Posted at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 01, 2001
Lei expert Brian Choy wins overall award
Advertiser Staff
Brian Choy, a frequent winner of the Honolulu Lei Making Contest, scored again as the overall winner of the city's annual lei competition today at Kapiolani Park.
Choy won the Mayor's Grand Prize and four other first-place awards in different color lei categories.
Other winners of multiple awards include Bill Char, Happy Tamanaha, Muriel Kaya, Norberto Cabugon, Jr. and Randy Akau.
Nearly 100 lei were entered in this year's lei contest. They will go on display tomorrow on the grass at the Mauna'ala, 2261 Nuuanu Ave., where members of the Hawaiian royalty are buried.
A short ceremony is scheduled at 9 a.m.
Here are the full results of the 2001 lei contest:
Category
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
4th Place
5th Place
Mayor's Grand Prize
Brian Choy
Theme Lei
Muriel Kaya
Bill Char
Suzan Harada
Neck lei: Blue/Violet
Brian Choy
Norberto Cabugon Jr.
Bill Char
Neck lei: Green
Brian Choy
Happy Tamanaha
Bill Char
Neck lei: Red
Happy Tamanaha
Malia Nobrega
Bill Char
Neck lei: Pink
Muriel Kaya
Happy Tamanaha
Norberto Cabugon Jr.
Neck lei: White
Brian Choy
Bill Char
Norberto Cabugon Jr.
Neck lei: Yellow/Orange
Bill Char
Norberto Cabugon Jr.
Happy Tamanaha
Mixed lei
Charlene Choy
Muriel Kaya
Randy Akau
Hat lei
Brian Choy
Reynold Choy
Randy Akau
Honey Justmen
Aloha Liborio
