Hawaii photographer Jennifer Crites took the above photo of Hawaii hula dancers at Waikiki Beach, between Queen's Beach and the Hilton Hawaiian Village, at a very special event during the Aloha Festival in September last year. In 1996, hula dancers from Hawaii had set a new Guinness Book record for the 'Largest Hula Dance' with 3,500 dancers participating. Unfortunately, the record had dropped from the Guinness Book.The hula dancer photo shows you the attempt to set up a new record for the longest hula dancers line. In celebration of the 55th Waikiki Ho'olaule'a, Aloha Festivals will be breaking its Guinness Book of World Records by lining up 5,500 hula dancers in 2007, dancing to Andy Cummings "Waikiki" and Kimo Alama Keaulana's "Aloha Week Hula". On my search for more information on this longest hula dancer line, I came across some more beautiful photos on the longest hula line on Waikiki Beach. I love the photos of the keiki hula dancers! Honolulu Starbulletin reports about this exciting event or read more on GoHawaii visitors site.
Maybe Jennifer can tell us whether the attempted record was successful and our Hawaii longest hula dancer line is back in the Guinness Book of Records? Stay in touch with Best Hawaii Vacation Blog to hear Jennifer's answer. Mahalo and aloha, Pua Hawaii Vacations Hula Festival
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Have to share this with our Hawaii blog visitors - my favorite hula halau group is Sonny Ching hula halau! Do you have a certain hula halau in Hawaii you love best?
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Aloha Pua,
I just spoke with the Aloha Festivals office this morning and was told that the 2007 line of Hawaii hula dancers was documented at 2,900 strong--not enough to break the 3,500 hula dancers record set in 1998. That record, by the way, still holds and is in the 1998 Guinness Book of World Records. I'm sure Aloha Festivals will try again, so check the Aloha Festivals website at www.alohafestivals.com each August/September to see what events they have planned.
Aloha, and hope to see your readers in Hawaii soon,
Jennifer
Hi again Jennifer,
Thanks for immediate feedback on last year's attempt for a new record on 'longest hula dancer line' in the Guinness Book of record.
Even if they did not break their own record, just imagine 2900 hula dancers dancing on Waikiki Beach! That's worthwhile all the efforts by dancers and halaus.
Too bad that I missed that. Hey you belonged to the lucky ones and even took this great photo. We are looking forward to more Hawaii photos right here. Mahalo, Pua
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