Biography Hawaiʻi; Maiki Aiu Lake; Momi Kepilino photos folder 2 1949-1952 #2

oh wow wait no I'm trying to I'm trying to limit the lady's name let me have that no more no wait where's the program wasn't there oh no she is I just want to get to the program no it's later here it is it's way back in here okay it's way back in here just a second there we are there's the lock on one of the stuff there right here there was another page she was looking at the program on it yeah let's go back sorry she's waiting I'm thinking of the ladies okay wait oh yeah look here that's Milton E and Mommy Kippling note together and we're doing we're gonna be doing a horse

dance and the horse's name was Lakawanna and that's the one I'm portraying as and Tony is portraying Prince Guillaue Mrs. Frank May I guess admired my dancing and so she approached Mikey about this Lakawanna dance and that she wanted me to perform in doing the Lakawanna horse so that's why Mikey had to teach me how to prance like a horse so you don't see it right now but I had to learn a lot from that oh in this kind of business up there show business and of course when they move back to Hawaii could you just tell us that it was a

chance and that Lakawanna oh okay I'm portraying the dance to Kalaniana Oli and I am Lakawanna and oh slow pan of horse dance seven

hello how week parade hello okay no this is coming home today June 11 1957 and we're on the Hawaii float with NT Ellis Namakilua and these are all her musicians standing in the back yeah did we get a tight shot of anti Mikey she's on the she's on the left she's on the left in the front with with the hat sort of yeah Mikey in the front in the back that's our our Mike's Hala they're right on the float yeah thanks for Alice for about five years on the Hawaii float Carlos Carlos Carlos and what's her name oh what is her name oh okay this is all of us the gracious ladies really and in our husbands and wives

and this is Mikey and her husband on her left Barney and the celebration was for our friend Lulu and Carlos Quintana from Mexico City she's a local girl Lulu Pali was her last name a maiden name but that was the celebration for for their coming to Hawaii and they were leaving to go to live in Mexico City close up of Mikey at St. Pargy static okay this picture is was taken at during Aloha Week of October 21st 1957 in front

of the Alamoana I mean the Wana Hotel and at that time they were all these stages on Kala Kawa for Holaulia night this was during Holaulia in 57 and here she's being presented this award of a large silver platter for the the background of the stage that was chosen for first prize now she's showing Mikey showing off her award silver platter to everyone there and of course there is a crowd of people watching the program that we had performed on the stage and the award was because of the background design presented by that was prepared by Mikey and some of the other members of our Holaul what exactly

is that I think it's it's a King the Kahuna and play music for us on that stage take to platter recipient Mikey platter photograph close up of Mikey sign holosterium you can tell us about this Aloha Week this is Mikey as Queen Kapi Olaani during the October 1957 Aloha Week this was she was chosen as Queen Kapi Olaani and she

was very much surprised because she had no idea that she was going to be portraying the Queen but she was chosen last minute and the the one the person on the right side is Robert Nui who is King Kala Kawa for the program oh yeah yeah this is Robert Nui as King Kala Kawa and Mikey as Queen Kapi Olaani and this was taken at the Ilani Palace during Aloha Week right there at the

Palace why shot take one okay we follow y'all with this carriage shot number two take one anything else interesting about this photo or yeah well she's she got she just got off the carriage and now is facing the King Kala Kala and getting ready to go up on the stage above right this right at in Ilani Palace yes Ilani Palace performance take one

test test test Ilani Palace thrown shot one so these are the gracious ladies at the Ilani Palace for Mikey's gracious ladies ladies by NTV Kei E. Raji

oh yeah I am the first one yeah I I'm the first one yeah on the top and I'm on the tops and then Benji Wong is next to me then Helen Marie Kawa Lucy Leong Lucy in and over Kippah oh look at that is that the dark one oh E. Olaani Palace pan down to throne take one you're Lani Palace pan down to crown take two why shot of the palace

because it's good it's taking us because we have what I can do is you'll Lani Palace Mikey being escorted upstairs take one this this was taken at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel for the Royal Ball aloh

week 23 October 1957 of course Mikey's right in the center I don't remember all of them but the far left is Joseph Kahole Leo and then this the one on the second person on the far right is I don't know any what is this name I can't remember the King's name this is still the aloha week on 1957 at E. Olaani Palace with Mikey as Queen Kapilani and Robert Nui as King Kala Kawa dancing in front on your left this I don't know any and her partner is Joseph Kahole Leo take two

same photo close up of the room