Merrie Monarch Festival

[Glen Miyashiro]

Ho, it's Merrie Monarch time again already! I'll try to watch as much as I can but other commitments will probably keep me down to one night only - if I have to choose, it'll be the kahiko performances on Friday.

[pzarquon]

Love it. We tape it every year for my in-laws in Florida. I like the Kahiko too, but I'll watch everything if I can.

This year, a friend's kids will be performing, so we'll be watching specifically for them. (They're in "Halau Ke Kia'i A 'O Hula," led by Kumu Kapiolani Hao, performing both in Kahiko on Friday and Auana on Saturday.) Is there anyone you're specifically watching for?

KITV will be covering it live, starting tonight. You can also watch it streamed over the web through TheHawaiiChannel.com (http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/).

[pzarquon]

I've typed up this year's festival winners, in case anyone wants them. Feel free to pass along the link to this thread! (Please mention HawaiiThreads.com if you copy-and-paste it anywhere else.) Whew. What a great weekend of great performances.

Kahiko - Kane

599: Ke Kai O Kahiki/Kumu Hula O'Brian Eselu (Waianae, O'ahu)
597.5: Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu/Kumu Hula William "Sonny" Kahakuleilehua Haunu'u Ching (Honolulu, O'ahu)
591: Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka La/Kumu Hula Kaleo Trinidad (Kapalama Uka, Honolulu, O'ahu)
588: Halau Keali'i O Nalani/Kumu Hula Keali'i Ceballos (Los Angeles, California)
Kahiko - Wahine

609: Na Lei O Kaholoku/Na Kumu Hula Nani Lim Yap & Leialoha Amina (Kohala, Hawai'i)
598: Hula Halau 'O Kamuela/Na Kumu Hula Kau'i Kamana'o & Kunewa Mook (Kalihi & Waimanalo, O'ahu)
595: Halau Hula 'O Hokulani/Kumu Hula Hokulani De Rego (Waipahu, O'ahu)
591.5: Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu/Kumu Hula William "Sonny" Kahakuleilehua Haunu'u Ching (Honolulu, O'ahu)
591: Halau Hula Olana/Na Kumu Hula Olana A'i & Howard A'i ('Aiea, O'ahu)
Auana - Kane

607: Halau I Ka Wekiu/Na Kumu Hula Karl Veto Baker & Michael Nalanakila'ekolu Casupang (Honolulu, O'ahu)
603.5: Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu/Kumu Hula William "Sonny" Kahakuleilehua Haunu'u Ching (Honolulu, O'ahu)
592: Ke Kai O Kahiki/Kumu Hula O'Brian Eselu (Waianae, O'ahu)
588: Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka La/Kumu Hula Kaleo Trinidad (Kapalama Uka, Honolulu, O'ahu)
Auana - Wahine

610: Hula Halau 'O Kamuela/Na Kumu Hula Kau'i Kamana'o & Kunewa Mook (Kalihi & Waimanalo, O'ahu)
603: Na Lei O Kaholoku/Na Kumu Hula Nani Lim Yap & Leialoha Amina (Kohala, Hawai'i)
597: Halau O Ke 'A'ali'i Ku Makani/Manu Boyd (Kane'ohe, O'ahu)
596: Halau Mohala 'Ilima/Kumu Hula Mapuana de Silva (Ka'ohao, Kailua, O'ahu)
595: Halau Hula Olana/Na Kumu Hula Olana A'i & Howard A'i ('Aiea, O'ahu)
Overall - Kane

1,201: Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu/Kumu Hula William "Sonny" Kahakuleilehua Haunu'u Ching (Honolulu, O'ahu)
1,191: Ke Kai O Kahiki/Kumu Hula O'Brian Eselu (Waianae, O'ahu)
1,186: Halau I Ka Wekiu/Na Kumu Hula Karl Veto Baker & Michael Nalanakila'ekolu Casupang (Honolulu, O'ahu)
Overall - Wahine

1,212: Na Lei O Kaholoku/Na Kumu Hula Nani Lim Yap & Leialoha Amina (Kohala, Hawai'i)
1,208: Hula Halau 'O Kamuela/Na Kumu Hula Kau'i Kamana'o & Kunewa Mook (Kalihi & Waimanalo, O'ahu)
1,186 (1,643 tiebreaker): Halau Na Mamo O Pu'uanahulu/Kumu Hula William "Sonny" Kahakuleilehua Haunu'u Ching (Honolulu, O'ahu)
And now I'm going to bed.

[kalena]

Eh Ryan,

Did you get those scores from my Merrie Monarch Festival Web site? ;-)

http://www.kalena.com/merriemonarch/2004/results.html

Kalena


I've typed up this year's festival winners, in case anyone wants them. Feel free to pass along the link to this thread! (Please mention HawaiiThreads.com if you copy-and-paste it anywhere else.) Whew. What a great weekend of great performances.

[pzarquon]

Did you get those scores from my Merrie Monarch Festival Web site? ;-)Nope! I was up at midnight like you, typing furiously, I guess. Though I did crib the halau names from another site... no way I was going to be able to figure 'em out between the emcee and all the screaming.

Now I know where to go for the fix next year... and save myself a few hours sleep!

[pzarquon]

Aue. Karen, now I see, it was from your site that I cribbed the halau and kumu names. I could follow Kimo's excited reading of the groups and scores on TV just fine, but I knew I wasn't going to transcribe the performers names correctly, so I "borrowed" them.

Bad form, I know, for both a "web guy" and a journalism grad. I should've known better, and at least given credit where credit was due. My apologies.

To all browsing through, Karen Sabog's Merrie Monarch Archive (http://www.kalena.com/merriemonarch/) is all you need. I shouldn't even have tried.

[Kelly808]

what was the halau with the small drums they tied to there legs in the middle? i thought they were the best. might have been the kahiko part, but i remember it was kinda modern sounding.

[malia]

what was the halau with the small drums they tied to there legs in the middle? i thought they were the best. might have been the kahiko part, but i remember it was kinda modern sounding.

That was Olana A'i's halau. They placed 5th in kahiko.

[kimo55]

Eh Ryan,

Did you get those scores from my Merrie Monarch Festival Web site? ;-)

http://www.kalena.com/merriemonarch/2004/results.html

Kalena


Ho, da cute, yea that web site!
Lotta work too.