Princess dancer at the 1964 Luau

Title

Princess dancer at the 1964 Luau

Description

A dancer at Pacific University's annual Lu'au in 1964, with several other performers standing in the background. The image appears to show a part of the annual event called the "Royal Court," in which several students representing the King (wearing a yellow cape) and Queen (wearing white) of Hawaii witnessed dances performed by Princesses (each wearing a different colored dress), who representing the various islands of Hawaii. A note on the original slide identifies the participants as: Dayton Arruda (the King, Class of 1967); Shirley Ann Kapuniai (the Queen); Karen Sato; Lynette; and [Lorrie?]. This event, one of the earliest of Pacific's annual Luaus, took place in the Forest Grove High School gym.

Pacific University began hosting an annual Lu'au in 1961. Student members of Na Haumana O Hawai'i (Hawaiian Club) organized and performed in the event, raising money for scholarships. The Lu'au included a dinner, sales of leis and other products flown in from Hawai'i, and performances of Pacific island dances. The Lu'au is normally held on the second Saturday in April in Washburne Hall. The name of the event was changed to Lu'au and Ho'ike in 2019.

Identifier

PUA_LuauSlides_477

Date

1964

Subject

Luaus

Student Activities

Pacific University

Spatial Coverage

Forest Grove, Oregon

Format

slides

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Source

Pacific University Archives

Date Created

May 2, 1964