26th Annual Holiday Wreath Contest Winners

By Staff Reports

(Honolulu)–The Honolulu City Lights Wreath contest produced a range of excellent entries, including “Golden Pear” by Marian Bernal, selected as the winner of the Mayor’s Holly Award.

Seventy-two entries were received from all over Oahu.  Awards were based on craftsmanship, creativity, and use of materials. Dita Holifield, Paulette Kahalepuna, and Betty Kam from the City and County of Honolulu Commission on Culture and the Arts judged the competition.

The Mayor’s Holly Award winner Marian Bernal receives a blue ribbon and a $200 prize.

Mayor’s Holly Award

Marian Bernal

Adult Wreath Category

1^st Place – Alana Federic

2^nd Place – Gina Loveland

3^rd Place – Jamie Barut

Judges’ Choice – Json N

Judges’ Choice – G. Hee

Youth Wreath Category

1^st Place – Seagull Schools at Ko Olina Class 1 and 4

2^nd Place – Lincoln Elementary Keiki Kolea

3^rd Place – Papa ‘A‘ali‘i at Kawaiaha‘o Church School

Judges’ Choice – Le Jardin Academy Extended Day 6^th Grade

Judges’ Choice – Le Jardin Academy Extended Day 2^nd Grade

Theme Wreath Category “Holoholo Holiday”

1^st Place – ‘Ohana Kamai of Nicole, Johua, Israel, and Genesis

2^nd Place – Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School

Video, Art, Computer, Technology Class

3^rd Place – Andrea Partika

Judges’ Choice – Hawaii State Hospital

Patients in the Occupational Therapy Art Class

Judges’ Choice – Jason Chow

Contact: Tory Laitila, Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts, 768-6622.