The 11th Annual East-Maui Taro Festival
March 28, 29 and 30, 2003   Hana, Maui

Bridging with Aloha, Lokahi, Laulima and Hana

Crowd shrugs off rain at East Maui Taro Festival
Hundreds enjoy silver lining of old friends, good food at event
The Maui News, March 30, 2003

FRIDAY, March 28, 2003 9AM AT HANA BAY * Polynesian Voyaging Canoe Makali‘i * Commemorative Shirt Sales 10:00AM - 4:00PM HANA CULTURAL CENTER Open House and Cultural Demonstrations 5:30PM AT HANA BAY Symposium with: * Tweetie Lind, Kipahulu 'Ohana * Kupuna Daisy Lind * Lisa Raymond, Maui Nui Botanical Gardens * Taro Geneticist Dr. Jon Cho * Akoni Akana, Friends of Moku‘ula * Hawaiian Food (charge)	SATURDAY, March 29, 2003 9AM-5PM ALL-DAY FESTIVAL AT HANA BALL PARK * Opening Pule * Taro Farmers * Poi Making Demonstrations in Agriculture Tent * Talk Story * Ono Hawaiian Food * Farmers' Market * Pa‘ina Tent * Information Tent * Hawaiian Arts & Crafts * Music * Mele * Chant * Hula Halau Hula O Aluanu * Richard Hoopii * Miss Aloha Hula (former) Tracy Farias Lopes and Lehua Ke`a * Noenoe Maidens * Tolentino Ohana * Raiatea Helm * Noe Akima Halau * Boy Kanae and more!   NOTICE: Additional parking across from Hotel Hana Maui. 6PM - 9:30PM AT HANA BAY DRUG FREE DANCE/Hana Youth Center	SUNDAY, March 30, 2003 7AM-10:30AM AT HANA BALL PARK * Taro Pancake Breakfast (charge) 10AM-4PM AT HANA CULTURAL CENTER * Open House 10AM AT HANA BALL PARK * Presentation by A‘O A‘O Fishpond 12:00 NOON - 2:00PM AT KAHANU GARDENS, ULAINO * Tour of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, Viewing and Interpretation of Piilanihale Heiau TUESDAY, April 1, 2003 1:00PM - 2:00PM IN KIPAHULU Taro Patch Hike with Kipahulu 'Ohana
FREE ADMISSION	A Drug and Alcohol- Free Event	Purchases of EMTF commemorative shirts help to pay for Festival expenses. Mahalo.
SPONSORED BY THE MANY FRIENDS OF THE EAST-MAUI TARO FESTIVAL COUNTY OF MAUI * HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY * HOTEL HANA-MAUI East-Maui Taro Festival, Inc. • PO Box 295, Hana, Hawai‘i 96713 For information, call 808-375-3317 or email info@tarofestival.org. East Maui Taro Festival Committee: JoAnn Ahuna (264-3236)     Festival Coordinator, Food Vendor     Co-Chair, T-shirt Sales Co-Chair Kuulei Haina (248-3363)     Vice-President, Food Vendor     Co-Chair, T-shirt Sales Co-Chair Tweetie Lind (248-8974)     Secretary, Farmer's Market Chair,     Symposium Co-Chair Judy Kinser (264-1553)     Treasurer, Art Contest Chair Kanani Kahalehoe (248-8012)     Program Chair, Arts & Crafts     Co-Chair, Makali`i Canoe Coordinator Mike Minn (248-8367)     Information Tent Chair Lucinda Estrella     Arts & Crafts Co-Chair Maria Orr (375-3317)     President, Historian, Symposium Co-Chair,     Festival T-shirt Sales, Field-trip Coordinator Scott Crawford: Website Designer

East Maui Taro Festival, Inc.
P.O. Box 295
Hana, Hawaii 96713

For scheduling and information call 808-375-3317.

E-mail: info@tarofestival.org

www.TaroFestival.org