Waimea Town Celebration 2012 Schedule
The Waimea Town Celebration schedule for February 18, 24 and 25, 2012. Visitors to the islands will find a family-style atmosphere where they are welcome to share and get to know a community that has been well known for its hospitality long before the anchoring of Cook’s ships “Resolution” and “Discovery” in 1778.
Kilohana Long Distance Canoe Race
Saturday, February 18
Traditional Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe Racing along the Waimea shoreline. One of the signature events of the WTC and the first event of the Garden Island Canoe Racing Association season. Start times for the races Saturday morning – 9am for women, 10:30 am for men. Finished around 11:30. Visible from the shore at Waimea near the Pier.
Live Hawaiian Music
Friday February 24 entertainment begins at 5:00pm and lasts until 11:30pm.
Saturday February 25 all day and into the night.
Mountain Ball Tournament
Friday, Saturday & Sunday February 24-26
Great play starting at 6pm Friday at the Waimea Athletic Field on the corner of Huakai and Hwy 50. Action resumes at 8am on Saturday & Sunday at Waimea Athletic Field and H.P. Faye Park in Kekaha. No admission for spectators.
Captain Cook Caper Fun Run
Saturday, February 25
10, 5, & 2k Run with a start time of 7am, Saturday morning. Race takes place on the highway with the start line for 10k race at the Navy Housing Gate, 5k at Kekaha Neighborhood Center, and the 2k at Kikiaola Boat Harbor entrance.
Ukulele Contest
Saturday, February 25
Amateur strummers show their stuff with Hawai’i's favorite stringed instrument on the main stage at the Waimea Town Celebration. Starts at 1 pm. Grand Prize includes a brand new Ukulele.
Lei Contest
Friday & Saturday, February 24 & 25
Creativity reigns as children and adults show off their lei contest entries exhibited Friday from noon to 9:00 pm and Saturday, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm at the West Kaua’i Technology & Visitor Center. Awards ceremony at 3:30 pm Saturday.
Waimea Round-Up Rodeo
Friday thru Sunday February 24 – 26
Events take place behind the old Waimea Dairy (between Waimea & Kekaha). Saturday Grand entry and flag ceremony with recognition of the Hall of Fame Cowboys starts at noon and features many of our revered paniolo. Fun events from Steer Roping and Po’owaiu to Barrel Racing. Refreshments available. Bring sunscreens, hats and enjoy the family fun for the afternoon.
Ice Cream Eating Contest
Saturday, February 25
Age groups from young to old compete vie for the title of the fastest ice cream eaters in the west in front of the Waimea Town Celebration Stage starting at noon.
Waimea Theatre Benefit Silent Auction
Saturday, February 25
Silent Auction from 11am to 9pm at the Waimea Town Celebration Information Booth. Gift baskets, unique items, and island activities for residents and visitors to bid on.
3-on-3 Basketball Tournament
Friday & Saturday February 24 & 25
Great play starting at 6pm Friday at the Waimea Athletic Field Basketball Courts
Waimea Town Celebration 2012
The Waimea Town Celebration 2012 will take place on February 24 and 25. This Kauai festival is filled with aloha and the unique character of the town who hosts more than 10,000 people in two days of non-stop events. The purpose of the Waimea Town Celebration is to give West Kauai schools, clubs and non-profits a chance to raise funds.
Events are scattered over a two mile area and include an Hawaiian Outrigger canoe race (Saturday, Feb 18th), Hawaiian Cowboy rodeo events, Film Festival and cultural events at the Historic Waimea Theater, a 2k, 5k and 10k Fun Run, a Mountain Ball Tournament, swim meet, ice cream eating contest, ukulele contests, and a 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. There will be continuous island entertainment with loads of food, beer garden, craft & game booths, lei contest, and cultural demonstrations. Free live entertainment featuring up-and-coming greats of Hawaiian music until 11 pm on stage both nights.
Waimea Town is Kauai’s most ancient settlement and a capital from ancient Hawaiian days. Its history encompasses the turbulence of post European contact starting with the first landing in Hawaii of Captain James Cook, to a dramatic stand-off of King Kamehameha’s superior forces by Kauai’s King Kaumualii, to Russian empire builders, whalers, missionaries, and sugarcane farmers.
Aloha Shirt Postage Stamps
Postage stamps picturing colorful Aloha shirts will go on sale at U.S. Postal Service offices around the country. The stamps also will be available online at www.usps.com. The aloha shirt stamps will be 29 cent postcard stamps.
