The Ke Kukui Foundation, a Vancouver nonprofit Hawaiian cultural group, has won a $20,000 grant for its annual Three Days of Aloha festival.
The summer fair in Esther Short Park combines language, arts and crafts and music education. Master instructors from Hawaii lead workshops for as many as 200 participants over the first two days. The third day sees as many as 10,000 members of the public treated to live dance, music and cultural performances developed in those workshops.
The event is set for July 2011 in Esther Short Park. You can learn more at http://www.hawaiianfestivalpnw.com.
The granting agency is the Native Arts & Cultures Foundation (http://nativeartsandcultures.org), also based in Vancouver. It supports American Indian, Alaskan Native and Hawaiian arts and cultures.
