Merrie Monarch

We had a great time enjoying the Merrie Monarch festival! The show we went to Thursday night was the Miss Aloha Hula contest. There were 12 girls competing, it lasted until after 11 pm, and was fantastic! Each girl performed two different types of hula and was unlike anything we had ever experienced before. We tried taking pictures and you can kind of see what it was like, but none of them were very clear because they were constantly moving! Of course, it IS the hula!







We found out about the Merrie Monarch parade on Saturday morning, so we headed to downtown Hilo and enjoyed it so much! You know how I (Kamma) love parades! :) Take a look at the slide show and see some of what we saw…sort of like Missouri Day meets Hawaii!

We were invited to take a trip up Mauna Kea (the biggest mountain here on the Big Island) on Saturday afternoon/evening, but I will write about that and post pictures later on…