Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 26, Number 3, 1 ʻApelila 2009 — 46th annual Merrie Monarch Festival Competing Hālau -- [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
46th annual Merrie Monarch Festival Competing Hālau --
HULA WATCH lf you don't have a Merrie Monarchticketalready, chances are slim that you'll get one now. Don't despain the hula eompetition is braadcast live on lsland Television KITV4 across Hawai'i and online at KITV.com. ► Miss Aloha Hula April 16, 6 p.m. ► Hula Kahiko April 17, 6 p.m ► Hula 'Auana April 18, 5:30 p.m.
Hālau Hula O Hōkūlani Waipahu, O'ahu Hōkūlani De Rego Wahine Hālau Hula O Kahikilaulani Hilo, Hawai'i Rae Fonseca Kāne, Wahine Hālau Hula O Kaleimomi Las Vegas, Nevada Kumu Sheldeen Kaleimomi Haleamau Wahine Hālau Hula 0 Pukaikapuaokalani Kailua, O'ahu Ellen Castillo Wahine Hālau Hula Olana Pu'uloa &Aiea, O'ahu Olana & Howard Ai Wahine, Miss Aloha Hula: Malia Ann Kaleihiwahiwaonamakua Marks
Hālau I Ka Wēkiu Honolulu, O'ahu Karl Veto Baker & Miehael Casupang Wahine, Miss Aloha Hula: Kiara Masayo Kalehuaikauanoe Wheeler Hālau Ka Liko Pua O Kalaniākea Kāne'ohe, O'ahu Kapua Dalire-Moe Kāne, Wahine, Miss Aloha Hula: Nieole Kehaulani Aki Taniguchi Hālau Ke Kia'i A 0 Hula Kapālama, O'ahu Kapi'olani Ha'o Kāne Hālau Keali'i O Nalani Los Angeles, California Keali'i Ceballos Kāne, Wahine
Hālau Ke'alaokamaile Maui Keali'i Reichel Wahine, Miss Aloha Hula: Cherissa Henoheanāpuaikawaokele Kāne Hālau Mōhala Hlima Ka'ōhao, O'ahu Māpuana de Silva Wahine Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka Kula, Maui Nāpua Greig & Kahulu Maluo-Huber Wahine Hālau Nā Mamo 0 Ka'ala Wai'anae, O'ahu Tiare Noelani Chang Wahine, Miss Aloha Hula: Ashley KananioAlapa'i Artis
Hālau Nā Mamo 0 Pu'uanahulu Honolulu, O'ahu William Kahakuleilehua Haunu'u "Sonny" Ching Kāne, Wahine, Miss Aloha Hula: Kaholo Kahikipi 'ilani Pānui Hālau O Ka Hanu Lehua Wai'anae, O'ahu Carlson Kamaka Kukona, III Kāne, Miss Aloha Hula: Gerilyn Snow Emata Hālau O Lilinoe Carson City, California Sissy & Lilinoe Kaio Wahine Hula Hālau O Kamuela Waimānalo & Kalihi, O'ahu Kau'ionālani Kamana'o & Kunewa Mook Wahine, Miss Aloha Hula: C'ari Mae Kawailehua Kealoha
Ka Lā 'Ōnohi Mai O Ha'eha'e Kalihi, O'ahu Tracie & Keawe Lopes Wahine, Miss Aloha Hula: Maria Ka'iulani Kanehailua Kawailiula Kailua, O'ahu Chinky Māhoe Kāne Ke Kai 0 Kahiki Wai'anae, O'ahu 0'Brian Eselu Kāne Keolalaulani Hālau 'ŌIapa O Laka Kāne'ohe, O'ahu Aloha Dalire Wahine, Miss Aloha Hula: Pōhaikau'ilani Ann Nu'uhiwa
Nā Hula O Kaohikukapulani Hanapēpē, Kaua'i Kapu Kinimaka-Alquiza Wahine, Miss Aloha Hula: Kristi Keahiapele Celebrado Nā Lei 0 Ka Holokū Kohala, Hawai'i Leialoha Lim Amina & Nani Lim Yap Wahine
HO'ŌLA HULA - PRESERVING HULA KA WAI OLA | ĪHE LIVING WATER 0F OHA
Kumu hula Mōpuana de Silva chants for Hōlau Mōhala 'llima's Miss Aloha Hula contestant at the 2008 Merrie Monarch Festival. - Photo: Blaine Fergerstrom