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Posted on: Friday, April 9, 2010

Kala mai! Halau list was incomplete; here's the complete one


By Wanda A. Adams

In transcribing the list of halau participating in the Merrie Monarch Festival hula competition, four halau were accidentally left off. The complete list is below.

Group halau

(in order of performance, both tonight and tomorrow night; some halau have both men's and women's groups competing, so they appear twice)

1. Halau Hula O Kaleimomi, kumu hula Sheldeen Kaleohano Haleamau, Las Vegas

2. Beamer-Solomon Halau O Po'ohala, kumu hula Hulali Solomon Covington, Waimea, Hawai'i

3. Na Pualei O Likolehua, kumu hula Leina'ala Kalama Heine, Kapalama

4. Na Pua Me Ke Aloha, na; kumu hula, Sissy and Lilinoe Kaio, Carson, Calif.

5. Halau O Ke A;nuenue, kumu hula, Glenn "Kelena" Vasconcellos, Hilo, Hawai'i

6. Halau Na; Mamo O Ka'ala, kumu hula Tiare Noelani Chang, Wai'anae

7. Halau O Lilinoe, kumu hula Sissy and Lilinoe Kaio, Carson, Calif.

8. Haau Ke Kia'i A O Hula, kumu hula Kapi'olani Ha'o, Kalihi and Kapalama

9. Ka Pa Hula O Ka Lei Lehua, kumu hula Snowbird Bento, Honolulu

10.Halau Hula O Pukaikapuaokalani, kumu hula Ellen Castillo, Kailua and Waimanlo

11. Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina, kumu hula Kaleo Trinidad, Honolulu

12. Halau Keali'i O Nalani, kumu hula Keali'i Ceballos, Los Angeles

13.Halau Ka Liko Pua O Laniakea, kumu hula Kapua Delire-Moe, Kane'ohe

14. Halau O Ka Ua Kani Lehua,kumu hula Johnny Lum Ho, Hilo, Hawai'i

15. Halau I Ka Wekiu, na kumu hula Karl Veto Baker and Micheal Casupang, Pauoa

16. Halau Na Lei Kaumaka O Uka, na; kumu hula Napua Greig Makua and Kahulu Maluo-Huber, Kula, Maui

17. Keolalaulani Halau O Lapa O Laka, kumu hula Aloha Dalire, Kane'ohe

18 Halau Hula Olana, na; kumu hula Olana and Howard Ai, Pu'uloa

19. Halau Hula 'O Kahikilaulani, the late kumu hula Rae K. Fonseca, Hilo, Hawai'i (kane)

20. Ka La Onohi Mai O Ha'eha'e, na kumu hula Tracie and Keawe Lope, Kahauiki

21. Halau Ke'alaokamaile, kumu hula Keali'i Reichel, Wailuku, Maui

22. Kawaili'ula, kumu hula Chinky Mahoe, Kailua (kane)

23. Halau Mohala 'Ilima, Mapuana De Silva, Ka'ohau, Kailua

24. Halau Hula 'O Kahikilaulani, the late kumu hula Rae K. Fonseca, Hilo, Hawai'i

25. Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu, William Kahakulellehua Hana'u Ching, Kapahulu, O'ahu (kane)

26. Hula Halau O Kamuela, Kaui'onalani Kamana'o and Kunewa Mook, Kalihi and Waimanalo

27. Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu, William Kahakuleilehua Hana'u Ching, Kapahulu, O'ahu

28. Ke Kai O Kahiki, O'Brian Eselu, Wai'anae, O'ahu (kane)