Those of us who fondly remember May Day ceremonies of past years, with all their pageantry, can once again be a part of the flowers, fun and food at Nanakuli High and Intermediate School.

The Golden Hawks’ 15th annual May Day Ho‘olaule‘a is open to the public beginning at 5 p.m. Friday.

“We have a lot of food, like Hawaiian plates, Filipino food. Food trucks are coming. We’ll have acai bowls, poke. Braddah Pops from the Big Island will be flying in,” said Jean Nishi, student activities coordinator.

Braddah Pops makes “really big, fat ice pops, flavored with li hing mui and other things, local kinds of flavors,” she said, adding that the vendor’s cool treats are very popular.

Hot treats will include malasadas and — wait for it — deep-fried Oreos and deep-fried Twinkies.

Additional variety will include Samoan food such as sapasui, palusami and panipopo; Portuguese bean soup; pasta pizza, or pizza with pasta on top; waffle dogs; Molokai bread; chantilly cream puffs; stuffed mochi; and so much more, all vying for limited stomach real estate.

All of the above can be washed down with vaifala, a refreshing and creamy pineapple-and-milk-based drink; or a variety of iced teas and lemonades.

Food prices will range from a couple of dollars up to $10 to $12 for larger plates, Nishi said.

The community event is a fundraiser for the school. Vendors include school groups hoping to raise money for their activities, supplies and additional needs.

The Robotics Club will offer chances to operate its bots. Another school club will offer chances to try to pie teachers in the face. “And the JROTC always gets the Army National Guard to bring in a punching game,” Nishi said.

Other vendors at the event will offer LuLaRoe clothing, fleece blankets, T-shirts and snap-back hats, Jr. Golden Hawks apparel, fabric and pipe-cleaner flowers, and more.

The school’s ukulele and chorus students, Te Matahi’s Tahitian dances, Samoan performances, Alu Like kupuna and hula by the May Day court will be part of the continuous entertainment, to be capped off by the band Kamaha‘o.

“We always pick the first Friday in May” to stage the May Day Ho‘olaule‘a, Nishi said.

It used to be during the school day, on May 1, but with parents and the community in attendance, there was not enough room in the school gym. Further, some schools have ceremonies during the day for students and in the evening for parents, and “we just wanted to have it one time, for everybody,” she said.

Now that the festivities are on Friday evenings, the whole community can come “and it’s very well attended,” Nishi said. “People in the community, they look forward to it.”