O’ahu’s Hi’iakaināmakalehua under the direction of Robert Keano Ka’upu IV and Lono Padilla took the kaikamahine (girls) overall prize.
Friday featured newly composed mele by kumu hula and emcee Manu Boyd. The boys’ mele “He Inoa No Keawe-a-Heulu” is a name chant for the esteemed great-great-grandfather of Queen Lili’uokalani. The girls’ mele, “Ho’oheno Ululani,” is a chant inspired by the high chiefess of Hilo, Ululani, the great-great grandmother of Lili’uokalani. The evening featured many interpretations that integrated Lili’uokalani’s royal lineage.
Friday also included presentations to kumu hula Carolee Nishi and Ed Collier.
The Queen Lili’uokalani Keiki Hula Competition was created in 1976 by Uncle George Na’ope and Kahu Wendell Silva to give children the opportunity to showcase cultural talents. Named for Queen Lili’uokalani, the event has been a mainstay of hula tradition in Hawai’i for more than four decades.
Master and Miss Keiki Hula Competition
Miss Keiki Hula
First place – Kaimana Joe Kaitoku Friez
Hālau Hi’iakaināmakalehua
Kumu hula Robert Keano Ka’upu IV and Lono Padilla
Second place – Ally Rae-Ann Valencia
Hula Hālau ‘o Kamuela
Kunewa Mook and Kau’ionālani Kamana’o
Third place – Jasmine Kimoana Gorman
Hālau Kekuaokalā’au’ala’iliahi
Kumu hula ‘Iliahi and Haunani Paredes
Fourth place – Chasity ʻAuliʻikolomanu Kukona Pacheco Brehm
Hālau o Ka Hanu Lehua
Kumu hula Kamaka Kukona
Fifth place – Cheyla Kaiani Kauʻinoheaokalani DeFries
Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leinā’ala
Kumu hula Leinā’ala Pavao Jardin
Master Keiki Hula
First place – Zyon Blaze ʻAuikekaiola Telles-Kuwahara
Hālau Hi’iakaināmakalehua
Kumu hula Robert Keano Ka’upu IV and Lono Padilla
Second place – Kaʻikena Surf Keʻaʻaliʻikūmakani Guzman
Hālau Kekuaokalā’au’ala’iliahi
Kumu hula ‘Iliahi and Haunani Paredes
Third place – Zadyn Reef Ailanaaukanaiʻi Kaaihue
Hālau Hula ‘O Nāpunaheleonāpua
Kumu hula Rich Pedrina
Fourth place – Kainosuke Ishii
Hālau Hula Uʻi
Kumu hula Yui Ishii
Fifth place – Hezekiah Kohala Fruean Lopes
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe
Kumu hula Tracie and Keawe Lopes
Hawaiian Language Award
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe
Kumu hula Tracie and Keawe Lopes
Hula Kahiko Competition
Keikikane
First place – Hālau Kekuaokalā’au’ala’iliahi
Kumu hula ‘Iliahi and Haunani Paredes
Second place – Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leinā’ala
Kumu hula Leinā’ala Pavao Jardin
Third place (tie) – Hālau Hula ‘O Nāpunaheleonāpua
Kumu hula Rich Pedrina
Third place (tie) – Hālau Hi’iakaināmakalehua
Kumu hula Robert Keano Ka’upu IV and Lono Padilla
Fourth place – Hula Hui o Kapunahala
Kumu hula Carolee Nishi
Kaikamahine
First place – Hālau Hi’iakaināmakalehua
Kumu hula Robert Keano Ka’upu IV and Lono Padilla
Second place – Hula Hālau ‘o Kamuela
Kunewa Mook and Kau’ionālani Kamana’o
Third place – Hālau Kekuaokalā’au’ala’iliahi
Kumu hula ‘Iliahi and Haunani Paredes
Fourth place – Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leinā’ala
Kumu hula Leinā’ala Pavao Jardin
Fifth place – Keolalaulani Hālau ‘Olapa o Laka
Kumu hula Keolalaulani Dalire
Hula ‘Auana Competition
Keikikane
First place – Hālau Kekuaokalā’au’ala’iliahi
Kumu hula ‘Iliahi and Haunani Paredes
Second place – Hālau Hi’iakaināmakalehua
Kumu hula Robert Keano Ka’upu IV and Lono Padilla
Third place – Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leinā’ala
Kumu hula Leinā’ala Pavao Jardin
Fourth place – Hālau Hula ‘O Nāpunaheleonāpua
Kumu hula Rich Pedrina
Fifth place – Kalokemelemele Hula Studio (JAPAN)
Kumu hula Hōkūaulani Nihipali and Sensei Yuko Imai
Kaikamahine
First place – Hālau Hi’iakaināmakalehua
Kumu hula Robert Keano Ka’upu IV and Lono Padilla
Second place – Hula Hālau ‘o Kamuela
Kunewa Mook and Kau’ionālani Kamana’o
Third place – Hālau Kekuaokalā’au’ala’iliahi
Kumu hula ‘Iliahi and Haunani Paredes
Fourth place – Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leinā’ala
Kumu hula Leinā’ala Pavao Jardin
Fifth place – Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe
Kumu hula Tracie and Keawe Lopes
Overall
Keikikane
Hālau Kekuaokalā’au’ala’iliahi
Kumu hula ‘Iliahi and Haunani Paredes
Kaikamahine
Hālau Hi’iakaināmakalehua
Kumu hula Robert Keano Ka’upu IV and Lono Padilla
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