NATIVE SOUNDS DOWNTOWN: Hālau I Ka Wēkiu

Thursday, August 7, 2008, 5:30 p.m.

Bowling Green Cobblestone (NMAI Pavilion, if rain)

Led by kumu (teachers) Karl Veto Baker and Michael Lanakila Casupant, Hālau I Ka Wēkiu travels to New York from Pauoa, O'ahu, Hawai'i. Performing traditional hula, the group earned first place in the Male Kahiko Division of the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival in April 2007. This performance is supported in part by the Kauakoko Foundation and The Ford Foundation.