LAUREN: IT WILL CONTINUE THE
LONGEST RUNNING FESTIVAL OHANA
EVENT.
AYCOCK SHOW BLOWING CONTEST
SHOULD BE -- A SHEL
L BLOWING
CONTEST SHOULD BE FUN FOR THE
KIDS.
KAMAKA: WE ARE HERE AT THE
PEARLRIDGE CENTER.
NEXT MONTH AM OF MONTH FOR ALOHA
FESTIVALS IN THIS FRIEND
--
GRAND CELEBRATION, THEIR FIRST
ANNUAL KEIKI
CONCH SHELL
BLOWING CONTEST.
THIS IS A
KEIKI CONCH SHELL
BLOWING CONTEST.
WE ADDED THIS ABOUT THREE
YEARS AGO.
THIS IS THE THIRD ANNUAL CONCH
SHELL BLOWING FESTIVAL.
ONE OF THE MANY COMPONENTS WE
WILL HAVE AND IT AGES FROM FIVE
TO 16 COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER
FOR THIS CON SHELL BLOWING
CONTEST.
THE WINNER
GETS TO GO TO THE
ALOHA FESTIVAL FLORAL PARADE AND
KICKOFF THE DAY'S FESTIVITIES.
THAT IS A PRETTY BIG HONOR BUT
MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT IS COOL TO
GIVE OUR COMMUNITY A PLACE TO GO
TO TO DO THEM AGING -- AMAZING
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
KAMAKA: THIS IS PART OF THE
EVENT HAPPENING THE 14TH.
WHAT CAN BE EXPECTED?
STARTING FROM 10:00 IN
THE
MORNING TO 4:00 IN THE
AFTERNOON, WE'VE GOT A LINEUP OF
LIVE PERFORMANCES, WHO WAS
COMING OUT HERE.
THEY WILL BE DOING A HUGE
PERFORMANCE AND WE'VE GOT SOME
MASTER UKULELE PLAYERS
PERFORMING AND OF COURSE THE
CONTEST THAT IS A BIG HIT.
ALL DAY DEMONSTRATIONS, CRAFTS,
ACTIVITIES.
FOR ALOHA FESTIVALS, THIS IS THE
LONGEST RUNNING
OHANA
COMPONENT.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR 16
YEARS AND WE EVEN HAD ONE BEFORE
THAT.
IT IS SOMETHING I THINK
NEEDS TO
CONTINUE IN THE COMMUNITY AND
FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PERPETUATE
THE CULTURE.
KAMAKA: WE ARE IN THE STAGE
WHERE YOU ARE TAKING
APPLICATIONS FOR THIS.
WHEN IS THE DEADLINE?
SEPTEMBER 1 IS THE DEADLINE.
WE STILL HAVE TIME TO SIGN UP.
GO ON ALOHAFESTI
VAL.COM AND
THERE IS A LINK TO SIGN UP THAT
WAY.
KAMAKA: HOW DID YOU GET
PARTNERED INTO THE GREATER
FESTIVAL?
I THINK IT IS SOMETHING -- I
CAN FIND HISTORIC PHOTOS FROM
THE EARLY 1970'S OF THE CENTER
HAVING ONE SPECIFICALLY FOR
KEIKI AND OVER THE YEARS,
ESPECIALLY WITH ALOHA FESTIVALS
AND ITS OUTREACH INTO THE
COMMUNITY,
THIS IS SOMETHING WE
THOUGHT WAS SO IMPORTANT FOR US
TO BE A PART OF BECAUSE REALLY,
WE ARE THE COMMUNITY GATHERING
PLACE SO THAT IS MORE SO THE
REASON WE CONTINUE IT BUT THAT
IS HOW WE GOT INTO IT.
KAMAKA: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT IS SEPTEMBER 14.
THE DEADLINE TO BE SIDE-BY-SIDE
WITH THESE YOUNG GENTLEMAN TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE KEIKI CON
SHELL BLOWING CONTEST.
YOU WILL
WANT TO STAY TUNED
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT JUST HERE
TO LOOK HANDSOME.
THIS IS OUR WINNER FROM LAST
YEAR SO I WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT
I CAN DO TO BEAT HIM TO BE THE
2019 BIG KEIKI K
CONCH SHELL
BLOWER.
KAMAKA PILI JOINS US FROM
PEARLRIDGE CENTER WITH MORE.
KAMAKA: THIS TIME, WE ARE READY
TO GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEEK.
THIS IS THE THIRD ANNUAL KEIKI
CONCH SHELL BLOWING CONTEST,
PART OF THE ALOHA FESTIVALS AT
PEARLRIDGE CENTER.
HERE WITH THE INTERVIEW, WE
ARE
WITH THE YOUNGEST PARTICIPANT IN
THE CONTEST FOR THE PAST TWO
YEARS.
WE HAD LAST YEAR'S WINNER, AND
BOTH OF THEM WILL BE HERE GIVING
ME SOME EXPERIENCE AND SEE IF I
CAN BE THIS YEAR'S BIG KEIKI
CONCH SHELL BLOWER.
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
SIX YEARS OLD.
KAMAKA: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
DOING THIS FOR?
SINCE I WAS FOUR.
KAMAKA: HE'S SPENT HALF
HIS LIFE
BLOWING THE CONCH SHELL.
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
12 YEARS OLD.
KAMAKA: YOU WERE THE WINNER LAST
YEAR.
HOW DID IT FEEL TO BE
VICTORIOUS?
IT IS EXCITING AND I'M READY
TO TEACH OTHER PEOPLE HOW TO DO
IT TOO.
WHAT IS THE POINT OF A CONCH
SHELL?
IT IS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW
SOMETHING BIG IS COMING AND TO
PAY ATTENTION.
KAMAKA: THIS IS THE THIRD ANNUAL
KEIKI CONCH SHELL BLOWING
CONTEST.
WE SAY PU IN HAWAII.
APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED
UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1.
THE ACTUAL EVENT, WHICH IS PART
OF THE KEIKI HO'OLAULE'A AT
PEARLRIDGE WILL BE SEPTEMBER 14.
MAKE THOSE NOTES IN YOUR
CALENDAR FOR THE INFORMATION TO
SIGN YOUR KEIKI UP, GO TO
ALOHAFESTIVALS.COM.
WE HAVE TO DO OUR CONTEST.
READY?
READY, SET, GO.
[CONCH SHELL
SOUNDING]
KAMAKA:
SEPTEMBER 14 HERE AT
PEARLRIDGE CENTER.
KAMAKA PILI, BACK TO YOU IN THE
STUDIO.
LAUREN: TO BE
IN THE MALL WITH
THE ECHOING, THAT IS COOL.
BRIGETTE: THAT CUTE LITTLE
SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY.
JUSTIN: HARMONIZING CONCH SHELL
S.