Festival Director Report
Aaron J. Salā, PhD
20 May 2024

Order of Report• Programming• Operations• Security & Protocol• Marketing and Promotion• Community Engagement• Festival Village
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Programming• Waʻa Arrival Ceremony Program• Opening Ceremony Program• Registration Portal Events• Program Schedules on Website• Performance Schedule• Waʻa, Carving, Literature, Film
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12th FestPAC – Guam 2016

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11th FestPAC – Solomon Islands 2012Waʻa Arrival Ceremony
5:00 AM

Delegates and VIPs depart from Accommodation

6:00 AM

Delegates/VIPs on waʻa arrive at Mokapu

6:30 AM

Delegates/ VIPs begin boarding waʻa

7:00 AMWaʻa depart their moorings/docks
Delegates arrive to Kualoa Regional Park

8:00 AM

Waʻa Arrival - Hakipuʻu ʻOhana/ʻOhana WaʻaPūWaʻa arrival to shoreHoʻokupu Presentation

10:30 AM

Procession to the Ahu

11:00 AM

Ahu Protocol
Pū/Oli
Welcome Speech: Hakipuʻu ʻOhana
Speaker: ʻOhana Waʻa - Nainoa Thompson
Kākua Ceremony (performed by the Hakipuʻu ʻOhana)
Speaker: FestPAC Representative
Key Note: Nainoa Thompson
ʻOli Kuamoʻo - Iwi o Kuʻu Iwi
Pū

12:30 PM

ʻAina Awakea (Lūʻau Luncheon)

2:00 PM

Guest departures begin

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12th FestPAC – Guam 2016

Ecumenical Service
Sunday, 09 June 2024, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Stan Sheriff Center, UH Mānoa• Planning Committee:• Kahu Ken Makuakāne• Kahu Rennie Mau• Kahu Wendell Davis• Tamā Toeaina FaleluaPhotography by Manny Crisostomo
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Opening Ceremony
3:30 PMPrelude – Royal Hawaiian Band

4:00 PM

Traditional Protocol – Lālākea Foundation
Pule

4:10 PM

Welcome of Hawaiʻi Guests

4:20 PMMusical Selection – Royal Hawaiian Band

4:23 PM

Traditional Protocol

4:43 PM

Parade of Nations

7:52 PM

Introduction of Governor – Commission Chair

7:54 PM

Welcome Speech – Governor, First Lady

8:00 PM

Traditional Dance

8:05 PM

Welcome Speech – SPC

8:11 PM

Traditional Dance

8:16 PM

Keynote Speech – Festival Director

8:26 PM

Traditional Dance

8:40 PMPau

Delegation InfoCountry

Artistic Delegation

Self-FundedVIPs

CountryAmerican Samoa

10030

2

Australia

71

C. Northern Mariana Islands

100

Cook Islands

93

Federated States of Micronesia

100Fiji82

French Polynesia

100Guam

100

55
410

Artistic Delegation

Self-FundedVIPs

Niue

100

835Norfolk Island

28

5Palau100

2537Papua New Guinea

100

50

127

Pitcairn Islands

18Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

100

0Samoa87

33Solomon Islands

50

2Taiwan66

2Tokelau

28

5Hawaiʻi

12Kiribati

49

Marshall Islands

91

3Tonga40

2Nauru73

5Tuvalu

43

3

New Zealand

100

3Wallis and Futuna

70

5

Artistic Delegation Count

101,873

Total Count2,173

Operations• Accommodations• Room Assignments• Transportation• VIPs – Consular Corps• Accreditation• Credentials to be printed upon arrival
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11th FestPAC – Solomon Islands 2012

Security and Protocol• DHS Security Assessments for large events• Waʻa Arrival Ceremony• Opening Ceremony• Ecumenical Service• Closing Ceremony• Security Working Group update

Marketing and Promotion• Star-Advertiser Insert (36-pages, 02 June)• Event Streaming - Hawaiʻi News Now• Press Releases• Venues, Expo, Volunteer

Community Engagement• Volunteer Training• May 23rd, 9:30am – 12:30pm• May 25th, 9am – 12pm
• Virtual Options• Opening/Closing Ceremonies Rehearsal• Lālākea Foundation, May 17th – 19th

• Community Town Halls• Consular Corps Meeting (5/16)

Festival Village• Festival Village• Completion of tree felling and timber harvest (DLNR)• Preparations for installment beginning 31 May 2024#festpac13

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