Ko Olina, Hawai'i  -- Ko Olina Resort will host festival-style screenings of popular Disney and Hawaiian children’s films, along with live performances by the Honolulu Theatre for Youth and the Performing Arts Center of Kapolei Kids, sing-alongs with Hawai‘i’s Sistah Robi Kahakalau, face painting, Hawaiian arts and crafts, strolling clowns & jugglers, magicians and more at the Ko Olina Children’s Film & Music Festival, Saturday, January 18, 2014.

Program highlights:

• Film screenings:  Finding Nemo, The Little Mermaid, Monsters University and Toy Story; Pacific Resources for Education and Learning Hawaiian shorts: How Maui Snared the Sun, The Menehune and The Birds & Pele Searches for a Home
• Live performances and sing-a-longs with: Honolulu Theatre for Youth,Performing Arts Center of Kapolei Kids,  popular local entertainers Sistah Robi Kahakalau, Honoka & Azita (“Keiki Wahine” ukulele duo) and Disney characters
• Hawaiian Makahiki games
• Teddy Bear Health & Safety Clinic with Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children
• Face painting, strolling clowns & magicians
• Sunset feature film on-the-beach: “The Lion King”

Festivities will be held beachfront at the resort’s Kohola Lagoon (#1) and throughout the Aulani and JW Marriott Ihilani properties from 1:00 – 8:00 p.m.  Tickets are $20 for adults; $10 for kids ages 4-12. 

Special room rates start at $229 per night at JW Marriott Ihilani, $269 per night at Aulani and $350 per night (seven-night minimum) at Ko Olina Beach Villas.  Validated flat-rate parking is also available for Festival guests.  Seating will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information or to purchase Festival tickets visit koolinachildrensfestival.com or call (808) 671-2752.  (Entertainment, activities and schedule subject to change.)

The Ko Olina Children’s Film & Music Festival is a benefit for Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children (KMCWC), Hawai‘i’s leader in the care of women, infants and children (www.kapiolani.org).  KMCWC is an affiliate of Hawai‘i Pacific Health, the state of Hawai‘i’s largest health care provider.

About Ko Olina
Ko Olina is a 642-acre master-planned resort community on the western shoreline of the island of O'ahu. Resort partners include the iconic J.W. Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa, Marriott's Ko Olina Beach Club, Marriott's most successful vacation club product in the world, Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, Disney's first family destination resort in Hawai'i, the Ko Olina Beach Villas luxury condominium residences, Ko Olina Golf Club and the state-of-the-art Ko Olina Marina.  The resort, known as O'ahu's most engaging visitor destination, also features four pristine oceanfront lagoons connected by 1.5 miles of shoreline pathways, access to a diverse selection of ocean and outdoor activities and the island's best weather.  For more information, visit www.koolina.com.