College students abandon dance supporting Hawaii's state capital (9)
I believe the answer is:
chihuahua
'state capital' is the definition.
'chihuahua' can be an answer for 'state' (I have seen 'State of Mexico' mean 'chihuahua' so perhaps 'state' could also mean 'chihuahua'). I'm unsure of the 'capital' bit.
'college students abandon dance supporting hawaii's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'college' could be 'u' (abbreviation for University) and 'u' is found in the answer.
'hawaii' could be 'hi' (US postal abbreviation) and 'hi' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
(Other definitions for chihuahua that I've seen before include "Little dog" , "that's running very low?" , "Tiny dog from Mexico" , "Mexican city, small dog" , "Mexican state - small dog" .)