Schedule

15th Annual World Fireknife Dance Championship
and Samoa Festival, May 16-19, 2007Join dozens of fire knife dance competitors as the Polynesian Cultural Center’s 15th annual Samoa Cultural Festival continues the exciting tradition of determining the world’s dance champion, and adds several a new category of competition, including:

• May 16, Wednesday 7:45 p.m., Hale Aloha		Teine Toa o Samoa Fire Knife Competition (the Warrior Girls of Samoa — starting a new tradition, for the first time this year.
		Warrior’s Duet Fire Knife Competition — starting another new tradition, for the first time this year.
• May 17, Thursday 7:45 p.m., Hale Aloha		World Fire Knife Dance Championship Competition senior preliminaries, with nine semi-finalists to be named at the end of the evening.
• May 18, Friday 7:45 p.m., Hale Aloha		World Fire Knife Dance Championship Competition Semi-finals, with three finalists to be named at the end of the evening.
		Pacific Junior Fire Knife Competition
		Children’s Fire Knife Competition, with the winners of this and the Junior event announced at the end of evening.
• May 19, Saturday 9:00 a.m.		High School Samoan Cultural Competitions, including oratory, traditional skills, songs and dances, with the winners named at the end of the event.
• May 19, Saturday 6:00 & 8:00 p.m., Pacific Theater		World Fire Knife Dance Championships Finals: The three finalists perform during intermission of two evening shows, with the results announced at the end of the second show.
For Contestants:		World Fireknife Dance Championship Download Registration form Senior rules, Junior rules
		Samoa Festival Download Registration form Rules and Criteria
For Tickets:		Purchase tickets online now, or contact the Polynesian Cultural Center Box Office toll free from the U.S. mainland at 1-800-367-7060, or 808-293-3333.
		Tickets can be purchased for each event individually, or can be included as part of a PCC ticket package. Annual Kamaaina Season Pass holders qualify for FREE admission to special events such as this one.