April 23, 2002
To whom it may concern:
I am R-M. Keahi Allen, Executive Director of the State Council on Hawaiian Heritage, a non profit educational organization dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of the Hawaiian Culture.
As a part of our early history, the Council conducted a series of workshops and seminars over a period of 15 years on the art of traditional Hawaiian dance (hula).  Referred to Hula Kahiko, this dance form is considered sacred and is highly respected as Hawaiian dance form with strict rules and regulations not to be taken lightly.
These workshops and seminars pass on the knowledge of many of our Hula Masters to those dedicated to learning and preserving Hula Kahiko.  One of these attendees at the 2nd International Seminar and Workshop for Hula Instructors in Traditional Chant and Hula was Adriana Rojas Cordoba from Mexico.  This seminar was conducted on the Island of O'ahu in the City of Honolulu on June 24-29, 1994 in conjunction with our International King  Kamehameha Hula Competition.
Master Hula teachers conducted the seminar classes and included Pat Namaka  Bacon, Edith Mckinzie, May Lobenstein, and Kalani Akana.  All highly respected and honored hula experts Students attended from Japan, New York, Mexico, California, and Canada and instruction was very intense.  Only those who were very disciplined and advanced in their dedication and accomplishment in Hula were allowed to attend.  Adriana was amongst this select group.
I am familiar with some of her instructors from other areas of Polynesia, especially with Tomairangi Paki from New Zealand, the daughter of the Maori Queen Teatari'i Paki.
I have no doubt that Adriana Rojas Cordoba continues to teach Hula in the true traditional style which she learned from all of her teachers.
I am proud to endorse Adriana as a serious and dedicated student and teacher of hula, one that upholds the traditions of my culture and those of her teachers.
I have taken advantage of this modern means of communication rather than the traditional postage mail, because it is a faster and more efficient method. I may be contacted at State Council on Hawaiian Heritage  P.O. Box 25142,  Honolulu, Hawai'i, 96825, USA.  My phone number is 808 536-6540.  My e mail address is: niele2@aol.com,  and my web page is located at http://hotspots.hawaii.com/scohh.html I am the founder/ producer of  The Annual King Kamehameha Hula Competition, An  International Cultural event, now in it's 29th year.
                                         Sincerely
               R-M. Keahi Allen  Executive Director