| January | |
|---|---|
| 18 | Hui Makaala Installation Banquet at the Ala Moana Hotel, Plumeria Room (Call Janet Toma 732-4640) |
| 24 | From Bento to Mixed Plate: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in Multicultural Hawaii at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Kahului, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm |
| February | |
| 1 | Hawaii Oroku Restaurants Exhibit at Aala "Talk Story" Festival. 10 am - 2 pm, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii. |
| 14&15 | Maui Okinawa Kenjin Kai Golf Tournament; Waiehu Golf Course |
| March | |
| 6 | Maui Okinawa Kenjin Kai Shinnen Enkai; Maui Okinawa Cultural Center |
| 6-20 | Student Exchange from Okinawa |
| 7 | JTB's "Honolulu Festival" Parade (memo from the HUOA President) [Go to www.honolulufestival.com] |
| April | |
| 17 | Uta Ya Sanshin Udui Hanekachi "A Celebration of Okinawan Music and Dance" presented by Nidaime Teishin Kai Hawaii Shibu at the Leeward Community College Theatre |
| 24 | HUOA Spring Craft Fair, 9 am - 3 pm, Hawaii Okinawa Center |
| 30 | "Pigs from the Sea" musical, 7 pm, at the Blaisdell Concert Hall |
| May | |
| 2 | 15th Kariyushi Variety Show, doors open at 8 am, Hawaii Okinawa Center |
| 8 | Maui Okinawa Kenjin Kai Bazaar; Maui Okinawa Cultural Center |
| 15 | "The Okinawa Diet Plan" - A Book Release & Tasting Event, 6 - 9 pm, Hawaii Okinawa Center |
| 21 & 22 | Kauai Eisa Festival at the Kukui Grove Pavilion, 5 pm - 10 pm |
| 23 | A Lorraine Kaneshiro Cultural Benefit, 10:30 am - 2 pm, Hawaii Okinawa Center |
| 29,30 | HUOA Invitational Golf Tournament |
| June | |
| 9-12 | Maui Okinawa Kenjin Kai's Children's Day Camp "Warabi Ashibi - Children at Play"; Maui Okinawa Cultural Center |
| 13 | Kintetsu "Matsuri in Hawaii - Pan Pacific Festival" Parade |
| 14-18 | Children's Cultural Day Camp at the Hawaii Okinawa Center |
| 14-18 | Children's Cultural Day Camp in Hilo, Hawaii |
| 19 | Windward Mall Summer Festival presented by the Young Okinawans of Hawaii, 4 - 9 pm |
| 26-27 | Children's Cultural Day Camp at Waimea, Hawaii |
| July | |
| 2-3 | HUOA Invitational Softball Tournament - CANCELLED |
| 4 | Brazil Ryubu Kyokai's Benefit Dance Performance, 2 pm at the Hawaii Okinawa Center |
| 25 | Hui Makaala Scholarship Luncheon, 11:30 am at Ala Moana Hotel - Ilima Room |
| August | |
| 1 | Maui Okinawa Kenjin Kai Picnic; Pukalani Community Center |
| 9-11 | Children's Cultural Day Camp on Kauai |
| 10 | "A Tradition of Honor", Video showing and panel discussion, 6:30 pm at the Hawaii Okinawa Center - FREE - Open to the public Click here for more information. |
| 10-14 | Japanese American Citizens League's National Convention based at the Mariott Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa |
| 22 | "The Lines Are Drawn", a play by Karen Yamamoto Hackler, 7 pm at the Hawaii Okinawa Center ... Honolulu Advertiser article. |
| 29 | Hui Makaala Golf Tournament |
| September | |
| 4-5 | Okinawan Festival...BEGIN Concert ... Hotel Rates ... Schedule ... Food ... Cultural Tent ... Press Release ... Special Uchinanchu Insert ... Star-Bulletin article on the Oki Dog |
| 18 | Autumn Okinawan Dance Matsuri (bon dance) |
| October | |
| 17 | Hui Makaala Fashion Show at the Waikiki Sheraton Hotel, Hawaii Ballroom |
| 17-27 | HUOA Study Tour |
| 30 | Maui Okinawa Kenjin Kai Halloween; Maui Okinawa Cultural Center |
| November | |
| 7 | "Umanchu Suruti Utati Uduyabira" Okinawa Taiko & Dance presented by Taiko Tae no Kai - Zukeran Kaoru Kenkyusho, 2 pm at the Hawaii Okinawa Center |
| 19-20 | HUOA Red Dirt Storytelling Festival ... storytellers |
| 20 | Maui Okinawa Kenjin Kai Bonen Kai; Maui Okinawa Cultural Center |
| 27-28 | HUOA Winter Craft Fair |
| December | |
| 8 | HUOA "Evening in Waipio" Craft Fair |
| 11 | 55th HUOA Installation Banquet |
| Dates and events are subject to change. Last updated on 16 November 2004 | |