The Merrie Monarch Festival will run from April 4-10, 2010. The week-long festivities begin with a Ho'olaulea (music festival) at the Afook Chinen Civic Auditorium on April 4, 2010 and continues all week with free noon-day entertainment at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel and Naniloa Volcanoes Resort. On Wednesday, there is a free exhibition night at the Edith Kanaka'ole Tennis Stadium that begins at 6:30 p.m. Thursday is the solo Miss Aloha Hula Competition, Friday and Saturday are the group Kahiko (Ancient) and 'Auana (Modern) hula competitions. The arts and crafts fair is held from Wednesday through Saturday at the Afook Chinen Civic Auditorium. The big Merrie Monarch Royal Parade winds through downtown Hilo at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Except for the hula competition, the events are free. For the 2010 ticket request information, contact the Merrie Monarch Festival Office. You will need to mail in your request along with a money order or cashier's check for tickets to the Merrie Monarch Festival Office no sooner than December 26, 2009. The festival committee will return any request received prior to Christmas. Ticket requests are filled in the order they are received. Should we be unable to honor your original request, please state whether or not an alternate seating section or General Admission would be acceptable. You can only purchase two sets of tickets. A set consists of two or three night's admission for one person. If your group is larger than two people, please have your members send in their own ticket requests. Event Locations: Edith Kanaka‘ole Tennis Stadium 350 Kalanikoa Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Afook Chinen Civic Auditorium 323 Manono Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Merrie Monarch Festival Office 865 Piilani Street Hilo, HI 96720 Phone: (808) 935-9168 Fax: (808) 969-3058

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