47th Merrie Monarch Festival
'There's something in the air'
MISS ALOHA HULA CONTESTANTS
(In performing order. Miss Aloha Hula was chosen last night.)
1. Christina Mahinakauahiahi Gamayo, Hālau Mohala 'Ilima
2. Māhealani Mika Hirao-Solem, Hula Hālau 'O Kamuela
3. Ashlynne Kahoapilianakupuna Jingao, Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu'uanahulu
4. Delys Hulalimaikaikalanimai Kanemura Recca, Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā
5. Mahina Macfarlane, Ka Lā 'Onohi Mai O Ha'ehae
6. Brittainy Catherine 'Iolani Su'a, Keolalaulani Hālau 'Olapa O Laka
7. Maile Ualani Haili Stant, Hālau O Lilinoe
8. Jade Kealani Snow, Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka
9. Ashlyn Aulani Tavares, Halau Hula 'O Kahikilaulani
10. Deizsa Kealohielikemekalaikeawakea Moniz, Hālau Hula O Pukaikapuaokalani
11. Taysha-Lei Kapuau'iokalehuamamomae'ole De Sa, Hālau O Ka Ua Kani Lehua
12. Lekili Tanaka, Hālau Keali'i O Nālani
13. Oralani Koa, Hālau Ke'alaokamaile
GROUP HāLAU
(in order of performance, both tonight and tomorrow night; some hālau have both men's and women's groups competing, so they appear twice)
1. Hālau Hula O Kaleimomi, kumu hula Sheldeen Kaleohano Haleamau, Las Vegas
2. Beamer-Solomon Hālau O Po'ohala, kumu hula Hulali Solomon Covington, Waimea, Hawai'i
3. Nā Pualei O Likolehua, kumu hula Leina'ala Kalama Heine, Kapālama
4. Nā Pua Me Ke Aloha, nā kumu hula, Sissy and Lilinoe Kaio, Carson, Calif.
5. Hālau O Ke Ānuenue, kumu hula, Glenn "Kelena" Vasconcellos, Hilo, Hawai'i
6. Hālau Nā Mamo O Ka'ala, kumu hula Tiare Noelani Chang, Wai'anae
7. Hālau O Lilinoe, kumu hula Sissy and Lilinoe Kaio, Carson, Calif.
8. Hālau Ke Kia'i A O Hula, kumu hula Kapi'olani Ha'o, Kalihi and Kapālama
9. Ka Pā Hula O Ka Lei Lehau, kumu hula Snowbird Bento, Honolulu
10. Hālau Hula O Pukaikapuaokalani, kumu hula Ellen Castrillo, Kailua and Waimānalo
11. Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina, kumu hula Kaleo Trinidad, Honolulu
12. Hālau Keali'i O Nālani, kumu hula Keali'i Ceballos, Los Angeles
13. Hālau Ka Liko Pua O Laniakea, kumu hula Kapua Delire-Moe, Kāne'ohe
14. Hālau O Ka Ua Kani Lehua,kumu hula Johnny Lum Ho, Hilo, Hawai'i
15. Hālau I Ka Wēkiur, nā kumu hula Karl Veto Baker and Micheal Casupang, Pauoa
16. Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka, nā kumu hula Nāpua Greig Makua and Kahulu Maluo-Huber, Kula, Maui
17. Keolalaulani Hālau 'Ōlapa O Laka, kumu hula Aloha Dalire, Kāne'ohe
18 Hālau Hula Olana, nā kumu hula Olana and Howard Ai, Pu'uloa
19. Hālau Hula 'O Kahikilaulani, the late kumu hula Rae K. Fonseca, Hilo, Hawai'i
20. Ka Lā 'Ōnohi Mai O Ha'eha'e, nā kumu hula Tracie and Keawe Lope, Kahauiki
21. Hālau Ke'alaokamaile, kumu hula Keali'i Reichel, Wailuku, Maui
22. Kawaili'ula, kumu hula Chinky Mahoe, Kailua
23. Hālau Mōhala 'Ilima, Māpuana De Silva, Ka'ohau, Kailua
24. Hālau Hula 'O Kahikilaulani, the late kumu hula Rae K. Fonseca, Hilo, Hawai'i