Nothing says “Hawai‘i” or conjures casual good times like the colorful Aloha shirt, which takes its name from the Hawaiian word often used as a blessing or greeting. The U.S. Postal Service celebrates the spirit of “Aloha” with five stamps, each depicting a different shirt. Aloha shirts are made from boldly patterned fabric showing decorative images of Hawaiian life. Two of the five classic shirts depicted in the stamp art showcase surfers and their boards; one shows fossil fish, shells, and sea stars; another shows a tropical flower known as the bird of paradise; and one shows Kilauea, a volcano on the Big Island of Hawai‘i.
Waipa Kalo Festival 2011
The Waipa Kalo Festival will be December 9, 10 and 11 on the North Shore of Kauai.
Friday
6:00 pm – Kalo Movie Night
Movies, talk story and potluck at Waipa. Bring your favorite kalo or lu`au dish.
Saturday
10:00 am to 4:00 pm – Ho`olaule`a
In the big field at Waipa. Food and craft booths, entertainment, contests and competitions, keiki activities, tours, educational displays, biggest kalo competition, a cooking contest, lo`i tours, keiki kalo art contest, and workshops…all about kalo. Fabulous entertainment will include live music and presentations throughout the day.
Sunday
9:00 am to 12:30 pm – Workshop
Kalo varieties workshop and tasting followed by lunchtime pa`ina at Limahuli Garden.
The Waipa Foundation is a community-based nonprofit, whose mission is to restore the health and abundance of the 1,600 acre Waipa watershed, through the creation of a Hawaiian community center and learning center. To accomplish it’s mission and goals, the foundation has created programs, curriculum, and activities which utilize and maintain those learning sites.
In ancient times, ahupua’a were sustainable communities that originated in the interdependence between the land and the people. Such was a mutuality in which use of land, water and economic, social and cultural choices flourished in balance. Today, Waipa is a place where Hawaiians and community can renew ties to the ‘aina (land and resources), the culture and a more traditional lifestyle; a place to create assets and opportunities for more culturally relevant teaching, sharing, learning and living; and a place to work toward bringing health, vibrance, and pono to our land, resources, and community.
Lights On Rice Parade 2011
Join Kauai at the Lights On Rice Parade and the most prominent craft fair on Friday, December 2. Starting at 11:00 am at the Kauai Museum is one of the longest running craft fairs. Shop at the season’s most popular event while supporting local crafters. Inside the Museum until 6:00 pm you can browse the bake and preserve sale, membership booth, and the gift shop with exquisite gifts.
The annual parade starts at 6:00 pm at Vidinha Stadium and winds its way up Rice Street to Eiwa Street then ends at the Historic County building for the annual Lighting Ceremony. Community members and businesses light themselves up for this grand parade to honor the holiday season. The opening ceremony from 6:00 to 6:30 pm features the Kauai Chorale and Santa and Mrs. Claus arriving in a historic carriage dating from 1912 courtesy of Kauai Horse and Carriage.
Dazzling lights will illuminate the Historic County Building Park, which has been restored to its original splendor featuring historic colors and unique architectural features. Built in 1913, it is the oldest continually operating county building in the State of Hawaii.
Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival 2011
This year, the Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival is being staged on four islands – Oahu, the Big Island, Maui, and Kauai. On Kauai, the festival will take place at Hilton Kauai Beach Resort and Spa on Nov 20th from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm, and will feature some of Hawaii’s finest Slack Key Guitarists who are known statewide and internationally.
Musicians slated for the festival’s performance lineup include: Ledward “Led” Kaapana, Makana, Stephen Inglis, Keale, John Keawe, Dennis Kamakahi, John Cruz, Michael Kaawa, Hiikua, Brother Noland, LT Smooth, Bobby Moderow, Patrick Landeza, and Donald Kaulia. Also, at the festival will be food booths featuring some of Hawaii’s favorite local foods, island crafters, exhibits, festival merchandise and informational booths by different community groups.
The Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival is grounded in aloha and the love of the music – drawn from the heart and soul and out through the fingers of each player. Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, or ki-hoalu, which simply means “loosen the key,” in the Hawaiian language, is a solo finger-picked style that’s unique to Hawaii. It originated here in the 19th century with Hawaii cowboys (paniolo). Strings (or keys) are “slacked” to produce major chord, or a chord with a major seventh note, or sometimes one with a sixth note in it. Each tuning produces a lingering sound behind the melody and has characteristic resonance and fingering.
