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The Advertiser's Wanda A. Adams is in Hilo for this year's 44th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival, which kicked off on Sunday. Competition begins Thursday and will run through Saturday. Read Wanda's daily stories and blog entries and view our photo galleries and video here online.
SpaceSUNDAY, APRIL 15, 2007

2007 Merrie Monarch Festival concludes

In a rare occurrence, a men's halau, Halau I Ka Wekiu, won the overall award in the Merrie Monarch Festival hula competition Saturday night in Hilo, amassing enough points to overtake the leading women's halau, perennial contender Halau O Kamuela, by one point.

REBECCA BREYER | The Honolulu Advertiser
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Wanda Adams is in Hilo — reporting live on the Merrie Monarch Festival. Read her blog for a behind-the-scenes tour of the biggest hula event on the planet.

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