For the first time ever, the former Miss Aloha Hula's will perform on stage together at this year's Merrie Monarch. Photo: HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald. Ka Leo o Laka i ka Hikina o ka La 1,198. kumu Kaleo Trinidad. "It's a wonderful feeling to be able to see the other ladies and to you know come together 'cause we've never ever had the opportunity to do that, and so I'm very happy to be here and to be a part of this," described Geola Pua Cardoza, Miss Aloha Hula 1983. Halau Na Mamo o Pu‘uanahulu, Sonny Ching and Lopaka Igarta-De Vera, 618 points. Japan is one of the biggest supporters in the world of hula and the Hawaiian culture. Halau Hula ‘O Kahikilaulani, Nahokuokalani Gaspang, 595 points. Join us in celebrating the Art of Hawaiian Hula.April 21-27, 2019 And we're just filled with so much gratitude to have been blessed with not just the title of Miss Aloha Hula, but to be blessed with their legacy to be able to carry this on-- this year and forever more," said Tracie Lopes, Miss Aloha Hula 1994. The offers were not allowed ahead of the pandemic, but when the courts shut down last year the backlog ballooned to 900. Photo courtesy: Merrie Monarch Festival. Hilo singer-songwriter Kuana Torres Kahele, who recorded the song, sang for the halau’s performance, which received an enthusiastic response from the audience at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium. Photo: HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald. This annual hula competition takes place every spring in the town of Hilo, Hawaii on the Big Island. Her halau’s winning kahiko was a hula noho (seated hula) using ‘uli‘uli (gourd rattles) to mimic sounds heard in Waipi‘o Valley. All rights reserved. The hula competition was added to the Merrie Monarch Festival in 197 – and since then, 42 women have been named Miss Aloha Hula. “They worked very hard and they deserve it. “For more than half of them, it was their first Merrie Monarch, so we’re just proud of them, their performance and how they told Uncle Johnny’s stories.”. 3. The choreography featured both the pounding of the eel and the movement of the turtle. Halau Hula ‘O Kahikilaulani, Nahokuokalani Gaspang, 1202 points. So I think he's going to be happy-- he's going to have tears in his eyes," said Kumu Aloha Dalire, Miss Hula 1971. They’re my greatest assets.”. 4. Email John Burnett at jburnett@hawaiitribune-herald.com. Hula Kahiko Winner — Wahine. 2. And that’s a wrap. Are you an Amazing Maui Babe? Halau Na Lei Kaumaka O Uka of Maui, under the direction of kumu Napua Greig, took the overall winner title of the 55th Merrie Monarch Festival early this morning at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Stadium. Photo: HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald. Their ka‘i (entrance) and ho‘i (exit) featured walks up and down the stage ramp squatting, with knees bent. Ka La ‘Onohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e, Tracie and Keawe Lopes, 578 points. “I know they did excellent,” Gaspang said. 2. Photo: HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald. Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu ʻAuana Winner — Kāne 2000 Kāne Overall Japanese hula schools do … Extent 28 1" Quad videotapes Where To Find Maui’s Best Beachfront Hotels, The ISO – Where the Island, Sky and Ocean Meet, Snorkeling at the Ever Popular Hanauma Bay, Iolani: Hawaii’s Royal Palace in Honolulu, Maui Ocean Center’s Humpbacks of Hawaii Exhibit, Make the Morning Pilgrimage to Watch the Sunrise from Haleakala, Over 50 Years of Fully-Escorted Hawaii Tours, Mauna Kea: Stargaze from the Sacred White-Capped Mountain, Fall in Love All Over Again at Sweetheart Rock. The wahine of Halau O Ka Ua Kani Lehua, from Hilo, won the auana competition on Saturday night at the Merrie Monarch Festival. It was the fifth straight year a kane group has won the festival’s overall title. The tapes include highlights from the Miss Aloha Hula competition, hula kahiko, hula ʻauana and the winners of each. Halau Hula O HokulaniKumu Hula: Hokulani DeRegoMele: "Maika'i Ke Anu O Waimea" 3. For the first time ever, the former Miss Aloha Hula's will perform on stage together at this year's Merrie Monarch. They came in third overall, as Lum Ho’s halau edged them in a tie-breaker, 1679 points to 1671. There's no place like home and nothing more amazing than returning to a place you love to do what you love! Hālau Keʻalaokamaile Hula Kahiko & ʻAuana Winner — Wahine 2010 Wahine Overall Kawaili‘ulā ʻAuana Winner — … 2009 Merrie Monarch Women Kahiko Winners - Halau Na Mamo O Puuanahulu This year’s Merrie Monarch Festival has come to a conclusion. 