Shawn’s Back! And Mahealani Has…Food?!

Mahealani is in Hilo for the Merrie Monarch Festival. And tonight, Shawn Ching returned after being on leave for a few months. So, in the spirit of the morning newscast, Mahealani had to show off some of the Big Island grinds to Shawn. But we actually got a preview. Our Merrie Monarch production crew had to send some videotapes from Hilo by air cargo to Honolulu, and along with the tapes — Big Island food from Mahaelani!

Thanks, Mahealani! And welcome back, Shawn!

Getting Ready For The Merrie Monarch

Mahealani will be missing from the anchor desk for the next few days as she prepares to join the team covering the Merrie Monarch Festival. She’ll be doing live reports for us Thursday and Friday morning. There actually are people at Edith Kanaka`ole Stadium that early in the day. I remember that last year, there were halau practicing on the stage, hours before the hula kahiko competition.

Full coverage of the Merrie Monarch on the Web is available here.