May Day

May Day is a fabulous event here in Hawaii. All of the elementary school celebrate May Day with a traditional dances put on by each of the grades. The Polynesian islands are represented by each grade and the six graders make up the Royal Hawaiian Court. Laie Elementary May Day program is preformed in the morning at the PCC on the big stage. Its a huge event and all of Laie shows up at it. My kids were not going to miss seeing thier friends dance, so we got up early and went to the PCC for May Day. Here are a couple pictures, but they don't quite do the event justice- every child was in full costume and each dance choreographed by volunteers, and the kids had been practicing for all of April to perform. It was really fantastic. When the kindergartners got up Jayne leaned over to me and said, "that's what I am going to dance next year." Which is true- IF we live in Hawaii next year. It was great for my kids to see this and I was moved at the pride and dedication these beautiful people have for their heritage.

The Six Grade Hawaiian Royalty and their proud parents.

The Royal Court Dancing

The King and his men dancing.

 The Queen dancing the hula.

 This is the little preschoolers dancing the Fijian warrior dance. They rocked it.