Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives is excited to announce the return of our Mele Program, on hiatus since 2019. Join us on a musical journey in the footsteps of Queen Emma’s circumnavigation of Oʻahu in 1875 featuring the musicians and dancers of Hālau Mele, Kumu Sam ʻOhu Gon III and Kumu Mahealani Wong, and Hālau Hula Kamamolikolehua, Kumu Pohai Souza.
The program will be held on the beautiful Kahua Hoʻokipa Stage at the Hawaiian Mission Houses, 553 S. King St., Honolulu, HI 96813, on the Waikīkī side of Kawaiahaʻo Church. Seating will open at 5:30pm and the program will start at 6:30pm. Tickets are $40 per person. There will be a cash bar with beer, wine, water, and soft drinks. Tickets and more information available at https://missionhouses.org/upcoming-events/.
In 1875, Queen Emma journeyed around Oʻahu following her election loss to David Kalākaua. The arrangements were made by John Adams Kuakini Cummins to travel around Oʻahu starting at her home in Honolulu around through Makapuʻu, up the windward side of the island from Waimānalo to Kahuku, then through Waialua, Wahiawa, Moanalua, and back to her home. The entire journey took 3 weeks and was filled with entertainments hosted by prominent friends and officials. Through the mele, oli, and hula presented by the two hālau, we will present some of the important places and the stories of those places as we follow Queen Emma around Oʻahu.