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Lei-Draping Ceremony to Honor Kauikeaouli Kamehameha III

  • Thomas Square Park 1010 South King Street Honolulu, HI, 96814 United States (map)

Join Mayor Rick Blangiardi, the Mayor's Office of Culture and the Arts, the Royal Hawaiian Band, and the Honolulu Fire Department to celebrate the birth of Kamehameha III, Kauikeaouli. This event will feature music by the Royal Hawaiian Band and will culminate in a lei-draping of the Kauikeaouli statue in Thomas Square Park.

Attendees will have the opportunity to present lei or ho'okupu on behalf of their organization. If you would like to present a long lei to be draped on the statue by Honolulu Fire Department, the lei will need to be 20ft in length. Any other lei or ho'okupu will be placed at the base of the statue.

Program

9:00am - Prelude by Royal Hawaiian Band

9:30am - Processional

9:35am - Formal program begins

  • Oli by Pūnana Leo o Mānoa

  • Welcome by Mayor Rick Blangiardi

  • Fire Chief Kalani Hao, Honolulu Fire Department

  • Bandmaster Clark Bright, Royal Hawaiian Band

10:00am - Lei draping

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