Posted on: Tuesday, July 29, 2003
Keiki hula winners announced
• Complete results
Advertiser Staff
Halau Hula Olana, the Pearl City school led by kumu hula Olana and Howard Ai, claimed six of the top awards at the three-day Queen Lili'uokalani Keiki Hula Competition that concluded Saturday at the Neal Blaisdell Center Arena.
The halau was represented by the two winners of the soloist titles: Miss Keiki Hula Mariah Limatoc and Master Keiki Hula Braden Clark.
In group competition, the school split top honors with Hula Halau 'O Kamuela, the school based in Kalihi and Waimanalo and taught by Kau'i Kamana'o.
Hula Halau 'O Kamuela took first in the girls' (kaikamahine) competition in kahiko (ancient), 'auana (modern) and overall categories, while Halau Hula Olana swept those awards in the boys' (keiki kane) division.
The Pearl City group additionally won an award for Hawaiian language in the keiki division, in which only the children are chanting. The award in the halau division, in which the kumu and other adults also can chant, went to Joan S. Lindsey Hula Studio, also of Pearl City.
Complete results
Results from the Queen Lili'uokalani Keiki Hula Competition
KAIKAMAHINE OVERALL
Hula Halau 'O Kamuela
KEIKI KANE OVERALL
Halau Hula Olana
KAIKAMAHINE, KAHIKO
1. Hula Halau 'O Kamuela, Kalihi and Waimanalo (Kau'i Kamana'o)
2. Halau Hula Olana, Pearl City (Olana and Howard Ai)
3. Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu, Honolulu (Sonny Ching)
4. Halau Na Lei Kaumaka O Uka, Pukalani, Maui (Napua Greig)
5. Halau Mohala 'Ilima, Kailua (Mapuana de Silva)
KEIKI KANE, KAHIKO
1. Halau Hula Olana
2. Hula Halau 'O Kaleolani, Hagatna, Guam (Benjie Santiago)
3. Halau Hula 'O Hokulani, Central O'ahu (Hokulani DeRego)
KEIKI KANE, 'AUANA
1. Halau Hula Olana
2. Hula Halau 'O Kaleolani
3. Joan S. Lindsey Hula Studio, Pearl City (Joan S. Lindsey)
KAIKAMAHINE, 'AUANA
1. Hula Halau 'O Kamuela
2. Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu
3. Halau Hula Olana
4. Halau Na Lei Kaumaka O Uka
5. Halau Hula 'O Hokulani
MASTER KEIKI HULA
1. Braden Clark, Halau Hula Olana
2. J.J. Carlos, Joan S. Lindsey Hula Studio
3. Sonny Quichocho, Hula Halau 'O Kaleolani
4. Rocco Tramontano, Halau Hula 'O Hokulani
5. Jon-Raymond Mariteragi, Napuananionapalionako'olau, La'ie (Sunday Mariteragi)
MISS KEIKI HULA
1. Mariah Limatoc, Halau Hula Olana
2. Kristy Ann Inamasu, Halau Hula O Keola-Ali'iokekai, Kahului, Maui (Iola Balubar)
3. Kamalei Chandler, Keolalaulani Halau Olapa 'O Laka, Kane'ohe (Aloha Dalire)
4. Melissa Uemoto, Puka'ikapuaokalani, Kailua (Ellen Castillo)
5. Tiana-Marie Kalahiki-Bartolome, Hula Halau 'O Kamuela
HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE, HALAU DIVISION
Joan S. Lindsey Hula Studio
HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE, KEIKI DIVISION
Halau Hula Olana |
