Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-19
DANCES Of MANY
nations Will BE
Shown MONDAY
Palace Grounds win Be Riot OF
Color and Blare of Sound on
Opening Carnival Night
ILLUMINATloNS WILL BE
BEST YET ATTEMPTED HERE

Everything is now ready for the
bali OF all nations. the big event plan
ned for the opening day OF the Mid
Pacific Carnival next Monday. The
finishing touches were put on the pro-
gram at Wednesdays meeting of the
subcommittee In charge of the nation
al dances. Chairman James A. Dun
bar heaved big sigh OF relief when
the last shoal was passed and the pro-
iect appeared to have been fairly
launched at last. -. -. Fl. -.s..s...
The national dances. or the dances
of the nations, is to be feature OF the
ball in the Capitol grounds. At last
nights meeting II was decided that
announcement could be made of the
securing of seven dances. and the pos
sibility that the program win contain
others. Those already listed and sure
are the American. English. Spanish,
Irish. Dutch, Scottish and the Portu-
guese. Those for which the commit
tee still hopes are ''the war dance Of
the Marshall Islands" a particularly
weird. fantastic dance, the Russian
an dthe Japanese.
The Scottish dances viii be nIayed
for with the real bagpipe, and they
will include the Highland fling, of
course. and the almost equally famous
sword dance
Dancing on Big Stage.
These dances will be given on
stage to be erected at one end Of the
music pavilion in the Capitol grounds,
and as the performers are giving their
services free the public will De given
the chance of seeing some fancy dane
ing without cost.
The, committee. after some trouble.
finally decided upon schedule of
time for the different events Il the
ball Of all nations. s9r. Dunbar glv n
out the following: The h0i6efs OF
seat coupons, which are on sale 1T q
cents. will be admitted ut the Hotel
street gate Of the grounds at o'clock.
The gate of the Richards sire Il en-
trance will be thrown opeE to the
general public at Ills and the parade
will appear at quarter past 5 o'clock,
or about Is minutes after Il feayes
Aala park. The ball will be set In
motion 10 minutes after the parade
appears, or about s:25. The slogan
of the evening will be keep TO the
IL 10 uupcu that Cbcay OnC
will remember this as II VIII tend to
prevent confusion.
Times For Big Events.
The time scheduled for the events
within the grounds was also decided
upon. The moving picture show over
by the Likelike street entran g will be
thrown open at 7:39 o'clock and will
last until 9:15. The national dances
will begin at $3.50 o'clock, after the
ball has been opened, and the vaIde-
vile show viii open at $3.50 and last
for an hour and half There are
to be eight turns in this show. The
ball will be over at midnight.
There is to be individual dancing in
the grounds, and the bandstand inAEW
play the part Of master afeereu0nhs,
and will be The. |iRf ON the
grounds. I'd ,the ce-
r1ent walks40 ~ an0v|1ll
dance, always Remembering the -
gan, keep to the right" around the
pavilion. There will be no charge for
dancing, and no charge for watching
the other dancers.
The grounds are to be Illuminated
through the courtesy OF the Hawaiian
Electric Company largely. The front
OF the Capitol building Is to be ablaze
With electrics. and under the spread
ing trees there are to be hung dag
onals of electric lights. The band,
stand also is to be brilliantly lighted,
so that there will be no chance for
gloom.
The ushers will be noR-commisson-
ed officers from the regular army"
said Mr.. Dunbar, and they are going
to cooperate with the city police, so
that everything win be orderly and
happy 1t is going to be the biggest
Of the events OF the Carnival In my