Merrie Monarch Festival 2004 | The Honolulu Advertiser

Festival was April 11-17
Hula competition was April 15-17

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Official Merrie Monarch Festival Web site

The Advertiser's Wanda A. Adams was in Hilo for this year's 41st Annual Merrie Monarch Festival, which began last Sunday and ran through Saturday. Read her daily reports from the festival here online.

MERRIE MONARCH IN PHOTOS
•	First gallery
•	Second gallery
•	Miss Aloha Hula gallery

MERRIE MONARCH DIARY
•	Day Six 'Walk in, hula out'
•	Day Five The party's almost over
•	Day Four Spotting trends at Miss Aloha Hula
•	Day Three Scenes from the rehearsal
•	Day Two, evening Crowd goes wild over Ho'ike
•	Day Two, morning Going off on a food tangent
•	Day One Hilo ka piko hula

MERRIE MONARCH 2004
•	Kohala halau triumphant in return to Merrie Monarch
•	Complete festival results
•	Ho'ike kicks off festival
•	Getting there is half the dance

MISS ALOHA HULA
•	Miss Aloha Hula 2004 'was already a winner'
•	Competition results

Natasha Mahealani Akau, 21, of Kaimuki, won the title of Miss Aloha Hula Thursday night as competition began at the 41st Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo. It was the second year in a row the winner came from Sonny Ching's Halau Na Mamo 'O Pu'uanahulu.

Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser

Merrie Monarch Festival 2004

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