Women dancers at a Pacific University Luau

Title

Women dancers at a Pacific University Luau

Description

Female students performing a Hawaiian dance at a Pacific University Lu'au. On the original slide, a penciled note identifies the image as dating from 1963, which was one of the earliest of the annual Lu'aus. That year, the event was held in the Forest Grove High School gym. This image, however, appears to have been taken in another location, possibly in Pacific's Washburne Hall, which did not open until fall 1964. This image likely dates from sometime between 1965-1969.

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_474

Date

1965/1969

Date Created

1965-1969

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