ISLAND.
MAY DAY IS LEI DAY
IN HAWAI'I.
WORKSHOPS HAVE ALREADY
STARTED AROUND THE
ISLAND.
@JOIN Y US THIS MORNING
WITH THE DETAILS OF HOW
YOU CAN GET INVOLVED.
ALOHA.
THERE'S ALREADY LEI
MAKING GOING ON.
FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE
TO LEARN MORE, THEY ARE
CURIOUS ABOUT GETTING
STARTED, WHERE CAN THEY
GO?
WE HAVE FREE LEI
OUR BOTANICAL GARDENS.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
THOSE, IF YOU GO TO
HONOLULUPARKS.COM, THOSE
BEGIN THIS WEEK.
GARDENS, THOSE
GANNENMONO LAST WEEK AND
THOSE REQUIRE A
RESERVATION AS WELL BUT
YOU CHECK OUT THE
THEY BRING IN THE
FLOWERS FOR YOU SO THEY
HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A
FEE.
HOW MUCH IS THAT FEE?
HOW MUCH DO THESE
CLASSES TYPICALLY COST?
BOTANICAL GARDENS,
THOSE ARE AROUND $20 OR.
FOR ALL OF THE CLASSES
RESERVATIONS ARE
REQUIRED BECAUSE THEY
CAN BE QUITE POPULAR.
WE WANT TO KNOW AHEAD OF
TIME HOW MUCH MATERIAL
TO BRING TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE'S MAKING A
BEAUTIFUL LEI.
WHERE WE WOULD GO TO
MAKE A RESERVATION THEN?
SHE ACTUALLY HAS ALL
OF THE PHONE NUMBERS
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES
THE INDIVIDUAL
RECREATIONAL DIRECTORS
FOR THE PARKS
ORGANIZATION THESE LEI
MAKING WORKSHOPS SO THEY
ARE THE ONES WHO WANT TO
KNOW WHAT'S COMING.
PERFECT.
RIGHT NOW YOU'RE WORKING
ON A BEAUTIFUL LEI RIGHT
NOW.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT
NOW?
I'M DOING A STYLE
WHICH IS A SIMPLE
STRAIGHT STRINGING
TRIAL.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO TRY,
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME
TO?
SURE.
THERE ARE SIX
DIFFERENT STYLES OF LEI
YOU'RE GOING TO START BY
PUSHING THE FLOWER ON TO
THE NEEDLE TO THE MID
MILLION OF THE PETALS.
IS IT OKAY WHERE IT
GOES OUT?
YOU WANT TO TRY AND
GET -- IT'S REALLY
DIFFICULT BUT YOU WANT
TO GET UP THERE AS BEST
YOU CAN.
ALL RIGHT.
IF IT'S A LITTLE
CROOKED, IT'S OKAY.
IT'S THE LOVE THAT'S
MORE IMPORTANT THAT GOES
INTO THE LAY.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO
MAKE A FULL ONE?
IT DEPENDS ON THE
FLOWERS.
THESE WILL BE FAST BUT A
FEW MINUTES, TO HOURS.
FOR THOSE WANTING TO
COME OUT, DO YOU HAVE TO
HAVE ANY SKILL
BEFOREHAND?
NOT AT ALL.
THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF
THE LEI WORKSHOPS.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME
OUT AND ENJOY LEARNING
OUR DIFFERENT LEI
STYLES.
MOST OF OUR WORKSHOPS
FOCUS ON A DIFFERENT
STYLE.
WONDERFUL.
I ALSO HEAR THERE'S A
LEI CONTEST THAT'S AN
MAY FIRST.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT?
YES, OUR LEI CONTEST
HAS BEEN GOING FOR AS
LONG AS LEI DAY HAS BEEN
GOING.
AND THERE ARE THREE
DIFFERENT KINDS OF
CATEGORIES.
WE HAVE -- YOU HAVE TO
ENTER EARLIER.
HAWAIIAN LEI MAKING
CONTEST WITH A BEGINNER
LEI.
IF YOU'VE NEVER MADE A
LEI, ENTER ANYWAY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR
YOUTH LEI MAKING
CONTEST.
I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE
STABBED MYSELF SO I'M A
LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.
IT'S OKAY.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE
PRICK.
WE'RE GOOD, WE'RE GOOD.
BUT IT'S WORTH IT.
LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL
THIS IS: BEFORE SOME
LEI DAY CELEBRATION IN
KAPI'OLANI PARK, THAT
WILL BE ON MARCH 7TH
BEGINNING AT THE
COURTYARD.
THAT'S WHERE WE
DETERMINE OUR LEI
COURTS.
THEY PRESIDE OVER THE
LEI DAY CELEBRATION AND
A LOT OF OTHER HONORARY
CAPACITIES THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR.
IT'S A REALLY GREAT
EXAMPLE OF HAWAIIAN
CULTURE.
THEY ARE JUDGED ON
OLELO, ON THEIR
PRESENTATION AS WELL AS
THEIR LEI MAKING
ABILITIES.
OKAY.
VERY NICE.
AND SO FOR ALL OF THE
DETAILS, IF FOLKS ARE
CURIOUS TO HEAD OUT TO
THE WORKSHOP OR ANY OF
THE EVENTS, WHERE CAN
THEY GO TO SIGN UP?
A WHOLE DEDICATED LEI
DAY CELEBRATION
WEBSITES.
JUST CLICK ON LEI DAY
CELEBRATION.
IT HAS EVERYTHING ABOUT
THE WORKSHOPS, LEI
COURTS, ALL THINGS LEI
DAY AND ONE LOCATION.
PERFECT.
MAKE SURE YOU HEAD ON
OUT TO THE WEBSITE.
LEI DAY STILL VERY FAR
AWAY BUT THE WORKSHOPS
ARE ALREADY GETTING
STARTED SO MAKE SURE YOU
HEAD OUT.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US.
LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL.
I HAVE A HALF I COULD
WORK.
IT'S CUTE.
VERY COOL.
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE
THIS ONE ON IN THE
COMMERCIAL BREAK BUT
COMING UP NEXT WE'RE