8th Annual
Lei Day
Celebration
1 May 2012
Hilo, Hawai`i
East Hawai`i Cultural Center
A
Zero Waste
Event
through kokua of
Recycle Hawai`i
Mahalo to:
Co-Sponsor
East Hawai`i
Cultural Center
Kokua
BIMA
Big Island Music Awards
HARA
Hawai`i Academy
of
Recording Artists
Na Hoku
Hanohano
-
Mahalo for supporting Moku Hawai`i musicians
Kokua
Shipman
Self Storage
Kamana Senior Center
Japanese Dancers
Featured Lei Demonstrator
Randy Lee
Kristine Kubat
of
Recycle Hawai`i
Lei Hana Hou
(Lei from Recycled Materials)
"He Mo`olelo ko ka Lei"
Songs, Lyrics, Hula!
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The Lei Stand
Calendars
Greeting Cards
Books
Hilo
Song Lyric Links
Hilo, My Home Town
Hilo
Hilo Hanakahi
Hilo Hattie
does the Hilo Hop
Hilo Hula
Hilo March
Hilo Nani E
Hilo One
May Day is Lei Day in Hawai`i
These days we only hear the chorus of May Day is Lei Day in Hawai`i, but there was a lot more to the song when "Red" Hawk wrote it back in 1927. And, though we do it as a hula today, it was, originally, a Fox Trot! Here, ALL of the lyrics are presented for your enjoyment. To hear and see it performed, come visit our Lei Day festival on May 1 at the East hawai`i Cultural Center in Downtown Hilo. To learn more, please keep reading!
May Day is Lei Day in Hawai`i
words
and music by "Red" Hawk
copyright 1927
Land
of the flowers, of flow'ry bowers,
In her gay dress she appears
A sweet happy maid, may her dress never fade
As she carries this day through the years
Land
of green mountains, gardens and fountains
Beaches of white shining sand
Where each one I see has a smile just for me
And has ready a welcoming hand
May Day is Lei Day in Hawai`i
Garlands of flowers ev'ry where
All of the colors in the rainbow
Maidens with blossoms in their hair
Flowers that mean we should be happy
Throwing aside our load of care, Oh!
May Day is Lei Day in Hawai`i
Lei Day is happy day out there.
Ok, here is a really quick recording of the lyrics. E kala mai, but no video yet, so the black screen is SUPPOSED to be there! Hopefully we can get a nice recording with the hula steps my Nana choreographed for the Hilo Women's Club performance back in the 40s.
Here is Hilo, My Home Town, by Betty Lou Yuen, with the choreography her mother, Hazel Carter Yuen, taught me in the 1970s.
Producers of
Princess Kaiulani
