The
Merrie Monarch Festival
will run from April
12-18, 2009.
 The
week-long festivities begin with a Ho'olaulea (music festival)
at the Hilo Civic Center on April 12, 2009 and continues all
week with free noon-day entertainment at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel and Naniloa Volcanoes Resort. On Wednesday, there
is a free exhibition night at the Edith Kanaka'ole Tennis Stadium
that begins at 6:30 p.m. Thursday is the solo Miss Aloha Hula
Competition, Friday and Saturday are the group Kahiko (Ancient)
and 'Auana (Modern) hula competitions. There are arts and crafts
fairs on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at several locations.
The big Merrie Monarch Royal Parade winds through downtown Hilo
at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Except for the hula competition, the
events are free.
For
the 2009 ticket request information,
contact the Merrie Monarch Festival Office. You will need to mail
in your request along with a money order or cashier's check for
tickets to the Merrie Monarch Festival Office no sooner than December
26, 2008. The festival committee will return any request received
prior to Christmas. Ticket requests are filled in the order they
are received. Should we be unable to honor your original  request,
please state whether or not an alternate seating section or General
Admission would be acceptable. You can only purchase two sets
of tickets. A set consists of two or three night's admission for
one person. If your group is larger than two people, please have
your members send in their own ticket requests.
Merrie
Monarch Festival Office
101 Aupuni Street, Suite 1014-A1
Hilo, HI 96720 Phone:
(808) 935-9168
Fax: (808) 969-3058
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