Maori-style performance at "Frosh Dance"

Title

Maori-style performance at "Frosh Dance"

Description

A male performer at a microphone, standing in front of a group of Pacific University students and parents, who are performing a Maori-style dance in October, 1967. A note on the back of a matching slide identifies this event as having occurred at a "Frosh Dance" on campus. The dancers are wearing piupiu skirts. The performance was likely organized by the students' Hawaiian Club, Haumana O Hawai'i.

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_673

Date

1967

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

Oct 1967