Woman with yellow orchids at the Luau

Title

Woman with yellow orchids at the Luau

Description

A woman with a lei, identified on the original slide as "Daisy," holding what appear to be yellow orchids at Pacific University's annual Lu'au circa 1969-1970. She is likely the relative of a Pacific University student who was performing in the Lu'au. The parents of Hawaiian students would ship fresh flowers via from Hawai'i each year for this event, which were used as decorations or sold as concessions.

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_270

Date

1969/1970

Date Created

1969-1970

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