Luau performers scrambled to their rehearsal positions with the playful, nimble sound of the ukelele on one side of the room and the mighty beats of tribal drums on the other. Each year, the Luau is a ...

MISSION VIEJO – Leilua Hula School of Rancho Santa Margarita hosted its second annual luau at the Norman P. Murray Community Center in Mission Viejo. The luau, held Friday, included a traditional ...

Straw huts, hula dancers and children playing with hula hoops turned the White House's backyard into Hawaii yesterday - not the typical congressional picnic. President Barack Obama wanted it this way ...

PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- Just last year, more than 100 seniors hula danced and ate their way through the Pascagoula Senior Center's annual Hawaiian luau, which is one of the most anticipated events ...

MAUI, Hawaii – Clipped into hair and strung into leis, fresh plumerias fill the banquet hall with a sweet scent. Soon, the dim stage lights brighten and the audience quiets. A group of 10 or so ...

The blowing of the conch shell horn announced the beginning of the 4th annual End of Summer Luau hosted by the Winnetka Park District on Friday evening at Lloyd Beach in Winnetka. The family-friendly ...

Decades before Hawaii would join the United States, there Hawaiian Room was already bringing the spirit of aloha to New York at the Hotel Lexington. Though it’s been closed since 1966, the famous hula ...

What would a trip to Hawaii be without a luau? We may never find out: Each island offers a plethora of the traditional feasts. The components may be similar -- a buffet of traditional Hawaiian and ...

GULF SHORES, Alabama-- A sold-out crowd of more than 300 visitors fired up their Memorial Day holiday weekend Saturday night at the Gulf State Park Beach Luau. The crowd enjoyed a buffet dinner ...

Reporting from Honolulu — “We bend our knees to humble oneself,” my kumu, or hula teacher, said as the eight women swayed their hips. I had been taking hula classes in Northern California for months, ...

Hula O Na Keiki is Maui's only hula competition for children that seeks to perpetuate Hawaiian culture The competition pushes students to reflect on what it means to be Hawaiian and practice hula, an ...