s grand history and culture through this melodic art form.
What is known today as Aloha Festivals was actually started in 1946 as “Aloha Week” (the name was officially changed in 1991). It took a full year to plan the first festival and since then, the celebration has expanded to include more than 300 events on six Hawaiian islands over a two-month period.
Each year, nearly 30,000 volunteers give up their time and efforts to stage the festival’s events, which are attended by upwards of one million people.
To learn more about the Aloha Festivals and to see a schedule of events, visit http://www.alohafestivals.com.
Let’s all celebrate!
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