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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0488.003 2000-2002 stn Annual Arizona Aloha Festival 10'larch 16 ~ 17, 2001 Stories in Stone }ieritage Square 115 N. 6~' Street Phoenix, AZ 85004 s ~6oz~z6z-son September 21, 2001 ~ ~ Aloha Performers! Welcome to the 8t1i Annual Arizona Aloha Festival. Once again we are extending an invitation to volunteer performers for the upcoming Festival, to be held: Date/'Time: Saturday 1Vlarch 16, 2002 10:00 a.cn. - 5:00 p.an. Saonday l0~larch i7, 2002 10:OU a.m. - 5:00 p.€n. Place: Heritage Square (602) 262-5071 7th Street and Monroe Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Aloha Festivals, Inc., supported by the City of Phoenix, present the 8th Annual Arizona Aloha Festival, a free family event highlighting the cultures of Hawaii and other Polynesian Islands. The theme for this year is ,$tories an Stone. Music and dance will fill two stages on both days of the event, and a variety of food, games, activities, crafts, and arts will provide educational enjoyment for an expected 80,000 people. Please fill out the attached Performers Application and Group Roster Form and postmark it by Noveanber 30, 2001. Enclosed is the Guideline for Participation for your review as well as ad and T-shirt order forms that have been requested by many of you. If your group would like to participate in the Noon Lunch Hour Program the week before Festival, March 11- 15a' at Patriots Square, please contact Lani Auwen at 602-262-5071. Thank you again for your support, if you have any questions please contact Christi Moore or check out our Web site a± azalohafest.org (performers gray send messages to perform(a)azalohafest.org or fax to 602-534-1786). You may also contact Lani Auwen at Heritage Square. We look forward to seeing you at the festival this year! Mahalo and A Hui Hou, Chisti Moore 6327 E. Hannibal St. Mesa, AZ 85205 (480) 854-3621 leahleahula@juno. com Corafri~, ;~1s~. • 1• i4e i'}dc~. itef, 1~;~.fi~ ol~® t~ t ~t~ ~nc~l ti~rl /®h May these two days of festivities brought to you by the Hawaiian and Polynesian community of Phoenix, The Valley of the Sun, and across the state of Arizona, transport you to our lands of Aloha; May these two days bring to you the joy and laughter, good food, music and dance of our cultures; May these two days bring a new understanding of our cult~lres of Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga, New Zealand (Autearoa) and Fiji. Look for the following highlights and special events during our 2001 Festival: V1lelcome to our first "official sponsor" Stop by booth #35 and thank the staff of Hilo Hattie, the store of Hawaii at Arizona Mills, for their ~ support of this Festival ~ ~ s Opening ceremonies f'`~~`~~j2{,~~q r,<~ Pol nesian and Native American warriors lead a rocession to the sta e in a tribute to the ~~s~ ~ "mana" or spirit that lives on when the community comes together for celebration in events like ,r~~;f~~: i ~ ,4~ x this Festival. (Please see page 4 for details) k. i4 {2 ~ < ~ ~ Fiji community performs . Please welcome for the first time, our Fijian community of metro Phoenix as they present ` "i a performance of dance and song. ~ ~ y~~ ~arizona's first mass hula presentation 4 Over 100 performers will close Saturday's performances at 5 p.m. with a masse ~ ~ f:~, presentation of the hula chant Kavika. They represent various Halau Hula (Hula ~ ` f _ f Schools) that will be traveling to the Big Is?and of Hawaii this summer for the ;ry x,~,~ first World Hula Conference. (Please see page S for details) } ~y - ~ t Cook Island Drummers x The Cook Islanders bring their unique percussive rhythms to our stage. The , ~ ~ Cook Islands are near Tahiti and were "discovered" for Europeans by Captain ~ ~~s ` ~ James Cook during his explorative voyages to the South Pacific. ~ : > { { { .