1. Ke Kai O Kahiki walked away with the big prize of top hula halau.. Kelina Kyoko Keanoilehua Tiffany Eldredge, Halau Hiiakainamakalehua, 1075, 1499 (tiebreaker), 18.6 points (double tie-breaker) (Watch her award-winning performance here.) Merrie Monarch Festival is the World Championship, or Olympics if you will, of the art of hula. With 24 of Hawaii’s top halau hula (troupes) competing to win an assortment of titles, and 12 female contestants striving to be named 2018 Miss Aloha Hula, it’s needless to say that the competition was fierce. For more information about the Merrie Monarch Festival, visit www.hawaii.com/merrie-monarch. Ka La ‘Onohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e, Tracie and Keawe Lopes, 1185 points. Merrie Monarch Festival Winners (Source: Starbulletin.com) April 23, 2006 Halau takes Aloha Hula, then whole competition (Source: Starbulletin.com) April 23, 2006 More photos from the 43rd Merrie Monarch Festival (Source: Starbulletin.com) April 23, 2006 To learn more about how we use your information, see our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Annual Merrie Monarch Hula Competition. The 25th anniversary of the Merrie Monarch Festival honors the kumu whose hula hālau performed in the 1988 program. 3. 3. 2. 26 of those 42 former Miss Aloha Hula's – chosen for how they embodied the beauty of hula – gathered together for the first time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Merrie Monarch with a photo shoot for Mana magazine this February. 2010. Ke Kai O Kahiki, La‘akea Perry, 592 points. It's super humbling. Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela ʻAuana Winner — Wahine 2000 Wahine Overall. Shop now for the best tanning lotions, sunscreen, & skincare products at Maui Babe! With the 55th Merrie Monarch Festival coming to a close last night, we’ve seen three full days of excellent hula performances and competition. An Oahu halau took the overall title Saturday night at the 53rd Annual Merrie Monarch Festival hula competition, but the real winners were Hilo and Hawaii Island. 2. 2003 Merrie Monarch Winners (Source: TheHawaiiChannel.com) April 27, 2003 Halau caps night of emotions with Merrie Monarch title; Hula Halau 'O Kamuela honors late Kumu Hula Paleka Mattos before capturing wahine and overall honors (Source: Starbulletin.com) April 28, 2003 Kumu hula Johnny Lum Ho of Hilo’s Halau O Ka Ua Kani Lehua raises a pahu (wood drum) trophy at the 53rd Annual Merrie Monarch Festival hula competition. They also came in third in kane kahiko (men’s ancient hula) with 596 points. It’s a blessing for the first time,” Lim Yap said. 1. 4. My two alaka‘i, No‘eau (Kalima) and Mahi‘ai (Moniz), they really worked hard on the boys mele, costumes, everything. The women are being lead by the original -- and the one and only Miss Hula (before the Aloha was added to the title in 1972) -- Kumu Aloha Dalire. Halau Hula ‘O Kahikilaulani, Nahokuokalani Gaspang, 607 points. Ke Kai O Kahiki, La‘akea Perry, 601 points. Ka Lei Mokihana o Leina’ala 1,188. kumu Leina’ala Pavao Jardin. HILO >> Hula Halau ʻO Kamuela, under the direction of kumu hula Kauʻionalani Kamanaʻo and Kunewa Mook, took the overall winner title at the 56th Merrie Monarch Festival early this … Kumu hula Johnny Lum Ho of Halau O Ka Ua Kani Lehua chants during Friday’s Merrie Monarch Festival group hula kahiko competition. Halau Manaola, Nani Lim Yap, 586 points. Their 618 points in kane ‘auana (men’s modern hula) was the highest score in any group competition category. "Our kuleana as Miss Aloha Hula and the festival itself is to keep that foundation, keep that tradition, and then in the same sense let the world see that hula is moving forward," explained Henohea Kane, Miss Aloha Hula 2009. Merrie Monarch 2014: Winners Merrie Monarch 2014: Honolulu kane & Koolaupoko wahine take home top awards April 28, 2014 at 12:38 PM HST - Updated July 2 at 3:35 AM Get discounts on Hawaii hotels, vacation packages and more from Hawaii.com, right in your email inbox — it's FREE! “I’m very excited. Lim Yap, formerly co-kumu of Halau Na Lei O Kaholoku with sister Leialoha Lim Amina, dominated the wahine group competition in the mid-2000s, winning the wahine overall titles in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and the wahine kahiko titles in 2004 and 2005. IVY ASHE/Tribune-Herald Miss Aloha Hula Kayli Ka’iulani Carr is flanked by her kumu, Lono Padilla, left, and Robert Ke’ano Ka’upu IV, after her win is announced Thursday night. © Copyright 2021 Hawaii.com. Our ʻiwi kūpuna live on as the foundation of our ʻāina, guiding us. We’ve won in the past, but this is so different.”. The wahine of Halau Na Mamo o Pu‘uanahulu also did well, placing fourth in hula kahiko and fifth in hula ‘auana. An Oahu halau took the overall title Saturday night at the 53rd Annual Merrie Monarch Festival hula competition, but the real winners were Hilo and Hawaii Island. “I’m still in shock,” Carr said. 2. 