Weekend Scene

HEARTS IN HULA

The King Kamehameha Hula Competition
takes place at Blaisdell Center

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DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM Hula took center stage Saturday at the 29th Annual King Kamehameha Hula Competition at the Neal Blaisdell Center Arena. Among the performers was Halau Ke Alaokamaile from Wailuku, under the direction of kumu hula Keali'i Reichel.

DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM Kiyoko Uchino, above, of Tokyo fixed her ferns before her halau, Halau O Ka Manu Hula Le'a, went onstage.

DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM Dancers from Keali'ika Apunihonua Ke'ena A O Hula from Honolulu, under the direction of kumu hula Leimomi Ho, performed a combined wahine and kane auana.

DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM Kumu hula Mapuana de Silva led members of Halau Mohala Ilima in warm-up exercises backstage before their performance.

DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM Below, a dancer from Halau Na Lei Kaumaka O Uka from Pukulani, Maui, under the direction of kumu hula Napua Greig, performed a wahine kahiko.