The 2009 Lei Qeen (blue dress)

May day is lei day in KP.
82nd Annual Lei Day Celebration
Friday - May 1, 2009
Queen Kapi‘olani Regional Park Bandstand
9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

• 9:00-10:00 a.m. Royal Hawaiian Band
• 10:15 a.m.-Noon
  Investiture Ceremony for the 2009 Lei Queen & Court
  Official Opening of the Lei Contest Exhibit by the 2009 Lei Queen & Court @ (approximately Noon)
• Noon-12:50 p.m. Kapena
• 1:00-1:50 p.m. Na Wahine O Ka Hula Mai Ka Pu‘uwai
• 2:00-2:50 p.m Mana‘o Company
• 3:00-3:50 p.m. Na Kupuna ‘O Ko‘olau
• 4:00-5:30 p.m. Halau Hula ‘O Hokulani

The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association will play from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m., in the lei exhibit/ho‘olaule‘a area (open area between the bandstand and the shell).

The Lei Contest Exhibit will be open to the public from 12:30-5:30 p.m., in the open area between the bandstand and the shell.

Lei Contest (traditional, youth, and lipine) Registration: each lei must be accompanied by a completed official entry form, submitted to the Lei Receiving booth at Queen Kapi‘olani Park on May 1, 2009, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Judging is from 10:00 a.m. to Noon.

KGMB9 TV reporter with white lei interveiwed Lei Queen and made a snap with them when I passed to KP in the morning.