~''k~'. y t h h ~ Y Pearl l~larbor Survivors Arizona and Hawaii are forever linked through the USS Arizona Monument iR Pearl • : ~ ~ f Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. Look for their display in our "Ghana Community" ' area. They wear a unique Aloha shirt designed and worn only by members ~V ~f ~3 ~ $ ~ 4 ~x . of their group. ~ ~;l':; f ~ i OFFIC[ OF THr M/~Y'OR ~ CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU f ' { f }:;::;i : Go~y4~dYY O~ ~ ® ,4,0 ~ ~ r ` ' y . L, G ~ ~ ~ ~ .jyk.: . ~:k- S. `a ..4~/ Jeremy Harris, Mayor MAYOR'S MESSAGE Aloha. I am please to congratulate Phoenix area residents on the 7th Annual Aloha Festival in Phoenix. I appreciate the efforts of the City of Phoenix and Arizona Aloha Festivals to produce what has become a major Hawaii event in the Southwest. As we enter the 21st Century, we are proud that Hawaiian culture continues to expand beyond its island home. Thousands of former Hawaii residents who have relocated to San Francisco, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and other cities have formed organizations that perpetuate Hawaiian culture, gather for fellowship, and work to benefit their local communities. I commend Arizona Aloha Festivals, Inc. and others who produce the annual Aloha Festival program and demonstrate that there is "Mans in the Desert." On behalf of the citizens of the City and County of Honolulu, I extend best wishes for a memorable event. +oa Sincerely, JEREMY HARRIS, Mayor City and County of Honolulu C ~.rr:... } . } ~i~y e~# P~~~rrix t a OFFICE OF THE MAYOR • . MAYOR SKIP RIMSZA Winner of the ~'s.. ANDREA TEVLIN, CHIEF OF STAFF Carl Bertelsmann Prize Skip Rimsza, Mayor o `rHE W oP Greetings: As Mayor, it is my pleasure to welcome you to Phoenix and the 2001 Arizona Aloha Festival. We're very proud to be hosting you and applaud the way this event has grown in just seven years. The clubs, organizations, and volunteers have worked very hard to make this a signature event for this city. We congratulate Arizona Aloha Festival for truly ~P showing the warm spirit that is "aloha" to our desert community. h'`' Again, I welcome you to Phoenix and wish you a successful and enjoyable Festival. 'f~~: Y•i Y~; Sincerely Skip Rimza :u Mayor ZOO WEST WASHINGTON STREET, 11T11 FLOOR, PHOENIX, ARIZONA SSOO3-1611 PFIONE (602) 262-7111 FAX (602) 495-5583 Recycled Paper . from the d~s~ of John ~u~n~~t January 22, 2002 Aloha, In my job as a radio announcer and freelance arts and entertainment writer on the Big Island, I meet a lot of musicians and entertainers. That's the nature of my job. It is not often, however, that I meet people who I want to get to know on a more personal level than just playing their CDs or interviewing them for a feature story. But that was exactly how I felt after talking to Iopa and Donalda "Donnie" Maunakea, the husband and wife team who front the popular Big Island band "Bruddah Kuz." Both the Maunakeas and the res~of I~3ruddah Kn~ have that effect nn nearby eyervboc~v they meet. They won last year's Hawai `i Island Journal readers' poll for "best local band." Their debut CD "Talkie' Da Kine" presented what I consider to be the freshest new sound by a local contemporary band in the past five years. The recording ha.~ everything from traditional I-Iawaiian music to pop, and their hit "Pahoa Town" has become one of the best-loved and most requested songs on the Big Island, bringing nee=r pride and luster to a community whose image has taken somewhat of a beating over the years. Bruddah Kuz has a different philosophy and perhaps a different agenda from most contemporary music groups. The vast majority of their live performances are at community and public service events. They do not play the club circuit and very seldom make appearances in nightclubs. That is by the band's choice. They are in demand to play club dates anytime they choose to do so. But their grassroots approach to music and their accessibility at family events has not only won them fans, it has made them friends. Bruddah Kuz is seeking your kokua so they can share the Aloha of the Big Island in Arizona. One could not find more outgoing, friendlier and genuine people -musicians or otherwise -than Bruddah Kuz. They are a perfect fit for the role of "Musical Ambassadors from Ilawai`i." Yours truly, J0~1I1 $Ulll~~ John Burnett "Island Beat" columnist Hawai `i Isdand Journal