3. Halau Na Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu, Sonny Ching and Lopaka Igarta-De Vera, 596 points. Hula Hālau ‘O Kamuela out of Kalihi and Waimānalo, Oʻahu won the overall title at the 2019 Merrie Monarch Festival held in Hilo, Hawai’i. Halau Na Mamo o Pu‘uanahulu, Sonny Ching and Lopaka Igarta-De Vera, 597 points. April 3, 2013 at 8:09 PM HST - Updated August 28 at 7:45 PM, Man dies from injuries following 2-vehicle crash on Hawaii Island, Hiker suffers serious injuries after falling 30 feet from Maunawilli Falls, With tons of youth coming out to play, Oahu soccer league seeks more referees, Lanai arson suspect arrested for allegedly setting multiple brush fires on the island. Halau Hi‘iakainamakalehua, Robert Ke‘ano Ka‘upu IV and Lono Padilla, 582 points. Hilo kumu hula Johnny Lum Ho’s Halau o Ka Ua Kani Lehua came in second overall and won the wahine overall title with 1202 points, as well as the wahine kahiko and wahine ‘auana titles. Each decade was represented by their own color scheme, which blended together in perfect compliment, as they assembled for a portrait of hula's finest. 5:53. Those who place in the competition are then invited to attend the Nā Hiwahiwa Festival in Tokyo, Japan. In memory of Kumu Darrell Lupenui, Men of Waimapuna performed their award-winning hula kahiko and hula ʻauana with guest dancers Healani Youn, Miss Aloha Hula 1985, and Leimomi Nuʻuhiwa, Miss Aloha Hula 1986. Change the Way you See Hawaii with Shaka Guide’s GPS audio driving tours! Halau O Ka Ua Kani Lehua, Johnny Lum Ho, 1202 points (won tie breaker). Halau Na Lei Kaumaka o Uka 1,200. kumu Napua Greig. Miss Aloha Hula. Kona Luxury Sail - Hawaii Nautical takes you on an unparalleled yacht to experience Kona's most bejeweled underwater treasures. Information on the 46th Merrie Monarch Festival hula competition held April 16-18, 2009 in Hilo, Hawaii at the Edith Kanaka'ole Stadium. Moments after her hula sister, Kayli Ka‘iulani Carr of Halau Hi‘iakainamakalehua performed her final dance as Miss Aloha Hula 2016, Kelina Kyoko Ke‘ano‘ilehua Tiffany Eldredge of the same Kalihi Kai, Oahu, halau was announced the 2017 winner of hula’s most coveted solo title Thursday night at the 54th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival Hula Competition. It’s new. Hula Kahiko Winner — Wahine. Halau O Ka Ua Kani Lehua, Johnny Lum Ho, 1202 points. 1. 1. Lum Ho’s halau name is a nod to the rain that makes Hilo so green, and during their kahiko performance, rain started to fall, prompting Maelia Loebenstein Carter, a kumu hula providing color on KFVE’s television broadcast to comment, “Only Johnny.”. Halau O Ka Ua Kani Lehua of Hilo dances during Friday’s Merrie Monarch Festival group hula kahiko competition. “We just came to participate, to get our name out there. Kawaili‘ula, Chinky Mahoe, 590 points. This subgroup contains videotapes of the Merrie Monarch Festival. After three full days of competition, the 2019 Merrie Monarch Festival is officially over. Their kahiko was “Honukea: Ka Honu Nui O Moloka‘i,” the story of a white turtle revered by the the people of Pelekunu Valley, who would pound eel to feed the turtle. Kawaili‘ula, Chinky Mahoe, 591 points. The hālau is … "It's amazing. Photo: HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald. Hula Halau ‘O Kamuela, Kau‘ionalani Kamana‘o and Kunewa Mook, 599 points. The winning kahiko mele was “Aia I Ni‘ihau Ku‘u Pawehe,” a mele about moena pawehe, a patterned mat made on Ni‘ihau, which is symbolic of the “Forbidden Island” and evokes thoughts of spending time together with a loved one. The awards are conferred on a single female dancer at the annual Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo, and are one of the highest honors a hula dancer can achieve in competition. Lum Ho said the win “feels good.” He said he couldn’t watch while chanting and playing music, “but from what I heard from the crowd when they were dancing, I thought they did all right.”, Kasie Kaleohano, an instructor in Lum Ho’s halau, said she thought the women “did an amazing job.”, “They worked really hard,” she said. 1. Kumu hula Nahokuokalani Gaspang of Halau Hula ‘O Kahikilaulani thanks the audience Saturday as her men won the Merrie Monarch Festival kane division hula kahiko. This festival is a celebration of the Hawaiian dancers and singers who received award-winning recognition in these competitions. $389 per person. 420 Waiakamilo Road, Suite 205Honolulu, HI 96817Main (808) 847-3246News (808) 847-1112. It’s like having a tour guide in your car. 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