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Hula instructor Kawehi Punahele with children at the Disney Polynesian Resort in Orlando, Florida.

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FS019836

Photographer

Stone, Robert L., 1944-

Date

1998

Date Note

Photographed on January 24, 1998.

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Folklife collection
Series 1577, Asian/Pacific Islands Survey 1998

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

General Note

Accompanying note: "All young dancers are [Auntie Kaui] Brandt's students. Students are the children of Disney employees (performers, etc.). Taken at monthly open house at Disney Poly. Resort".

Hula instructor Kawehi Punahele with children at the Disney Polynesian Resort in Orlando, Florida.

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Hula instructor Kawehi Punahele with children at the Disney Polynesian Resort in Orlando, Florida.

Subject

International dances

Dances

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Orange County--Orlando

Entertainment

Community culture--Florida--Orange County--Orlando

Ethnicity, Polynesian

Projects, Instate

Folklife and folklore projects

Polynesian dances

Resorts--Florida--Orange County--Orlando

Ethnic arts

Pacific Islanders

Pacific Islander Americans

Polynesians

Children--Florida--Orange County--Orlando

Men--Florida--Orange County--Orlando

Dance teachers

Hula teachers

Dancers

Hula dancers

Performing arts--Florida--Orange County--Orlando

Amusements--Florida--Orange County--Orlando

Dance--Polynesia--Study and teaching

Folk dancing--Polynesia--Study and teaching

Hula (Dance)--Study and teaching

Entertainers--Florida--Orange County--Orlando

Creator

Stone, Robert L., 1944-

Date

1998

Identifier

FS019836

Image URL

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Date Note

Photographed on January 24, 1998.

Geographic Term

Orlando (Fla.)

Orange County (Fla.)

Walt Disney World (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1577, Asian/Pacific Islands Survey 1998

General Note

Accompanying note: "All young dancers are [Auntie Kaui] Brandt's students. Students are the children of Disney employees (performers, etc.). Taken at monthly open house at Disney Poly. Resort".

Subject - Person

Punahele, Kawehi, 1962-

Subject - Corporate

Disney's Polynesian Resort (Fla.)

Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs.

Pacific Island Survey.

Walt Disney World Resort (Fla.)

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Chicago Manual of Style

Stone, Robert L., 1944-. Hula instructor Kawehi Punahele with children at the Disney Polynesian Resort in Orlando, Florida. 1998. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/118667>, accessed 12 June 2026.

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Stone, Robert L., 1944-. Hula instructor Kawehi Punahele with children at the Disney Polynesian Resort in Orlando, Florida. 1998. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/118667>

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(State Archives of Florida/Stone)

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Hula instructor Kawehi Punahele with children at the Disney Polynesian Resort in Orlando, Florida.

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