Star-Bulletin
Bon dance the night away!

Bon dance season begins

Dust off your hapi coats--it's obon season again. Waipahu Cultural Garden Park begins the four-month celebration of the dead Saturday.

Festivities begin with a short service and description of obon by the Rev. Shotoshima of Waipahu Hongwanji at 4:45 p.m. Following the opening remarks, several groups will perform different bon dances. Scheduled are Aiea Taiheiji Yagura Gumi, 5:30 and 9:30 p.m.; Waipahu Hongwanji, 6 and 8:30 p.m.; Hawaii Matsuri Taiko, 6:30 p.m.; Young Okinawans, 7 and 9 p.m.; Iwakuni Dance Group, 7:30 p.m.; and Yamada Dance Group, 8 p.m. The public is welcome to join the dancing but hapi coats are requested.

Nondancers can enjoy the entertainment while munching on fried noodles, senbei, saimin or andagi. Pre-ordered bentos will also be available at $5 each.

To order a bento, or for other information, call 677-0110.

Star-Bulletin
Such historic Chinatown structures as the Wo Fat
Restaurant building, above, will be the focus of
a series of public forums.

Appreciate historic
Chinatown

Honolulu's historic Chinatown district is the subject of a architectural-preservation field school by the University of Hawaii this summer and a primary feature of the Historic Fun Run/Walk this Sunday morning.

It's also the subject of "Chinatown Revisited: Its Heritage and Culture," a series of public forums sponsored by the University's Historic Preservation Program, the Hawaii Heritage Center and the State of Hawaii Historic Preservation Division.

The forums are 10 a.m. to noon June 6 and 20 on the second floor of Maunakea Marketplace, and 7 to 9 p.m. June 17 in Room No. 323, Moore Hall at the University. Free. Information: 521-2749.

Leeward Community College Theatre
Los Pleneros de la 21 performs at 8 p.m. tomorrow.

Enjoy sounds of
Puerto Rico

Los Pleneros de la 21, Puerto Rican musicians, dancers and artisans perform the bomba and plena, 8 p.m. tomorrow at Leeward Community College Theatre.

Tickets are $10-$15, and are available at the University of Hawaii-Manoa Campus Center, Harry's Music Store, Mercado de la Rasa and the Hispanic Center.

Call 956-8242 for more information.

---

Write to Features, Honolulu Star-Bulletin,
P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu, HI 96802
or send a fax to 523-8509
or E-mail to features@starbulletin.com.
Please include your phone number.