Hula competition names winners

Advertiser Staff

Nearly 300 dancers from halau on O'ahu, Maui, the Mainland and Japan participated Friday and Saturday in the 30th annual King Kamehameha Hula Competition at Blaisdell Arena. The winners (with the kumu hula in parentheses) are:

CHANT, KAHIKO DIVISION

1. Pi'ilani Hanohano, Na Pualei O Likolehua (Leina'ala Kalama Heine)
2. (tie) Alison Tonaki, Halau Na Wainohia (Tony Conjugacion); Jody Boneza, Halau O Ke 'A'ali'i Ku Makani (Manu Boyd); Jason Kale Duncun, Halau Na Wainohia; and Kahikina deSilva, Halau Mohala 'Ilima (Mapuana deSilva)
3. Shawn-Patrick Kalani, Halau Na Wainohia

MALE KAHIKO

1. Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu (Sonny Ching)
2. Halau Keali'i O Nalani (Keali'i Ceballos)
3. Keali'ika'apunihonua Ke'ena A'o Hula (Leimomi Ho)

FEMALE KAHIKO

1. Halau Keali'i O Nalani
2. (tie) Halau Mohala 'Ilima and Halau O Ke 'A'ali'i Ku Makani
3. Halau Na Lai Kaumaka O Uka (Napua Greig)
4. Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu
5. Na Pualei O Likolehua, Ka Pa Lehua (Lua Hulihe'e and Doreen Doo) and Halau Hula 'O Mehanaokala (Ku'uleinani Hashimoto)

COMBINED KAHIKO

1. Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu
2. Halau Keali'i O Nalani
3. Kapomakolekapuakane (Kekaimoku Yoshikawa)

'OLELO HAWAI'I (LANGUAGE), KAHIKO DIVISION

1. (tie) Halau O Ke 'A'ali'i Ku Makani, Na Pualei O Likolehua and Halau Mohala 'Ilima

MALE 'AUANA

1. Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu
2. Keali'ika'apunihonua Ke'ena A'o Hula
3. Halau Keali'i O Nalani

FEMALE 'AUANA

1. Halau Keali'i O Nalani
2. Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu
3. Halau O Ke 'A'ali'i Ku Makani
4. Na Pualei O Likolehua
5. Keolalaulani Halau 'Olapa O Laka (Aloha Dalire)

COMBINED 'AUANA

1. Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu
2. Keali'ika'apunihonua Ke'ena A'o Hula
3. Nani Ola Hawaiian Dance Company (Kanani Pharr-Cadaoas)

KUPUNA WAHINE, 'AUANA

1. Halau Keali'i O Nalani
2. Keali'ika'apunihonua Ke'ena A'o Hula
3. Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu

'OLELO HAWAI'I, 'AUANA

1. Halau O Ke 'A'ali'i Ku Makani