Merrie Monarch Festival
Contestants and Judges
By Star-Bulletin Staff
Miss Aloha Hula
(Competition is Thursday)
- Kawena Sachiko Moanikeala Suganumua of Ka Pa Hula Hawai'i (Honolulu)
- Christy Kilileo Horita, Na Hula O Kaohikukapulani (Hanapepe, Kauai)
- Laua'eki'eikula Yamasaki, Halau Kealakapawa (Honolulu)
- Jennifer Kehaulani Wehrsig, Halau O Ke Anuenue (Hilo)
- U'ilani Bobbitt, Halau Mohala 'Ilima (Kailua, Oahu)
- Ku'ukamalani Ho, Keali'ika'apunihonua Ke'ena A'o Hula (Honolulu)
- Violo Aliifua, Hula Halau O Lilinoe (Carson, Calif.)
- Noelani Kalama, Puka'ikapuaokalani Hula Halau (Kailua, Oahu)
- Namaka Uesugi, Keali'i O Nalani (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Myrel Sapinoro, Hula Halau O Kamuela (Kalihi/Waimanalo)
- Lauren Leialoha Kanae, Halau Hula Olana (Aiea, Oahu)
- Pauliane Kaleonani Kekela, Halau Hula Ka Ua Kani Lehua (Hilo)
- Jaylin Kaleiokalani Kahalepua A'o Kalola Winchester, Ka Pa Hula O Kauanoe O Wa'ahila (Honolulu)
Group Wahine and Kane
(Friday and Saturday)
- Halau Kealakapawa, kumu hula Michael Canopin
- Keali'i O Nalani, kumu hula Keali'i Ceballos
- Keali'ika'apunihonua Ke'ena A'o Hula (kane), kumu hula Leimomi Ho
- Ka Pa Hula Hawai'i, kumu hula Kaha'i Topolinski
- Hula Halau O Lilinoe, kumu hula Sissy Kaio
- Halau Ka Ua Kilihune (Kaneohe; kane division), kumu hula Al Barcarse
- Puka'ikapuaokalani Hula Halau, kumu hula Ellen Castillo
- Na Pualei O Likolehua (Honolulu), kumu hula Leina'ala Heine
- Halau Hula O Kahikilaulani (Hilo; kane), kumu hula Ray Fonseca
- Halau O Ke Anuenue, kumu hula Glenn Vasconcellos
- Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu (Honolulu), kumu hula Sonny Ching
- Halau Hula Olana (kane), na kumu hula Howard and Olana Ai
- Na Hula O Kaohikukapulani, kumu hula Kapu Kinimaka-Alquiza
- Halau Hula Ka Ua Kani Lehua, kumu hula Johnny Lum Ho
- Hula Halau O Kamuela (kane), na kumu hula Paleka Mattos and Kunewa Mook
- Na Pua Me Kealoha (Carson, Calif.; kane), kumu hula Sissy Kaio
- Halau Hula O Kahikilaulani
- Keali'i O Nalani (kane)
- Halau Mohala 'Ilima, kumu hula Mapuana de Silva
- Halau Hula Na Pua U'i O Hawai'i (Kailua-Kona), kumu hula Etua Lopes
- Halau Kealakapawa (kane)
- Keali'ika'apunihonua Ke'ena A'o Hula
- Moana's Hula Studio (Kaunakakai, Molokai), na kumu hula Moana and Raquel Dudoit
- Ka Pa Hula Hawai'i (kane)
- Ka Pa Hula O Kauanoe O Wa'ahila, kumu hula Mae Loebenstein
- Keolalaulani Halau 'Olapa O Laka (Kaneohe), kumu hula Aloha Dalire
- Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu (kane)
- Halau Hula Olana
- Hula Halau O Kamuela
- Halau Hula O Kawaili'ula (Kailua, Oahu; kane), kumu hula Chinky Mahoe
JUDGES
Cy Bridges
Ed Collier
John Kaimikaua
Namahana Kalama Panui
Elaine Kaopuiki
Noenoelani Zuttermeister Lewis
Victoria Holt Takamine
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