The 62nd Annual
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The Perpetuation of Hula Kahili and the Hawaiian Culture

2016 Participants

Hālau and Kumu Hula

Oʻahu Island
  1. Hālau Hula Olana (Wahine)
    Olana and Howard Ai
    Puʻuloa, Oʻahu
  2. Hālau I Ka Wēkiu (Kāne & Wahine)
    Karl Veto Baker and Michael Casupang
    Pauoa, Oʻahu
  3. Ka Pā Hula O Ka Lei Lehua (Kāne)
    Snowbird Bento
    Honolulu, Oʻahu
  4. Ka Pā Hula O Kauanoe O Waʻahila (Wahine)
    Maelia Loebenstein Carter
    Kaimukī, Oʻahu
  5. Hālau O Nā Pua Kukui (Kāne)
    Ed Collier
    Kalihi, Oʻahu
  6. Keolalaulani Hālau ʻŌlapa O Laka (Kāne & Wahine)
    Aloha Dalire
    Heʻeia, Oʻahu and Hilo, Hawaiʻi
  7. Hālau Mōhala ʻIlima (Wahine)
    Māpuana de Silva
    Kaʻōhao, Hawaiʻi
  8. Hālau Ke Kia‘i A ʻO Hula (Kāne)
    Kapiʻolani Haʻo
    Kalihi and Kapālama, Oʻahu
  9. Keali‘ika‘apunihonua Ke‘ena A‘o Hula (Wahine)
    Leimomi Ho
    Honolulu, Oʻahu
  10. Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela (Wahine)
    Kauʻionalani Kamanaʻo and Kunewa Mook
    Kalihi & Waimānalo, Hawaiʻi
  11. Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe (Wahine)
    Tracie and Keawe Lopes
    Kahauiki, Oʻahu
  12. Kawailiʻulā (Kāne)
    Chinky Māhoe
    Kailua, Oʻahu
  13. Ke Kai O Kahiki (Kāne)
    Laʻakea Perry
    Waiʻanae, Oʻahu
  14. Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā (Kāne)
    Kaleo Trinidad
    Honolulu, Oʻahu
  15. Hālau Hula Ka Lehua Tuahine (Wahine)
    Kaʻilihiwa Vaughan-Darval
    Mānoa, Oʻahu
Hawaiʻi Island
16. Hālau Hula ʻO Kahikilaulani (Kāne & Wahine)
Nāhōkū Gaspang
Hilo, Hawaiʻi

17. Hālau Hula Nā Pua Uʻi O Hawaiʻi (Wahine)
Etua Lopes
Kailua Kona, Hawaiʻi

18. Hālau O Ka Ua Kani Lehua (Wahine)
Johnny Lum Ho
Hilo, Hawaiʻi

19. Hālau O Ke Ānuenue (Wahine)
Glenn Kelena Vasconcellos
Hilo, Hawaiʻi

Maui Island
20. Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka (Wahine)
Nāpua Greig and Kahulu Maluo
Kula, Maui

21. Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi (Kāne)
ʻIliahi and Haunani Paredes
Wailuku, Maui

Kauaʻi Island
22. Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leināʻala (Wahine)
Leināʻala Pavao Jardin
Kalāheo, Kauaʻi

23. Healani’s Hula Hālau & Music Academy (Wahine)
Beverly Apana Muraoka
Kapaʻa, Kauaʻi

California
24. Hālau Kealiʻi O Nālani (Wahine)
Kealiʻi Ceballos
Los Angeles, Caifornia

25. Academy of Hawaiian Arts (Kāne)
Mark Kealiʻi Hoʻomalu
Oakland, California

26. Hālau O Lilinoe (Kāne & Wahine)
Sissy and Lilinoe Kaio
Carson, California

Judges

Judges
Cy M. Bridges

Nālani Kanakaʻole

Mae Kamāmalu Klein

Noenoelani Zuttermeister Lewis

Joan S. Lindsey

Kealiʻi Reichel

Kalena Silva

2017 Miss Aloha Hula Participants

2017 Miss Aloha Hula Participants
1. Kapua Dalire-Moe – Leilani Nicole Wilson

2. Kau‘ionālani Kamana‘o & Kunewa Mook – Julyen Machiko Kaloke Kaluna

3. Leinā‘ala Pavao Jardin – Amanda Hiwalei Aliser

4. Nāpua Greig-Nakasone – Miriam Anuhea Kamakanaokealoha Hokoana Arakawa

5. Maelia Carter – Ashlyn Kahelelani Ma‘a

6. Chinky Māhoe – Chelei Kameleonalani Kahalewai

7. Tracie & Keawe Lopes – Ariana Ka‘ano‘ikehaikūlō‘ihia Kaliliokū Akaka

8. Kamaka Kukona – Leila Noelani Ku‘uleimomi Rodrigues

9. ‘Iliahi & Haunani Paredes – Leimakamae Maura Kea

10. Robert Ka‘upu & Lono Padilla – Kelina Kiyoko Ke‘ano‘ilehua Tiffany Eldredge