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On O'ahu

Celebrations fit for a king: The Outrigger Waikiki honors King David Kalakaua with the following events:

• 20th Annual Slack Key Guitar Festival, Aug. 18. Slack Key guitar workshops given by Hawai'i masters will be held Aug. 16-17 at the hotel.
• Traditional Hawaiian Healing, July 19, Oct. 17 and Nov. 16.
• Tropical Flowers, third Thursday of each month; tips on tropical flowers, native plants and seasonal arrangements.
• Hawai'i All-Collectors show at Blaisdell Exhibition Hall.
• Celebration of Duke Kahanamoku's birthday Aug. 24. Activities Aug. 20-25 include vintage surfboard display, commemorative USPS Duke stamp, Hawai'i Olympic Swimmers Exhibit and Waikiki's beachboys.
• Aloha Festival, Sept. 13-22
• Kumula'au-Arbor Month, Hawaiian Style. Presentations on Hawai'i's plants and trees, Nov. 1-22.
• King Kalakaua's birthday celebration, Nov. 16, with a display of the last reigning monarch personal items.

Information on events: 923-0711.

On the Big Island

Cowboy commotion: Hawai'i cowboys (paniolo) will gather for the 40th year on July 4 to celebrate Parker Ranch's Fourth of July Horse Races and Rodeo. The 40th anniversary Independence Day tradition will be held at the Parker Ranch Rodeo Arena in Waimea, entertaining visitors and residents alike with rodeo events, horse races, festival food and more.

The celebration kicks off at 9 a.m. with a grand entry parade spotlighting retired Parker Ranch employees. Then, paniolo from Parker Ranch, as well as 10 other Big Island ranches, jump into action competing against each other in a bounty of traditional rodeo events, including relay horse races, team-sorting, double mugging, dally team roping and more.

Children can participate in pony rides and a petting zoo. The action concludes at high noon. Cost is $5 per person.

Parker Ranch rodeo grounds are 37 miles by car from Kona and 57 miles from Hilo on Highway 190. Information: (808) 885-2303, www.parkerranch.com.

On Maui

Rooms galore: The addition to Maui's award-winning bed & breakfast, The Old Wailuku Inn at Ulupono, opened in March. Rates are $140 a night for the Pua Kenikeni and Plumeria Rooms and $160 a night for the Miulana Room. All rates include full gourmet breakfast. The Inn is at 2199 Kaho'okele St., Wailuku. (808) 244-5897, (800) 305-4899, www.mauiinn.com