May Day Celebration at Waialua Elementary School

May Day in Hawaii is a HUGE deal. Almost every single school has some type of celebration. Because May 1st is usually during the state elementary testing time, the public schools put it off for a few weeks. Today was the celebration at Waialua Elementary. The theme was "50 years of statehood", looking at the past 50 years that Hawaii has been a state. It was so very, very neat. They had a May Day Court with princesses representing each island and a May Day Queen and King, kahili standard bearers and conch shell blowing. heres a discription of each photo:
the teachers danced the "Electric Slide" for the finale (the teacher I help, Heidi, is the one with the lei and sunglasses); 6th grade did a routine that looked like a half-time program;3rd grade performed a song about all the different types of food here; 2ndgrade did "Rock-A-Hula; 1st grade did a traditional Hawaiian song using shells; the big decoration, covered in ti leaves; our neighbor, Lulu with a flag; the Queen and King with the standard bearers; Kauai princess and her escourt; our 2nd grade princess; 2 of our 2nd grade girls presented the offerings; conch shell blowers; the queen and her court.

It was really a great morning. The rain stayed away until it was finished. Something so unique to Hawaii, celebrating the heritage of islands.